| Sesame Street | |||||||
| A day of finger painting. | |||||||
| Air date | December 22, 1971 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria does some finger painting with the kids. She demonstrates what finger painting is by drawing a "b" on a paint-covered paper. |
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Cartoon | Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0137) |
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SCENE 2 | Abigail, Benjamin, Tony, and the other kids show Maria their finger paintings. Some of them are tacked up on the construction doors. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (shown in English, then Spanish) (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Ernie wants to borrow Herbert Birdsfoot's vacuum cleaner, but he worries about how Herbert will respond. Maybe Herbert's taking a bath, and he'll be so angry at Ernie for interrupting him that he'll tell everyone to never loan Ernie anything ever again! (First: Episode 0181) |
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SCENE 3 | Tom pops by to admire some of the kids' finger paintings. Oscar likes them, too, but his favorite ends up being the colorful rag which everyone is using to wipe off their hands. He asks Tom to frame it so he can put it in his den. |
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Celebrity | The stars of Bonanza appear: Hoss and Mr. Cartwright take turns saying letters of the alphabet; Little Joe rides up in time for Z. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0237) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you know where I wanna be?" The man says he doesn't know. Harvey says, "I wanna B -- right here!" and slaps a letter B on the man's sweater. Harvey runs off, laughing. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates short and tall. (First: Episode 0254) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar decides to make his own painting, and asks Maria to pose. She patiently does so as Oscar holds up his thumb, sights in and paints carefully. The result of his work is a drawing of his paw and thumb. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Tall, Taller, Tallest — Ernie is tall, Bert is taller, and Big Bird is the tallest. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | Two ducks look the same height when they're in the bathtub, but one duck (Joe Flynn) is short and the other is tall. |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Little Bird plays an imagination game, closing his eyes and imagining he hears sounds. At the end of the game, he imagines that he hears a scary monster -- and when he opens his eyes, Herry Monster is there, growling at him. (First: Episode 0148) |
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Cartoon | A short bird stands under a tall bird, which lays an egg on its head. |
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Cartoon | A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen! Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 5 | Tom accidentally steps in Big Bird's birdseed and asks Big Bird whether he is angry. To explain what angry means, he demonstrates by raising his voice, pounding his fist, and getting in Big Bird's face. Big Bird thinks he has made Tom angry and sadly apologizes. Tom explains he was only pretending, and the two laugh it off. |
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Cartoon | What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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Song | "B is for Bubble." (First: Episode 0008) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Bottlecap Collection — Bert shows off his bottlecap collection to Ernie, who remembers that he found a Figgy Fizz bottle cap -- the very one that Bert needed to complete his collection. (First: Episode 0240) |
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Celebrity | Lorne Greene and the Bonanza cast add two horses and one horse to make three horses. (First: Episode 0150) |
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Film | Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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SCENE 6 | Tom holds a large styrofoam "b" and shows that it can be used for other things. He swings it like a pirate sword (with audible clanging), then holds the "handle" like an overhead bus strap and exits as a bus motor is heard. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids count 20 penguins going down a slide. (First: Episode 0232) |
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Film | Kids comment on a film of the process of peanuts being made into peanut butter. (First: Episode 0194) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis sorts drawings of toys by quantity as he sings "Three of These Things" to the kids in Spanish. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts five monkeys, and when he is done, he gets monkey business. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | Jack and the B-stalk (repeat) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Prairie dog Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 8 | Maria explains that the prairie dog from the previous film and the cactus she holds live in a very dry place - the desert. She discusses with some kids the ways we dress because of our weather. |
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Muppets | The Miss Muffet Play (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (shown in English, then Spanish) (repeat) |
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Film | Bridge #14 - Hourglass Slow/Fill |
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SCENE 9 | “B” quickies:
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Song | "B is for Bubble." (repeat) |
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Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo (repeat) |
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SCENE 10 | Oscar looks over a torn-up note, and Maria offers to help him put it together, putting the pieces on a trash can lid to sort them out. The note turns out to be from his grouch friend Louie, who calls him awful and stupid. |
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Cartoon | A man invites an M to dinner (repeat) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "What Do I Do When I'm Alone?" (First: Episode 0269) |
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Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | B wall (repeat) |
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SCENE 11 | The camera pans across from the finger paintings to the yard, where the children are playing as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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