| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird plans to run away | |||||||
| Air date | May 8, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird decides to visit Luis at the Fix-It Shop. He ends up surprising Luis in the middle of repairing a television, which blows up in his face. Luis seethes as he tells him to leave, so Big Bird decides to visit David instead. He goes through the back door of Hooper's Store to greet him, accidentally bumping into David as he and Maria restock the shelves. Big Bird wants to help, but David slams the door in his face in frustration. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Since everybody wants him to go, Big Bird decides to run away, yelling, "Goodbye, cruel Sesame Street!" He stomps back to his nest to retrieve his warm blanket before leaving, but feels like he may need to bring more things. |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird finishes packing a suitcase and loudly announces his departure over the construction doors of his nest, but no one responds. He realizes he might get hungry though, so he starts packing some food... and maybe some other things. |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Big Bird has two wagons packed with items to run away with. He tries announcing his leaving again, hoping someone will stop him, but again there is no response. He realizes he has nothing to cook his food with or eat it in, so he sticks around for a few more minutes to pack some pots and pans and dinnerware. |
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Animation | Sand L/l (First: Episode 0632) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Big Bird's wagon train has grown and stretches out the front door, and now includes a television set (so he won't miss Captain Kangaroo), an electric fan, and his toys among other possessions. He is just about to leave before remembering that he needs to get two more things... |
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Cartoon | A little man misplaces his J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Big Bird has tied ropes to the Fix-It Shop and Hooper's Store, just in case he runs out of food or his TV breaks. He realizes if he takes those with him, he technically wouldn't be running away. He takes inventory on what he has when Luis, David, and Maria follow the ropes and confront him. Big Bird is still upset with them, demanding one good reason for not leaving. Maria has that reason: he's not old enough to cross the street by himself yet. |
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Cartoon | Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Cast | Bob reads the first half of "The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda". (First: Episode 0197) |
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Film | Mad Painter #3 (First: Episode 0343) |
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Cast | Bob continues reading "The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda". (First: Episode 0197) |
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Cartoon | A young hipster dog explains to C.T. Wordsworth what an EXIT is. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Song | "Look Around, Look Around," a song about seasons. (First: Episode 0556) |
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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 shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. Ernie has a drawing of an empty bird cage with an open door (the bird flew away), and a man lying on the ground with a banana peel next to him (he slipped on it). Then Ernie shows Bert an empty page. The answer to that one is that there was a cow eating grass, but the grass is all eaten now and the cow went home. (First: Episode 0030) |
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SCENE 3 | The grown-ups have helped Big Bird unpack, and Big Bird admits that he didn't really want to leave. They all join in a big hug. |
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Animation | The profile of a woman's head changes shape to the sounds of a Moog synthesizer. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0628) |
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Animation | A grape blows reveille and inspects the "troops" -- 12 raisins on a slice of white bread. (First: Episode 0618) |
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Cartoon | Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528) |
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Muppets | Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | "Presenting -- the pencil!" (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cast | Gordon imagines what he would look like if he were a farmer instead of a teacher. (First: Episode 0528) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination." (First: Episode 0493) |
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Cartoon | "Presenting -- the saw!" (First: Episode 0597) |
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Film | A showcase of J words (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cartoon | "Presenting ... the window squeegee!" (First: Episode 0540) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin's class is feeling bored when he comes in, so he asks them to name some great people. Some of the names shouted out include Martin Luther King Jr., Joe Namath, Jackie Robinson, John F. Kennedy, Ray Charles, and Michael Jackson (Smart Tina says her pediatrician, which gets her funny looks). Roosevelt says those are all great people, but there are two they left out, and one of them is you. You are as great as you want to be and nobody can put you down. After their spirits are lifted, Hardhead Henry Harris asks who the other great person is. Roosevelt Franklin names himself as the class responds in mock derision. (First: Episode 0515) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria plays "Three of These Things" with the kids using pictures of a colander, a funnel, a strainer, and a wooden block. |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353) |
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Cartoon | Sally the Spider skates with different combinations of her legs. (First: Episode 0625) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Film | Hippos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cast | Bob puts up a drawing of Big Bird on a billboard. His partner, David, has trouble putting up a duplicate in the same manner. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Film | A girl puts on her coat all by herself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0622) |
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Cartoon | The word EXIT walks out of the room. (First: Episode 0635) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert asks Ernie about his day. Ernie says nothing interesting happened. Bert points out that Ernie went to the zoo, but Ernie says nothing interesting happened at the zoo. Then he talks about a scratch he got on his finger, and talks about how he got it, realizing in the process that something interesting did happen after all. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L - Light (First: Episode 0147) |
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Film | David narrates some films showing the homes of animals. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Cartoon | Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (repeat) |
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Insert | In voiceover, kids count out twelve in a deck of playing cards. (First: Episode 0480) |
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SCENE 5 | David leads a wagon train of kids around the yard as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper, Luis, and a kid hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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