| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snuffy's hiccups | |||||||
| Air date | May 9, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon sets down a bucket of water to clean the windows of 123 Sesame Street and asks Big Bird to watch it for him while he goes back in for some cleaning rags. Mr. Snuffleupagus comes along with a case of the hiccups, which Big Bird says can be cured with a glass of water, so Snuffy empties the bucket with his snuffle. He still has the hiccups, so Big Bird suggests that lying down might help. Snuffy leaves as Gordon returns, asking what happened to the water in the bucket. "I was afraid you were going to ask that," Big Bird sighs. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Drum Set — Bert has acquired some drums, but he doesn't know how to play them well. Ernie teaches him how to make drum playing exciting. (First: Episode 0579) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel (First: Episode 0593) |
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Animation | A puzzle of Maria (with a bee on her nose) is pieced together. (First: Episode 0630) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy returns to the yard, still hiccupping. Big Bird suggests Snuffy hold his breath while he counts to ten to get rid of the hiccups. Big Bird and Crystal start to count when The Count volunteers to do so, but he counts longer than Snuffy can hold his breath. |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird has the kids jump out to scare Snuffy with masks and loud noises to cure his hiccups. It works, but now Big Bird has them. |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola demonstrate happy, sad, scared, and mad. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, a nose and ears. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of an elephant. (First: Episode 0593) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover asks Fred the Wonder Horse why he's walking backwards -- he can only see where he's been, and not where he's going. He also wants to know what happened to Fred's head. Fred explains that Marshal Grover doesn't know the difference between front and back. "That is a terrible, mean, cruel thing to say to me, Fred!" Marshal Grover exclaims. "It is true, but..." Fred tells Grover that he's facing backward, and if he turns around, he'll see Fred's head. Grover turns around, and cries: "Oh, Fred! I've missed you! Oh, it's good to see you!" Fred says that if he stays turned around, he'll be able to see where he's going. Grover tries it, and he's proud to know the difference between front and back. Unfortunately, now his head is resting on the saddle, with his feet in the air. (First: Episode 0629) |
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Film | A letter N drives through a neighborhood. (First: Episode 0450) |
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SCENE 4 | N quickies:
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Cartoon / Film | Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cinderella at the Ball — Kermit interviews Cinderella and Prince Charming at the ball. (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called" (First: Episode 0096) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster demonstrates "back" and "front" with three kids. First, he points out that the viewer can see the children's fronts, then (after scaring the kids) they see their backs as they run away. (First: Episode 0365) |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N (Spanish version) Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0529) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster plays "One of These Things" using plates of cookies. (First: Episode 0174) |
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Cartoon | Four construction workers build a number 4. (First: Episode 0507) |
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Film | A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids. (First: Episode 0176) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts 4 lions. (repeat) |
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Film | Hamburger bun factory (First: Episode 0615) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Nap — During Ernie's nap time, Cookie Monster tries to steal his pillow by distracting him with a bell. (First: Episode 0035) |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as Peacock") (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph take turns sitting at the bottom of a slide saying "wheee!" but they don't find it very fun. Wally pushes Ralph from the bottom to the top, and Ralph comes down the ladder to let Wally have a turn. "Wheee!" (First: Episode 0380) |
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Cartoon | L es para luz (First: Episode 0373) |
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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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Cast | Maria and David find two sets of sacks, which have incorrect numerical labels. (First: Episode 0505) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis is working on a newspaper puzzle with words that rhyme with "keep." He takes suggestions from Crystal ("heap"), a bird ("peep"), Marta, who plays hopscotch ("leap"), and Gordon, who cleans the sidewalk with a broom ("sweep"). Finally, he asks Oscar the Grouch, who calls him a "creep" for bothering him while he was "asleep." |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | One of these things doesn't belong (shoe pairs) (First: Episode 0490) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N (repeat) |
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Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. (First: Episode 0409) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon plays hopscotch with the kids as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds up the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- The original script featured Bob in scenes 4 and 5, but is replaced by Gordon in the final episode.
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