Episode 0670

	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)
Directed by	Robert Myhrum
Sponsors	G, R, 6
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Picture	Segment	Description
	Celebrity	Stevie Wonder sings "123 Sesame Street." (First: Episode 0514)
	Cartoon	Before and after: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (First: Episode 0631)
	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)
	Cartoon	Antes y despues: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0631)
	Song	"Here Come the Beans" (First: Episode 0537)
	Film	Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0318)
	Cartoon	Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair. (First: Episode 0369)
	Film	Geese and their goslings swim in the water. (First: Episode 0388)
	Cartoon	G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279)
	Film	Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410)
	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)
	Muppets	Part 1: Guy Smiley hosts "The Mr. and Mrs. Game", a quiz show for newlywed monsters. (First: Episode 0072)
	Animation	Sand R/r (First: Episode 0635)
	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)
	Animation	The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223)
	Cartoon	"I'm six years old today!" (First: Episode 0357)
	Celebrity	Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose." (First: Episode 0131)
	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)
	Film	Women put dolls together and package them at a doll factory. (First: Episode 0538)
	Muppets	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher." (First: Episode 0553)
	Cartoon	G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357)
	Film	David asks the viewer to find some triangles in a fence. (First: Episode 0434)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet brings his broken BUS (the word) to a garage for a mechanic to fix up. (First: Episode 0455)
	Cartoon	The word BUS (First: Episode 0277)
	Cartoon	Do you know what it's like to be scared? (First: Episode 0547)
	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)
	Cartoon	Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369)
	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.
	Film	Paper-cut triangles fade into live-action shots of triangle-shaped things. (First: Episode 0538)
	Cartoon	What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird now leaves a trail of rocks behind him. Oscar the Grouch snatches them up to stuff into his mattress.
	Film	A voiceover lists many R words. (First: Episode 0661)
	Cartoon	One of These Footprints says "excuse me." (First: Episode 0487)
	Cartoon	Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (repeat)
	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.
	Cartoon	Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011)
	Cartoon	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410)
	Film	A dolphin walks backwards on the water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278)
	Cartoon	A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369)
	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.
	Film	David points out the circular shape of a tire. (First: Episode 0507)
	Animation	The Queen of Six explores her garden. (repeat)
	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.
	Cartoon	A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617)
	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.