Episode 0538

Sesame Street
Air date	November 21, 1973
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Production May 16, 1973 Sponsors E, W, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	The Count bothers Luis as he works on a radio with his incessant counting. Luis tries distracting the Count by having him count something different - termites...
	Film	A kid narrates footage of a termite colony. (First: Episode 0408)
	SCENE 1 cont'd	In the short time during the film, the Count manages to count over 18,000 termites featured. Nearing the end of his rope, Luis pours a can of nails on the ground for him to count; the Count finishes in a matter of seconds (counting over 2,000 nails). Luis tries getting rid of him by telling him to count grains of sand on the beach. The Count has already done this and further annoys Luis by listing various statistics he's counted (such as blades of grass in Central Park).
	Cartoon	Four construction workers build a number 4. (First: Episode 0507)
	Muppets	Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4. (shown in English, then Spanish) (First: Episode 0132)
	Cartoon	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird watches over Hooper's Store while David is out for a minute. Maria needs David in a hurry, so she leaves a message with Big Bird - she really needs a bottle of ink. To remember this, Big Bird repeats "wink," which rhymes. However, once David returns, the new word has replaced the old one in Big Bird's memory, so he tells David to give Maria a wink. David finds this odd, but when Maria returns, he tries out several different winks. She thinks he's gone crazy until they come to the conclusion that Big Bird misremembered. David produces some ink for her just as Big Bird returns, seeing he's done a good job remembering after all.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — At the movies, a lady with a tall hat sits in front of Ernie and Bert. She block's Ernie's view, so he asks her if she'd mind taking it off. When she places the hat on the seat next to her, Bert's view is now obstructed.
	Cartoon	E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001)
	Film	Joe Raposo sings "Look at This" over footage of something ... can you guess what it is? (First: Episode 0514)
	Insert	Jerry Nelson narrates three letters coming together to form the word FUN. The letters celebrate with confetti and streamers. (First: Episode 0458)
	SCENE 3	Maria takes a break from working on her report for school to sing a Spanish version of "Three of These Things" using her textbooks and notepad.
	Muppets	Anything Muppets (including Farley) shout "E!" (First: Episode 0408)
	Cartoon	E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486)
	Muppets	Broken Ukulele, Part 1: Ernie Ernie encounters a sobbing Beautiful Day Monster, who is crying because his ukulele is broken. Ernie shows him a few things one can do with a broken ukulele, but that doesn't stop the monster from crying. Ernie then offers to fix the ukulele. (First: Episode 0080)
	Cartoon	E for Erase (First: Episode 0486)
	Muppets	Broken Ukulele, Part 2: Ernie brings back the ukulele, all fixed. And what does the monster do? He eats it! (First: Episode 0080)
	Cartoon	What if my hair were grass? (First: Episode 0514)
	SCENE 4	Oscar sets up his can space as a fortune-telling stand, having borrowed the Amazing Mumford's rubber kickball to use as a crystal ball. He intends to give only negative predictions, telling David he's going to flunk his next law school exam and Maria will catch a cold. David is especially miffed by Oscar's scheme, insisting there's nothing magic about his supposed "crystal ball." Suddenly, Mumford magically appears from within the ball, assuring the two that Oscar's fortunes are fraudulent and reminding Oscar to return the ball tonight. Oscar faints in shock.
	Cartoon	An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. Voices: Hal Smith
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "J Jump." (First: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	Grover the Elevator Operator demonstrates front and back by telling the passengers on his elevator where to stand. (First: Episode 0469)
	Cartoon	"Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges. (First: Episode 0003)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002)
	Muppets	The Count sings "The Song of the Count." (First: Episode 0469)
	Film	Marching Band #4 (First: Episode 0529)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert asks Ernie to share a banana with him. Ernie gets the inside of the banana, and gives Bert the peel. (First: Episode 0464)
	Film	Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1) (First: Episode 0491)
	Muppets	Farley looks for ME. (First: Episode 0464)
	Film	Stop-motion: in a park, a man reads a newspaper, then shamelessly drops it on the ground. A little girl finds this disgusting, and puts the newspaper in the trash bin. (Part 2) (First: Episode 0491)
	SCENE 5	David and Luis try to decipher a note left outside Hooper's - "H_LP M_." Sam the Robot wheels in and reveals he wrote the note, as he's having trouble making words lately. He prints out the words LOVE and STREET, but the words are missing a letter E. Luis makes a quick trip back to the Fix-It Shop where he has a spare letter E and he and David load it into Sam's back compartment. He's able to print words properly again, but now can't stop repeating himself.
	Cartoon	Kids around the world say "ME." (First: Episode 0389)
	Muppets	Grover sees the word "me" and shouts the word. (First: Episode 0205)
	Animation	Drawing a chicken (child V/O in English and Spanish) (First: Episode 0451)
	Film	Women put dolls together and package them at a doll factory.
	Cartoon	W for Wilhelmina (First: Episode 0512)
	Film	Paper-cut triangles fade into live-action shots of triangle-shaped things.
	Muppets	Billy wants to know about here and there, so Herry and Grover demonstrate by spreading apart, each calling the monster over to their side. However, whenever the monster gets to "there," he always finds himself "here".
	Film	A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255)
	Cast	"Dandy David" adds flowers and flower pots. (First: Episode 0435)
	SCENE 6	Oscar asks Mumford's projected image in the ball what his own future holds. Mumford jokingly tells him that tomorrow, his neighbors are going to clean up his can, which is bad news to Oscar. Luis announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Oscar and the Count hold the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the CTW sign.

Notes

• Mumford's kickball is seen being used for its original purpose in later episodes, such as Episode 0539 and Episode 0542.

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