Sesame Street | |||||
Big Bird tries to remember how to pronounce Mr. Hooper's name | |||||
Air date | March 20, 1974 | ||||
Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird stops by Hooper's Store to ask "Mr. Dooper" for something. Tired of Big Bird always mispronouncing his name, Mr. Hooper produces two cards and has Big Bird read them. One has a letter H, and the other says "OOPER"; by blending them together, Big Bird reads the word "HOOPER." After the lesson, Big Bird orders a bag of chocolate birdseed and remembers to thank "Mr. Dooper" for it. | |
Cartoon | Q - quarter (First: Episode 0046) | |
SCENE 1 cont'd |
Mr. Hooper gives Big Bird Tracy's hula hoop, because “hoop” is the first part of “Hooper.” He instructs Big Bird to look down at what he's holding, which will remind him of his correct name. Big Bird remembers to call him “Hooper” while he’s holding the hoop, but when the store phone rings and he answers it, Big Bird gives it to “Mr. Telephone.” | |
Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) | |
SCENE 1 cont'd |
Big Bird rushes to "Mr. Drooper" with something important to tell him, but Hooper refuses to answer to Big Bird unless he gets his name right. He makes multiple guesses, then remembers when he sees Tracy playing with her hula hoop. He came to tell Mr. Hooper that he left the water running in the sink at the store. An irate Mr. Hooper leaves, as Big Bird sorrowfully states, "If I live to be eight, I'll never learn to understand grown-up people!" | |
Cartoon | A STOP sign commands a train to stop. (First: Episode 0493) | |
Muppets | Simon Soundman tries to buy a saw at Sam's General Store. (First: Episode 0409) | |
Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) | |
Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert notices that Ernie has a piece of string tied on his finger. Ernie says that the string tied on this finger helps to remind him that there's a piece of string tied on this finger. And so on. The string on the last finger is there to remind him that they're out of string. (First: Episode 0163) | |
Cartoon | "I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0408) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there. (First: Episode 0128) | |
Cast | David charms a 1 and a 2 out of their baskets to form a 12. (First: Episode 0504) | |
Cartoon | Adding up five ladybugs and five lizards (First: Episode 0277) | |
SCENE 2 | At the Fix-it Shop, Luis plays a Spanish “Here Are Some Things” game with rectangles and a circle. | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Geese and their goslings swim in the water. (First: Episode 0388) | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Q”: A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (First: Episode 0048) | |
Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440) | |
Celebrity | Pat Paulsen says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0067) | |
Film | A girl narrates a film of her grandpa putting a horseshoe on their horse. (First: Episode 0505) | |
Muppets | Bert says that he's going to demonstrate quiet by talking quietly to Ernie. But when he tries, Ernie claims that he can't hear what Bert is saying. Finally, Bert gets frustrated and shouts at Ernie; Ernie tells Bert not to be so loud. (First: Episode 0150) | |
Film | A man (Barry Simpson) puts on snowshoes to bring his trash out. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0281) | |
Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) | |
Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) | |
Cartoon | S - Serpiente (First: Episode 0382) | |
Cast | Wally and Ralph use various objects trying to keep a newspaper from blowing away next to an open window. (First: Episode 0340) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry & John-John observe a letter Q. (First: Episode 0571) | |
Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) | |
Cartoon | A man uses drinking glasses on his eyes and pours water over his seeing glasses. (First: Episode 0485) | |
SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper displays a “SALE” sign outside his store, emphasizing the letter S. In a matter of seconds, Luis, Maria, Bob, Big Bird, and the kids all pour in to buy the various items in sped-up footage. Luis and Bob return to purchase an exhausted Mr. Hooper and lug him away. | |
Muppets | Four Anything Muppet kids cooperate to grow a flower together. One has a flower seed, one has a flowerpot, one has some dirt, and one has a shovel. The rain and sunshine finish the job. (First: Episode 0311) | |
Cartoon | What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0212) | |
Muppets | Part 1: The Count withdraws all his money from the bank to count it. (First: Episode 0602) | |
Cartoon | A race announcer doubles as the man who holds up the START and STOP sign. | |
Muppets | Part 2: The Count deposits his money again, but not before counting it one more time. (First: Episode 0602) | |
Film | Joe Raposo sings about the sunrise and sunset. | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, Ernie makes some loud noises while he eats his candy bar and peanuts and drinks his soda. Bert loses his temper and shouts at Ernie to be quiet, at which point the usher enters and throws Bert out. (First: Episode 0536) | |
Animation | Sand Q/q | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Pig's Straw House — Kermit interviews the pig who built the straw house. (First: Episode 0551) | |
Cast | In speed-induced footage, Maria, Luis and David put together a letter Q. (First: Episode 0467) | |
Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (repeat) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie, when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster. | |
SCENE 4 | Everybody zanily fools around and poses with their purchases in fast-motion as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, and Bob, Mr. Hooper, and a kid hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- Among the props that are sold and bought at the Hooper's Store sale are an oversized faucet and plug originally used in a fantasy sequence for Episode 0307. Other things for sale include a set of balloons, a potted plant, some oars, a fire hydrant, a bus stop sign, an umbrella with the word "fish" on it (a prop from The Electric Company), a steering wheel, a wedding cake, a giant St. Bernard stuffed animal, an oversized bottle (recycled for use in Episode 0626), and an inner tube.
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