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| Mr. Hooper finds Snuffleupagus' postcard (repeat of 0513) | |||||
| Air date | April 28, 1975 | ||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper receives a parcel containing some dolls that he's ordered. The Count slinks in and counts the 10 dolls Mr. Hooper places on the shelf. The Count's thunder and lightning rattles the store, causing everything on the shelf to fall off. The Count relishes another chance to count the dolls once again as Mr. Hooper is forced to put them up again. |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. (First: Episode 0085) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set. (First: Episode 0446) |
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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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Film | A woman holds a painting of five chickens. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Cartoon | Letter G drawing with kid voice-over (First: Episode 0306) |
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Film | Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds." (First: Episode 0358) |
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Animation | Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Snuffy and Joey say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0671) |
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Cartoon | A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Song | "Games Around the World (Balls)" (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | Words that rhyme with BALL (Voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler) (First: Episode 0773) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old Mother Hubbard — Kermit points out the lackluster cadence of Old Mother Hubbard's nursery rhyme. (First: Episode 0642) |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a guitarist serenading a maiden, as well as the background. |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock") (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cast | In a circus routine, Luis the ringmaster demonstrates "before" and "after". Freeze-frame technology allows his assistant, Linda, to show each action as she jumps through a hoop, slips on a banana peel, and gets a bucket of water thrown at her face. (First: Episode 0728) |
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Cartoon | A man walks by different people who demonstrate what love is. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola count fingers. (First: Episode 0464) |
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Cartoon | "One to Five Counting Animals Song" (First: Episode 0780) |
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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Song | "Here Come the Beans" (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | E for Erase (First: Episode 0486) |
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Cast | Bob and Luis put together two halves of a painting of a train tunnel. When they fit the parts together, a train goes through the tunnel and zooms to take up the entire screen, frightening Bob and Luis so much, they take down the tunnel again. (First: Episode 0549) |
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Muppets | The Twiddlebugs get a new postage stamp portrait of George Washington, but have trouble getting it to stick to the wall. They finally get it to work, but it is upside down. (First: Episode 0776) |
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Cartoon | A top-hatted man tries to show a girl how many uses a box has, but she prefers kicking it. (First: Episode 0763) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird has been given a large postcard for Mr. Snuffleupagus from his cousin in Akron. In order to go find him, Big Bird asks Mr. Hooper to keep an eye on the postcard until he gets back. Mr. Hooper finds this silly at first, but recalls that he too had an imaginary friend when he was Big Bird's age. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | In a flashback, we see a young Mr. Hooper in his bedroom playing with his zany imaginary friend Mr. Mish-Mosh (portrayed by David), who is really his doll. Mr. Hooper recalls a day when Mr. Mish-Mosh knocked over a chair, causing a stern confrontation with his papa. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Back in the present, Maria comes by and asks about the postcard. Mr. Hooper's Snuffleupagus-related explanation leaves her dumbfounded. |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a telephone booth. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants to have some cookies. Bert asks Ernie if he knows what "before" means, and Ernie demonstrates by saying that before he can have a cookie, he has to open the lid to a cookie jar, and after he closes the lid, he eats the cookie. He demonstrates a few times, until he loses his appetite for dinner. (First: Episode 0007) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird informs Snuffy that Mr. Hooper has his postcard. Big Bird is excited that Snuffy may finally meet Mr. Hooper. However, due to the postcard's size, Mr. Hooper is hidden from sight perfectly behind it. Snuffy quickly reads the postcard unseen and returns to Big Bird's nest, while Mr. Hooper (having caught a bit of Snuffy's walking music) goes inside for an egg cream. Snuffy reports that he didn't see Mr. Hooper anywhere and the two return to the scene where Mr. Hooper is nowhere to be found. Snuffy believes Mr. Hooper to be Big Bird's own imaginary friend, to the bird's dismay. |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes. (First: Episode 0361) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue". (First: Episode 0775) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A baby reindeer takes its first steps. (Music: Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0003) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes displays a G, for "good." She gets kissed by a monster, who says, "Gee, that was good!" (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" (repeat) |
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SCENE 4 | David displays the letter G, for “Going … going … gone!” |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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SCENE 5 | The camera takes Snuffy's point of view as he trudges down the street looking for any of the grownups that Big Bird is always talking about. He then announces the sponsors. |
 
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CLOSING SIGNS | David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Scene 1 is edited from its original airing in Episode 0513, removing a brief portion where the Count and Mr. Hooper introduce themselves to one another.
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