Episode 0585

	Sesame Street
	Sam the Robot talks to a mailbox; Snuffy's balloons
Air date	January 25, 1974
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Directed by	Robert Myhrum
Sponsors	T, V, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Sam the Robot attempts to talk to the mailbox on the corner, thinking it’s a fellow robot. He observes how quiet it is, and assumes that it's being fed special fuel when Bob and Maria drop letters into it. David comes by with a letter, and Sam asks to be fed. David assumes Sam wants to do something special with it, but Sam eats the letter instead and finds it terrible. David tries to explain what a mailbox is for, though Sam still wonders why it wouldn't answer him before.
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136)
	Film	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set. (First: Episode 0446)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests. (First: Episode 0449)
	Cartoon	"Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0050)
	SCENE 2	Bob sings “What Can I Do?” with the kids (including John-John), having them pretend to be airplanes, pirates, and cats and dogs.
	Film	Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be. (re-recorded music) (First: Episode 0004)
	Cast	Part 1: The Flying Stupendos (Luis, Maria, and David) attempt a trick on the teeter-totter, in which Luis will jump onto one end and catapult Maria onto David's shoulders. On the first try, the teeter-totter breaks.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052)
	Cast	Part 2: On the second try (with a new teeter-totter), Maria is launched out of shot and winds up hanging off-screen from the ceiling.
	Cartoon	This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507)
	Cast	Part 3: On the third and final try, Luis lands on the floor missing the teeter-totter, and then sits down on his end, whereupon he and Maria see-saw together, as David walks away unimpressed.
	Cartoon	Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110)
	Cartoon	The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507)
	Film	"Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." (edited) Music: Joe Raposo
	SCENE 3	Maria plays a “Three of These Things” game with three receptacles and a tricycle; John-John answers as he rides on the tire swing.
	Cartoon	A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end. (First: Episode 0337)
	Muppets	A story about Lola the cow, who tries to find her home. She first tries to climb a tree to get into a nest, but Little Bird tells her that it's not her home. She then tries to crawl down a hole in the ground, but that turns out to belong to an earthworm. She tries to get into a trash can, which belongs to Oscar. She finally finds a barn and is invited in by another cow. (First: Episode 0497)
	Cartoon	Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty. (First: Episode 0099)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster presents to Ernie his new device “The Cookie Counter” which will notify him of the quantity of cookies inside the box. Cookie Monster points “The Cookie Counter” rod to the box of cookies, which rings five times representing the amount of cookies inside the box. Ernie is impressed by Cookie Monster's device and talks about the benefits the device provides to the audience, simultaneously Cookie Monster eats Ernie's box of cookies. Ernie tests the Cookie Counter by pointing the rod at the box of cookies, the box doesn't ring. Cookie Monster asks Ernie to face the Cookie Counter rod to his stomach; it rings five times as proof of the location of the five cookies. (First: Episode 0481)
	Cartoon	"I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball (Spanish) (First: Episode 0279)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. (First: Episode 0368)
	Cast	The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V. (First: Episode 0455)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird finds Mr. Snuffleupagus at his nest and admires the blue balloon he has. While Big Bird goes to fetch someone so they can meet him, Snuffy gets the idea to give more balloons to everybody. Big Bird meets up with Maria at Hooper's Store and tries to get her to come back with him to meet Snuffy; neither of them notice that Snuffy has made his way to the yard, now playing with a yellow balloon. When Big Bird and Maria finally get back to the nest, they see Rafael holding the blue balloon instead. Maria still finds it hard to believe in Big Bird's "imaginary" friend, and as they leave they notice a yellow balloon coming from Oscar's trash can. Maria jokingly suggests that the Snuffleupagus is inside the can, but once they're out of earshot, Oscar demands that Snuffy take himself and his balloon elsewhere.
	Cartoon	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (First: Episode 0345)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet brings his broken BUS (the word) to a garage for a mechanic to fix up. (First: Episode 0455)
	Cartoon	Kids guess what two circles drawn onscreen will become. They turn out to be the eye of a friendly monster. (First: Episode 0248)
	Cast	The Kids try to spell the word "BUS" in the right way. (First: Episode 0469)
	Cartoon	A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0243)
	SCENE 5	Bob watches the kids playing leapfrog, then suggests different and silly ways for them to jump around.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "J Jump." (First: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433)
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie is sad, because it's raining and he can't play baseball. Bert encourages him to imagine that he's playing instead. In Ernie's imagination, he hits a high fly ball that lands in the ocean. Bert tells Ernie that the sun is out, and he can go out and play now. Ernie says that he can't play -- his ball fell in the ocean. (First: Episode 0410)
	Film	Kids compete in a speed skating competition. (version one) (First: Episode 0412)
	SCENE 6	Bob has the kids try to jump as high as they can. Big Bird announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
	CLOSING SIGNS	David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the CTW sign.