Episode 0628

Sesame Street
Mr. Hooper loses his glasses, finds Mr. Snuffleupagus
Air date	March 27, 1974
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Production February 7, 1974 Sponsors A, B, 6

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At the Fix-it Shop, Luis is working hard on fixing a radio when The Count saunters in and startles him. Luis berates the Count and expects to be bothered by his incessant counting. The Count promises he will just stand there and not count… but he checks his pocketwatch and ends up counting the amount of seconds he hasn't counted anything.
	Muppets	Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball. (First: Episode 0267)
	Cartoon	Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0320)
	Film	Five bugs are counted, until one bug engulfs the other four. Artist: Etienne Delessert
	Muppets	Ernie has a question but decides to wait until Bert is done reading the newspaper to ask. Ernie hums and talks to Rubber Duckie until Bert gives up reading the paper in exasperation. Then, Ernie asks his question: Can he borrow the newspaper? (First: Episode 0042)
	SCENE 2	After sitting around feeling bored, Maria, Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, Luis, Joey and the other kids decide to play a game where they look around for things that rhyme with "at." Everybody disperses as Big Bird tries to think of something to bring. Mr. Snuffleupagus comes along and suggests that his pet cat can be used for the game. The cat won't come unless it's tempted by food or a toy, so they leave to get some milk.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird and Snuffy have set out a giant bowl of milk for Snuffy's cat, but it doesn't show up. Snuffy leaves to go look for it as everyone returns to the yard with the “at” items they found: a hat, two mats and a baseball bat. They don't believe Big Bird's story about the Snuffleupagus' cat and head toward Hooper's Store for some sodas. Snuffy returns still looking for his cat, who finally shows up. He turns out to be almost as big as the garage, but Big Bird thinks he won't bother with telling everyone else about it.
	Muppets	"Fat Cat" (First: Episode 0536)
	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)
	Muppets	Monsters, including the puppet who would become Grover, Flute-Snatcher, Cookie Monster, Beautiful Day Monster, and Scudge, are looking at something. Billy appears, and is reprimanded with "Eyy!" After a few times, Fred's son turns toward the viewer and yells "A!", revealing that the group is staring at the letter A. (First: Episode 0083)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests. (First: Episode 0449)
	Cartoon	A girl imagines what would happen if she were a piece of gum. (First: Episode 0519)
	Film	The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird meets a new girl named Alice (Jerry Nelson), who's sad because she doesn't know what to say to any of her new neighbors. She doesn't find her name too interesting to tell anybody, so Big Bird sings “The Sound of the Letter A” to help boost her confidence. After the song, she strikes up a conversation with Joey and the other kids.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Part 1: Ernie is holding a banana in his ear. Bert tries to tell Ernie that he has a banana in his ear, but Ernie can't hear him because he has a banana in his ear. (First: Episode 0258)
	Animation	Sand A/a
	Muppets	Part 2: Ernie reveals that he has a banana in his ear in order to keep the alligators away. He uses Bert's denial of any alligators on Sesame Street as proof that his method works. (First: Episode 0258)
	Film	"Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing. (First: Episode 0295)
	Animation	The profile of a woman's head changes shape to the sounds of a Moog synthesizer. Artist: Etienne Delessert
	Muppets	Three Anything Muppets sing "Everyone Likes Ice Cream" (edited) (First: Episode 0026)
	Cartoon	What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226)
	Muppets	Grover asks Little Jerry and the Monotones (who are tired and don't seem to care about what they are doing) to hold up signs with letters that make up the word "walk". When Grover tells them what it spells, they walk over him. (First: Episode 0221)
	Cartoon	Cars WALK. (First: Episode 0556)
	Muppets	Grover walks past the letters that spell "walk" and tells the viewers what the word is. The letters then walk over Grover. (First: Episode 0221)
	Film	A garfish swims around. (First: Episode 0254)
	Cartoon	Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528)
	Cast	Maria and David look for each other in the park, but have trouble finding one another. The concepts of above and below are demonstrated. (First: Episode 0567)
	Cartoon	What if I looked like George Washington... (First: Episode 0586)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to keep an eye on his pyramid of blocks. The Count walks by, and counts the blocks, moving them out of the pyramid shape. Then he counts them again, putting them back into the pyramid. Bert yells at the Count for moving Ernie's blocks, so the Count counts the blocks again, taking the pyramid apart. (First: Episode 0406)
	Cartoon	Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird, Snuffy and the kids play hide and seek; Snuffy decides to hide behind the newsstand at Hooper's Store, with his snuffle slumped over it. Meanwhile, Mr. Hooper blindly looks around for his missing glasses. When he feels Snuffy’s furry snuffle, he thinks he's found Maria's lost fur scarf, so he picks up the snuffle, wraps it around his neck, and goes to find Maria as Snuffy follows along. Big Bird encounters him first, so Mr. Hooper gives him the “scarf” to give to Maria while he continues looking for his glasses.
	Animation	Apples fall from a tree, which bothers the hill beneath it, as Irish music underscores the segment. Artist: Etienne Delessert
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280)
	Cartoon	A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. (Spanish version) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0371)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya? (First: Episode 0293)
	SCENE 5	Before stepping out to the corner Grouch store, Oscar hammers a note near his can for the mailman and the Mudman: “GONE TO STORE FOR GOOD MUD SUNDAE. OSCAR.” When he leaves, the wind rips off half the note, so now it says “GONE FOR GOOD –– O”. Luis, Maria, and twins Corey and Todd see the note and mope over Oscar’s disappearance. They are relieved when Oscar comes back and find the rest of the note nearby, completing the message. Oscar prefers the note when it was torn, as everyone looked more miserable with it.
	Cartoon	At the beach, the Bee Bee and the Barker family greet each other while saying their names that begin with the letter B. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627)
	Cartoon	"The Story of A" (repeat)
	Cartoon	Jazz #6 (repeat)
	SCENE 6	Oscar admires the torn sign when Maria and Luis return with more kids. They all start loudly singing, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" to his displeasure as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Luis holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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