Episode 0566

Sesame Street
Everyone buys "fantastic machines"; Big Bird accidentally locks Gordon in the garage
Air date	December 31, 1973
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Production June 5, 1973 Sponsors F, G, 10

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird encounters a salesman named A.J. Hornswoggle hawking what he calls “fantastic machines.” The small machines are boxes that are able to produce music and laughter. Big Bird notes that the boxes also billow smoke, which Hornswoggle tries to downplay, saying it's worth it for such a product. Big Bird decides to take one, not minding that it makes a little smoke.
	Cartoon	Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert & Ingrid count backwards from ten to one. (First: Episode 0527)
	SCENE 2	Despite the small amount of smoke coming from it, Jay decides to buy one of the laughing/music machines after Mr. Hornswoggle gives a demonstration. Oscar doesn’t care for the machines, but changes his mind when Hornswoggle displays one machine that can emit crying noises instead of laughter.
	Cartoon	"Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit plans to talk about the letter F, but Beautiful Day Monster delivers an E instead, so he fixes it by using an ax and chopping off the bottom line of the E to make it look like an F. (First: Episode 0033)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird, Oscar, Jay, and Eric admire their new boxes, but Susan, Gordon, Bob, and David say that they need to get rid of them. David explains to Big Bird that even though each box makes a little bit of smoke, the collective smoke is enough to cause air pollution and make it difficult to live. Big Bird agrees, and everyone turns off their machines and dumps them into a nearby trash can.
	Cartoon	"Poverty F” (First: Episode 0128)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley hosts The Weather Show. (First: Episode 0385)
	Film	F for Factory (First: Episode 0447)
	Celebrity	Flip Wilson shows how his teacher, Miss Johnson, taught the ABCs. (First: Episode 0151)
	Cartoon	A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one. (First: Episode 0240)
	Film	Joe Raposo: Wet & Dry (Falls in pool; kid VO's) (First: Episode 0467)
	Insert	Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not. (First: Episode 0463)
	Muppets	Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie." (First: Episode 0136)
	Cartoon	Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193)
	Cast	Mr. Hooper and Susan play astronauts on a mission on the Moon. Susan attempts to tally up the three moon rocks, which float off into space one by one (followed by her superior). (First: Episode 0524)
	Cartoon	The uses of water (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0278)
	Muppets	Grover is carrying the word "HELP", which is very heavy. He asks Marty to help him carry the word. Instead, Marty gives Grover three more "HELP" words to carry. (First: Episode 0287)
	SCENE 4	David sees that Big Bird has painted several “WET PAINT” signs and stuck them all over the street: on the tree, on the newsstand, near the 123 Sesame Street steps, etc. Big Bird explains that each sign is for a previous one that all eventually lead to his nest, where a sign sits on a stool. David believes that the stool itself is what was painted in the first place, but Big Bird corrects him; the stool is dry, but the first thing he painted was the first wet paint sign itself.
	Cartoon	A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie keeps taking glasses of water outside the apartment. Bert thinks of possible uses Ernie could have for this water. As it turns out, the kitchen faucet is broken, and Ernie's trying to get rid of the water before the apartment floods. (First: Episode 0425)
	Cartoon	The uses of water (First: Episode 0139)
	Cartoon	I am dry, he is wet (near swimming pool) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309)
	Film	Baby animals nurse. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0546)
	Animation	Slide puzzle: Ernie (First: Episode 0403)
	Muppets	"The "OP" Family Song" (First: Episode 0146)
	Cartoon	A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131)
	Cast	Maria, David, Gordon, and Susan pull on a rope to drag the word HELP into frame. Then they sit on the floor and drive an invisible car away.
	Cartoon	A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT. (First: Episode 0304)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert can't go on a trip with Ernie because his hand has purple paint on it. Ernie puts a mitten on Bert's hand to cover it, but Bert still won't go because he looks silly wearing one mitten. So Ernie completes the outfit with another mitten, a hat, a scarf, and a sled. Ernie then reveals that they are going to the beach. (First: Episode 0386)
	Cartoon	A man uses drinking glasses on his eyes and pours water over his seeing glasses. (First: Episode 0485)
	Muppets	Some AM kids get ready to play baseball. A Fat Blue (Jerry Nelson) brings a bat, Prairie Dawn (Fran Brill) brings a glove, and a Lavender (Caroll Spinney) brings a catcher's mask. A Hot Pink (Frank Oz) brings a hockey stick, and a tennis racket, before producing a box... which holds the baseball. (First: Episode 0193)
	SCENE 5	After fixing a window on the brownstone, Gordon takes his ladder back to the garage, leaving the door slightly open. Big Bird finds the door ajar and locks it closed, later finding out that Gordon is still inside. Through the window of the door, Gordon tells Big Bird to get a key from David at Hooper's Store, and to do it quickly as the garage is starting to get hot. Big Bird tries to ask for the key but David and the others stop him short, explaining that he has to wait in line just like everybody else.
	Cartoon	"Poverty F” (repeat)
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Big Bird finally gets to have his turn in line and urgently tells David that Gordon is locked inside the garage. He, David and the others (Susan and Bob) rush over posthaste and unlock the garage door. An annoyed, sweat-soaked Gordon comes out glaring at Big Bird as the others all start talking all at once, trying to apologize and explain themselves. Big Bird tells them to form a line and take turns, just as he had to before, but Gordon is in no mood to listen.
	Cartoon	I am dry, they are wet (umbrella) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0344)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 2) (First: Episode 0093)
	Film	A little girl needs HELP getting on a horse. (First: Episode 0484)
	Cartoon	I am dry, he is wet (Shark fishing) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309)
	Film	Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock") (First: Episode 0410)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 3) (First: Episode 0093)
	Cartoon	I am dry, they are wet (man laying on the beach) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids comment over footage of an eagle's view of different kinds of roads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0377)
	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)
	Cartoon	I am dry, he is wet (dog washing) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309)
	SCENE 6	Big Bird shows off more of his "WET PAINT" signs, handing them to a weary David. Susan announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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