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| Bob and Oscar demonstrate how a tape measure works. | |||||||
| Air date | April 30, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and the kids play "Stoop Tag," where the one who is "it" can only tag people who are standing up and running around and not those who quickly stoop down. |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman sings a song about finding a (MEOW!) stuck in a tree. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates up and down. |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates up and down. Artist: Al Jarnow (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | A man bounces a ball up the steps, and then it falls down the steps. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0435) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie makes a mess of the apartment in order to find a note he wrote to Bert. (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cast | Maria comments via voiceover as Gordon comes into a shoe store to purchase some shoes. Salesman Luis presents him with a pair that's too small, then too big. He finally realizes that measuring Gordon's foot will tell him what size shoes to find. (First: Episode 0470) |
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Cartoon | H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336) |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob wants Oscar's help in showing how to measure things with a tape measure. Oscar heckles Bob as he holds one end while Bob shows how it is used. Oscar wants Bob to move farther away, but his tape measure can only go about six feet. Oscar produces his own tape measure, which can measure Bob's distance from at least 40 feet away from his trash can, allowing Oscar to make an escape from the lesson. |
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Muppets | Grover sings "What Do I Do When I'm Alone?" (First: Episode 0269) |
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Film | A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. (First: Episode 0422) |
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Cartoon | Boy and the UP balloons (First: Episode 0364) |
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Film | Examples of people and animals going down. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one. (First: Episode 0240) |
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Film | A scuba diver shows up and down. |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird reads another of his prize-winning poems. This time it's about a pig, leading to... |
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Film | Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk. (First: Episode 0169) |
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Cartoon | A man pushes up a lazy UP. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cast | Maria, Luis, Susan and David put together a fractured letter H. (First: Episode 0422) |
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Cartoon | "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (First: Episode 0345) |
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Cartoon | A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a hole under Yellow, who yells "HELP!!" (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | H - Horse (First: Episode 0474) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon sings "Three of These Things" with Gregory and Joanne using pictures of hats and a coat. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie keeps taking glasses of water outside the apartment. Bert thinks of possible uses Ernie could have for this water. As it turns out, the kitchen faucet is broken, and Ernie's trying to get rid of the water before the apartment floods. (First: Episode 0425) |
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Cartoon | I thought a thought ... about circles. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0247) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath makes a football pass to Joey after counting to 7. |
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Cartoon | A peacock counts 20 feathers on his tail. (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 5 | After a hard day's work at the Fix-it Shop, Luis takes a break and reminisces about his old home, singing "Escondido." |
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Cartoon | Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151) |
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Muppets | Grover reads a sign that says DANGER and looks around for said danger. He doesn't find it anywhere until he trips and falls on the sign. (First: Episode 0182) |
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Cartoon | Harold and Howard think of H words. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
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Film | Children in a movie theater tell a man on the screen not to open a door that says "DANGER" on it. He opens it, and there's an explosion. |
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SCENE 6 | Susan finds the Count milling around outside Oscar's trash can. Although it seems like there's nothing to count, he tells her that Oscar has a cold and he's counting his sneezes. He counts four of them, though Oscar doesn't appreciate the company. |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets (including George) individually try to sell lemons, water, and sugar. After all of their businesses fail, the three cooperate to start a lemonade stand. (First: Episode 0335) |
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Cast | Bob comes across a DANGER sign next to a frozen pond. Ignoring the sign, he skates on the ice (via pixillation) until it starts to crack. Bob then concedes the sign is there for good reason. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | Kids watch a silent movie with a man resting on the train tracks with an oncoming trolley - DANGER! (First: Episode 0480) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates on and off. |
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Cartoon | A boy leads his sister up and down a staircase. Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are playing policeman, but the other one is playing fireman. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | A man uses drinking glasses on his eyes and pours water over his seeing glasses. (First: Episode 0485) |
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Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath points to the number 12 on his shirt. (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #4: Third dot wants to be red (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 7 | The Count has counted over 4,700 sneezes despite Oscar's protests. Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and the Count holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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