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Sesame Street
Mr. Hooper watches Snuffleupagus' postcard
Air date April 11, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production January 4, 1973
Sponsors E, G, 10

0513

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0513a

0513b
SCENE 1 At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper receives a parcel containing some dolls that he's ordered. The Count slinks in and introduces himself before counting the 10 dolls Mr. Hooper places on the shelf. The Count's thunder and lightning rattles the store, causing everything on the shelf to fall off. The Count relishes another chance to count the dolls once again as Mr. Hooper is forced to put them up again.
2040e
Cartoon "Ten Turtles"
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0425)
G film
Film Things that begin with G
(First: Episode 0357)
GroverBoat1
Muppets Grover's rowboat - part 1
Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink.
(First: Episode 0281)
1095u
Cartoon G is for Glue
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0279)
GroverBoat2
Muppets Grover's rowboat - part 2
The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again.
(First: Episode 0281)
Gorillajobcartoon
Cartoon A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job.
(First: Episode 0131)
GroverBoat3
Muppets Grover's rowboat - part 3
The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away.
(First: Episode 0281)
Girlcar
Cartoon A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims.
Painter10
Film The Mad Painter #10
(First: Episode 0328)
LetterG.greenpurple
Cartoon Letter G drawing with kid voice-over
(First: Episode 0306)
Namath on 9
Celebrity Joe Namath counts to 9 before a pass is made. He subsequently tosses it to Joey.
2341y
Cartoon "That's About the Size of It"
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0279)
Namath on 10
Celebrity Joe Namath counts to 10 before a pass is made. The kid who catches it is tackled.
1095s
Cartoon A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way.
(First: Episode 0085)
GroverandtheGrowingG
Muppets Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows.
(First: Episode 0210)
GforGiggle
Cartoon G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
(First: Episode 0357)
Sleepbeauty56
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Prince SleepsPrince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty and falls asleep.
Frogflycartoon
Cartoon What if a frog and a fly switched bodies? What do you think would happen?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0406)
0871n
Film A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon. (Spanish dub)
Itsatruck
Film Slide puzzle - truck
(First: Episode 0403)
Film-LittleHorseNearFear
Film A little horse gets near and far from the camera.
(First: Episode 0279)
Toon.Cerrado
Cartoon La palabra cerrado
(First: Episode 0481)
Playball
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie is sad, because it's raining and he can't play baseball. Bert encourages him to imagine that he's playing instead. In Ernie's imagination, he hits a high fly ball that lands in the ocean. Bert tells Ernie that the sun is out, and he can go out and play now. Ernie says that he can't play -- his ball fell in the ocean.
(First: Episode 0410)
EforEel
Cartoon E for Eel
(First: Episode 0408)
Number10
Film "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version)
(First: Episode 0021)
0513c
SCENE 2 Big Bird has been given a large postcard for Mr. Snuffleupagus from his cousin in Akron. In order to go find him, Big Bird asks Mr. Hooper to keep an eye on the postcard until he gets back. Mr. Hooper finds this silly at first, but recalls that he too had an imaginary friend when he was Big Bird's age.
0513d

0513e
SCENE 2 cont'd In a flashback, we see a young Mr. Hooper in his bedroom playing with his zany imaginary friend Mr. Mish-Mosh (portrayed by David), who is really his doll. Mr. Hooper recalls a day when Mr. Mish-Mosh knocked over a chair, causing a stern confrontation with his papa.
0513f
SCENE 2 cont'd Back in the present, Maria comes by and asks about the postcard. Mr. Hooper's Snuffleupagus-related explanation leaves her dumbfounded.
ExcuseMe
Cartoon One of These Footprints says "excuse me."
(First: Episode 0487)
0513g

0513h
SCENE 3 Big Bird informs Snuffy that Mr. Hooper has his postcard. Big Bird is excited that Snuffy may finally meet Mr. Hooper. However, due to the postcard's size, Mr. Hooper is hidden from sight perfectly behind it. Snuffy quickly reads the postcard unseen and returns to Big Bird's nest, while Mr. Hooper (having caught a bit of Snuffy's walking music) goes inside for an egg cream. Snuffy reports that he didn't see Mr. Hooper anywhere and the two return to the scene where Mr. Hooper is nowhere to be found. Snuffy believes Mr. Hooper to be Big Bird's own imaginary friend, to the bird's dismay.
3187z
Cartoon E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal.
(First: Episode 0486)
Burtlancaster
Celebrity Burt Lancaster says the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0006)
6redballs
Animation Counting six red balls
(First: Episode 0278)
EBSharingaCookie
Muppets Ernie & BertBert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie, who tells Bert that if the cookie was his, he wouldn't mind sharing. Ernie takes the cookie, and asks Bert to ask him if he would share it.
(First: Episode 0472)
Gorilla toon2
Cartoon Speech Balloon: G for Gorilla (in man suit)
(First: Episode 0085)
Clip 7
Film A Stool For Me
PIYNPostmanandFireman
Muppets Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman.
(First: Episode 0023)
1563r
Cartoon A girl imagines she's a rock, which becomes a statue.
Toon-TwoGuysRuler
Cartoon A man sees if a carpenter knows how to measure with a ruler.
2040e
Cartoon "Ten Turtles" (repeat)
Maria-Trike
Cast Marvelous Maria rides her trike in 10 circles (then backwards).
(First: Episode 0443)
TwoGSounds
Muppets Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds."
(First: Episode 0358)
2776FrogFilm
Film A male frog hops around and bulges his throat.
(First: Episode 0469)
0513i
SCENE 4 David displays the letter G, for “Going … going … gone!”
2678-Itchy
Song Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests.
(First: Episode 0449)
1095s
Cartoon A goat discusses the letter "G" (repeat)
Nosesnatcher1

Nosesnatcher2
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Bert says that he and Ernie are looking at the "Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." Ernie, disagreeing, walks closer and closer to the camera to see. His face begins to black out the screen...but when he moves back into view, his nose is missing!
(First: Episode 0005)
GforGiggle
Cartoon G For Giggle (repeat)
Gymnast-AwayFrom
Film A gymnast demonstrates close to and away from.
Cookie Tony near far
Muppets Cookie Monster (dressed in drag) sits on a couch trying to get near Tony, but Tony wants to be far. Cookie Monster finally gets close enough and eats the bouquet of flowers Tony's been holding.
(First: Episode 0453)
Gorillajobcartoon
Cartoon A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (repeat)
0513j
SCENE 5 The camera takes Snuffy's point of view as he trudges down the street looking for any of the grownups that Big Bird is always talking about. He then announces the sponsors, as his signature music closes out the episode.
DavidMariaS04sign

0513ctw
CLOSING SIGNS David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign.


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