| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird writes a love note to Maria | |||||||
| Air date | November 13, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar's rock band, the Groovy Grouches, can't make it to rehearsal today, so he shows Susan his replacement players: Shola on trash guitar, John-John on tenor grouchophone, and Laurie on trash can drums. Oscar admits they don't sound great individually, but when they all cooperate and play together... they sound really rotten. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "Goin' for a Ride", while traveling in a car, train, and boat. (First: Episode 0037) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - truck (First: Episode 0403) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria tells Big Bird that she got him a bag of birdseed at the store because it was on sale. Big Bird is slightly stunned and asks why she'd do that, so Maria says it's just because she likes him. She leaves and Big Bird excitedly approaches David to tell him the news.
He's acting a bit coy when he explains that he's just learned that Maria likes him, and he think he feels the same. In fact, he thinks he loves her. David says he could tell her or write it down and give her the message, but Big Bird says he's be too embarrassed to do either. Instead, he decides that he's going to go find some words that rhyme with love. |
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Cartoon | A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird approaches Maria who's working at a table in the yard with some words that rhyme with love. He gives her a glove, introduces her to his friend Delilah Dove, and even gives her a shove out of her chair. Maria doesn't get the hint, so Big Bird eventually comes clean: he's just trying to tell Maria that he really, really likes her. Maria says the feeling is mutual, gives him a kiss, and leaves.
As she passes Hooper's Store, she asks David what's with the "I Love You" sign. He starts to explain he wrote it for something, but she cuts him off, says "I love you, too," and moves along. David giggles sheepishly and stutters in her wake. |
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Cartoon | A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and once returned human, vows to never chop one down again. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Muppets | Three monsters (Billy, Fenwick, and Pamela) demonstrate big, bigger, and biggest. (First: Episode 0474) |
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Cartoon | A farmer plants big, bigger and biggest trees. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Kermit and Grover build a snowman. The snowball head is big, the next snowball is even bigger, and the one on the bottom is biggest. (First: Episode 0336) |
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Film | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film / Cartoon | The letter O introduces many words he starts. (First: Episode 0621) |
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Animation | Sand O/o (First: Episode 0621) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria as Chaplin struggles to open a door in limbo. Eventually it opens on its own revealing the letter O on a brick wall. David sits on a park bench (also in limbo) and says "o" in a number of different ways. He suddenly turns old, aging with white hair and a beard, but he's still able to jump up and tap his heels together. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Susan knocks on Oscar's trash can and asks him if he's got an O word for her. He re-emerges with a sign that "NO," but Susan turns the sign around to read "ON" and thanks him for the O word. |
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Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | Olga y la letra O (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to help a Pumpkin Anything Muppet mailman deliver a package to Mrs. Mary Ann ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. (First: Episode 0038) |
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Cartoon | Krazy Kat proves his love for Ignatz Mouse with a block of cheese. Ignatz carves it into the word "LOVE." (First: Episode 0615) |
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Film | A kid marching band forms a triangle. (First: Episode 0531) |
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Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has heard that somebody in the neighborhood is sick. He looks in a medical book to find out how to tell if someone is sick... not realizing that Bert is the one with a cold. (First: Episode 0435) |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073) |
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Muppets | "The King's Picnic" (First: Episode 0419) |
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Cartoon | Two men discuss who they love, as one man asserts that you can't love an ice cream cone. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Film | Jack Rabbit Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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Muppets | "The AN Family Song" (First: Episode 0181) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird reads a poem for David, Susan, and the kids (including Shola and John-John). It's about breathing, so he asks them all to hold their breath while he recites. He loses his place and has to start over again, causing them all to gasp when he finally reaches the end. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (First: Episode 0347) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert says it's Ernie's turn to go to the laundromat. He puts numerous things in the laundry basket, including storybooks, cookies, his boots, and a radio. Before long, the basket has no room for the laundry, so he decides to go play baseball instead. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013) |
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Film | A young baboon sits on the back of their parent as they cross the plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0299) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing is a policeman. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Cartoon | The alphabet appears in a little box. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Transition | Black water fills up a purple screen. (First: Episode 0105) |
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Cartoon | The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Loren count from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0290) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | In retribution for the last scene, David asks Big Bird to hold his breath while he reads a poem. As David recites the first line from "A Visit from St. Nicholas," Big Bird complains that that poem is at least three pages long. The kids play in the yard while Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while David and Maria hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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