Episode 0642

	Sesame Street
Air date	April 16, 1974
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Production	March 4, 1974
Sponsors	E, W, 9

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird displays a number 9, and demonstrates it by spinning around 9 times. ("Why, you'll really be able to call me a spinney!") He gets dizzy after his performance, and his eyes see Maria split into multiple people.
	Muppets	"Wonderful/Yucchy" (First: Episode 0177)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: A mandrill carries her young. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0039)
	Cast	Kids comment as Bob's legs, torso, and head move into place. (First: Episode 0489)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Tough Eddie at the Beach — Ernie and Bert think they're being threatened by Tough Eddie. (First: Episode 0482)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg. (First: Episode 0002)
	Cartoon	E for End (First: Episode 0460)
	Muppets	Herbert Birdsfoot: Counting Three Blocks — Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. (First: Episode 0192)
	SCENE 2	Outside Hooper's Store, Big Bird encounters Mr. Hooper about to level a table leg with a saw, pointing out how one leg is shorter than the other three. Mr. Hooper needs to attend to both Bob and the ringing phone in his store, so Big Bird offers to help him with the table. Big Bird gets to work, humming, "If I were a carpenter..."
	Cartoon	A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird shortens the three long legs to make them look like the shorter leg, but still notices an imbalance: the shortest leg is now the longest.
	Cartoon	Do you know what it's like to be scared? (First: Episode 0547)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird has sawed off about half of each of the legs, but notices that one of them is still shorter than the others.
	Cast / Muppets	Cookie Monster: E is for Egg — Cookie Monster demonstrates that egg starts with the letter E. (First: Episode 0316)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird finishes cleaning the area and beckons for Mr. Hooper, Bob, and Maria to have lunch outside at the table. To his horror, Mr. Hooper discovers that the table's legs are now only three inches long! Big Bird walks off in a huff after Mr. Hooper yells at him, and Bob and Maria try to console the seething storekeeper.
	Film	Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0619)
	Muppets	Anything Muppets: Family Arrangement — A family classifies themselves into different groups. (First: Episode 0275)
	Cartoon	Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438)
	Film	Various objects become OPEN. (First: Episode 0442)
	Cartoon	Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Pizza and Grape Juice — Ernie and Bert figure out how to share their pizza and grape juice. (First: Episode 0256)
	Cartoon	The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294)
	Cartoon	Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (First: Episode 0516)
	Muppets	Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird presents the word WIND, and a gale blows Bob, Maria, and Mr. Hooper away.
	Cartoon	Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter). (First: Episode 0527)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0455)
	Cartoon	E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486)
	Cartoon	E for Erase (First: Episode 0486)
	Film	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on. (First: Episode 0394)
	Film	A flower opens and closes. (First: Episode 0441)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Cups and Saucers — Ernie stacks cups and saucers in order to count them, making Bert quite nervous. (First: Episode 0586)
	Cartoon	The profile of a man's face morphs into different faces to the sounds of a Moog synthesizer. Artist: Etienne Delessert
	Cast	Wally and Ralph: Wally brings home a new waste basket inside a paper bag, but doesn't know how to discard the paper bag once he's removed the waste basket from it. (First: Episode 0318)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals with tails. (First: Episode 0017)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Old Mother Hubbard — Kermit points out the lackluster cadence of Old Mother Hubbard's nursery rhyme.
	Film	A police officer follows clues that lead to a bathtub stolen by a gorilla. (First: Episode 0491)
	Cartoon	A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406)
	Animation	Sand E/e
	Film	Seals make noise. (First: Episode 0279)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets perform a "Handclapping Number". (First: Episode 0491)
	Cartoon	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg. (repeat)
	Cartoon	E for End (repeat)
	SCENE 4	Bob and Maria notice an "ABIERTO" (open) sign on Oscar's trash can. Oscar explains that he’s opening "Oscar's El Rancho Oscar Restaurant," specializing in Spanish foods. Maria reads the menu, also in Spanish, and Bob thinks the food sounds good until Maria starts translating such delicacies as rock soup and soap tacos. Maria invites Bob for some better Spanish food, but not before turning Oscar's "ABIERTO" sign over to write the word "CERRADO" (closed).
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #4: Third dot wants to be red (First: Episode 0001)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062)
	Cartoon	W for Wash (First: Episode 0485)
	SCENE 5	Maria rejects Oscar's revised menu options: Southern-fried doorknobs and rice, and chocolate gravy with prune tea. Bob announces the sponsors
	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.