| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird finds a suitcase outside of 123 Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | December 27, 1971 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob helps Oscar noisily apply a door closer to his trash can lid, which will keep it from slamming down all the time. Once it's installed, Oscar changes his mind when Bob describes how nice things will be without having to hear it slam all the time. |
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Cartoon | N is naughty, nice, nodding, nickel, noon, nibbling, nest, nut, nose, night, nine, and nursing. (First: Episode 0140) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock investigates the letter N. (First: Episode 0253) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob discusses what pollution is to Candice, and sings "Picture a World." |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird lists various words in his nest area that start with N, including the nice nest he is near, and his nose (his beak). A kid in voiceover asks if he knows any others, to which he responds with, "No... none." |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Lefty delivers some carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get more carrots (in 13 seconds). (First: Episode 0255) |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 3 hits in a row, but miss on the 4th. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Lefty delivers more carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get the most carrots he can find (in 15 seconds). (First: Episode 0255) |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 10 hits in a row, but miss on the 11th. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Muppets | Lefty delivers the rest of the carrots to his boss. The boss reveals that the carrots are for his pet rabbit (a real rabbit), which he shows to Lefty. (First: Episode 0255) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria sings "Three of These Things" in Spanish, using Spanish foods. |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird tells Shola that he's been having some trouble figuring out big and little. Shola says that she's little and Big Bird is big. Big Bird says, "Oh! That must be why they call me Big Bird." Shola answers, "Yeah! You're Big Bird. I'm Shola." |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Eats Cake — Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Shola demonstrate a big stick versus a little stick. |
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Cast | Part 1: In limbo, and without dialogue save for a voiceover, Tom, Rafael, Gordon, and Bob all try to get a drink of water from the same tap, but they keep arguing and bumping into each other when they all reach for it at the same time. The result is that no one gets a drink of water. (First: Episode 0292) |
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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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Cast | Part 2: The four men circle the water tap eyeing one another while the voiceover wonders what they will do. One of them holds the tap while the other gets a drink. The voiceover declares that some things are easy when you cooperate. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Muppets | Some Anything Muppets and monsters (including Cookie Monster, an early Grover, Beautiful Day Monster, Scudge, and Fred's son) pile up and count to 10. (First: Episode 0084) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Swinging Gibbon (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog and Cookie Monster demonstrate the idea of "some, more and most" using three piles of cookies, each one bigger than the one before. Cookie Monster gets his choice of the piles, but he doesn't want "some", "more", or even "most". He wants them all! |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 12 hits in a row, but miss on the 13th. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Film | As a young boy dresses himself, he imagines he has magic clothes that dance around his room and place themselves on his body. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (Spanish) |
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Cartoon | N is naughty, nice, nodding, nickel, noon, nibbling, nest, nut, nose, night, nine, and nursing. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. (repeat) |
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Film | Penguins take a bath. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0233) |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | Bg Bird enjoys a bag of birdseed, but thinks he would enjoy it more relaxing his nest reading some comics. He begins to walk off, but feels he's forgotten something. He realizes he forgot the birdseed, but then immediately forgets where he was going to bring it. |
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Film | "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (First: Episode 0120) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Everybody Scratch — Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs. (First: Episode 0012) |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N (repeat) |
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Film | A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0149) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird and Bob see a suitcase by the stoop of 123 Sesame Street. Big Bird thinks this means somebody new is moved into the neighborhood, suggesting Ernie's little cousin. Bob points out it could also mean someone is moving away and Big Bird frets it could be Maria. She turns out to be the owner of the suitcase, but she's not moving - it was on sale, so she just bought it. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0120) |
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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!" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Letter G drawing with kid voice-over |
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Cast | Bob and Gordon assemble a large 10. (First: Episode 0120) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Reading the Newspaper — Ernie has a question but decides to wait until Bert is done reading the newspaper to ask. (First: Episode 0042) |
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Film | A turtle swims in a tank. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #16: Dots kick aside a crumpled object (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird is so glad Maria has returned (despite her having not gone anywhere) that he invites everyone for tea at his nest. As he bumps into his door frame, a young child announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Cookie Monster holds the CTW sign. |
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