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| Big Bird tries to put leaves back on a tree | |||||||
| Air date | January 31, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob greets the viewer and mentions today's sponsors as a Muppet boy (Caroll Spinney) looks on, but the boy sneezes every time Bob is about to say the letter W (he's allergic). |
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Cartoon | W for Willamina (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Debo if he knows what a W is. (First: Episode 0563) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, a lady with a tall hat sits in front of Ernie and Bert. She block's Ernie's view, so he asks her if she'd mind taking it off. When she places the hat on the seat next to her, Bert's view is now obstructed. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Film | A marching band counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | Two ducks look the same height when they're in the bathtub, but one duck (Joe Flynn) is short and the other is tall. (First: Episode 0303) |
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Film | A trio of clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus illustrate tall and small. (First: Episode 0519) |
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Film | This is the desert. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0514) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cinderella at the Ball — Kermit interviews Cinderella and Prince Charming at the ball. (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Cartoon | A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. (First: Episode 0542) |
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SCENE 2 | What makes people angry?
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants Bert to pretend to be mad, but Bert says that he can't, because he has nothing to feel angry about. Ernie asks Bert to pretend that he borrowed Bert's paper clip collection, and lost his favorite paper clip. The thought makes Bert really mad. Bert gets tired out, and tells Ernie that he can't get mad anymore. Ernie makes a confession -- he really did lose Bert's favorite paper clip. (First: Episode 0216) |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Film | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cast | Luis looks for the exit in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Film | Some kids watch a silent film featuring a lady in a burning house. They instruct her to "go to the EXIT!" (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet family arranges themselves in different ways. (First: Episode 0275) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird observes that it's been getting cold lately. He sees a leaf fall off the tree in front of the Fix-it Shop, and then another. He feels that he's the one who made them fall after touching the tree, and feels obligated to put them back on the tree somehow before Luis gets upset with him. |
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Film | A boy compares the growth of the sunflowers to his own height. Music: Joe Raposo |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird has now taped a lot of the leaves back on the tree, but more and more keep falling off. He figures the sticky tape isn't much help, and runs off to get something more effective. |
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Cartoon | A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him. (First: Episode 0399) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird has now glued more leaves onto the tree, but they still keep falling. He has one last idea… |
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Cartoon | A man tests a carpenter's knowledge of using a hammer. (First: Episode 0532) |
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SCENE 6 | Luis and David see the tree with the leaves taped and glued to it, and wonder what's going on. Big Bird returns with a hammer and nail, but Luis stops him from doing any more to the tree. Big Bird informs the grown-ups what he did, and they explain how many trees shed their leaves in autumn, much like how Big Bird sheds his feathers. Big Bird understands and says goodbye to the tree, now believing that it'll fly south for the winter just like some birds do. |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates noisy and quiet. (First: Episode 0241) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act (First: Episode 0280) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Body part shout-out (First: Episode 0264) |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin." (First: Episode 0135) |
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Cartoon | A short bird stands under a tall bird, which lays an egg on its head. (First: Episode 0303) |
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Film | Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left. |
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SCENE 7 | Maria chats with Oscar, then Luis, then David, all of whom are feeling rotten and having bad days, but Bob is having a good day. She plays a "Three of These Things" game with all four of them framed in a superimposed grid. Luis and David notice how funny they look when wallowing in their anger and crack up; now Oscar is the one who is different from the others. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is tall, Bert taller, and Big Bird is the tallest (and he also breaks the ceiling). (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph: Wally tries to put on his new shirt, but can't fit his head through the buttoned opening because he's wearing his hat. Ralph instructs him to make his head smaller by squeezing it, but that doesn't work. Instead, Ralph tears off the entire collar section from the shirt, which makes it fit Wally. (First: Episode 0356) |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals with tails. (First: Episode 0017) |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | A man tests a carpenter's knowledge of using a hammer. (repeat) |
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SCENE 8 | Luis removes the leaves that Big Bird had stuck to the tree while Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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