| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | February 4, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis greets the viewer and introduces the letter G, when he notices Oscar preparing a magic act for Grouch Talent Night. Luis suggests he pull out some G items from his hat, and Oscar produces a torn glove and a small but broken guitar. He invites Luis to try pulling something out, and Luis ends up with his hand covered in glue. |
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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) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "What Do I Do When I'm Alone?" (alternate take) (First: Episode 0269) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird encounters nurse Susan taking Jessie's temperature. At first he thinks Susan gave her a lollipop, but Susan explains what a thermometer does. Jessie's running a bit of a fever, and Susan tells her to let her mother know and to take it easy. Big Bird suddenly panics, assuming he and everybody's going to get sick with sore throats, fallen arches, and droopy tails. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me." (First: Episode 0375) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Divide Licorice — Ernie has a licorice whip that he offers to share with Bert. (First: Episode 0461) |
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Cartoon | Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate short and long -- Kermit sings and hops for short periods, while Grover does them for long periods. Finally Grover asks if he can do the short thing and Kermit do the long thing. To Grover's detriment, it turns out to be tickling! (First: Episode 0560) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #2 (First: Episode 0309) |
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Song | Luis sings "Three of These Kids" -- three kids are playing basketball, and one is playing baseball. (First: Episode 0418) |
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Cartoon | Julius and Jasper: "Why are you holding one leg up in the air, Jasper?" "Because if I hold two legs up in the air, I fall down!" Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 3 | Using flowerpots, Luis and Susan blend the parts of the word “FLOWERS,” which then magically spring from the pots. |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss tells Lefty the plan for what to do with the Golden AN, which they have just stolen. Lefty is to put it in the tan van and give it to Dan, who will take it to Fran. However, Lefty can't remember the plan very well and has to repeat it, which results in a police officer named Stan hearing the plan and giving him "ten days in the can for stealing the Golden AN." (First: Episode 0523) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Using their t-shirts, Luis and Bob blend the parts of the word “WATER,” then get splashed. |
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Film | Things you can carry Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0515) |
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Muppets | Grover climbs a tree and finds a bird's nest with some eggs in it. The eggs hatch, and the baby birds think Grover is their mommy. When the real mother bird arrives, she mistakes Grover for one of her babies. She gives them all a flying lesson, but Grover promptly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0570) |
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Cartoon | A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A baby cries whenever he gets a beso. (First: Episode 0433) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob plays a “Three of These Things” game with the kids using pictures of three mittens and one winter hat. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert & Ingrid count backwards from ten to one. (First: Episode 0527) |
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Film | A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: What Happened Here — Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. (First: Episode 0030) |
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Cartoon | E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg. (First: Episode 0002) |
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Cartoon | The letters in the word BESO kiss each other. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola count fingers. (First: Episode 0464) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Otters in the zoo (First: Episode 0487) |
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Cast | Gordon builds a model airplane. He looks through his box of parts to find two wings that are the same size. After finding the right wings, the airplane sends him soaring towards the sky. (First: Episode 0507) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan and the kids watch Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter G (First: Episode 0025). |
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Film | Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: G for Gorilla (in man suit) (First: Episode 0085) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph navigate a tube of toothpaste. (First: Episode 0378) |
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Film | Russian nesting dolls 1-10 (First: Episode 0540) |
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Cartoon | A man sees if a carpenter knows how to measure with a ruler. (First: Episode 0550) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis and some kids (including Debo) play a guessing game about faces and feelings, while Oscar complains throughout. Luis has had enough and argues with him, and Oscar takes the opportunity to point out Luis' angry face to the kids. |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0521) |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | G for goat (repeat) |
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Film | Field of hay (kid voice-overs) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0255) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "New Life." (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Luis plays football with the kids and throws a pass - that ends up in Oscar's mouth! Oscar throws a fit as Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Luis holds the Sesame Street sign, and Susan and Bob hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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