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| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Biff buys ping-pong balls; a hipster describes things on the street; Big Bird's block tower | |||||||||
| Air date | April 12, 1974 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||||
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit interviews one of the Three Little Pigs, the one who built a straw house. The Big Bad Wolf comes to blow it down, but the house is actually strong. (First: Episode 0551) |
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SCENE 1 | Biff comes to Hooper's Store to buy lots of something: it’s round, white, plastic, and it bounces. Mr. Hooper guesses it’s ping-pong balls. |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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Film | George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon". (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (First: Episode 0367) |
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Film | In stop-motion, three balls try to match three holes. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola discuss the difference between "heavy" and "light". (First: Episode 0549) |
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Animation | Sand D/d |
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SCENE 2 | To a snare drum beat, Susan, a kid, Big Bird and Bob describe a balloon. It's handed to a hipster Muppet (Jerry Nelson), who floats away. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (Spanish) (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman has the viewers guess what sound he is making. He makes the sound of a train, car, and a horse. When Simon makes the sound of the horse, a cowboy uses his lasso to capture Simon, mistaking him for a real horse. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph figure out how to properly use the see-saw. (First: Episode 0444) |
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Cartoon | A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cartoon | The word AGUA fills up with water. (First: Episode 0448) |
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Muppets | Charlie is lost and finds a policeman. It's his Uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman. (First: Episode 0135) |
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SCENE 3 | To a snare drum beat, Susan, a kid, Big Bird, Bob and the hipster Muppet describe a shoe, which belongs to a giant (voice of Richard Hunt). |
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Cartoon | A little girl imagines what would happen if she dropped her bag of ping pong balls. (First: Episode 0583) |
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Muppets | Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated by their group, teaching a lesson in counting backwards. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Film | Things you can carry Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0515) |
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Animation | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited) (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word. (First: Episode 0319) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Snuffleupagus watches Big Bird make a tower with blocks, but nags him with too many suggestions, angering Big Bird. Snuffy leaves, thinking Big Bird doesn’t want him as a friend anymore, but Big Bird begs him to stay, so he does. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Agua (First: Episode 0510) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit talks with Chris about teaching his little sister, Stephanie, to talk. Chris practices the alphabet. (First: Episode 0495) |
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Cartoon | A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | Hippos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0415) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates heavy and light. First, he picks up a heavy barbell. Then he tries to pick up a light feather, but he can't move it. It turns out that the feather is attached to the top of Big Bird's head. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Swinging Gibbon (First: Episode 0009) |
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Film | Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 5 | The sponsors are announced and the credits roll. |
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