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| Big Bird imagines himself as David; Sam the Robot plays a rhyming game with David and the kids | |||||||
| Air date | December 17, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon takes two long patches found stuck on the tire swing, and puts them together to make a number 11. He finds a better way of making an 11 by putting the patches directly onto a small stack of boxes nearby. As he thinks of something else they'll be seeing on Sesame Street today, the two number ones remove themselves and dance wildly until Gordon orders them back in place. |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, discovers that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | A man goes to the grocery store to buy apples, but he can't decide how many to get. This frustrates the grocer, who has to keep adding and subtracting the amount of apples on his scale. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird hums "I'm Movin' On #2" to himself before observing how much fun Maria and the kids are having with David at Hooper's Store. He thinks people like David more than himself, and wonders how it would be if he looked like David. In his imagination, he has the same body as David, but retains his own voice – and his love for birdseed, only he finds that he can't eat it with his teeth. He also wants to join Gordon and the kids for basketball, but they don't believe he's Big Bird because he looks like David. Back in reality, Big Bird decides it's better that he looks like himself, and plays basketball with his friends. |
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Cartoon | P for Pack (First: Episode 0504) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is painting a portrait of Bert, but paints Bert with curly hair, glasses and a beard. When Bert gets angry about this, Ernie takes him behind the easel and puts curly hair, glasses and a beard on Bert. (First: Episode 0365) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates around. (First: Episode 0517) |
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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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Cartoon | A man tests a carpenter's knowledge of using a hammer. (First: Episode 0532) |
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Muppets | Kermit talks about horns as a film of animals with horns plays behind him. (First: Episode 0112) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Muppets | The Hands count to 11. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow (First: Episode 0374) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert asks Ernie about his day. Ernie doesn't think anything interesting happened. Bert points out that Ernie went to the zoo, but Ernie says nothing interesting happened at the zoo. Then, he talks about a scratch he got on his finger and describes how he got it, realizing in the process that something interesting did happen after all. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | A letter N drives through a neighborhood. (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks. (First: Episode 0478) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0517) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird, Gordon and some kids (Cassie, Connie, and Veronica) demonstrate over and under as they sit in different places on the garage steps. |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: To demonstrate "through", Kermit tries to get Cookie Monster to run through a piece of tissue paper. Instead, Cookie offers other alternatives, ultimately choosing to go around it. He helps Kermit with his demonstration by passing the tissue paper through Kermit. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Cartoon | P for Pack (repeat) |
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Muppets | Story: Bob reads "The King and the Fireman", a story about a king who becomes so grateful for being saved by a fireman that he decides to make everyone in the kingdom a firefighter... and soon realizes what a mistake he's made. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452) |
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Cast | Bob and Mr. Hooper have a dispute over using a sole coat hanger for their coats. They eventually cooperate and put both their coats on the one hanger. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon and the kids look up to see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter P (First: Episode 0054). |
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Film | Kids paint P-word animals on glass. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter". (First: Episode 0322) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Otters in the zoo (First: Episode 0487) |
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Cartoon | Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole! (First: Episode 0090) |
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Cartoon | Cars WALK. |
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Film | The WALK sign flashes in a montage of people (and even dogs) walking in the city. (First: Episode 0498) |
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Muppets | "The UN Family Song" (First: Episode 0155) |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Song | "Look Around, Look Around", a song about seasons. |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 5 | David plays a rhyming game with the kids: he takes something out of a box, and has the kids come up with words that rhyme with it. After David rhymes with his clock, Sam the Robot joins in and physically produces things that rhyme with David's objects. He makes a plate for David's skate, a bat for a hat, and even a pie for David's tie. When David challenges Sam to rhyme “toys,” Sam makes a lot of noise and drives everybody away. |
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Cartoon | A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (First: Episode 0057) |
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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 | Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Horses compete in a contest to see who can pull the most cement. |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Sam continues to make his deafening noise as David and the kids try to stop him. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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