Sesame Street | |||||||||
The Muppets express themselves using pencils | |||||||||
Air date | January 17, 1975 | ||||||||
Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird announces himself to Susan and David in front of Hooper's Store with a grand introduction. He introduces a pencil as a modern marvel and offers to draw a picture of Susan. David and Susan are skeptical, but they're surprised and pleased to see that the drawing is actually quite good, and Susan asks if she can have it to show Gordon. Big Bird addresses the camera: "Stay tuned to this station for further adventures of the... [musical fanfare]... pencil!" | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ Ernie imagines what life would be like if he and Bert had their characteristics switched around. (First: Episode 0299) | |
Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) | |
Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) | |
Film | Kids comment on a film of the process of peanuts being made into peanut butter. (First: Episode 0194) | |
Muppets | Grover opens a menu and shows Mr. Johnson a large picture of the special sandwich, which comes with potato chips on the side, a pickle on the top, and olive stuck in with a toothpick. When the sandwich arrives, Mr. Johnson complains that it doesn't match the picture on the menu -- it doesn't have potato chips, a pickle, or an olive. (First: Episode 0332) | |
Cartoon | "I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball (shown in English, then Spanish) (First: Episode 0279) | |
SCENE 2 | Herry has written a song using a pencil that Big Bird has given him. The song is called "I Can't Help It." He winds up wrecking the entire Fix-It Shop in the process. | |
Muppets | Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball. (First: Episode 0267) | |
Muppets | Anything Muppets (including Farley) shout "E!" (First: Episode 0408) | |
Cartoon | E for End (First: Episode 0460) | |
Cast | Marvelous Maria counts from one to ten, and then from ten to one. (First: Episode 0443) | |
Cartoon | A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) | |
Animation | Sand E/e (First: Episode 0642) | |
Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" (First: Episode 0371) | |
Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ Ernie has a question, but Bert is reading the newspaper. Ernie hums and talks to Rubber Duckie until Bert gives up reading the paper in exasperation. Then Ernie can ask his question: Can he borrow the newspaper? (First: Episode 0042) | |
Film | A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak. (First: Episode 0297) | |
Cartoon | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing. (First: Episode 0359) | |
Cast | David and Maria dine on spaghetti. Maria polishes off her plate in a short time, but David starts to eat each piece individually, which takes very long. (part 1) (First: Episode 0429) | |
Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP. (First: Episode 0506) | |
Cast | David's plate is about half-empty now. (part 2) (First: Episode 0429) | |
Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall. Arist:Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0439) | |
Film | Kids count ten buses as they drive by. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) | |
Cartoon | Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) | |
Film | A little girl needs HELP getting on a horse. (First: Episode 0484) | |
Cast | Maria has fallen asleep by now, when David finally finishes eating his spaghetti. He then beckons a waiter (Bob) to bring him another serving... (part 3) (First: Episode 0429) | |
Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) | |
Insert | Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not. (First: Episode 0463) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats." (First: Episode 0407) | |
Insert | Bert sits outside on the street, pretending to fly a helicopter. Maria sits down with him, and the segment becomes animated as they fly through the air before returning to the Street. (First: Episode 0656) | |
Cartoon | E for Eel (First: Episode 0408) | |
Film | The kids form a triangle and a square. (First: Episode 0300) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: E-Egg (First: Episode 0002) | |
SCENE 3 | David leads Luis and Susan into the basement of the store to see Biff and Sully at work. Biff has used a pencil to write poetry about his tools. He demonstrates how each one is used; in the process he hits his thumb with the hammer, drills a hole into Sully's lunchbox, and uses the wrench on a pipe, which opens it up and sprays the adults. | |
Cartoon | Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615) | |
Film | A bumble bee Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0082) | |
Cartoon | A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406) | |
Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another hole. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0439) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment โ Cookie Monster and Genelle count to twenty. (First: Episode 0289) | |
Cartoon | E for Erase (First: Episode 0486) | |
SCENE 4 | Oscar the Grouch's use for a pencil is erasing. He demonstrates for Luis and the kids' benefit by erasing most of the "good news" from a newspaper, scrubbing out the numbers of an alarm clock, and handing Luis a blank sheet of paper, claiming to have erased the "Grouch alphabet." He then erases the screen, leaving an orange void. Luis orders Oscar to undo his actions, and Oscar draws a grouchy image of Luis. Susan announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign. |
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