| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | May 4, 1973 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob checks his mail as he walks over to Hooper's Store and says hi to Gordon. Big Bird and the kids say hi to the viewer as they play in the yard. A couple more kids say hi after sliding down the steps of 123 Sesame Street. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0323) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit show the number 5 using blocks, but Grover doesn't know how many to get (he can't count to 5). Kermit has him go back and forth bringing one until there is five. (First: Episode 0475) |
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Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob sings "Five Fingers on My Left Hand" with the kids. Mr. Macintosh joins in with a soft-shoe dance. |
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Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144) |
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Film | A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion! (First: Episode 0166) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath tosses a football forward to a kid. The film then runs in reverse to demonstrate backward. |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow (First: Episode 0374) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter". (First: Episode 0322) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon, Big Bird, and the kids (including Troy) see Alphabet Bates write the letter P across the sky (First: Episode 0054). Afterwards, Gordon asks the kids if they can think of some P words. Big Bird has trouble, and calls out to Alphabet Bates for help. Bates sends down a letter P with a parachute. Big Bird thanks Alphabet Bates for his help. |
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Cartoon | A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Muppets | Ernie is a coach for his baseball team of three balls. In front of him are three small caps and a huge cap. Each of the balls tries on the big cap and gets completely covered up. Ernie puts the small caps on them, and they're ready to start. As Ernie wonders where that huge cap came from, a basketball named Big Bill (captain of the opposing team) bounces in, demanding his cap back. Ernie ends up postponing the game once he sees the competition. (First: Episode 0478) |
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Cartoon | King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345) |
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Cast / Muppets | "The People in Your Neighborhood": Cleaner and Shoemaker (First: Episode 0436) |
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Film | A figure skater illustrates forward and backward. (First: Episode 0439) |
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Cartoon | Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0478) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar sets a cardboard photo of himself on his trash can, hoping to fool his neighbors so he can finally be left alone. Instead, Gordon and Bob knock on the can so they can compliment Oscar on his picture. Oscar takes it down, then Gordon returns with some kids. They knock on the can to inform Oscar that his picture is missing, causing him to flip out and slam the lid. |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought: Circle (Spanish soundtrack) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0434) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet barbershop group sings "High, Middle, Low". (First: Episode 0236) |
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Film | A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon. (Spanish dub) (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452) |
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Cartoon | The alphabet appears in a little box. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cast | Luis demonstrates how to use a can opener to open a can of spaghetti... not realizing that it's open on the bottom already. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cast | Maria demonstrates how a hammer is used by hammering a nail into a wall to hang up a picture. Then, the wall tips over on her. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Animation | Slide puzzle: Ernie (First: Episode 0403) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 1: WET. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Film | A letter N drives through a neighborhood. (First: Episode 0450) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 2: SET. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Film | A little girl needs HELP getting on a horse. (First: Episode 0484) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 3: MET. (First: Episode 0473) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon plays "One of These Things" with the kids, using pictures of a mother elephant and her three babies. |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon points to a framed picture of Bob in a Julius Caesar-esque toga, and says "P... Picture." Bob then pulls out a small flash camera and snaps Gordon's picture, saying "Gotcha!" |
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Cartoon | A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three. (First: Episode 0507) |
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Cast | "David the Daring" does his famous forwards and backwards trick. (First: Episode 0439) |
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Cartoon | P for Pack (First: Episode 0504) |
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Film | Field of hay (kid voice-overs) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks an Anything Muppet carrying several heavy packages if they need any help. Harvey then slaps the word HELP on their packages. (First: Episode 0460) |
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Film | An ice cream man hands a boy too many cones. The boy cries out for "HELP" and some kids eat the extras. (First: Episode 0484) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Frog Kiss — Prince Charming turns Sleeping Beauty into a frog. (First: Episode 0453) |
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Film | A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert & Ingrid count backwards from ten to one. (First: Episode 0527) |
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Cartoon | Country #5 (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A man instructs someone on how to use a wrench to tighten a pipe. |
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Insert | Five signs are counted forward and backward as they appear on the stoop, followed by five kids holding the signs. (First: Episode 0417) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040) |
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Insert | Five kids appear on the stoop, rising up one step each time a new kid is added. They are then counted backwards. (First: Episode 0417) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Cookie — Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie. (First: Episode 0472) |
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Cartoon | A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors. (repeat) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP. (First: Episode 0506) |
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SCENE 7 | Mr. Macintosh and the kids dance along to the closing music. Bob announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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