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Sesame Street
Big Bird guesses that Susan is going to the shoemaker
Air date April 10, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production January 3, 1973
Sponsors E, W, 9

0512 00

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0512 01
SCENE 1 Bob sings "Hi Friend" with Susan, Gordon, and the kids.
OldWoman9
Cartoon The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.
Artist: Bud Luckey
WonderfulYucchy1
Muppets "Wonderful/Yucchy"
(First: Episode 0177)
Wild wind
Cartoon An anthropomorphic cloud blows a wild wind disturbing some farm animals.
(First: Episode 0407)
Song.indianbabybath
Film "Indian Baby Bath"
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0444)
2059h
Cartoon A man saws a letter E through the wall.
(First: Episode 0370)
0316 04c
Muppets Cookie Monster demonstrates that egg starts with the letter E; he swallows the egg and faints.
(First: Episode 0316)
2293g
Film Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two).
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0414)
Enterexitdoors
Cartoon A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors.
(First: Episode 0406)
0512 02
SCENE 2 Susan asks Bob to help show what the number 9 looks like. She asks him to pass her the 9 spray paint, which sprays only number 9s via chromakey. After Bob jokingly gives Susan the stripe and polka-dot paints, she finally sprays a cluster of 9s.
No9
Film "Nine Song (Song of Nine)."
(First: Episode 0016)
E&BattheBeachwithToughEddie
Muppets Ernie & Bert — A tough guy named Tough Eddie accidentally knocks over Bert's sand castle while he's sleeping. Ernie points that out to Eddie, and Eddie tells Ernie, in a threatening tone of voice, that he's "got something" for Bert. It turns out to be an ice cream cone.
(First: Episode 0482)
Moremoths
Cartoon More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes.
Artist: Bob Kurtz
(First: Episode 0294)
AnimalCamouflage
Film Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0366)
EforEel
Cartoon E for Eel
(First: Episode 0408)
HerryMonsterShoes
Muppets Herry Monster spots three shoes and deduces which one doesn't belong in the group. Prairie Dawn happens by and points out another way the shoes can be grouped.
(First: Episode 0199)
E-End
Cartoon E for End
(First: Episode 0460)
0512 03
SCENE 3 Bob asks Monty and Willard to match an abstract shape of a bird to one hidden in various pictures.
W-Wash
Cartoon W for Wash
(First: Episode 0485)
0573u
Film Various objects become OPEN.
(First: Episode 0442)
Girlguitarcartoon
Cartoon A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be.
(First: Episode 0406)
CMGenelle-ABCs
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentCookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0320)
3187z
Cartoon E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal.
(First: Episode 0486)
Baldeaglefilm2
Film A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0411)
More-1232
Cartoon The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has.
(First: Episode 0294)
0512 04
SCENE 4 Gordon finds a turkey-strawberry-chocolate candy bar wrapper dropped on the ground by Oscar, who denies seeing it. Gordon picks it up and puts it to Oscar's face until he admits it's his. Gordon explains that he should pick it up, though Oscar is quick to point out Gordon's already done that for him.
Willamina
Cartoon W for Wilhelmina
1scary
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Cookie Monster drinks both of Kermit's glasses of milk, which he was going to use to explain "more" and "less". When Kermit insults Cookie Monster, several of Cookie Monster's monster pals gang up on Kermit, prompting him to point out that now there are more monsters and less frogs.
(First: Episode 0004)
Floweropens
Film A flower opens and closes.
(First: Episode 0441)
Toon.OPENword
Cartoon Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on.
(First: Episode 0394)
1446c
Muppets Anything Muppets (including Farley) shout "E!"
(First: Episode 0408)
Painter9
Film The Mad Painter #9
(First: Episode 0338)
MartianBeauty
Cartoon "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0316)
0512 05

0512 05b
SCENE 5 Susan asks Big Bird (who has been playing Roadrunner again) to guess where she's going based on the broken shoe she's carrying in a box. Big Bird visualizes that she's going to a painter (portrayed by Bob in a photograph), then a doctor (Gordon) before learning she's going to the shoemaker (portrayed by Luis).
Toon.Froghater
Cartoon A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies.
(First: Episode 0387)
ErnieBertPizzaGrapeJuice1
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on.
(First: Episode 0256)
Zoomonkey
Song Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face."
(First: Episode 0006)
Eforerase
Cartoon E for Erase
(First: Episode 0486)
Ringmybell
Muppets Cookie Monster goes to the carnival and plays the "test your strength" game. Unbeknownst to him, the carnival barker rigged the game so nobody can win -- until Cookie finds out what the prize is.
(First: Episode 0449)
0573l
Cartoon Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving.
(First: Episode 0467)
2125m
Song Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark."
(First: Episode 0425)
Closetheopen
Cartoon Would you mind closing our OPEN?
(First: Episode 0438)
0512 06
SCENE 6 Gordon sprays a can of paint on the screen to reveal a bird film...
2293o
Film Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.
Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0019)
InventionofPaper
Muppets Caveperson Days: King Ernie has a problem -- the cavemen write everything on rocks, which are too heavy to carry around. He calls upon the Royal Smart Person to invent something lighter to write on.
(First: Episode 0409)
Enterexitdoors
Cartoon A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (repeat)
(First: Episode 0406)
Nine-Numbers
Film A voiceover counts nine cars at an intersection.
(First: Episode 0424)
Groverjohnjohnpenny
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and John-John count a penny.
(First: Episode 0438)
EforEel
Cartoon E for Eel (repeat)
0512 07
SCENE 7 Gordon and Bob play with the kids as Susan announces the sponsors.
0512sign

0512ctw
CLOSING SIGNS Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.


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