Episode 0552

	Sesame Street
	Sam the Robot demonstrates near and far; The Count counts in his sleep
Air date	December 11, 1973
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Production	May 29, 1973
Sponsors	F, H, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Sam the Robot reports to David that he has been programmed to talk about near. Unfortunately, this means that he points out everything that is near him, disturbing David as he tries to sweep up the front of Hooper's Store. David gets an idea, and pretends that Sam doesn't know what far means. Sam takes this as a challenge, and rolls farther and farther away from him - so far that he calls David on the phone to tell him so.
	Cartoon	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020)
	Film	Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336)
	Cartoon	The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Counter — Cookie Monster uses a device to count cookies with Ernie. (First: Episode 0481)
	Cartoon	H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020)
	Cast	Wally and Ralph: Wally brings home a new waste basket inside a paper bag, but doesn't know how to discard the paper bag once he's removed the waste basket from it. (First: Episode 0318)
	Film	F for Factory (First: Episode 0447)
	Cast	Maria and Gordon add three tricycles. (First: Episode 0477)
	Cartoon	A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0162)
	Muppets	Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057)
	SCENE 2	Susan talks to John-John, Trey, Krystal, and Doris, all of whom are wearing hats that represent different jobs. She tells them how they can be anything they want and sings “Believe in Yourself,” stopping to sing a duet with David and admire a soft-shoe dance from Mr. Macintosh.
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (Spanish) (First: Episode 0281)
	Film	George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch. (First: Episode 0235)
	Cartoon	"That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279)
	Muppets	Two Anything Muppets sing "As I Was Going to St. Ives." (First: Episode 0045)
	Cartoon	F for Football Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0135)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (First: Episode 0347)
	Animation	Counting six red balls (First: Episode 0278)
	Cartoon	"I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball (First: Episode 0279)
	SCENE 3	Luis sings “Three of These Things” with pictures of a knife, a saw, a meat cleaver, and a flower pot.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080)
	Muppets	Beat the Time: Grover — Grover has one minute to bring in five items that contain milk. (First: Episode 0423)
	Film	Kids narrate a visit to an automobile factory, and watch a taxi being made. (First: Episode 0186)
	Muppets	Fran Brill narrates two Anything Muppet hands who argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it. (First: Episode 0189)
	SCENE 4	Using the street set as a Vaudeville-style backdrop, David reads a piece of paper, furious at what it says. He tears up the paper as Luis asks him why he’s angry. David tosses the paper in the air and tells him to read it for himself, confusing Luis.
	Film	A gymnast demonstrates close to and away from. (First: Episode 0513)
	Muppets	OPEN the Door: Part 1: Harvey Kneeslapper hangs an "OPEN" sign on a closet and has filled it with so many toys that when somebody opens it, all of the toys in the closet will fall on that person. A girl opens the closet, but none of the toys fall out. When Harvey opens it after she leaves, they fall all over him.
	Cartoon	A drummer introduces C.T. Wordsworth who challenges a contestant to guess the secret word: store. (First: Episode 0443)
	Muppets	OPEN the Door: Part 2: Harvey has refilled the closet. A boy tries to open it, but the door is stuck. When the boy has left, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys land on him again.
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus (First: Episode 0296)
	Muppets	OPEN the Door: Part 3: Harvey has refilled the closet again. The boy and girl come by again and open the door. Instead of toys falling, the closet leads to another place. After the two of them have gone through and closed the door behind them, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys fall on him.
	SCENE 5	Luis, Susan, and David hurry off to a block association meeting until Oscar stops them, asking if he can count them. He counts the three of them, and counts them again after they've rearranged themselves. Oscar now knows that there's three people to tell that they're late for the meeting. The others lunge in revenge at Oscar, who laughs it off.
	Song	Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one. (First: Episode 0408)
	Cartoon	A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. (repeat)
	Muppets	Old West sketches: A couple of cowboy Muppets meet the Alphabet Kid, who claims that he can write the alphabet faster than any man alive. To prove it, he quickly draws his crayon and speedily writes out the whole alphabet. (First: Episode 0307)
	Film	The Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314)
	Cast	Maria, Susan, Luis and David put together a fractured letter H. (First: Episode 0422)
	Film	Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426)
	SCENE 6	As The Count sleeps near Big Bird's nest, he dreams about the numbers one through seven, which are telestrated next to him.
	Cartoon	H for hola (Spanish soundtrack). (First: Episode 0362)
	SCENE 6 cont'd	The Count counts even higher in his sleep, getting up to the millions, as David announces the sponsors (also telestrated).
	CLOSING SIGNS	Oscar and the Count hold the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.