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Sesame Street
Maria and Big Bird play a rhyming game
(repeat of 0420)
Air date March 28, 1975
Season Season 6 (1974-1975)
Directed by Robert Myhrum
Sponsors A, B, 5

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
Cameo.jerry02
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Mirror, MirrorKermit is declared the fairest of them all.
(First: Episode 0685)
0420b
SCENE 1 Maria plays a rhyming game with Big Bird and the kids where she gives them a word and tells them to come back with an object that rhymes with it. Big Bird isn't too sure he'd be good at it, so Maria starts with the word "knock," and the other kids bring back a sock, a rock, a clock, and a block. Next she assigns them the word "hair"; all the kids return with a chair. Big Bird has made his way over to the garage where he finds a stair. The stair is nailed down, so he leaves to retrieve his tools.
Awitch
Cartoon "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
(First: Episode 0130)
0420c
SCENE 2 Just as Big Bird is about to saw away a stair from the garage steps, Maria stops him and says he can't ruin the stairs for a game; he'll have to find something else that rhymes with "hair". Maria gives him a hint: it has four legs. After some thought, Big Bird resolves to go find a bear.
AMs-Reading
Muppets Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words.
(First: Episode 0297)
0420d
SCENE 3 Big Bird has set out a series of honey jars leading up to his nest in order to catch a bear. He sits with his butterfly net and waits for his prey as Maria comes by and commends him on find the object that rhymes with hair and has four legs: a chair.
Clip 7
Film A Stool For Me
(First: Episode 0513)
Aisforape
Cartoon Speech Balloon: A for Ape
(First: Episode 0006)
2477e
Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya?
(First: Episode 0293)
Jazzyspies5
Cartoon Jazz #5
(First: Episode 0007)
2963-C3
Film Kids climb in and out of a tire.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0450)
Walk-IN
Cartoon A man walks in an IN.
(First: Episode 0511)
Cookiesafe
Muppets Ernie has a bag of cookies, and locks them in a safe to protect them from Cookie Monster. When the monster discovers that the cookies are locked up tight, he eats the safe.
(First: Episode 0581)
Delessert-Bugs
Film Five bugs are counted, until one bug engulfs the other four.
Artist: Etienne Delessert
(First: Episode 0628)
0420i
SCENE 4 Susan shows that her foot is in her boot. She lifts her boot up by the top, revealing that it doesn't have a sole, so now it's out.
BCayard.bear
Cartoon Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0627)
1836i
Film Counting the circus clowns
(First: Episode 0501)
Whatif.rabbit-turtle
Cartoon What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances?
(First: Episode 0451)
Grover
Muppets Grover sings "What Do I Do When I'm Alone?"
(First: Episode 0269)
Squeakyshoescartoon
Cartoon A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!"
2678-Itchy
Song Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests.
(First: Episode 0449)
LuisDavid-Weather
Cast Luis is dressed for snow, but is stuck at the beach. David dresses for the beach, but finds himself in the snow. They happily switch places.
(First: Episode 0497)
Imgointothecity
Cartoon A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it.
0420j
SCENE 5 Susan and the kids play "Three of These Things" while sorting a saw, a shoe, a pair of pliers, and a hammer.
ErnieBertShoeDroppingNeighbor
Muppets Ernie & BertBert urges Ernie to go to sleep, but Ernie won't go to sleep until the person living upstairs drops his other shoe. When the shoe finally drops, Ernie wakes Bert up to tell him about it.
(First: Episode 0176)
A for ape toon
Cartoon A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE)
(First: Episode 0602)
Quicksand
Film Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent movie of a girl who is stuck IN the quicksand.
(First: Episode 0511)
Aapestory
Cartoon A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
(First: Episode 0158)
SnuffyJoey-Alphabet
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentSnuffy and Joey say the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0671)
Typewriter.A
Cartoon The Typewriter: A for airplane
Mind.Box
Cartoon I've got a mind: squares make a box.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0191)
Sgrover.barber
Muppets Super Grover: Young Willy Nilly is scared to get his hair cut. Super Grover tells Willy that haircuts are scary, but he must be brave. However, Max the barber shows them both that haircuts do not hurt, and soon they are no longer afraid of hair cuts.
(First: Episode 0717)
Toon.BeeBees
Cartoon At the beach, the Bee Bee and the Barker family greet each other while saying their names that begin with the letter B.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0627)
0420e
SCENE 6 Luis exits the Fix-it Shop and notices a sign in the window that says "AGUA". Puzzled, he says the word and is drenched from above with water.
SpeechBalloonBBug
Cartoon Speech Balloon: B for Bug
(First: Episode 0137)
3181-Elephants
Film Elephants in the zoo.
(First: Episode 0283)
0420f
SCENE 6 cont'd Luis exits again with an umbrella and reads the "AGUA" sign. Nothing happens, so he reads it again. He lowers the umbrella, says it one more time, and gets drenched in water again.
CountErnie
Muppets The Count hires Ernie to answer his phone so that he won't be bothered with calls while he is counting. However, when the phone rings, the Count wants to count the rings, and won't let Ernie pick up the phone until it's too late. "I told you it wouldn't be easy," the Count explains.
(First: Episode 0539)
Fiddler5
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0323)
0420g
SCENE 6 cont'd Luis beckons Maria over and indicates that she should read the sign. Maria reads "AGUA"... and nothing happens. Luis says the word, and is drenched in a third downpour.
Toon.Chickenheart
Cartoon What if we celebrated Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts?
(First: Episode 0488)
5-Good-Men
Muppets Old West: Five good men are needed to form a posse and catch Bad Bart, the meanest man in the West. The sheriff counts five men in the saloon, and tries to organize them. But it turns out that there are only four good men -- one of them is Bad Bart!
(First: Episode 0554)
5roadpaint
Film Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil.
(First: Episode 0497)
Word.OUT!
Cartoon A man sees a giant OUT, yells the word, and everyone runs out of it.
(First: Episode 0550)
0420k
SCENE 7 In his nest area, Big Bird sings "The Sound of the Letter A" to the kids.
0770-SandA
Animation Sand A/a
(First: Episode 0628)
EB.Shola.A
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentErnie, Bert, and Shola observe a letter A. Ernie calls out, "A, Bert!"
(First: Episode 0551)
Song-LookAround
Song "Look Around, Look Around", a song about seasons.
(First: Episode 0556)
2485n
Cartoon An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky.
400021
Cartoon Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat
Voice: Daws Butler
Aisforape
Cartoon Speech Balloon: A for Ape (repeat)
0420l
SCENE 8 The kids play volleyball in the yard as Luis announces the sponsors. The credits roll, with the sound of the kids continuing their game heard over it.
ClosingSign-BobSusanSS-0420

MariaLostCTWs03
CLOSING SIGNS Bob and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.



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