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Sesame Street
Big Bird tries to fit a big bag of birdseed in a small bucket
Air date April 19, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production January 10, 1973
Sponsors Q, S, 5

SSShowID-0519


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0519a
SCENE 1 Gordon and the kids (including Joey) are going to talk about the letter Q until Oscar intervenes. He unknowingly helps them think of Q words: he tells them to be quiet, asks if this is a quiz, says he doesn't like questions, he wants them to leave real quick, and finally shouts, “I quit!”
0871l
Cartoon Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
(First: Episode 0440)
SesameQuestionSong
Muppets "The Question Song"
(First: Episode 0378)
QuietKorty
Cartoon Q for Quiet
Artist: John Korty
(First: Episode 0441)
0519b

0519c
SCENE 2 Bob encounters Big Bird with a bag of birdseed from his cousin Bertie. He plans on carrying it in a big bucket, but Bob shows him the bucket isn't big enough for all the birdseed. Bob proceeds to put the birdseed into a bigger bucket, then the biggest one he can find. Though it's big enough to fit all the birdseed, Big Bird points out that it also has a big hole in it. ("Bob, you made a boo-boo.")
Painter5
Film The Mad Painter #5
(First: Episode 0345)
Cookie Ernie hat boxes
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie purchases a straw hat for Bert, and asks Cookie Monster which box the hat will go in.
(First: Episode 0438)
Imagination Gum
Cartoon A girl imagines what would happen if she were a piece of gum.
BodyPartsPixillaton
Cast Kids comment as Bob's legs, torso, and head move into place.
(First: Episode 0489)
Fiddler5
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0323)
0519d
SCENE 3 Maria plays "Here Are Some Things" with Joey and another kid using pictures of different kinds of trees.
Rhyme With BUY
Muppets Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster comes to the bakery looking for something delicious that rhymes with BUY. He tries the I (from the MIKE'S BAKERY sign) and the baker's TIE, both of which aren't that delicious. Finally, Guy Smiley comes in and loudly announces that he would like to BUY a PIE. Cookie then knows what he can get in the bakery that rhymes with BUY and is delicious: it's GUY! A chase ensues, and Cookie asks the baker to send him the bill.
(First: Episode 0481)
Hubley.snake
Cartoon A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0278)
Laundry-16
Film Counting 6 pieces of laundry on the line
(First: Episode 0419)
0598.Appletree
Film Apples grow on a tree.
(First: Episode 0093)
0519e
SCENE 4 Kate plays guitar and sings a folksy alphabet song with Maria.
David Luis clothesline
Cast David and Luis prepare to hang clothes on a high clothesline using a ladder. However, they each climb it to hang one article at a time. A voiceover instructs them to cooperate, so David climbs the ladder as Luis hands him clothes to hang up.
(First: Episode 0438)
Ducks.tall
Cartoon Two ducks look the same height when they're in the bathtub, but one duck (Joe Flynn) is short and the other is tall.
(First: Episode 0303)
Film-TallSmallClowns
Film A trio of clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus illustrate tall and small.
EBBigBird
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie is tall, Bert taller, and Big Bird is the tallest (and he also breaks the ceiling).
(First: Episode 0284)
0519f

0519g

0519h
SCENE 5 In limbo, the cast presents a series of scenes demonstrating short and tall. Kate’s plant is short, while Maria’s plant is tall; a kid's boots are short, and Gordon’s waders are tall; Bob is too tall to enter a short door - until he shrinks.
FarmerGeorge-ShorTall
Film George the Farmer demonstrates short and tall.
(First: Episode 0254)
5painting
Song "1-2-3-4-5!"
(First: Episode 0144)
5peopleinmyfamily
Muppets "Five People in My Family"
(First: Episode 0008)
3978f
Song Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
(First: Episode 0245)
SSNews-PiedPiper
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Pied Piper of HamelinKermit takes over for the Pied Piper.
2096v
Cartoon A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
(First: Episode 0414)
Cincodemayo
Film A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
(First: Episode 0438)
0871m
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie asks Bert to play a game where they take turns counting and then saying "Q". Ernie goes first with "1 Q", and Bert follows with "2 Q". The game continues, until Bert gets to "10 Q". "You're welcome, Bert!" Ernie says.
(First: Episode 0440)
Film-Karate5
Film A man karate chops 5 boards.
(First: Episode 0469)
KermitDrawsQ
Muppets Kermit and Grover draw a Q on the screen.
(First: Episode 0493)
Cheeringtriplets
Cartoon "Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!"
(First: Episode 0406)
Fiddler5
Cartoon Country 5 (repeat)
1800-22
Cartoon A girl runs home to her CASA.
(First: Episode 0503)
WallyRalphPants
Cast Wally and Ralph: Wally has a new pair of pants, but they're too big for him. Ralph has a belt, but isn't quite sure how to secure it. Ralph ultimately suggests Wally eat a lot of bananas until he's big enough to fit into the pants.
(First: Episode 0353)
Scrapyard baler
Film A magnetic scrapyard baler is used to lift cars into a compacter.
(First: Episode 0024)
Bertdavid
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentBert and David display their mad and happy faces.
(First: Episode 0343)
ShortTallbirds
Cartoon A short bird stands under a tall bird, which lays an egg on its head.
(First: Episode 0303)
0519i
SCENE 6 Big Bird reads a poem about pelicans, leading to...
Pelicans
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Swimming and flying pelicans.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0322)
Toon.winduptoy
Cartoon I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy
(First: Episode 0255)
MariaDavidLuisQ
Cast In speed-induced footage, Maria, Luis and David put together a letter Q.
(First: Episode 0467)
QuietKorty
Cartoon Q for Quiet (repeat)
Film-Termites
Film A kid narrates footage of a termite colony.
(First: Episode 0408)
No5
Film Five Song (Song of Five)
(First: Episode 0006)
Toon.3Cuckoos
Cartoon Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job.
(First: Episode 0407)
1969-dots
Cartoon Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly
(First: Episode 0001)
0519j
SCENE 7 Maria joins the kids in a game of Duck-Duck-Goose as Bob announces the sponsors.
ClosingSigns-GordonSS-0519

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


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