| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snuffy eats some, more, and the most spaghetti | |||||||
| Air date | April 29, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan leads Big Bird, John-John, Nicki, and Martha in a “short/long” game, where they compare the length of their hair and their jackets. Big Bird feels left out since he doesn’t have hair or a jacket, but he does have the longest neck, which he boasts about to Mr. Hooper. |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates short and tall. (First: Episode 0254) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate short and long -- Kermit sings and hops for short periods, while Grover does them for long periods. Finally Grover asks if he can do the short thing and Kermit do the long thing. To Grover's detriment, it turns out to be tickling! (First: Episode 0560) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136) |
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Film | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about small things. A man thinks about small things, and lists them. A sea monster thinks it is small, especially when compared to its father! Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0241) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Snuffleupagus joins Big Bird for a lunch date, but prefers to have spaghetti rather than birdseed. Big Bird calls over to Mr. Hooper in his store for a large serving of spaghetti. Mr. Hooper delivers an entire pot of it and puts it on the ground per Big Bird's request, counfused as to why since Big Bird doesn't eat spaghetti. Snuffy sticks his snuffle out from the construction doors and finishes the potful in seconds, saying that some spaghetti makes for a good appetizer and wants more. Big Bird calls again for Mr. Hooper, who brings more spaghetti in an even bigger pot. Snuffy now asks for the most spaghetti after eating up the last batch; Mr. Hooper delivers the third helping in a laundry basket, which Snuffy quickly consumes. |
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Cartoon | "Presenting...the pepper shaker!" (First: Episode 0574) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Statue of Bert — Ernie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Cartoon | A man goes to the grocery store to buy apples, but he can't decide how many to get. This frustrates the grocer, who has to keep adding and subtracting the amount of apples on his scale. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Cartoon | C - Cake (First: Episode 0153) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper cleans out one of his pots at his store, asking Big Bird why he would want so much spaghetti. Big Bird tries to explain that it was all for Mr. Snuffleupagus, adding that lots of different animals like having lunch… |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby animals are fed milk. (First: Episode 0238) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
After watching the film, Mr. Hooper understands, but “It doesn't say anything about Snuffleupaguses, or big laundry baskets full of spaghetti!” |
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Insert | Musical Bridge #3 - an organist, drummer (Steve Little), and guitarists play a funk tune. |
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Cartoon | A ship captain orders the numbers 1-20 into a boat - which promptly sinks. Artist: Harvey Kurtzman (First: Episode 0614) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Flying Fingers — Ernie says that he has "flying fingers," and tries to find ten different things that his fingers can do. (First: Episode 0617) |
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Cartoon | Capital letter U for up (First: Episode 0401) |
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Cast | David and Luis assemble a fractured letter U. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Cartoon | U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face. (First: Episode 0468) |
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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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Cartoon | "Presenting -- the vacuum cleaner!" (First: Episode 0607) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan has Seth and John-John figure out what's missing after she removes something from her pictures of a clock and a dog. |
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Film | A female vocalist sings about the many different types of flowers found all over. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR." (First: Episode 0601) |
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Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall. (First: Episode 0439) |
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Muppets | Story: Bob reads "The King and the Fireman," a story about a king who becomes so grateful for being saved by a fireman that he decides to make everyone in the kingdom a firefighter... and soon realizes what a mistake he's made. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Animation | 2 houses plus 2 equals 4. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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Film | C is for cars on the highway. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | “Presenting - the safety razor!” (First: Episode 0574) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Newspaper Expedition — Ernie makes an elaborate plan to go buy a newspaper. (First: Episode 0093) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Lena Horne and the Anything Muppets sing an upbeat version of "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 0575) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0521) |
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SCENE 5 | Willy has arranged some hot dogs for a party later. For the time being, he and Susan use them for a game of “Here Are Some Things,” sorting a plate with two (that a hungry Susan buys) from the others with only one each. |
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Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Film | Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another hole. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0439) |
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Muppets | Monsters, including an early Grover, Cookie Monster and Beautiful Day Monster, pass on the message, "See." The wide shot reveals that the monsters were whispering about the Letter C. (First: Episode 0089) |
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SCENE 6 | Willy passes out hot dogs to all the kids on Mr. Hooper's treat. Big Bird announces the sponsors, asking Willy to save him one. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Bert and Ernie hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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