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| Big Bird is stuck in his nest area; Biff buys six softballs | |||||||||
| Air date | November 30, 1973 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird has trouble explaining what the word "cooperation" means to Krystal when Bob arrives. He finds that the door to Big Bird's nest is stuck, and has Maria and Mr. Hooper help in opening it to no avail. Biff recommends some cooperation is needed, and on the count of three, everyone is able to get the door open. Big Bird thanks everybody, and returns to his nest where he finds Krystal helping sweep up his nest. Big Bird appreciates the gesture, but still isn't sure how to explain what cooperation is. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q”: A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Muppets | "The Question Song" (First: Episode 0378) |
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Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440) |
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Muppets | Kermit and Grover draw a Q on the screen. (First: Episode 0493) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria has the kids guess what animal she's thinking of: it's big, furry, hunts for its food, and has stripes. They correctly guess it's a tiger. |
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Cartoon | King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Crocodile Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Muppets | The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. |
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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) |
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Cartoon | "All right, now that you've eaten everything in sight, would you mind telling me what you plan to have for dessert?" (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 3 | Biff stops by Hooper's Store, asking Mr. Hooper for 6 softballs for his factory's team which he and Sully are managing. Mr. Hooper sets them out in a line on the counter, but Biff points out that he only has two hands. He thinks he should go back and round up a couple of co-workers from the factory to help take the balls, but Mr. Hooper gives him a bag to carry them instead. Biff leaves, commenting that he's going to tell his wife Ethyl about Hooper's method the next time she shops for oranges. |
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Cartoon | A jar is full of jellybeans. The jar becomes empty, while a hungry boy is full. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0322) |
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SCENE 4 | A voiceover (Jerry Nelson) narrates as Maria demonstrates empty and full by eating a small bowl of cotton candy. |
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Film | Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cast | A Volkswagen Beetle pulls up in a limbo space. A voiceover (Jerry Nelson) points out that the car is full. Some of the cast exits and the voice assumes the car is empty, until more and more people (including Big Bird and even Mr. Snuffleupagus) exit from the car. (First: Episode 0476) |
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Film | Empty / full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0476) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster comes to the bakery looking for something delicious that rhymes with BUY. He tries the I (from the MIKE'S BAKERY sign) and the baker's TIE, both of which aren't that delicious. Finally, Guy Smiley comes in and loudly announces that he would like to BUY a PIE. Cookie then knows what he can get in the bakery that rhymes with BUY and is delicious: it's GUY! A chase ensues, and Cookie asks the baker to send him the bill. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (shown in English, then Spanish) (First: Episode 0183) Spanish – (First: Episode 0362) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cinderella at the Ball — Kermit interviews Cinderella and Prince Charming at the ball. (First: Episode 0516) |
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Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0515) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob and the kids stop briefly from painting one of the playground barrels to look up and watch Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter S (First: Episode 0063). |
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Cast | Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Animation | Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob and Maria play a “Three of These Things” game with three 7” records and one 12” record. |
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Cartoon | Only one of the two footprints can belong. (First: Episode 0509) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cast | In speed-induced footage, Maria, Luis and David put together a letter Q. (First: Episode 0467) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to play a game where they take turns counting and then saying "Q". Ernie goes first with "1 Q", and Bert follows with "2 Q". The game continues, until Bert gets to "10 Q". "You're welcome, Bert!" Ernie says. (First: Episode 0440) |
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Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Celebrity | Pat Paulsen demonstrates the different between a full and an empty wastebasket. (First: Episode 0081) |
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Cartoon | Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0506) |
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Celebrity | The New York Knicks make 3 baskets in a row, but miss on the 4th. (First: Episode 0146) |
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Muppets | "Fat Cat" (First: Episode 0536) |
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Celebrity | The New York Knicks make 20 baskets in a row, but miss on the 21st. (First: Episode 0154) |
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Film | A man takes a group of blindfolded kids to a construction site so they can feel around to guess where they are. (First: Episode 0510) |
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SCENE 7 | Bob imagines with Krystal and the other kids that they’re in the jungle. They walk around the yard quietly, observing the pretend lions, elephants, alligators, and eagles. Bob then has the kids pretend to disappear, and on the count of three the camera fades to... |
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Cartoon | Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version) (First: Episode 0140) |
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Film | Children in a movie theater tell a man on the screen not to open a door that says "DANGER" on it. He opens it, and there's an explosion. (First: Episode 0526) |
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Cartoon | A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414) |
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Film | Kids watch a silent movie with a man resting on the train tracks with an oncoming trolley - DANGER! (First: Episode 0480) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert has wrapped a surprise present which Ernie thinks is for him. He tries to guess what it is so as not to spoil the surprise. After a few wrong guesses, he unwraps it before Bert can stop him. It is indeed a surprise, a lady's hat with flowers. Bert had wrapped the gift for his Aunt Matilda. (First: Episode 0165) |
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SCENE 8 | Bob and Maria pretend that the kids are using their vehicles as a train, with Krystal as the engine. Biff announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar and the Count hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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