| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird tries to leave a trail of bread crumbs so he won't get lost | |||||||||
| Air date | November 8, 1974 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Celebrity | Stevie Wonder sings "123 Sesame Street." (First: Episode 0514) |
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Cartoon | Before and after: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (First: Episode 0631) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants to have some cookies. Bert asks Ernie if he knows what "before" means, and Ernie demonstrates by saying that before he can have a cookie, he has to open the lid to a cookie jar, and after he closes the lid, he eats the cookie. He demonstrates a few times, until he loses his appetite for dinner. (First: Episode 0007) |
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Cartoon | Antes y despues: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0631) |
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Song | "Here Come the Beans" (First: Episode 0537) |
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Film | Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0318) |
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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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Film | Geese and their goslings swim in the water. (First: Episode 0388) |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Insert | Bert sits outside on the street, pretending to fly a helicopter. Maria sits down with him, and the segment becomes animated as they fly through the air before returning to the Street. (First: Episode 0656) |
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Muppets | Part 1: Guy Smiley hosts "The Mr. and Mrs. Game", a quiz show for newlywed monsters. (First: Episode 0072) |
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Animation | Sand R/r (First: Episode 0635) |
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Muppets | Part 2: Mr. and Mrs. Monster win the game, and Guy offers the choice of three prizes: a new house, a trip to Hawaii, or a cookie. Mr. Monster ravenously devours the cookie. (First: Episode 0072) |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" (First: Episode 0357) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose." (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie thinks that he isn't special. Bert tells Ernie to feel his nose -- "That's an Ernie nose!" -- and then feel his hair, and wiggle his fingers. Bert says that nobody else is just like Ernie. Encouraged, Ernie tells the audience to do the same. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | Women put dolls together and package them at a doll factory. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher." (First: Episode 0553) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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Film | David asks the viewer to find some triangles in a fence. (First: Episode 0434) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet brings his broken BUS (the word) to a garage for a mechanic to fix up. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Cartoon | The word BUS (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | Do you know what it's like to be scared? (First: Episode 0547) |
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Muppets | Lefty wants to sell Ernie a scale. He uses two pounds of bananas and two pounds of apples to demonstrate how the scale works. Ernie is impressed. He already has a scale at home, but he'd like to buy the apples and bananas. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird tells the viewer that sometimes he worries about getting lost and finding his way back home. So, he's hatched a fool-proof plan to help. He leaves a trail of breadcrumbs from his nest to Hooper's Store. However, a Muppet bird thinks it's a picnic lunch and eats up the trail. |
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Film | Paper-cut triangles fade into live-action shots of triangle-shaped things. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Cartoon | What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird now leaves a trail of rocks behind him. Oscar the Grouch snatches them up to stuff into his mattress. |
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Film | A voiceover lists many R words. (First: Episode 0661) |
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Cartoon | One of These Footprints says "excuse me." (First: Episode 0487) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (repeat) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird's next idea is to leave a trail of paper. Luis and Linda chide him for littering all over the block and give him a broom to sweep up with. Big Bird gets to work, when the wind blows the paper all over the street. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410) |
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Film | A dolphin walks backwards on the water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird's next plan is to tie some string to his next, then hold the ball of string so that a trail will form wherever he goes. |
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Film | David points out the circular shape of a tire. (First: Episode 0507) |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird tells the viewer how successful his "string theory" was, describing how after his trip he played a bunch of games with the kids. He wants to go home for a nap and needs to follow his string backwards to the nest. However, the string is wound up all over the street. |
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Cartoon | A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird's attempt to follow the string back to its origin has resulted in him being "tied up" in the process ("I feel like Spider-Man," he says). Luis announces the sponsors. |
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