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| Luis has Biff put up a DANGER sign; Sam the Robot is too big to enter Hooper's Store; Big Bird's home movies | |||||||||
| Air date | March 29, 1974 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis watches as Oscar recites the alphabet to an audience of Grouches inside his can, who all boo and toss junk at him (the highest form of Grouch flattery). |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Cast | Maria, Susan, Luis and David put together a fractured letter H. (First: Episode 0422) |
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Animation | Sand H/h (multicolored background) |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Cartoon | H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis points Maria to a big hole in the ground by a pile of dirt outside the Fix-It Shop. He's called the city to put up a DANGER sign, and the city sends Biff to do the task. He is quite miffed about doing this during his coffee break and bellyaches on and on, failing to notice the hole until he falls into it. |
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Muppets | A Muppet father and son switch roles in the forest. The father climbs trees and asks questions, while the son explains things. (First: Episode 0089) |
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Cartoon | A man jackhammers the ground making it break away and dissolve to black. (First: Episode 0614) |
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Cartoon | "Presenting...the window squeegee!" (First: Episode 0540) |
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Cartoon | "Presenting...the plane!" (First: Episode 0540) |
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Muppets | Bob tries to sneak a bag of cookies home without getting noticed by Cookie Monster. Bob encounters Sherlock Hemlock, who has never seen him before and tries to deduce who Bob is. Sherlock comes to the conclusion that Bob must be Cookie Monster, due to the cookies in the bag. Cookie Monster comes and eats the cookies from the bag, so Sherlock realizes that Bob can't be Cookie Monster. Bob then introduces himself, and Sherlock asks if Bob has cookies left that he may have. As Bob finds another cookie, Cookie Monster comes and takes it. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Song | "Eight Song (Song of Eight)” (First: Episode 0016) |
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Celebrity | Peggy Fleming skates a figure 8. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Cartoon | A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler. (First: Episode 0618) |
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SCENE 3 | Sam the Robot wants to examine the many machines in Hooper's Store, but Mr. Hooper points out that he’s too big to fit through the door, proving it by measuring Sam and the door. Sam proposes renting a crane to lift the roof off the building, then lowering him inside. They nix the idea, and Sam then proposes going down four blocks, then rushing at 68 mph which will allow him to force his way inside. He wheels away as Mr. Hooper brushes this off as another of Sam's kooky ideas. To his shock and dismay, Sam comes rushing down the block and smashes his way into the store. |
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Film | F for Field (First: Episode 0474) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers". To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy. (First: Episode 0107) |
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Film | Baby animals nurse. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0546) |
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Cast | Bob sings "Picture a World" over images of nature. (First: Episode 0527) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (First: Episode 0347) |
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Cartoon | Fleas have fun in fur! Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0629) |
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Cartoon | Building a dog house is easy if you have a ruler. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit plans to talk about the letter F, but Beautiful Day Monster delivers an E instead, so he fixes it by using an ax and chopping off the bottom line of the E to make it look like an F. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A baby reindeer takes its first steps. (Music: Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0003) |
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Cartoon | What if my best friend were a gorilla? (First: Episode 0598) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Road Runner (First: Episode 0505) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis repairs a film projector, which he uses to play some of Big Bird's home movies for the kids. It shows scenes with Big Bird and Maria and Luis, but the malfunctioning projector causes the footage to go forwards and backwards. |
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Film | A figure skater illustrates forward and backward (First: Episode 0439) |
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Film | A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion! (First: Episode 0166) |
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Song | "Three of These Kids" (barbells) (First: Episode 0474) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit. (First: Episode 0614) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a cow. (beginning edited) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert complains when a big letter H appears on the TV screen, so Ernie turns off the set, unplugs it, and takes a bunch of H objects out of the TV (including a hat, a house and a hamster). When he plugs it back in, a big letter I appears on the screen. Ernie wants to try fixing the TV again, but Bert tells him not to -- this is a great show. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0162) |
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Animation | A puzzle of Maria (with a bee on her nose) is pieced together. |
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Muppets | Anything Muppet cheerleaders sound out the word "rocket," then witness a rocket blasting off. (First: Episode 0567) |
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Film | Kids dancing. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (First: Episode 0387) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. Bert says, "I thought maybe you weren't here!" Ernie starts to search to see if he can find himself. (First: Episode 0171) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and company continue their forward/backward game as Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria and Luis hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper, Bob, and a child pose with the CTW sign. |
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