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Sesame Street
Big Bird makes his own drum
(repeat of 0423)
Air date April 1, 1975
Season Season 6 (1974-1975)
Sponsors H, J, 8

0772

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0423a
SCENE 1 Big Bird hears the sound of Joey playing his drum in the Fix-it Shop. Big Bird loves drums, even to the point of standing around waiting for a parade just to hear them. ("You know, there's not many parades some days," he observes.) Big Bird becomes inspired to build a drum exactly like Joey's.
Toon.Table
Cartoon Four people cooperate building a table.
(First: Episode 0537)
Jenny Jeff Jacket
Cartoon A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it.
(First: Episode 0527)
0423b
SCENE 2 Big Bird thinks he has finished building his own drum, and starts to play it. It doesn't make any noise, and Luis points out that while they may look the same, his drum doesn't have any sides like Joey's does. Big Bird continues working on his drum.
Hubley-SmallJ
Cartoon The letter J
Artists: John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0133)
J-Showcase
Film A showcase of J words
(First: Episode 0631)
Ernie'sMagicChain
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie has a so-called "magic" chain which can form into any shape he wants. Bert is dismissive of the chain's magic properties. And yet, when Bert asks for the chain to provide a sandwich, it does.
(First: Episode 0617)
Typewriter.J
Cartoon The Typewriter: J for jump
0423c
SCENE 3 Big Bird has finished making his drum, but has trouble trying not to drop it. Luis shows that Joey's drum has a strap attached to it, but points out that he doesn't need one in order to still have fun with his drum. Luis celebrates by playing his guitar. Big Bird becomes awestruck at the instrument and throws down his drum, declaring he's now going to make a guitar.
0772-SandJ
Animation Sand J/j
(First: Episode 0631)
J Junkyard (Katz)
Film Js appear in a junkyard.
(First: Episode 0449)
GroverBoat1
Muppets Grover's rowboat - part 1
Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink.
(First: Episode 0281)
Kingofeight
Animation "The King of Eight"
(First: Episode 0225)
GroverBoat2
Muppets Grover's rowboat - part 2
The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again.
(First: Episode 0281)
Shalom6-12
Cartoon Jazz #8
(First: Episode 0016)
GroverBoat3
Muppets Grover's rowboat - part 3
The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away.
(First: Episode 0281)
Madscientisth
Cartoon A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
(First: Episode 0284)
Count and Little Theatre of the Deaf
Insert The Count counts to twelve while the Little Theatre of the Deaf (who are all dressed as The Count) sign the numbers.
(First: Episode 0687)
KangarooBlues
Song Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues."
(First: Episode 0277)
1037k2
Cartoon The Dog & The Bone
ErnieBertPizzaGrapeJuice1
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on.
(First: Episode 0256)
Erasercartoon
Cartoon A boy counts while erasing things and people.
(First: Episode 0008)
0423h
SCENE 4 Oscar observes a discarded window shade nearby. He likes how they can be pulled down to hide something from view, so he pulls down a black screen wipe as if it were a window shade; that way, he can't see the viewer.
Floweropens
Film A flower opens and closes.
(First: Episode 0441)
RFES-Poems
Muppets Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: The students recite poems about things they had to practice at.
(First: Episode 0744)
Mama Busca
Cartoon A child runs through a crowd shouting for MAMA.
(First: Episode 0458)
Imagardener
Film Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is.
HappySadVaudeville
Cartoon Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names.
Bob AM flower
Muppets Bob is approached by an Anything Muppet (Jim Henson) with no face, so he gives him eyes to see what a lovely day it is and a nose to smell a flower. The AM thanks him and leaves to gift the flower to a friend.
(First: Episode 0660)
Triangles-Red
Cartoon Triangles are found in various things such as a see-saw, ice cream cone, etc.
(First: Episode 0544)
Manclimbsboy
Cartoon / Film A cartoon man climbs a live-action boy.
(First: Episode 0494)
0423d
SCENE 5 Susan and the kids sing "If You're Happy and You Know It" in the yard.
Cartoon mydoghappy
Cartoon A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy.
(First: Episode 0537)
Lollipop.feathers
Animation Lollipop and feathers - what goes where?
Toon differentmes
Cartoon A boy talks about his various moods.
Artist: Bob Kurtz
Davidwindowdoor
Cast David tries to close a window and a door, but they open by themselves.
MagicPig
Cartoon "Magic Pig"
Artist: Vince Collins
NumericalCorrespondence
Muppets Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song."
(First: Episode 0735)
Toon-JackInTheBox
Cartoon A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him.
(First: Episode 0071)
RattlesnakeFilm
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder Snake
(First: Episode 0514)
2257t
Cartoon 'j' minuscula
(First: Episode 0475)
MariaDavid-PingPong
Cast Luis serves as the announcer for a ping pong match between Maria and David, who can't find his paddle. Once they're ready to go, they're pelted by several dozen ping pong balls.
(First: Episode 0683)
Painter8
Film Mad Painter #8
(First: Episode 0326)
0423g
SCENE 6 Luis sings "One of These Things" in Spanish with the kids, with four circles in one square and three circles in the others.
Erniebertspecialnose
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie 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)
Closetheopen
Cartoon Would you mind closing our OPEN?
(First: Episode 0438)
0423i
SCENE 7 Susan plays "Three of These Things" using different shapes: three shapes in one square, and two shapes in the others.
Jenny Jeff Jacket
Cartoon A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (repeat)
0423j
SCENE 8 Big Bird leads Luis and the kids in a parade as Susan announces the sponsors.
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ClosingSign-ErnieBertCTW-0210
CLOSING SIGNS Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.


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