| Sesame Street | |||||
| Big Bird offers to be Luis' songbird (repeat of 0429) | |||||
| Air date | April 3, 1975 | ||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog, Smart Person, helps Legs Benedict (Bob) remember what to call the body part on the front of his face that helps him smell and breathe. (First: Episode 0747) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002) |
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SCENE 1 | Luis is about to close up the Fix-It Shop for a few minutes. He tells Big Bird that he's going to the pet shop to buy a little bird to keep around the store than can sing while he works. Big Bird thinks he can fill that role and Luis permits a tryout. Susan comes in with her broken drill, but Big Bird sings so loudly (singing "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life," "Chloe," and "ABC-DEF-GHI") it drowns out their speaking. Susan leaves, and Luis explains that the kind of bird he had in mind would sit on its swing and chirp and tweet. Big Bird asks for a second chance with this in mind. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Cartoon | "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0050) |
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SCENE 2 | Singing "Bluebird of Happiness," Big Bird shows the viewer that he has set up a large swing in the store, intending now to just chirp and tweet. However, his swing is sitting directly in front of the Fix-it Shop door, and he ends up causing destruction when he tries to use it. Luis loses his temper and leaves to buy a small bird as he intended. Big Bird feels his mistake was chirping when he should have twittered. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie says that he has "flying fingers," and tries to find ten different things that his fingers can do. (First: Episode 0617) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis returns with a small parakeet, who sings at a comfortable volume as Luis envisioned. Big Bird drops by to meet the bird and is astonished to discover it's his cousin Benji. They soon develop a loud conversation, and Luis collapses onto the table as Big Bird starts to sing "MacNamara's Band" with Benji. |
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Cartoon | The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: V for Vacuum |
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Celebrity | Helen Reddy sings "Grow." |
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Film | David (in voiceover) finds many circles in a store window. (First: Episode 0638) |
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Cartoon | Footprints move over to the tune of "Here Are Some Things". (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | A cleaning lady (reminiscent of Carol Burnett's character) wanders into a music rehearsal room, plays each instrument, and puts all the sounds back into the wrong instruments. |
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Film | Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0108) |
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Cartoon | This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507) |
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Muppets | Grover appears in a library to tell the viewers about what a library is. The librarian, however, keeps telling Grover to be quieter, until he can barely even be heard. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Celebrity | Helen Reddy sings "Wonder Child." |
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Cast | David and Maria demonstrate "on" and "under" in the yard. David goes to get some sandwiches, leaving Maria floating in the air. (First: Episode 0557) |
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Film | Marching Band #3 (First: Episode 0517) |
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Muppets | Benny and his boss have been waiting for Lefty for a long time. Benny wonders how they will know when it's Lefty at the door, so he reminds him that Lefty will knock three times - their secret knock to enter their hideout. Lefty forgets the number, and has to be hinted from his boss what the number of knocks are to gain access, finally giving the correct amount. When they let him in, the boss reprimands him for his poor memory, and warns him that he'll be in big trouble if he forgets again. To test his memory, the boss and Benny lock themselves out, telling him not to let them in until they give the secret knock. Despite the boss' warning, Lefty forgets once again, and finally having enough, he fearfully runs out the back door, leaving the other two stranded outside yelling, "Let us in!" as they angrily pound on the door trying to get in. (First: Episode 0722) |
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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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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster shows David a school sign. (First: Episode 0379) |
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Cartoon | Jack-in-the-Box School (First: Episode 0284) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Touch and Feel." (First: Episode 0252) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — A tough guy named Tough Eddie accidentally knocks over Bert's sand castle while he's sleeping. Ernie points that out to Eddie, and Eddie tells Ernie, in a threatening tone of voice, that he's "got something" for Bert. It turns out to be an ice cream cone. (First: Episode 0482) |
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Cartoon | T for typewriter and toe Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0506) |
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Film | A letter T drives through a tunnel. (First: Episode 0454) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan sings "Three of These Things" with the kids using pictures of big and small animals. |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper is looking down and saying "Three sticks!" A man asks "Three sticks where?" Then Harvey says "3 sticks right here!" and sticks a number 3 on the man's head. (First: Episode 0570) |
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Film | David points out the circular shape of a tire. (First: Episode 0670) |
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Cartoon | An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling. (First: Episode 0555) |
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Celebrity | Helen Reddy sings "I Make Up Songs." |
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Film | Elephants (African percussion soundtrack) (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt makes sure the class knows the difference between loud and soft. ("Don't tell me I can't teach.") (First: Episode 0510) |
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Cartoon | V in space (First: Episode 0481) |
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Cast | David the champion is ready for the match, but assistant Luis gives him the wrong match for his boxing glove. Once the right one is placed, he and Gordon face off in a game of marbles. (First: Episode 0686) |
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Film | People jump. |
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Cartoon | After the big game, a bird skeleton and an elephant skeleton get their skins mixed up in the locker room. The coach helps them out. |
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Cast | The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Film | This is the desert. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0514) |
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Animation | Sand V/v (First: Episode 0637) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert says that he's going to demonstrate quiet by talking quietly to Ernie. But when he tries, Ernie claims that he can't hear what Bert is saying. Finally, Bert gets frustrated and shouts at Ernie; Ernie tells Bert not to be so loud. (First: Episode 0150) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Macintosh peddles his wares while the kids play in the yard as David announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Susan and Oscar hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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