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| Snow — Sherlock Hemlock tries to help Luis find his pencil / Oscar shows David his grouchy winter hat | |||||||||
| Air date | February 13, 1974 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Bob and the kids play a game by digging up the snow to reveal the letter U. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0036) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Cartoon | A man gives away the letter U for free. (First: Episode 0202) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover brings Mr. Johnson a bowl of alphabet soup. Mr. Johnson complains that some of the letters are missing, and makes Grover run back and forth to the kitchen to bring the missing letters. When all the letters are there, Johnson complains that the soup is cold, and makes Grover take it back. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U-Umbrella (First: Episode 0038) |
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SCENE 2 | Sherlock Hemlock enters the Fix-It Shop and asks for Luis to fix his walkie-talkie. Luis is about to write down the information, but he realizes he can't find his pencil. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
One by one, Luis tells Sherlock all the details about the pencil. First, he says it's yellow, and Sherlock thinks he has found it, but it's just Big Bird. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Second, Sherlock learns that the pencil is also long and thin -- just like the baseball bat Jay brings in for Luis to fix. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Third, Sherlock learns that the pencil has a point on one end and an eraser on the other. Luis can't give Sherlock an example of that -- until he realizes that his pencil was nested behind his ear all along! Sherlock gets a closer look at the pencil, and thinks he has once again solved the case. |
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Cartoon | The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Song of the Count." (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "There's a Bird On Me." (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | What if my best friend were a gorilla? |
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SCENE 3 | As it snows, Bob sings "Snow, Snow, Snow." |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Pig's Straw House — Kermit interviews the pig who built the straw house. (First: Episode 0551) |
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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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Cartoon | Capital letter U for up (First: Episode 0401) |
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Cartoon | Willie Wimple: Tree Destruction Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0516) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar asks David to help him put on a snow hat. Oscar keeps correcting David over and over again, until David pulls the hat over Oscar's face -- which is just the way Oscar likes it. |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Muppets | The Martians find a telephone. (First: Episode 0398) |
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Cartoon | Tiger likes going to school. (First: Episode 0549) |
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Film | Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0456) |
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Cartoon | Jack-in-the-Box School (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | Dog and the lower-case 'u' (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Muppets | Caveperson Days: King Ernie has a problem -- the cavemen write everything on rocks, which are too heavy to carry around. He calls upon the Royal Smart Person to invent something lighter to write on. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps up onto an UP. (First: Episode 0546) |
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SCENE 5 | In Hooper's Store, Bob, Luis and David play "Three of These Things" with a scarf, a hat, a glove, and a book. |
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Cartoon | Q - quarter (First: Episode 0046) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Q Game — Ernie asks Bert to play a game where they take turns counting and then saying "Q." (First: Episode 0440) |
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Film | Apples grow on a tree. (First: Episode 0093) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph solve the problem of how to keep a swinging door open as they attempt to carry a heavy plant out of the room. (First: Episode 0344) |
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Cartoon | The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Kermit at Home: Grover is outside in the snow, freezing. He keeps knocking on Kermit's door, asking how to get warm, and Kermit keeps telling him to come inside. Grover, missing the point, tries ideas of his own to get warm, but they don't work. Finally, Kermit tells Grover that if he wants to get warm, he should come inside. Excited, Grover pulls Kermit aside and slams the door, locking Kermit outside. Grover goes to sleep in Kermit's armchair while the frozen frog scrapes at the window. |
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Cartoon | Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | People are shown working and playing in the snow on Sesame Street, as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Luis and the kids hold the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the CTW sign. |
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