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| Snow — Big Bird eliminates snow without shoveling | |||||||
| Air date | February 19, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird walks down Sesame Street taking notice of the adults clearing away the snow and the kids playing in it. When it starts to snow again, Susan rolls her eyes and goes back indoors. Big Bird figures he should come up with a better way to remove all the snow at once so everybody won't have to worry about it. Shooing it and scaring it away doesn't work ("I didn't realize it, but snow seems to have nerves of steel," Big Bird notes), but he comes up with what he thinks is an even better idea. |
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Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird returns wearing bathing trunks and holding a life preserver. He hopes to convince the snow that it's a hot day and that he's going to the beach. He drags a large toy boat behind him, which leaves a clearing in the snow. Susan comes back outside to shovel the freshly fallen snow, but finds that the sidewalk is clear. Big Bird explains that the method begins with getting your bathing suit on; Susan is perplexed. |
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Cartoon | A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman sings a song about finding a (MEOW!) stuck in a tree. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Film | "Doll House" (First: Episode 0131) |
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Animation | Children's voiceovers (in English and Spanish) dictate how to draw a male's body. (First: Episode 0528) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cuppycakes — Cookie Monster keeps stealing the "cuppycakes" that Ernie is trying to photograph. (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 3 | Sam the Robot shows Bob what he knows about the word "LOVE," though he gives an over-complicated description about how the word looks. Bob goes on to explain what the actual emotion is like, and what someone might do if they love someone else. After Sam stores this new information into his memory, Susan approaches, wraps her arm around Sam, and asks him how he feels. Sam gets nervous, clears his throat, and says, "Uh, it would never work, Susan." |
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Cartoon | A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE) |
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Muppets | Betty Lou teaches the meaning of "beginning", "middle", and "end", and introduces two of her friends: Beginning and End. The duo tell a story, but it lacks something in between the beginning and end parts. Beginning and End recruit their pal Middle to fill out the rest of the story. Middle, however, cannot stop telling the exciting part of the story, and the three friends begin a quarrel, forcing Betty Lou to declare the end of the lecture. (First: Episode 0138) |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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Cast | Luis, dressed as a magician, demonstrates addition by conjuring up the correct numeral when David and Maria arrive. As each person leaves, Luis switches the numerals to present subtraction. (First: Episode 0485) |
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Animation | Dot & Hill B-3: Silhouetted dots use carts to climb a steep hill. (First: Episode 0258) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0320) |
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SCENE 4 | Humming to the dramatic music that usually follows his entrances, Count von Count notices the "HELP WANTED" sign on Oscar's trash can. Oscar is hoping to hire someone who will keep everybody away from him, exaggerating the number of people who do so. Upon hearing this, the Count immediately wants the job, so Oscar hires him. When Susan passes by, the Count counts her before telling her that Oscar is not at home. Oscar thinks this is a bad plan as people would still bother him, and wants Count to tell people he's not home before counting. Upon hearing Oscar isn't home, Luis drops off the trash he was going to give to Oscar inside his can and leaves. Oscar emerges from the can covered in Luis' garbage and fires the Count, who now counts how many times Oscar tries to get rid of him. |
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Cartoon | A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: STREET. He sings about it with a boy who wears a crown. (First: Episode 0309) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Picture of Bert — Ernie tells Bert to stand still in front of the camera so that he can trace Bert's face on the screen. (First: Episode 0536) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of animals moving in different ways. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0098) |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B". (First: Episode 0006) |
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Film | 'Beginning/End' - A man paints a picture. (First: Episode 0411) |
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Cartoon | A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and once returned human, vows to never chop one down again. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Muppets | Grover watches The Amazing Mumford practice a trick, making a rabbit come out of his hat. Mumford has trouble getting a rabbit to come out of the hat, and both are oblivious to the fact that Grover is turning into a rabbit. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | A man counts two ears, two eyes and two arms. He picks up each leg to count two legs, and then falls down. Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 5 | David asks two kids how two snowmen are the same and different. |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair. (First: Episode 0369) |
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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) |
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Film | Building a log cabin |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0137) |
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Cartoon | A pig sings "Pig's Love Song." (First: Episode 0407) |
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Muppets | Part 1: The Count withdraws all his money from the bank to count it. |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - Kids wait in line at a movie theater. (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Part 2: The Count deposits his money again, but not before counting it one more time. |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob walks down the street reading a newspaper, oblivious to all that's going on around him. The Count recites the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar and the Count hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis and Susan hold the CTW sign. |
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