| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Slimey the Worm has disappeared | |||||||
| Air date | April 25, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Harvey Kneeslapper decides to trick Luis and pretend he's talking too quietly. Luis greets Harvey, who asks him to speak a little louder. Luis increases his volume until, on his third try, his greeting is so loud that it gives a tremendous echo, reverberating across the whole neighborhood. Harvey is weirded out. |
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Muppets | Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with "knee". Grover guesses the first one (key), but doesn't get the last two (ski and tree) right. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Cartoon | B for butterfly (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan and Bob find Oscar visibly upset and calling for his worm Slimey, who's gone missing. Oscar then sings "Has Anybody Seen My Worm?" (to the tune of "Has Anybody Seen My Dog?"). Grover comes by and volunteers to be Oscar's pet. Grover shows his prowess by pretending to be a pussycat, but Oscar despises cute, little animals. Grover assures that he can be a pet to be proud of, and tells Oscar he'll be right back. |
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Film | Jack Rabbit Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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SCENE 3 | Grover returns dressed like a kangaroo and starts hopping frantically. Oscar complains of a stiff neck from watching Grover bounce, and his bobbing causes him to bang his head on the trash can lid. Oscar insists he doesn't want a kangaroo, which isn't a grouchy pet, and tells Grover to go away. Exhausted from hopping, Grover agrees that a kangaroo wasn't the best idea and goes off to think of something else. |
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Film | Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises (First: Episode 0008) |
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SCENE 4 | Grover comes back as a skunk, a pet that all grouches love, including Oscar. Grover's guise nearly works until he sprays Oscar with perfume, not realizing that the smell skunks are supposed to make is terrible. Oscar is disgusted and implores Grover to give up this dumb idea of being his pet. Grover decides instead to just get a new pet for Oscar. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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SCENE 5 | Grover has his fishing gear on and tells Oscar he intends to get him a fish as his new pet. He shows Oscar all the items he has to go fishing, including some bait — Slimey! Grover explains that he found the worm at a nearby mud puddle. Oscar is reunited with Slimey, giving him a big kiss, and even thanks Grover (who comments that he would've preferred a kangaroo). |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rapunzel — Prince Charming attempts to rescue Rapunzel from the tower. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Film | Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0456) |
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Cartoon | With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0237) |
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SCENE 6 | Luis sings "Here Are Some Things" in Spanish, using an art board displaying rain gear in three of four squares. The fourth is blank, and off to the side are sunglasses and an umbrella. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes up with a way for him to remember to put his basketball away before he goes to sleep: he remembers with his mind, which is in his head; his head is round, and so is the basketball. His plan works the first time, but not when Bert wants to go to sleep. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443) |
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Cast | A Howard Cosell-type announcer narrates as athlete Maria subtracts a chair from a group of three. (First: Episode 0431) |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)." (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | "I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit" over a film about tomatoes growing in a field. (First: Episode 0288) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird reads a poem he wrote about the koala bear, as a segue into the next film. |
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Song | Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B". (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cast | Maria, Gordon, and Luis assemble a fractured uppercase B. (First: Episode 0498) |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B". (Spanish remake) (First: Episode 0355) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss tells Lefty the plan for what to do with the Golden AN, which they have just stolen. Lefty is to put it in the tan van and give it to Dan, who will take it to Fran. However, Lefty can't remember the plan very well and has to repeat it, which results in a police officer named Stan hearing the plan and giving him "ten days in the can for stealing the Golden AN." |
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Animation | The story of Dan and Nan, as told with words ending in "an." (First: Episode 0450) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath counts down from 10 to signal a pass. (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | B for butterfly (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Alphabet Story — Ernie writes a dramatic story, which is actually the alphabet. (First: Episode 0009) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Agua (First: Episode 0510) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph: Wally keeps his money taped to his face, so Ralph tells him to keep his money in his piggy bank instead. To ensure he doesn't lose the key, Wally drops it inside as well. (First: Episode 0346) |
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Cartoon | A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353) |
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Film | A voiceover counts nine cars at an intersection. (First: Episode 0424) |
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Cartoon | The word AGUA fills up with water. (First: Episode 0448) |
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Film | A lowercase b floats by some boats. (First: Episode 0471) |
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SCENE 8 | B Quickies: Bob flips a matted letter B into the basket above Big Bird's doors. In reverse motion, Luis walks out of frame backwards, as do some kids riding their tricycles. Susan sits on the stoop with a kid nearby. Suddenly, a big bushy beard pops onto the kid's face. |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you know where I wanna be?" The man says he doesn't know. Harvey says, "I wanna B -- right here!" and slaps a letter B on the man's sweater. Harvey runs off, laughing. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | B is for Bongo Beat, Bandit, and Bottles of wine. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Quiet and Loud — Bert says that he's going to demonstrate quiet by talking quietly to Ernie. (First: Episode 0150) |
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Song | "B is for Bubble." (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" (repeat) |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)." (repeat) |
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Cartoon | B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath. (First: Episode 0355) |
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SCENE 9 | Bob and the kids play in the yard while Grover announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the CTW sign. (Grover: "Oh look, that's Bob winking at me. Oh boy, hi Bob!") |
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