Episode 0684

Sesame Street
Grover tries to take Luis’s picture
Air date	November 28, 1974
Season	Season 6 (1974-1975)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Grover the Photographer tries to take a picture of Maria, but David beats him to it. Grover then asks to take Luis’s picture. Luis jokingly asks him where his “birdie” is, and explains that "watch the birdie" is an expression that people use when they take pictures. Nevertheless, Grover goes to look for a birdie.
	Cartoon	L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La." (First: Episode 0321)
	Film	(LA) Cuts outs (2:00)
	SCENE 2	Grover returns to Luis, thinking he’s dressed as a birdie, but Luis points out that he has a rabbit costume. Grover, the perfectionist, runs off to continue his birdie hunt.
	Song	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — 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)
	Film	Alpha song (1:49)
	SCENE 3	Grover returns, this time dressed as an elephant. An exasperated Luis tells Grover that birds have beaks, wings and feathers, and that he doesn’t need to go to all this trouble just to take a picture. Grover runs off again.
	Cartoon	A boy looks for the telephone as it rings.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster presents to Ernie his new device “The Cookie Counter” which will notify him of the quantity of cookies inside the box. Cookie Monster points “The Cookie Counter” rod to the box of cookies, which rings five times representing the amount of cookies inside the box. Ernie is impressed by Cookie Monster's device and talks about the benefits the device provides to the audience, simultaneously Cookie Monster eats Ernie's box of cookies. Ernie tests the Cookie Counter by pointing the rod at the box of cookies, the box doesn't ring. Cookie Monster asks Ernie to face the Cookie Counter rod to his stomach; it rings five times as proof of the location of the five cookies. (First: Episode 0481)
	Film	Kids use shapes to make a train. (First: Episode 0137)
	SCENE 4	Grover returns, now finally dressed as a bird! Just as he’s about to take the picture, Luis says “cheese”, and Grover goes off to look for some cheese.
	Cartoon	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316)
	Cast	David and Maria demonstrate "on" and "under" in the arbor. David goes to get some sandwiches, leaving Maria floating in the air. (First: Episode 0557)
	Film	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	L is for Ladder (First: Episode 0036)
	Film	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019)
	Cast	Maria asks the viewer to imagine her as a baseball player, a princess and a baker. (First: Episode 0558)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: L is for Lunchbox (First: Episode 0031)
	Insert	The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L. (First: Episode 0449)
	Film	Faces #1 (0:28)
	Muppets	Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again. (First: Episode 0140)
	Animation	Sand L/l (First: Episode 0632)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Johnny Cash sings "Nasty Dan" to Oscar. (First: Episode 0558)
	Animation	It's a Circle! (First: Episode 0550)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes up with a way for him to remember to put his basketball away before he goes to sleep: he remembers things with his brain, which is in his head; his head is round, and so is the basketball. His plan works the first time, but not when Bert wants to go to sleep. (First: Episode 0134)
	Cartoon	"I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0408)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0032)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Crystal demonstrate big and little. (First: Episode 0559)
	Film	Hamburger bun factory (First: Episode 0615)
	Muppets	Bip Bippadotta and friends show none, some and all. (First: Episode 0615)
	Cartoon	A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him. (First: Episode 0071)
	Cast	No matter how you arrange these nine people, they're still nine people. (First: Episode 0413)
	Cartoon	"The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." (First: Episode 0009)
	Muppets	Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with teachers and a newsdealer. (First: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353)
	Film	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (repeat)
	Cartoon	L is for Ladder (repeat)
	Muppets	Big Bird builds a model of himself and calls it "ME." (First: Episode 0635)
	Cartoon	A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #11: A long square appears, so the dots all gather in a tight group. (First: Episode 0296)
	SCENE 5	The sponsors are announced.

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