| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 17, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird finds the letter G on the basement railing of 123 Sesame Street. He tries to think of a G word as the letter says, "Grow," over and over again, increasing in size. Big Bird shushes the letter, which bids him goodbye. |
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Film | Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds." (First: Episode 0358) |
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Cartoon | A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. (First: Episode 0085) |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines she's a rock, which becomes a statue. (First: Episode 0513) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria gives David one of her super-duper mellow-yellow backrubs after he finishes lugging some heavy crates for the trash. Oscar is disgusted by their interaction; he hates being touched, and wonders why anybody would do such a thing. David tells him to imagine what would happen if nobody touched anyone else. In a fantasy cutaway, Big Bird gives a present to a kid, who almost thanks him with a kiss. In the yard, several kids almost play leapfrog. Maria and Gordon almost slap a high-five before just walking away. Oscar says he'd prefer things that way, but then tries to scratch an itch on his back with no success. Maria helps scratch Oscar's back (which even makes him purr), but Oscar yells for Maria to keep her mitts off of him. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookies in Bed — Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed because of all the crumbs it will make. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Cartoon | What if my best friend were a gorilla? (First: Episode 0598) |
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Animation | Sand G/g |
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Cast | Two Luises illustrate near and far. (First: Episode 0583) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Prince Sleeps — Prince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty and falls asleep. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Animation | George the Farmer is "near" when he's on a barrel; he's "far" when he's on the porch. (First: Episode 0235) |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin tells the story of an old king named Morty Moot Mope, from the kingdom of Boebitty Bope, who loves to hear words that sound the same. Morty has trouble finding words that rhyme with his name, so he calls upon Same Sound Brown to do it. (First: Episode 0534) |
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Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 3 | At Big Bird's nest, Maria plays “One of These Things” with the kids using pictures of three mice and a flower. |
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Film | A film shows parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo (First: Episode 0008) |
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Muppets | The Martians examine a grandfather clock. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | What if my hair were grass? (revised) (First: Episode 0514) |
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Cast | Luis tries to open a door marked with a "CERRADO" sign. He gets a running start, when Maria changes the sign to read "ABIERTO." She opens the door and Luis runs right through it, crashing. (First: Episode 0596) |
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Cartoon | La palabra cerrado (First: Episode 0481) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock") (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird sits under the awning of Hooper's Store, feeling miffed that he can't play because it’s raining today. Gordon tells him that rain supplies the lakes with water, and to imagine a world without it. In Big Bird’s fantasy, David throws out his dead. dried-up houseplant. Maria tosses out an empty fishbowl, telling Big Bird how there wouldn't be any fish witout water. Big Bird's friend Dick (Richard Hunt) appears all dirty and disheveled, unable to clean his body or his clothes without water. All this talk makes Big Bird thirsty, but not even Hooper's Store has water. Back in reality, David notices that the rain has stopped, and Big Bird begs the clouds not to go away. |
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Animation | Slide puzzle: Ernie (First: Episode 0403) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are playing policeman, but the other one is playing fireman. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird on a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen. (First: Episode 0565) |
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Film | An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cast | David and Luis prepare to hang clothes on a high clothesline using a ladder. However, they each climb it to hang one article at a time. A voiceover instructs them to cooperate, so David climbs the ladder as Luis hands him clothes to hang up. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (First: Episode 0002) |
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Film | Horses compete in a contest to see who can pull the most cement. (First: Episode 0556) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to explain how to put wallpaper up. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0527) |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster counts while doing pushups. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Animation | Counting six red balls (First: Episode 0278) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination". (First: Episode 0493) |
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Film | A little horse gets near and far from the camera. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*. Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee (First: Episode 0007) |
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Cartoon | G for goat (repeat) |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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Cartoon | Four people cooperate building a table. (First: Episode 0537) |
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SCENE 5 | The kids work on some coloring pages (including one of Mickey Mouse) in the yard as another kid rides around them on his tricycle. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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