Sesame Street 
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| Oscar's can-opening device; Big Bird delivers a radio for Luis | |||||||||
| Air date | December 26, 1973 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon displays the letter W, and has the kids make small, medium-sized, and large Ws out of dowel rods. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Debo if he knows what a W is. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has six jellybeans, and Bert has seven. Bert thanks Ernie for giving him the extra jellybean. Ernie says that isn't fair - they should have an equal amount. To make it even, Ernie eats the extra jellybean. That's fair, isn't it? (First: Episode 0014) |
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Film | A girl named Jennifer visits family friend Mrs. Wilson in the country, and together they pick food from her garden. (First: Episode 0021) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis and Susan drop by Oscar's trash can, which is now affixed with what Oscar calls an automatic can opener. He describes the lengthy process of how it works, which involves his pet worm Slimey, his tuba, his pet fly Frank, and a balloon, which all ends with Frank sitting on a handle on the rope that opens the can lid. Susan and Luis test it out and are surprised to see it works as Oscar described. Oscar, however, angrily asks why they won't leave him alone. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1) (First: Episode 0491) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph huse a nail in an attempt to hang a picture to a wall. This sketch was a re-shoot of a Buddy and Jim sketch. (First: Episode 0392) |
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Film | Stop-motion: in a park, a man reads a newspaper, then shamelessly drops it on the ground. A little girl finds this disgusting, and puts the newspaper in the trash bin. (Part 2) (First: Episode 0491) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis sings “Show Me How You Feel” with the kids. |
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Cartoon | A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | W for Willamina (First: Episode 0512) |
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Cast / Muppets | "The People in Your Neighborhood": Cleaner and Shoemaker (First: Episode 0436) |
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Film | A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited) (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cast | Postman David goes to collect some mail from a mailbox, but finds there's more and more each time he opens it. (First: Episode 0533) |
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Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) |
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Cast | The mailbox is emptied, but how will David get all the mail to the post office? He lets the mail back into the hammerspace-like mailbox, then takes that with him. (First: Episode 0533) |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie purchases a straw hat for Bert, and asks Cookie Monster which box the hat will go in. (First: Episode 0438) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird offers to deliver a radio for Luis, but he goes back and forth between Luis and Susan, who reminds Big Bird that he needs the right information in order to get the radio to the right place. Through the information he gets from Luis piece by piece, Big Bird learns that the radio belongs to Mr. Jackson, who lives at 225 Broad Street. Big Bird's about to leave again when Luis reveals another important fact: the radio needs to be fixed before it can be delivered. |
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Film | Iguanas Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0047) |
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Cartoon | Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Film | A warthog runs around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | Some clowns, more clowns |
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Animation | Russian nesting dolls 10-1 |
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SCENE 5 | Susan plays a “Here Are Some Things” game with three large dark squares, one large light square, and one small dark square. She shows how there can be two correct answers. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (repeat) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts five monkeys, and when he is done, he gets monkey business. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | A baby cries whenever he gets a beso. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | The letters in the word BESO kiss each other. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — It's a sunny day at the beach, and Bert remembered to bring everything. Ernie, however, only brought an umbrella in case it rains... which it does. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: D -- Dog (role reversal between man and dog) (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 6 | The sponsors are announced. |
Notes[]
- Scene 2 is a remake of scene 3 from Episode 0264.
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