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| The Little Theater of the Deaf performs a story about animals | |||||||||
| Air date | April 20, 1973 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||||
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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). |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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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) |
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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. |
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Film | "Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command. (First: Episode 0047) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: TELEPHONE. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Film | U, for Underpass (First: Episode 0494) |
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SCENE 3 | Tim and Carol show how to say “I love you” in sign language to a couple of kids. |
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Muppets | "The "OP" Family Song" (First: Episode 0146) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cast | Gordon demonstrates the different kind of outfit he might wear if were a basketball player rather than a school teacher. |
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Film | Counting to 20. (First: Episode 0421) |
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Cartoon | A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154) |
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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. |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357) |
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Film | Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air. (First: Episode 0444) |
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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. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster on the Phone Part 1 — Ernie waits by the phone for a call from Bert, but in walks Cookie Monster promising to make a short call. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | Capital letter U for up (First: Episode 0401) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster on the Phone Part 2 — Ernie continues to wait for the phone as Cookie Monster drones on about the day to his mommy. He begins counting... (First: Episode 0064) |
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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) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster on the Phone Part 3 — Just as Cookie Monster has counted up to 4,614, he proceeds to ask his mommy about her day. Ernie offers him a cookie to get off the phone. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster on the Phone Part 4 — Cookie Monster finishes up his phone call, but he's not finished with the phone. (First: Episode 0064) |
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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. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Block Pyramid — Ernie asks Bert to keep an eye on his pyramid of blocks. The Count (in his debut appearance) walks by, and counts the blocks, moving them out of the pyramid shape. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440) |
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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. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit 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) |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about big things. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | T es para telefono (First: Episode 0362) |
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Cast | David and Luis assemble a fractured letter U. (First: Episode 0468) |
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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. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. (repeat) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty. (First: Episode 0099) |
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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. |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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