Episode 0658

Sesame Street
Big Bird plans to run away
Air date	May 8, 1974
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Sponsors J, L, 3 This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	After Big Bird causes minor accidents at the Fix-It Shop and Hooper's Store, he decides to run away with his rubber wormie and starts packing.
	Cartoon	Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird is all packed and announces his departure over the construction doors of his nest. He realizes he might get hungry though, so he starts packing some food.
	Cartoon	"Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird has three wagons packed with items to run away with, but realizes he has nothing to cook his food with, so he starts packing pots and pans and dinnerware.
	Animation	Sand L / l (First: Episode 0632)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird's wagon train has grown to accommodate toys and a television. He wonders what he'll do if he runs out of food or something breaks, so he runs off to get two more things.
	Cartoon	A little man misplaces his J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird has tied ropes to the Fix-It Shop and Hooper's Store, but realizes if he takes those with him, David and Luis — for whom he earlier caused the trouble — will be there too, so he decides to go just himself after all. Except, maybe take his rubber wormie, too. And all the other items...
	Cartoon	Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (EKA: Episode 0592)
	Muppets	"The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda" (First: Episode 0197)
	Film	Mad Painter #3 (First: Episode 0343)
	Film	Drummer Exit (1:00)
	Song	"Look Around, Look Around", a song about seasons. (First: Episode 0556)
	Cartoon	While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. Ernie has a drawing of an empty bird cage with an open door (the bird flew away), and a man lying on the ground with a banana peel next to him (he slipped on it). Then Ernie shows Bert an empty page. The answer to that one is that there was a cow eating grass, but the grass is all eaten now and the cow went home. (First: Episode 0030)
		Bird Leaves Home Tag (0:18)
	Film	Faces I (0:28)
	Animation	A grape blows reveille and inspects the "troops" -- 12 raisins on a slice of white bread. (EKA: Episode 0810)
	Film	Above Below (0:51)
	Muppets	Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen. (First: Episode 0408)
	Cartoon	"Presenting -- the pencil!" (EKA: Episode 0597)
	Cast	Gordon the Farmer (wild) (1:00)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination." (First: Episode 0493)
	Cartoon	"Presenting -- the saw!" (EKA: Episode 0597)
	Film	(LA/Anim) Letter j (0:52)
	Film	Tool Quickie Squeegie (0:10)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin tells the class that they themselves are as great as anybody can be. (First: Episode 0515)
	Cast	Maria plays "One of These Things" with pictures of a saw, scissors, a knife, and a baseball bat.
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353)
	Cartoon	Sally the Spider skates with different combinations of her legs.
	VTR	Alphabet Dancer L (0:17) (First: Episode 0449)
	Film	(LA) Hippos-African (0:49)
	Cast	Pixillation Patching Billboards (Big Bird, Bob, David) (02:42) (First: Episode 0486)
	Film	Put On Your Coat (0:25)
	Film	Exit Door (0:14)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert asks Ernie about his day. Ernie says nothing interesting happened. Bert points out that Ernie went to the zoo, but Ernie says nothing interesting happened at the zoo. Then he talks about a scratch he got on his finger, and talks about how he got it, realizing in the process that something interesting did happen after all.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: L - Light (First: Episode 0147)
	Film	Animal Houses (1:02)
	Cartoon	Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (repeat)
	VTR	Cards (0:43)
	SCENE 6	Goodbye

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