| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mr. Hooper watches Snuffleupagus' postcard | |||||||
| Air date | April 11, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper receives a parcel containing some dolls that he's ordered. The Count slinks in and introduces himself before counting the 10 dolls Mr. Hooper places on the shelf. The Count's thunder and lightning rattles the store, causing everything on the shelf to fall off. The Count relishes another chance to count the dolls once again as Mr. Hooper is forced to put them up again. |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Film | Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 1 Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 2 The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 3 The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Cartoon | Letter G drawing with kid voice-over (First: Episode 0306) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath counts to 9 before a pass is made. He subsequently tosses it to Joey. |
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Cartoon | "That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath counts to 10 before a pass is made. The kid who catches it is tackled. |
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Cartoon | A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. (First: Episode 0085) |
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Muppets | Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows. (First: Episode 0210) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Prince Sleeps — Prince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty and falls asleep. |
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Cartoon | What if a frog and a fly switched bodies? What do you think would happen? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon. (Spanish dub) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - truck (First: Episode 0403) |
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Film | A little horse gets near and far from the camera. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | La palabra cerrado (First: Episode 0481) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Imaginary Baseball Game — While it's raining, Bert encourages Ernie to imagine playing baseball. (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | E for Eel (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird has been given a large postcard for Mr. Snuffleupagus from his cousin in Akron. In order to go find him, Big Bird asks Mr. Hooper to keep an eye on the postcard until he gets back. Mr. Hooper finds this silly at first, but recalls that he too had an imaginary friend when he was Big Bird's age. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | In a flashback, we see a young Mr. Hooper in his bedroom playing with his zany imaginary friend Mr. Mish-Mosh (portrayed by David), who is really his doll. Mr. Hooper recalls a day when Mr. Mish-Mosh knocked over a chair, causing a stern confrontation with his papa. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Back in the present, Maria comes by and asks about the postcard. Mr. Hooper's Snuffleupagus-related explanation leaves her dumbfounded. |
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Cartoon | One of These Footprints says "excuse me." (First: Episode 0487) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird informs Snuffy that Mr. Hooper has his postcard. Big Bird is excited that Snuffy may finally meet Mr. Hooper. However, due to the postcard's size, Mr. Hooper is hidden from sight perfectly behind it. Snuffy quickly reads the postcard unseen and returns to Big Bird's nest, while Mr. Hooper (having caught a bit of Snuffy's walking music) goes inside for an egg cream. Snuffy reports that he didn't see Mr. Hooper anywhere and the two return to the scene where Mr. Hooper is nowhere to be found. Snuffy believes Mr. Hooper to be Big Bird's own imaginary friend, to the bird's dismay. |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Animation | Counting six red balls (First: Episode 0278) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Cookie — Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie. (First: Episode 0472) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: G for Gorilla (in man suit) (First: Episode 0085) |
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Film | A Stool For Me |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman. (First: Episode 0023) |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines she's a rock, which becomes a statue. |
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Cartoon | A man sees if a carpenter knows how to measure with a ruler. |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" (repeat) |
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Cast | Marvelous Maria rides her trike in 10 circles (then backwards). (First: Episode 0443) |
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Muppets | Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds." (First: Episode 0358) |
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Film | A male frog hops around and bulges his throat. (First: Episode 0469) |
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SCENE 4 | David displays the letter G, for “Going … going … gone!” |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Cartoon | A goat discusses the letter "G" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher — Bert and Ernie get closer to the camera to observe "The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." (First: Episode 0005) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (repeat) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates close to and away from. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster (dressed in drag) sits on a couch trying to get near Tony, but Tony wants to be far. Cookie Monster finally gets close enough and eats the bouquet of flowers Tony's been holding. (First: Episode 0453) |
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Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | The camera takes Snuffy's point of view as he trudges down the street looking for any of the grownups that Big Bird is always talking about. He then announces the sponsors, as his signature music closes out the episode. |
 
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CLOSING SIGNS | David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign. |
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