Sesame Street | |||||||
Sam the Robot confuses everyone by imitating sounds | |||||||
Air date | November 20, 1974 | ||||||
Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | The Count is bored, having counted nearly everything on Sesame Street . As an example, he states the number of steps in 123 Sesame Street and the number of bricks making up the garage from memory. The only thing left is Oscar's trash collection, so he tries getting permission from him. Oscar naturally refuses, so the Count instead counts the times Oscar says "no" and makes nasty remarks. | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster sings a rock song about his cookie obsession. (First: Episode 0506) | |
Film | Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder. (First: Episode 0254) | |
Cartoon | Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (First: Episode 0473) | |
Film | A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between here and there. (edited) (First: Episode 0111) | |
Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 1: Harvey Kneeslapper hangs an "OPEN" sign on a closet and has filled it with so many toys that when somebody opens it, all of the toys in the closet will fall on that person. A girl opens the closet, but none of the toys fall out. When Harvey opens it after she leaves, they fall all over him. (First: Episode 0552) | |
Cartoon | What if I looked like George Washington... (First: Episode 0586) | |
Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 2: Harvey has refilled the closet. A boy tries to open it, but the door is stuck. When the boy has left, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys land on him again. (First: Episode 0552) | |
Cartoon | This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507) | |
Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 3: Harvey has refilled the closet again. The boy and girl come by again and open the door. Instead of toys falling, the closet leads to another place. After the two of them have gone through and closed the door behind them, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys fall on him. (First: Episode 0552) | |
Song | "Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429) | |
Animation | Apples fall from a tree, which bothers the hill beneath it, as Irish music underscores the segment. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0628) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is sad, because it's raining and he can't play baseball. Bert encourages him to imagine that he's playing instead. In Ernie's imagination, he hits a high fly ball that lands in the ocean. Bert tells Ernie that the sun is out, and he can go out and play now. Ernie says that he can't play -- his ball fell in the ocean. (First: Episode 0410) | |
Cartoon | The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507) | |
SCENE 2 | Sam the Robot encounters Big Bird, and tells him he's been practicing his sound imitations. Sam demonstrates the sound of a thunderstorm, which makes Susan get up to go get her umbrella, but then he makes the sound of birds singing, further confusing Susan. He continues with an alarm clock, a window breaking, water running, a baby crying, and a fire engine, all of which drive Susan crazy as she runs around trying to find the sources. | |
Muppets | Waiter Grover: Simon Soundman wants a chicken sandwich, which he orders as a "cluck-cluck" sandwich. Grover has trouble figuring out what his customer wants. (First: Episode 0449) | |
Film | A film of things that make sounds, including birds and farm animals. Is silence a sound? (edited) (First: Episode 0002) | |
Cartoon | "Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!" (First: Episode 0406) | |
Cartoon | A man weighs himself to demonstrate how a scale works. (First: Episode 0572) | |
Film | A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0297) | |
SCENE 3 | Sam demonstrates more of his sounds for Big Bird as they travel down the street. This time, Luis hears the sounds while working in the Fix-it Shop and is pulled in different directions as Sam plays the sounds of a marching band, an electric drill, an ice cream truck, a tea kettle, a barking dog, and an old radio. He meets up with Susan outside, who reflects on the odd day they're having. | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again". (First: Episode 0631) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — As Bert takes a nap, Ernie tells the viewer how he knows that Bert is asleep - thus waking Bert up, just to tell him it's time for his nap. (First: Episode 0027) | |
Cartoon | Julius demonstrates "here" and "there", then ends up being "in pain." Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0418) | |
Film | At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata. (First: Episode 0619) | |
Cartoon | C - Cake (First: Episode 0153) | |
SCENE 4 | Sam continues showing off his sound imitations for Big Bird. Only now, David (studying inside Hooper's Store) is the one who gets flummoxed as Sam plays the sounds of a windstorm, a phone ringing, rain falling, shelves collapsing, and a cash register. He gets some fresh air and joins Susan and Luis outside, all of whom get confused when they suddenly hear the sound of an elephant stampede. | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C - Cap (First: Episode 0154) | |
Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts Here Is Your Life, surprising Oak Tree with the story of his life. The guests include Granny Fanny Nesselrode, who planted the tree as an acorn, Cloud and Sun, who gave the tree rain and sunshine, and Marty Table and Sarah Chair, who were made from the tree's friends. (First: Episode 0406) | |
Film | Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) | |
SCENE 5 | Sam demonstrates his airplane sounds, which the grown-ups confuse for Alphabet Bates flying overhead. Big Bird explains that all of the noise they heard before had come from Sam. They're all relieved, but ask him to stop making the airplane engine sound. It turns out to really be Bates, who skywrites the letter V (First: Episode 0637), but Susan, David, and Luis dismiss it as a trick Big Bird and Sam are pulling. | |
Animation | Sand V/v (First: Episode 0637) | |
Cast | The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V. (First: Episode 0455) | |
Muppets | Billy wants to know about here and there, so Herry and Grover demonstrate by spreading apart, each calling the monster over to their side. However, whenever the monster gets to "there," he always finds himself "here". (First: Episode 0538) | |
Film | Where the buffalo roam ... (First: Episode 0510) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — The Count asks Ingrid to teach him how to count to 20 in Spanish. (First: Episode 0477) | |
Insert | Piano Bridge #4 - A pianist plays a short, jazzy waltz. (First: Episode 0622) | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (First: Episode 0044) | |
SCENE 6 | For a change of pace, Sam decides to make some comforting sounds for the group: a combination of a soft breeze, birds singing, and ocean waves gently crashing soothes everyone. He tops it off with a mechanical lullaby he heard from a cement mixer, interpreting the meaning of it to Big Bird in English. As the grown-ups fall asleep, Sam quietly announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and David holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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