| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Sam the Robot wants to go to the movies | |||||||
| Air date | April 15, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Maria is in a hurry to get to an exam and asks Big Bird to do two favors for her: give David the dollar bill she owes him, and place her letter in the mailbox for her mother in Puerto Rico. Big Bird beams with pride that he's helping out Maria, but begins to get his instructions mixed up… |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — The Count asks Ingrid to teach him how to count to 20 in Spanish. (First: Episode 0477) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 2 | An Anything Muppet mailman (Jerry Nelson) collects the mail, finding a dollar bill. He and Big Bird wonder how it got in there, and Big Bird provides several possible scenarios including someone with too much money or a chase involving big and little monsters. David comes along and asks Big Bird why he gave him a letter that’s addressed to Maria’s mother; again Big Bird struggles to come up with an answer. Maria passes through and casually switches the items as Big Bird gives an embarrassed laugh. |
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Cast | Athlete Bob has to put his basketball away, but first needs to match the tag on his key to the right numbered locker. (First: Episode 0434) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 1 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Cartoon | Sand W/w |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Cartoon | W for Willamina (First: Episode 0512) |
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Film | A Stool For Me (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 2 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Muppets / Cast | Kermit's Lectures: Bob holds an American bullfrog and asks Kermit to talk about frogs. However, due to living a somewhat different life than normal frogs, what Kermit says about frogs is somewhat incorrect; for example, Kermit believes that frogs eat fried chicken and pizza, and live in apartment houses. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A turtle swims in a tank. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 3 | At Hooper's Store, David gets off the phone with someone who just canceled their sandwich order. The Count eyes the half-made sandwich, and David gets so cheered up with the unwasted food that he offers to add more ingredients to make it even more delicious for him. Once the sandwich is complete, the Count... counts the one sandwich and promptly leaves. |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #8 (First: Episode 0326) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie has a bag of cookies, and locks them in a safe to protect them from Cookie Monster. When the monster discovers that the cookies are locked up tight, he eats the safe. (First: Episode 0581) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent movie of a girl who is stuck IN the quicksand. (First: Episode 0511) |
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Cartoon | A man walks in an IN. (First: Episode 0511) |
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Cartoon | A man sees a giant OUT, yells the word, and everyone runs out of it. (First: Episode 0550) |
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Insert | Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, David and Bob all throw a small amount of litter on the ground, adding to the street's filth. When a voice (Jerry Nelson) asks "Who made this mess?" each one of them denies that it was them, saying they only dropped a small amount of garbage on the street. Soon, however, they realize that they each contributed to the mess in one way or another and pick up what they dropped. The voice then tells them to put the trash in a trash can instead of on the ground. (First: Episode 0485) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: What Happened Here — Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. (First: Episode 0030) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 3 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Film | A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Cartoon | A trainer announces that his talking dog will say YES, but he says NO instead. Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0511) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. (First: Episode 0395) |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett: "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird." (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 4 | Sam the Robot plays an internal game of pinball (indicated by the noises he makes and his "TILT" sign). He encounters Maria and David on their way to the movies, and asks to join them since he's never been to one. They agree to take him as long as he promises not to flash any lights or make any noise. Sam agrees, though he makes a lot of chatter on the way there. |
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Cartoon | What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances? (First: Episode 0451) |
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Cartoon | A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?" (First: Episode 0558) |
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SCENE 5 | During the movie, Sam asks out loud how a movie projector works, disrupting Maria, David, and the other patrons. Just as he gets quiet, the projector breaks. David tells him that the movie won't continue until they fix the machine. Excited to hear that the projector is a fellow machine, Sam thinks he can help out and leaves. The movie starts up again and Maria and David snuggle up close to enjoy it... discovering that Sam is serving as the projector's replacement, playing the movie from his front hatch! |
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Animation | Shape organization (all formations review), part 4 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose." (First: Episode 0131) |
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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 | Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster holds a sign with the word "NO" on it and tells Ernie that he can make him read his sign. Ernie replies "Oh no you can't!", and eventually gets the joke. He tries it on Bert, but the gag backfires when Bert bets he can get Ernie to read the sign. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk. (First: Episode 0318) |
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Film | Counting to 20. (First: Episode 0421) |
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Cartoon | W for Willamina (repeat) |
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Muppets | Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers. (First: Episode 0366) |
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SCENE 6 | David and Maria complain how bad the film was, but compliment Sam for his work. The couple continues to discuss the film as Sam stops to announce the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar and the Count hold the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Gallery[]
Behind the scenes during scene 1.
Behind the scenes with Jerry Nelson during scene 2.
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