Episode 0565

	Sesame Street
	Sam the Robot demonstrates opposites
Air date	December 28, 1973
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Directed by	Robert Myhrum
Production	June 5, 1973
Sponsors	E, G, 9

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Bob sings a song about opposites with the assistance of David, Mr. Macintosh, and Maria, before repeating the song for the kids on the stoop so they can guess the correct opposite. Once the song concludes, Sam the Robot shows up and claims to be an expert on the subject; he decides to present a demonstration on various opposites.
	Cartoon	A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. (First: Episode 0085)
	Muppets	Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows. (First: Episode 0210)
	Film	Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357)
	Song	Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006)
	Film	A gymnast demonstrates up and down. (First: Episode 0526)
	SCENE 2	Sam demonstrates up and down for David, Bob, and Maria by lowering and raising his front hatch, then moving his eyes up and down. The others aren't impressed until he starts rocketing up into the air and back down a few times. The others try to keep him grounded, but Sam decides to stay up until it's time for his next demonstration.
	Film	A man bounces a ball up the steps, and then it falls down the steps. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0435)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin has his students stand up and sit down to learn about the opposites. (First: Episode 0518)
	Cartoon	A man demonstrates up and down. Artist:Al Jarnow (First: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137)
	SCENE 3	Sam demonstrates in and out for the grown-ups. First, he sticks a bologna sandwich out of and in his hatch. He brings their attention to the next part, which involves a giant present sitting in the yard. According to Sam, his friend Roy is in the box. The others assume that Roy must be really big, but are surprised when a small door on the box opens, and Roy, a small wind-up man, comes running out.
	Cartoon	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316)
	Film	Counting 6 pieces of laundry on the line (First: Episode 0419)
	Cartoon	A man pushes up a lazy UP. (First: Episode 0316)
	Muppets	Three Anything Muppets sing "Everyone Likes Ice Cream". (edited) (First: Episode 0026)
	Film	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302)
	SCENE 4	Next, Sam demonstrates short and long by tooting his whistle for the grown-ups, Jay, and the kids. He starts with some short (and loud) toots, followed by a very long one. The others complain about the noise, but Sam wants to keep the whistle going to reinforce the lesson.
	Cartoon	E for Erase (First: Episode 0486)
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Sam continues blowing his long whistle, feeling it's not long enough...
	Cartoon	E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486)
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Sam finally finishes blowing his whistle after David threatens that they won't watch any more of his demonstrations. Sam leaves to get ready for his next opposite lesson as the others try to recover.
	Cartoon	A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird on a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie Gets Bert Warm — Ernie covers Bert with several layers of clothes when he gets cold. (First: Episode 0418)
	Cast	Bob puts up a drawing of Big Bird on a billboard. His partner, David, has trouble putting up a duplicate in the same manner. (First: Episode 0486)
	Cartoon	I Thought a Thought ... about big things. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287)
	Cartoon	Miss Fortune makes guesses about a dog. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0483)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry asks John-John if he knows the difference between up and down.
	Film	A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. (First: Episode 0438)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Missing Chicken Salad Sandwich — Ernie opens his lunchbox and finds that half of his chicken salad sandwich is missing. (First: Episode 0131)
	Cartoon	A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131)
	SCENE 5	Next, Sam demonstrates same and different by playing “One of These Things" and projecting the images of circles and a triangle on his tummy.
	Muppets	As ominous music plays, the Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for Count. The mailman wonders why there are so many letters. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them... and then he does. (First: Episode 0420)
	Cast	Luis looks for the SALIDA in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407)
	Cartoon	SALIDA (train) (First: Episode 0537)
	Cartoon	"Martian Beauty" (repeat)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie's lost the nickel he was going to use for candy, so Shola gives him another one.
	SCENE 6	Next, Sam demonstrates fast and slow by going toward the Fix-it Shop at a slow pace, then accelerating down the other end of the street; Maria admires Sam's work today.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Melody subtract cookies. (First: Episode 0425)
	Film	Examples of people and animals going down. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406)
	Cartoon	E for End (First: Episode 0460)
	SCENE 7	Sam attempts to summarize his lessons while the others have had enough of his excessive talking. Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
	CLOSING SIGNS	David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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