| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | May 17, 1974 (season finale) | ||||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird approaches Luis, who is working on a cuckoo clock on the bench in front of the Fix-It Shop. Luis is having trouble fixing it, so Big Bird takes a look at it and suggests keeping the clock warm and giving the bird lots of orange juice until it gets better. Big Bird gives some surprisingly detailed notes about cuckoos (being a bird expert) and believes it has a cold. Luis tries to explain that it's a mechanical clock so his information is irrelevant. When the clock strikes the hour, however, the bird springs to life and throws a sneezing fit. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Pig's Straw House — Kermit interviews the pig who built the straw house. (First: Episode 0551) |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) |
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Film | "Pig's Love Song" (live-action version) (First: Episode 0572) |
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Insert | Maria asks the viewer to imagine her as a baseball player, a princess and a baker. (First: Episode 0558) |
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Cartoon | What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0422) |
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Muppets | Caveperson Days: King Ernie has a problem -- the cavemen write everything on rocks, which are too heavy to carry around. He calls upon the Royal Smart Person to invent something lighter to write on. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10. (First: Episode 0328) |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) |
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Animation | Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0614) |
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SCENE 2 | The Count would like to play a game with Gordon, Susan, Shannon, and Remy about counting things on their head. Gordon's not having any of it and sends him off, knowing the Count would want to count zillions of something. Susan believes that it wouldn't take that long as the Count wouldn't go as far as counting the hair on everyone's head, and bets Gordon cleaning up the yard if the game doesn't get out of hand. Gordon sits the game out as the Count returns to count Susan and the kids' noses, eyes, and mouths (and Remy's tongue). As predicted, the Count starts counting the hairs on everyone's heads; Gordon hands Susan his broom and reminds her to get the corners. |
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Film | Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker! (First: Episode 0437) |
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Cartoon | Adding up five ladybugs and five lizards (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | A baby cries whenever he gets a beso. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Cartoon | The letters in the word BESO kiss each other. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman tries to buy a saw at Sam's General Store. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | What if I had big feet? (First: Episode 0514) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental) (First: Episode 0411) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) |
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Cartoon | Counting 10 to 1. (First: Episode 0480) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Telephone Call — Bert wonders who could be on the other end of Ernie's involved phone call. (First: Episode 0305) |
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SCENE 3 | Jay and Luis play "Three of These Things" while sorting a basketball, a baseball, a volleyball, and a football. |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie tries to count sheep, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. Bert says that Ernie's waking up the whole neighborhood, and tells him to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Animation | Three balls try to match three holes. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Muppets | Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part two) (First: Episode 0359) |
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Muppets | "Fat Cat" (First: Episode 0536) |
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Animation | 6 dots - 1 = 5 dots (First: Episode 0302) |
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Film | Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Crystal demonstrate big and little. (First: Episode 0559) |
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Muppets | Farley goes to the hat shop. (First: Episode 0244) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Run." (First: Episode 0372) |
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SCENE 4 | Jay, Susan, and Gordon approach Biff, who is jackhammering the sidewalk in front of Oscar's trash can. They complain about the noise pollution being made, but Biff explains that the noise is necessary to make way for the Trans-African Highway. Gordon explains that that's on another continent, and Biff reveals that Oscar was the one who gave him instructions. With no real work he leaves with Sully. Oscar comes out of his can and wants to know who stopped his beautiful music, calling Biff the "Sidewalk Stravinsky" and the Paul McCartney of jackhammers. When he promises not to call Biff back (after Susan threatens to give him a bath), Jay, Gordon, and Susan soon hear the noise again when Oscar starts playing Biff's greatest hits on record; he owns all his recordings, including his favorite: "Cantata Curbstone." |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin, in a somber tone, tells his class to spell the word POISON and recognize what it means. (First: Episode 0514) |
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Cartoon | Z for zipper (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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SCENE 5 | Biff observes Gordon cleaning up the sidewalk mess and corrects him on the right way of doing it. Oscar then plays his latest record for Biff, the "Concrete Concerto." Jay announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. So ends the 5th season of Sesame Street. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper, Luis, and a kid hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Despite Episode 0640 introducing a new live-action driving sequence for the closing credits, the previous illustrated building closing is re-used one last time here.
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