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| Big Bird builds an airplane | |||||||
| Air date | December 25, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird becomes discouraged after jumping off a box in the yard flapping his wings, worried that he can't fly like other birds can. David and Susan tell him not to worry since he can do things that other birds can't, like talk. Big Bird sees a jet plane soar overhead, and gets the idea to build his own airplane so he can fly. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Flying." (First: Episode 0394) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis sees the makeshift box airplane Big Bird has just built, only some of its parts are in the wrong places. He uses a diagram to make sure that the tail, wings, propeller, and steering wheel all go in the right places. Big Bird climbs into it, but his sense of direction gets mixed-up as he sits in the plane facing the other way. |
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Cartoon | A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454) |
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Cartoon | C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake). (First: Episode 0203) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis and Susan mutter to each other about how Big Bird's plane really can't take off. Nonetheless, they help him go over his checklist, making sure he's adjusted his scarf and his horn is in working order. Luis turns the propeller to start the plane, which ends up discharging smoke and actually gets off the ground! The grown-ups watch in disbelief during Big Bird’s flight, which ends up short-lived as he crash lands almost immediately into a tree, destroying his plane. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie brings an umbrella, a flashlight, and Bert's bowling ball to the bathtub, just in case the electricity goes out, the roof leaks, and somebody shows up asking to borrow a bowling ball. Bert thinks that Ernie is being ridiculous -- but everything happens, just as Ernie predicted. (First: Episode 0269) |
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Film | A flower opens and closes. (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cartoon | Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on. (First: Episode 0394) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot invents a complicated machine, to test Cookie Monster's problem-solving abilities. Cookie Monster needs to pull the string to raise the glass cover off the plateful of cookies at the other end -- but when he lets go to retrieve the cookies, the cover will fall again. Herbert hears Cookie Monster approaching, and hides to observe him. Cookie investigates the machine for a moment, then gets the cookies by karate-chopping the glass cover. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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Film | C is for cars on the highway. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cast | On a desert island, a parched Luis finds a coconut, which has a letter C inside. |
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Cartoon | C for canary (role reversal) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 1: WET. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Cartoon | C for Candle (blows man away) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 2: SET. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Cartoon | C is for Cowboy |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and the "ET" family, part 3: MET. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Cartoon | A minstrel sings about a fox who outsmarts a crow. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird sings "Somebody Come and Play" as he roams Sesame Street looking for his friends. His friends (including Susan, Mr. Hooper, David, and the kids) all appear in the yard, inviting him to play. |
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Cartoon | Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett runs the gamut of emotions while counting to 20. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates "between." (First: Episode 0542) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit attempts to demonstrate between with two poles, which are actually mops held by Grover and Herry. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty U” (First: Episode 0036) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Three dolphins jump together. (First: Episode 0222) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — The Count asks Ingrid to teach him how to count to 20 in Spanish. (First: Episode 0477) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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Film | Various objects become OPEN. (First: Episode 0442) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038) |
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Muppets | "Wonderful/Yucchy" (First: Episode 0177) |
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Film | A steam shovel picks up debris. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola illustrate "between". (First: Episode 0542) |
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Cartoon | A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion. (First: Episode 0032) |
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Film | A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird goes to Hooper's Store, and is about to order something from “Mr. Looper.” Mr. Hooper tries to teach Big Bird how to pronounce his name correctly by breaking the word into two syllables on cards. Hooper brings the cards together, and eventually Big Bird gets the full word right. Mr. Hooper asks what he wants; Big Bird asks, “Could I have a bowl of hoop, Mr. Souper?” |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose." (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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Film | At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata. (First: Episode 0619) |
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Cartoon | A bear counts bees (First: Episode 0083) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is painting a portrait of Bert, but paints Bert with curly hair, glasses and a beard. When Bert gets angry about this, Ernie takes him behind the easel and puts curly hair, glasses and a beard on Bert. (First: Episode 0365) |
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Cartoon | "Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!" (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1 (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | The kids play along Sesame Street as Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Luis and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper and David hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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