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Sesame Street
The Little Theater of the Deaf performs a story about animals
Air date April 20, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Directed by Joost Van Rees
Production January 15, 1973
Sponsors Q, U, 6

SSShowID-0520

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0520a
SCENE 1 Linda and her friends from the Little Theater of the Deaf (Tim, Ed, and Carol Fleming) greet the viewer. Today, they're going to show all kinds of things they can say with their hands; they start by saying "hello" with Jay and the kids (and Queenie the dog).
0573t
Cartoon Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0324)
2096d
Song Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up."
(First: Episode 0302)
GroverandtheTelephone
Muppets Grover uses a telephone booth to explain how a telephone is used. When he enters the booth, however, he finds that there is no phone in sight. An Anything Muppet boy arrives to use the telephone, and thinks that Grover is the telephone since he is the only thing he found in the booth. The boy proceeds and talks into Grover's mouth.
(First: Episode 0146)
0520b
SCENE 2 At Hooper's Store, Linda asks Mr. Hooper for a banana. He knows what she wants, but isn't sure how he would handle more difficult words. Upon his request, Linda shows him how to say “spaghetti,” “sunglasses,” and “umbrella” in sign language. Linda doesn't think anybody would ask for that stuff all at once until Big Bird enters, wanting those things for a picnic with Mr. Snuffleupagus.
Stopwater
Film "What if you were magic, and could make things stop just by telling it to, or make it go backwards? Stop! Then you could see what things look like when they're moving. Go forwards! Stop! Well, film is magic, and this is a film, so you can be magic for three minutes. Like this: Go slow, water fountain! Now, you try it."
(First: Episode 0047)
HumanCast-Knights
Cast Maria, David, Gordon, and Luis play knights of the round table, but have difficulty finding a table that is actually round.
(First: Episode 0468)
CT Wordsworth telephone
Cartoon A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: TELEPHONE.
(First: Episode 0314)
U for Underpass
Film U, for Underpass
(First: Episode 0494)
0520c
SCENE 3 Tim and Carol show how to say “I love you” in sign language to a couple of kids.
OPFamilySong
Muppets "The "OP" Family Song"
(First: Episode 0146)
Madpainter6
Film The Mad Painter #6
(First: Episode 0335)
QuietKorty
Cartoon Q for Quiet
Artist: John Korty
(First: Episode 0441)
Gordon-Basketball1

Gordon-Basketball2
Cast Gordon demonstrates the different kind of outfit he might wear if were a basketball player rather than a school teacher.
0592.20
Film Counting to 20.
(First: Episode 0421)
Cat.Telephone.Hubley
Cartoon A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0154)
0520d
SCENE 4 Maria, Mr. Hooper, Jay, and the kids have gathered to watch Linda, Carol, Tim and Ed perform a sign language story about a mouse who needs help from his larger animal friends in pulling out a carrot from the ground.
Toon.UP
Cartoon A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
(First: Episode 0416)
0573r
Film Counting six oryx
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0410)
1095d
Cartoon "I'm six years old today!"
Artist: Jim Simon
(First: Episode 0357)
Film.Dragonkite
Film Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air.
(First: Episode 0444)
0520e
SCENE 5 At the playground near Big Bird's nest, Ed and Carol show the kids how to say “I'm hungry” in sign language.
CMPhone01
Muppets Cookie Monster Uses Ernie's Phone part 1: Ernie expects a call from Bert, but lets Cookie Monster make a phone call to his mommy, provided it's short. He proceeds to tell her about show and tell at school.
(First: Episode 0064)
1396g
Cartoon Capital letter U for up
(First: Episode 0401)
CMPhone02
Muppets Cookie Monster Uses Ernie's Phone part 2: Cookie Monster tells his mommy about jumping rope after school and counts the jumps he made.
(First: Episode 0064)
1396j
Cartoon A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
(First: Episode 0416)
CMPhone03
Muppets Cookie Monster Uses Ernie's Phone part 3: Cookie Monster has counted up to 4,614 by now and asks how his brother Fred is. Ernie offers him a box of cookies to get off the phone.
(First: Episode 0064)
1285-Ugly
Cartoon U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face.
(First: Episode 0468)
CMPhone04
Muppets Cookie Monster Uses Ernie's Phone part 4: Cookie Monster finally gets off the phone, and then eats it. When Bert calls, Ernie has to talk to him through Cookie Monster's mouth.
(First: Episode 0064)
0520f
SCENE 6 Following the previous segment, Oscar shows Maria and Tim the difference between staying inside his trash can for a short time, then a long time... by not coming back out.
Countblocks

Countblocks3
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to keep an eye on his pyramid of blocks. The Count walks by, and counts the blocks, moving them out of the pyramid shape. Then he counts them again, putting them back into the pyramid. Bert yells at the Count for moving Ernie's blocks, so the Count counts the blocks again, taking the pyramid apart.
(First: Episode 0406)
0871l
Cartoon Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
(First: Episode 0440)
0520g
SCENE 7 Tim shows Maria how to sign the words "mailbox," "garbage can," "steps," and "flowers," the latter reminding Tim to water his flowers at home.
KermitTreyQ
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentKermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger.
(First: Episode 0440)
IThoughtaBigThought
Cartoon I Thought a Thought ... about big things.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0226)
0436 Susan Luis sacks
Cast Susan explains to Luis, in his first day on the job, how to stack and count sacks that come off an assembly line.
(First: Episode 0436)
2362-Telefono
Cartoon T es para telefono
(First: Episode 0362)
LuisDavidU
Cast David and Luis assemble a fractured letter U.
(First: Episode 0468)
0520h
SCENE 8 While Maria and Linda sit reading books, Maria is bothered by all the sounds around the city; Linda has the advantage because she's deaf.
0573t
Cartoon Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. (repeat)
1396p
Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper: Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it.
(First: Episode 0468)
Batman Penguin
Cartoon Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty.
(First: Episode 0099)
0520i
SCENE 9 Carol and the others inform the kids that they can use their new signs to talk to their parents. Ed reminds them of one more thing to say - “Goodbye.” Carol announces the sponsors as the others sign them, and the credits roll, with Maria adding the CTW slogan.
ClosingSign-BBSS-0496

0513ctw
SCENE 8 Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.



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