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Sesame Street
Big Bird finds that life without a telephone can be exhausting
Air date April 17, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production January 10, 1973
Sponsors M, O, 3

SSShowID-0517

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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0517c
SCENE 1 Kate greets the viewer from Big Bird's nest with a few kids (including Joey). Big Bird arrives and wants to show Kate his new "Pete Cigar" record, but first he wants to call Susan as she's borrowing it. Kate thinks the phone call is unnecessary, recalling her youth without a telephone and having to visit neighbors to pass along a message. Big Bird thinks that's a nice idea, and decides to try not using the phone today. He repeatedly goes back and forth between Gordon at 123 Sesame Street and Susan at Hooper's Store as he tries to get the record. The others would prefer they use the telephone, but Big Bird insists on trying it his way, eventually wearing himself out.
Closetheopen
Cartoon Would you mind closing our OPEN?
(First: Episode 0438)
LeftyScale
Muppets Lefty wants to sell Ernie a scale. He uses two pounds of bananas and two pounds of apples to demonstrate how the scale works. Ernie is impressed. He already has a scale at home, but he'd like to buy the apples and bananas.
(First: Episode 0449)
Gymnast-OverUnder
Film A gymnast demonstrates over and under.
3956l
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0299)
MarchingBand-3
Film Marching Band #3
GroverLoren-Count
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and Loren count to twenty.
(First: Episode 0290)
1092-24
Cartoon Which footprint doesn't belong?
(First: Episode 0491)
0517d

Alphabet Bates O
SCENE 2 Kate and the kids look up to see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter O (First: Episode 0012).
Olga.O
Cartoon Olga y la letra O
(First: Episode 0338)
Yomama
Muppets Juanita looks for "YO", asking, "¿Esto es yo?" Nope, it's a toy car, and a tomato, and a mirror. Looking in the mirror, she finds herself. "¡Hola, yo!" she cries.
(First: Episode 0454)
0517e
SCENE 3 Gordon almost leaves a note for Susan before going to the drugstore, but he runs into her and tells her where he's going, and thus doesn't need the note. He throws the note into Oscar's trash can and Oscar reads it, becoming extremely insulted when he assumes someone addressed him as "honey" and ended the note with an "I love you." He sees it's from Gordon, and chides him for the note. Gordon tries to tell him what really happened, but just apologizes to Oscar instead (throwing in an extra "Honey" to tease him).
2795r
Film Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0428)
Toon-OCowboy
Cartoon A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O.
(First: Episode 0286)
RFESTraffic
Muppets Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt has Baby Breeze teach the class about traffic. Smart Tina thinks all one has to do is look at the traffic lights, but Baby Breeze tells her one should also look out for cars.
Film-IAmALetter
Film "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent.
(First: Episode 0120)
ThreeCoffeesPlease
Cartoon Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee.
(First: Episode 0473)
EBScratch1

EBScratch2
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs, so both help each other scratch their back. While Ernie's itch takes a little too long to scratch, he introduces a film called "Everybody Scratch." After the film, Ernie notices that Bert has stopped scratching his back; Beautiful Day Monster is.
(First: Episode 0012)
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SCENE 4 David plays “Three of These Things” with Big Bird and the kids using pictures of different-sized buildings.
Misformoocow
Cartoon M is for Moo
Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers
(First: Episode 0276)
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1709j1
Muppets Maria reads "The Boy Who Cried Monster." A terrible, cookie-stealing monster helps to teach a mischievous Anything Muppet boy an important lesson.
(First: Episode 0412)
Toon-fishingABCs
Cartoon While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup.
(First: Episode 0004)
0440-Dot Bridge6Raspberry
Cartoon Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry (altered graphics, turning the dots from red to purple)
(First: Episode 0001)
Spanishtoon.Opera
Cartoon La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes.
(First: Episode 0338)
2341u
Film Letter O hoist
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0338)
Clumsyhole
Cartoon Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall.
(First: Episode 0439)
3171-Fish
Film Footage of a coral reef, showcasing the plant life and the fish.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0466)
Clumsy.2holes
Cartoon Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another hole.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0439)
1451-Gymnast
Film A gymnast demonstrates around.
Pillow
Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: During Ernie's naptime, Cookie Monster tries to steal and eat Ernie's pillow by distracting him with a bell.
(First: Episode 0035)
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SCENE 5 Kate plays guitar and sings “Black Horse” to Joey (who spins the whole time) and the other kids.
No3
Film "Three Song (Song of Three)."
(First: Episode 0001)
Buyano
Muppets "Would You Like to Buy an O?"
(First: Episode 0364)
OVERfilm
Film Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under.
Wallyralphumbrellas
Cast Wally and Ralph are outside in the rain. With access to a pushcart full of umbrellas, they open one after another and throw them aside on the ground. They are consequently puzzled as to how umbrellas keep you dry. Finally, when one of them suggests "taking the wrapping off" of it first (i.e., the cloth part), they reduce an umbrella down to the ribs just as the rain stops. It works! (First: Episode 0355)
2682j
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs rest on tree branches.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0390)
300002
Cartoon A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0438)
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SCENE 6 Big Bird comes to Hooper's Store with his grocery list, but first David wants to dispose of a ribbon of flypaper, which he has some difficulty with due to its stickiness. David finally gets rid of it by wrapping a discarded piece of paper onto it... which happened to be Big Bird's list.
Orange-Opera
Animation An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns.
(First: Episode 0277)
Circlessong
Muppets Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles."
(First: Episode 0131)
Marchingcircle
Film A kid marching band forms a circle.
Toon-BoyPushesYO
Cartoon A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare.
(First: Episode 0486)
Film-BabyEagle
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0501)
2606-Tire
Film David points out the circular shape of a tire.
(First: Episode 0507)
Toon-OCowboy
Cartoon A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O. (repeat)
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SCENE 7 Oscar has a breath-holding contest with David, Gordon, and the kids, though everybody cheats by tickling each other. Susan announces the sponsors.
GordonSusan0514

Kate CTW sign
CLOSING SIGNS Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Kate holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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