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Sesame Street
Snuffy's eyesight
Air date March 14, 1974
Season Season 5 (1973-1974)
Sponsors I, K, 8

SSShowID-0619

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0619a
SCENE 1 Big Bird uses Susan's old eye chart to test Mr. Snuffleupagus' eyesight, but Snuffy isn't able to tell him any of the letters he sees. Big Bird says his mother should know how terrible his eyesight is. Snuffy insists his eyesight is just fine; it's just that he can't read yet.
666alph
Cartoon Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter.
Kangarook
Cartoon An old woman emerges from the pouch of a bouncing kangaroo. She proclaims, "K! Kangaroo!"
(First: Episode 0489)
K for kite
Cartoon K for kite
(First: Episode 0489)
KforKarate
Cartoon K is for Karate
(First: Episode 0489)
Film-CarInMud
Film Several people help a man when his car is stuck in the mud.
0619b
SCENE 2 The water in Maria's apartment is off, so Mr. Hooper says she can wash her dirty dishes in Hooper's Store. He gives her and Luis some boxes to carry them over; on the way, Oscar the Grouch greets them, but barely gets a response. He figures it's because he's been too grouchy and hasn't done anything to help them lately, so when Luis temporarily leaves one box of dishes next to his can, Oscar dirties them up even more with cinders, mud, glue, and leaves. Maria is horrified when she finds them, so Oscar offers never to help again.
EBPeanutButter
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie has gone shopping -- buying bread for himself, and peanut butter for Bert. They realize that it's dull to eat what they have separately, and they decide to cooperate, so they can each have a peanut butter sandwich.
(First: Episode 0279)
2682zc
Cartoon Bolt and Nut show how they work together.
(First: Episode 0569)
Toon-TwoGuys-Screwdriver
Film A man doubts a carpenter's knowledge of a screwdriver.
(First: Episode 0547)
CookieNapkin01

CookieNapkin02
Muppets Cookie Monster encounters a green napkin. Every time he squeezes the napkin, a new number appears, allowing Cookie to count up to twenty. This creeps him out, but what's even more creepy is when Kermit shows up inside the napkin at the end of the bit -- he's also green, after all.
Toon-BodyParts
Animation Children's voiceovers (in English and Spanish) dictate how to draw a male's body.
(First: Episode 0528)
0871w
Muppets Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit, Shola, and Fannie count legs and heads.
CamelsEating
Film A film of camels eating.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0388)
KermCookie-Weather
Muppets Kermit explains how a weather calendar works, with Cookie Monster's assistance. Kermit tells Cookie to place them on the right spot on the weather map. After completing the weather map, Cookie decides to produce sounds of the weather. He pours the contents of a watering can for rain, for wind, blew a few blows of air for wind. Kermit asks what sound sunshine makes, Cookie Monster devours the sun symbol.
SkeletonFish
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
(First: Episode 0287)
Ducks.tall
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)
Cornfield
Film Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field.
Music: Joe Raposo
Wgroversw
Muppets Waiter Grover: Simon Soundman wants a chicken sandwich, which he orders as a "cluck-cluck" sandwich. Grover has trouble figuring out what his customer wants. Simon Soundman says that his brother always eats at that restaurant, implying that Mr. Johnson might be his brother.
(First: Episode 0449)
1451-Trees
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)
1041kkick
Cartoon K is for Kick
(First: Episode 0463)
1041pinkpanther
Cartoon The Pink Panther - K For Karate
(First: Episode 0241)
1041Klion
Cartoon A lion named Kent says that he gets a Kick out of being King of the Forest.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
0619c
SCENE 3 Maria is about to talk about the letter I when Oscar interjects, stating that his trained fly Frank wants to talk about the letter K. Frank is able to replicate a K by skywriting (via telestrator) and demonstrates by making one in the air. They agree that whomever can make the best-looking letter will get to talk about it. Maria draws an I on a large art card, but Frank produces a beautifully lavish K. Maria admits defeat as Frank begins talking about the letter K in a series of indiscernible buzzings.
1800-22
Cartoon A girl runs home to her CASA.
(First: Episode 0503)
1800-21
Cartoon A man makes a CASA for both him and his dog, who then makes a CASA for a bird.
(First: Episode 0561)
1021-Sand
Animation Sand I/i
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)
EBBigBird
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie is tall, Bert taller, and Big Bird is the tallest (and he also breaks the ceiling).
(First: Episode 0284)
FarmerGeorge-ShorTall
Film George the Farmer demonstrates short and tall.
(First: Episode 0254)
Film-TallSmallClowns
Film A trio of clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus illustrate tall and small.
(First: Episode 0519)
Sunflowers
Film A boy compares the growth of the sunflowers to his own height.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0589)
0619d
SCENE 4 Two kids, Luis, and Big Bird demonstrate short and tall, comparing heights to one another two people (and bird) at a time.
1563k
Cartoon Candy Man
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0359)
Painter8
Film The Mad Painter #8
(First: Episode 0326)
Shalom6-12
Cartoon Jazz #8
(First: Episode 0016)
E&B1969Bananaphone
Muppets Ernie & BertBert hears the phone ringing inside a basket, and asks Ernie to answer it. Ernie goes through the basket, and finds a banana. He pretends it's a phone, and gives it to Bert to talk on. Ernie answers the real phone, and tells the caller that Bert can't come to the phone because he's talking on the banana.
(First: Episode 0004)
Ssnews.angry
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: What Makes People AngryKermit loses his cool attempting to interview some passersby.
(First: Episode 0537)
Wallyralph-boardgame
Cast Wally and Ralph attempt to play a board game, but when they move their table into better light, the brick that was propping up the shorter leg stays behind. They try various methods of stabilizing the table, finally settling on using the board game. Without access to the game, they decide to play with the brick instead.
(First: Episode 0388)
Raise your hand with no name
Cast A narrator (Jerry Nelson) demonstrates why it's easier to address people by their names. David, Gordon, Susan, Luis, and some kids are lined up in limbo as the voice calls out for a man to raise his hand (David, Gordon, and Luis comply). The voice then asks for a black man to raise his hand (David and Gordon). Finally, the voice asks for the black man wearing a tie to raise his hand, which leaves only Gordon.
(First: Episode 0423)
2040q
Insert Three of These Kids (upside-down girl)
(First: Episode 0413)
ShortTallbirds
Cartoon A short bird stands under a tall bird, which lays an egg on its head.
(First: Episode 0303)
2073d
Cartoon K for keyhole, ketchup, and kitten
(First: Episode 0489)
Erniebertdrippingwater
Muppets Ernie & BertBert complains that he can't sleep, because Ernie left the faucet dripping. Ernie drowns out the sound of the water dripping with louder noises.
(First: Episode 0131)
0619e
SCENE 5 Maria reads some nursery rhymes to the kids as Luis announces the sponsors.
ClosingSign-HooperSS-0619

Mariasign1
CLOSING SIGNS Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.



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