| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird guesses that Susan is going to the shoemaker | |||||||
| Air date | April 10, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Bob sings "Hi Friend" with Susan, Gordon, and the kids. |
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Cartoon | The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey |
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Muppets | "Wonderful/Yucchy" (First: Episode 0177) |
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Cartoon | An anthropomorphic cloud blows a wild wind disturbing some farm animals. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Film | "Indian Baby Bath" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0444) |
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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster demonstrates that egg starts with the letter E; he swallows the egg and faints. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Film | Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two). Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0414) |
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Cartoon | A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406) |
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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. |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)." (First: Episode 0016) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) |
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Cartoon | E for Eel (First: Episode 0408) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | E for End (First: Episode 0460) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob asks Monty and Willard to match an abstract shape of a bird to one hidden in various pictures. |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Film | Various objects become OPEN. (First: Episode 0442) |
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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) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Film | A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0411) |
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Cartoon | The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has. (First: Episode 0294) |
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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. |
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Cartoon | W for Wilhelmina |
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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) |
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Film | A flower opens and closes. (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cartoon | Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on. (First: Episode 0394) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets (including Farley) shout "E!" (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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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). |
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Cartoon | A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (First: Episode 0387) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Pizza and Grape Juice — Ernie and Bert figure out how to share their pizza and grape juice. (First: Episode 0256) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | E for Erase (First: Episode 0486) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving. (First: Episode 0467) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." (First: Episode 0425) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon sprays a can of paint on the screen to reveal a bird film... |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Film | A voiceover counts nine cars at an intersection. (First: Episode 0424) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count a penny. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Cartoon | E for Eel (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | Gordon and Bob play with the kids as Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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