| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird finds a screwdriver for Luis. | |||||||
| Air date | February 1, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | After having cleaned up his nest, Big Bird is bored because he has nothing to do. He asks everyone he meets if he can help them to do something, and they all decline his offer; Maria is heading off to the store with Shola and another kid, David rides by on his bicycle, and Bob is bringing some clothes to the laundromat. |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock investigates the letter N. (First: Episode 0253) |
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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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Cartoon | N is naughty, nice, nodding, nickel, noon, nibbling, nest, nut, nose, night, nine, and nursing. (First: Episode 0140) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird encounters Luis at the Fix-it Shop, where Cassie is helping him fix a bike. Luis has a hammer and pliers to help him remove one of the wheels, but realizes he doesn’t have a screwdriver. He asks Big Bird to retrieve one from Mr. Hooper, and Big Bird enthusiastically sets off. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) |
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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) |
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Film | Kids play in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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SCENE 3 | Shola joins Big Bird on his errand, but they find a sign left by Mr. Hooper saying he'll be back in ten minutes. Rather than wait, Big Bird decides to see if anyone else has a screwdriver to borrow. Bob allows him to fetch a screwdriver from his toolbox in the garage, only they find the box is locked up tight. Big Bird leaves to get the key from Bob. |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Jack-in-the-Box School (First: Episode 0284) |
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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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SCENE 3 cont'd | Shola manages to unlock the toolbox, but Big Bird knocks it over the basement wall of 123 Sesame Street, mixing all of the tools up. He's unsure what a screwdriver looks like, so he returns to the Fix-it Shop with a long tool with a handle. Luis thanks him for the screwdriver, and Big Bird is no longer bored - he's exhausted from the search, so he retreats back to his nest for a nap. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Doctor Ernie — Ernie assumes that Bert is ill when he turns down his invitation to play in the park. (First: Episode 0124) |
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Cast | Gordon appears as a magician sitting in a chair. He magically brings in Susan and Mr. Hooper, as well as a number counting them all. The other two pop in and out, forcing Gordon to change the number until he makes them all vanish. (First: Episode 0233) |
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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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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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SCENE 4 | At the barrel playground, Mauricio and the other kids watch Alphabet Bates in his skywriting plane write out the letter N (First: Episode 0040). |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster wants to go to school, but he can't tell which building the school is because he can't read. An Anything Muppet tells him to read the letters on the sign on one of the buildings. Cookie tears the sign off the building, but once he's read the sign, he still doesn't know which building the school is. (First: Episode 0184) |
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Film | A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat. (First: Episode 0028) |
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Muppets | The Answer Lady: Two Kittens - Granny Fanny Nesselrode finds out how she can tell her two kittens apart. (First: Episode 0171) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria explains to Oscar (who attempts to fend off the kids that want to pet him) that Mrs. Aguillo’s baby is crying because he's hungry. Since he's too small to feed himself, Maria gives him a bottle of milk. She says that even little animals in the zoo get bottles when their mothers aren't around. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby animals are fed milk. (First: Episode 0238) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cast | Because the lid of a box won't stay open by itself, Gordon can't put a large beachball in it alone, and Bob can't put a large inflated beach animal toy in it alone. They discover that if one of them holds the lid the other can easily put his article in the box. (First: Episode 0296) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings "Minute Waltz." (First: Episode 0019) |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 14 hits in a row, but miss on the 15th. (First: Episode 0167) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover opens a menu, and shows Mr. Johnson a large picture of a specialty sandwich, which comes with potato chips on the side, a pickle on the top, and an olive inserted on 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. After Grover finally gets the order right, Mr. Johnson says he doesn't have time to eat it, since his lunch hour is over, and leaves. An exasperated Grover throws a tantrum in the kitchen. |
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SCENE 6 | Luis sings the "Same/Different Song" to the kids in English and Spanish, using drawings of a boy, a dog, and their respective houses. |
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Muppets | Goldilocks attempts to show the bears how many are in their family. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cast | Bob, Maria, Tom, Gordon, and several kids appear with chairs, illustrating none, some and all. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Everybody's Different — Ernie wonders what it would be like if everyone was exactly the same. (First: Episode 0166) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis and Shola discover that Big Bird is still taking his nap. They leave him be as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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