Episode 0609

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird and the Kids draw Mr. Snuffleupagus
Air date	February 28, 1974
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Production	August 27, 1973
Sponsors	P, R, 9

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Maria and Susan have Willard, Karen and Cathy stand against a large sheet of brown paper, and use chalk to draw the kids' outlines. They demonstrate big, bigger, and biggest with the finished result when Big Bird arrives, admiring their work. Once the grown-ups leave, Mr. Snuffleupagus shows up and observes the artwork, and Big Bird gets the idea to do an outline of Snuffy next. He and the kids begin to put up a new piece of paper as Snuffy tries to contain his excitement.
	Cartoon	A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011)
	SCENE 2	Snuffy admires the outline of him that the kids have drawn. As Big Bird goes to fetch Maria in the yard, Snuffy goes home briefly to tell his mommy about it. When Big Bird shows the outline to Maria, she still doesn't believe that the Snuffleupagus is real.
	Cartoon	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410)
	Muppets	Grover: Letter R — Grover demonstrates the letter R. (First: Episode 0194)
	Cartoon	A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R. (First: Episode 0289)
	Cast	Maria supervises as Luis and Gordon put together a fractured letter R. (First: Episode 0531)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Tall Hat at the Movies — A lady with a very tall hat sits in front of Ernie, blocking his view of the movie. (First: Episode 0538)
	Cartoon	"Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges. (First: Episode 0003)
	SCENE 3	Susan plays a “Three of These Things” game with Karen using three bottles and one tin can found near Oscar's trash can.
	Cartoon	Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540)
	Muppets	"Family" (First: Episode 0404)
	Film	The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338)
	Muppets	Billy wants to know about here and there, so Herry and Grover demonstrate by spreading apart, each calling the monster over to their side. However, whenever the monster gets to "there," he always finds himself "here". (First: Episode 0538)
	Cartoon	Julius demonstrates "here" and "there", then ends up being "in pain." Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0418)
	SCENE 4	At the Fix-it Shop, Luis finishes fixing a scale and tells Big Bird he has to go down to the basement to pick up some things. While Luis is away, Snuffy returns for his outline picture. This time, Big Bird decides to stay with Snuffy while Lance goes in the shop to get Luis. Once Lance is gone, Snuffy sees the scale and wants to know how much he weighs, but after stepping just one foot onto it, the scale rotates like mad and completely breaks down, popping springs and pieces everywhere. Snuffy leaves upon Big Bird's suggestion (Snuffy:"Oh, little furry tootsie-hoofs, take me home in a hurry!"), and a very furious Luis thinks Big Bird broke the scale.
	Cartoon	A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449)
	Muppets	Old West: Surprise — Bad Bart is looking for Marshal Earp to give her a big surprise. (First: Episode 0537)
	Cartoon	A boy says he has a big surprise in his hand. (First: Episode 0557)
	Cast	Kids comment as Bob's legs, torso, and head move into place. (First: Episode 0489)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Flying." (First: Episode 0394)
	Cartoon	P for Pack (First: Episode 0504)
	Cartoon	A guru counts to twenty. (shown in English, then Spanish) (First: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (First: Episode 0516)
	Cast	Gordon is a street corner salesman hawking umbrellas. No one wants to buy them on a hot sunny day, but then it rains. Gordon sells all his umbrellas, but then doesn't have one himself, so he uses his box instead. (Jerry Nelson narrates). (First: Episode 0492)
	Cartoon	"Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0283)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Prairie dog Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283)
	SCENE 5	Susan leads Big Bird and the kids in a touching game, where Big Bird is blindfolded and tries to guess what the kids hand him - first an egg, then a bar of soap, then a toothbrush. Big Bird now wants Susan to be the one blindfolded, and he and the kids look for things for the game.
	Cartoon	P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452)
	SCENE 5 cont'd	While Susan is blindfolded, Big Bird and the kids have her guess what they hand her: a pencil, a comic book, a fork, and finally, Snuffy's snuffle. When Susan has difficulty in removing her blindfold, Snuffy quietly walks away before she can turn around and see him.
	Film	A man takes some blindfolded kids around the city and they have to guess a parking meter, a rabbit, a man smoking a cigarette, and produce at the market. (First: Episode 0559)
	Muppets	Anything Muppets: BUS — A bus driver brings his broken BUS (the word) to a garage for a mechanic to fix up. (First: Episode 0455)
	Cartoon	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (repeat)
	Cartoon	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Glass of Water — Bert wonders what Ernie could be doing with all the glasses of water he's taking out of the apartment. (First: Episode 0425)
	Transition	Bridge #5 - 4 Corner Bridge C (First: Episode 0282)
	Cartoon	A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R. (repeat)
	SCENE 6	The adults discuss their supposed encounters with the Snuffleupagus, not noticing Snuffy passing by right behind them. Big Bird announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.