| Sesame Street | |||||
| Big Bird makes his own drum (repeat of 0423) | |||||
| Air date | April 1, 1975 | ||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||
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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. |
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Cartoon | Four people cooperate building a table. (First: Episode 0537) |
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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) |
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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. |
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Cartoon | The letter J Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0133) |
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Film | A showcase of J words (First: Episode 0631) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie 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) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: J for jump |
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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. |
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Animation | Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631) |
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Film | Js appear in a junkyard. (First: Episode 0449) |
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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) |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 2 The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 3 The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284) |
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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) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | The Dog & The Bone |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie 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) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts while erasing things and people. (First: Episode 0008) |
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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. |
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Film | A flower opens and closes. (First: Episode 0441) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: The students recite poems about things they had to practice at. (First: Episode 0744) |
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Cartoon | A child runs through a crowd shouting for MAMA. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Film | Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. |
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Cartoon | Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names. |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Triangles are found in various things such as a see-saw, ice cream cone, etc. (First: Episode 0544) |
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Cartoon / Film | A cartoon man climbs a live-action boy. (First: Episode 0494) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan and the kids sing "If You're Happy and You Know It" in the yard. |
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Cartoon | A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Animation | Lollipop and feathers - what goes where? |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his various moods. Artist: Bob Kurtz |
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Cast | David tries to close a window and a door, but they open by themselves. |
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Cartoon | "Magic Pig" Artist: Vince Collins |
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Muppets | Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song." (First: Episode 0735) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him. (First: Episode 0071) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder Snake (First: Episode 0514) |
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Cartoon | 'j' minuscula (First: Episode 0475) |
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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) |
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Film | Mad Painter #8 (First: Episode 0326) |
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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. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie 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) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan plays "Three of These Things" using different shapes: three shapes in one square, and two shapes in the others. |
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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) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird leads Luis and the kids in a parade as Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign. |
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