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Episode 0440

Sesame Street
Sam the Robot makes orange juice
Air date December 29, 1972
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Directed by Joost Van Rees
Sponsors Q, S, 4


Picture Segment Description
SCENE 1 Bob welcomes the viewer from the window of his apartment, introducing some friends who are about to sing a song...
Celebrity Listen My Brother sings "Children Are Beautiful."
(First: Episode 0228)
Film Four Song (Song of Four)
(First: Episode 0006)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Counting SheepErnie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep.
(First: Episode 0276)
Song Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat.
(First: Episode 0106)
Cartoon A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S.
(First: Episode 0414)
SCENE 2 Sam the Robot (Caroll Spinney) encounters Luis at the Fix-It Shop attempting to fix a broken orange juice squeezer. He offers to take its place, and Luis tells him that the juicer came from David who uses it at Hooper's Store. Sam starts to make his way to the store.
Cartoon A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0278)

SCENE 3 At the store, Sam shows David how good he is at juicing oranges. While he is able to make orange juice successfully, David doesn't want Sam to be his permanent juicer as he's not compact enough to fit in the store. Sam attempts to negotiate for a proper spot when Luis comes back with the fixed squeezer, and Sam leaves feeling dejected.
Cartoon Donnie Budd counts four lions.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0300)
Film A kid recites a poem about adding penguins.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0255)
Cartoon What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0212)
Film A warthog runs around.
Music by Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0406)
Cartoon Dot Bridge #5: All the dots turn red (altered graphics, turning the dots from red to purple)
(First: Episode 0001)
Cast Wally and Ralph: Wally tries to figure out how to properly sleep in his new sleeping bag.
(First: Episode 0364)
Cartoon Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry (altered graphics, turning the dots from red to purple)
(First: Episode 0001)
Film A group of Hispanic children pick members for their baseball team. A new kid, Ramon, joins them.
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Before and AfterBert explains the concept of "before and after" to Ernie using a plate of cookies.
(First: Episode 0007)

SCENE 4 David, Kate, and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter Q (First: Episode 0047).
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Q GameErnie asks Bert to play a game where they take turns counting and then saying "Q."
Song Joe Raposo sings "Whale Brushing Teeth," with a film of a trainer brushing a whale's teeth.
(First: Episode 0276)
Muppets "The Question Song"
(First: Episode 0378)
Cartoon Hypnotic "Q" rainbow

SCENE 5 Bob comes across a large “NO” sign made from pieces of wood near Oscar's trash can. Oscar explains that whatever question Bob or anyone else asks him, the answer will always be “no,” hence the need of the sign. Bob was going to offer him a ratty old sock, which Oscar wasn't expecting, so he quickly makes a “YES” sign in order to claim it.
Film A woman asks a boy how a glass of milk was spilled on the table, so the boy offers several outlandish scenarios before telling her the truth: it was him.
(First: Episode 0212)
Muppets Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman.
(First: Episode 0023)
Film Squares are shown in close-up.
(First: Episode 0420)
SCENE 6 David sings “Where Are There More?” as he sorts different groups of kids in the yard.
Animation Scanimate Films #4
(First: Episode 0132)
Film An itchy wombat scratches its four legs. (with commentary from Luis and kids)
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0008)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: World's Greatest CounterErnie proclaims himself to be the world's greatest counter, yet he counts very slowly, and starts all over again if Bert interrupts him.
(First: Episode 0107)
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentKermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger.
SCENE 7 Kate plays guitar and sings “Love is Something” to the kids at the playground.
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit plays a sorting game with squares and circles, until Cookie Monster arrives and takes a bite out of the shapes. Kermit is upset, until he tastes one of them, and he joins Cookie Monster in finishing off the rest!
(First: Episode 0094)
SCENE 8 Oscar introduces the next film, explaining where the term “silly goose” comes from.
Film Geese and their goslings swim in the water.
(First: Episode 0388)
SCENE 9 The kids play basketball near Oscar's can as Oscar announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.

CLOSING SIGNS Luis and Kate hold the Sesame Street sign, and Susan holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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