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| Big Bird wants to send flowers to Susan's sick mother | |||||||
| Air date | January 23, 1975 | ||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan has gone to see her mother, who is sick. Big Bird asks Gordon how to get there, so he can deliver some flowers. Gordon informs him that Merton is far away, too far to travel on foot or unicycle. Gordon leaves to answer the telephone, and Big Bird wonders aloud if a picture of himself would have been a more suitable gift. |
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Cartoon | M in space (First: Episode 0516) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Geese and their goslings swim in the water. (First: Episode 0388) |
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SCENE 2 | At Hooper's Store, Big Bird asks David for a glass of water. David gives him a small one, then a bigger one, then the biggest one he has. He asks Big Bird how he's going to drink all that water, but Big Bird says the water isn't for him--it's for putting his flowers in. David exclaims that one of these days, Big Bird is going to drive him crazy. "Perhaps this is the day," says Big Bird, realizing he is thirsty after all. |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin, in a somber tone, tells his class to spell the word POISON and recognize what it means. (First: Episode 0514) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and the kids (including Joey) listen as Gordon tells the story of how Susan got to where her mother lives, while Simon Soundman supplies the sound effects. Gordon takes the flowers from Big Bird, since he’s going to Merton by plane and will be able to give the flowers to Susan before they wilt. |
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Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is Locked Out — Bert speculates on why Ernie has asked him to stay out of the apartment. (First: Episode 0461) |
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Animation | Sand M/m (First: Episode 0620) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble. (First: Episode 0547) |
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Film | Building a log cabin (First: Episode 0602) |
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Cartoon | Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Muppets | "M-M-M Monster Meal" (First: Episode 0380) |
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SCENE 4 | The Amazing Mumford and his assistant Maria present Mumford's Famous M Magic Show. There's just one question puzzling Big Bird... where's Maria? Mumford pulls a mini-Maria out of his hat. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: After the Bath — Ernie comes from finishing his bath and tells Bert that there's something that he forgot. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Film | A rhino and her baby (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0624) |
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Film | A man writes the word ME in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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Muppets | Kermit explains how a weather calendar works, with Cookie Monster's assistance. Kermit tells Cookie to place them on the right spot on the weather map. After completing the weather map, Cookie decides to produce sounds of the weather. He pours the contents of a watering can for rain, for wind, blew a few blows of air for wind. Kermit asks what sound sunshine makes, Cookie Monster devours the sun symbol. (First: Episode 0619) |
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Cartoon | A lion named Kent gets a Kick out of being King of the forest. (First: Episode 0619) |
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Film | In stop-motion, three balls try to match three holes. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rumplestiltskin — Kermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name. |
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Film | Things that start with M (First: Episode 0620) |
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Film | David asks the viewer to find some triangles in a fence. (First: Episode 0434) |
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Cartoon | Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | Five Song (Song of Five) (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Electric Fan — Bert is trying to write a letter to Mr. Rogers, but finds it difficult when Ernie operates his electric fan right next to him. (First: Episode 0544) |
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Cast | Bob and Mr. Hooper have a dispute over using a sole coat hanger for their coats. They eventually cooperate and put both their coats on the one hanger. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Cartoon | K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | "La Maldita Iguana" (mariachi song) (First: Episode 0544) |
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Muppets | Kermit draws the letter M on-screen with his magic finger. Grover asks what Kermit has drawn, and Kermit says it's the letter M. "Mmmmm!" Grover agrees. (First: Episode 0451) |
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Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497) |
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SCENE 5 | At Hooper’s, Big Bird encounters Maria and David playing cards, enjoying the day. Just then The Count appears, feeling down because his bats are sick, his cat is injured, his dog Yuba won’t eat his dinner, and he's run out of new things to count. Big Bird inspires him to counts his blessings, which he starts doing - much to the annoyance of David and Maria. |
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Film | David (in voiceover) finds a circle in an overhead view. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Cartoon | "K" - Kangaroo - A man (voiced by Gary Owens) explains what a kangaroo is, and ends up in the pouch of one. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Muppets | Farley looks for ME. (First: Episode 0464) |
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SCENE 6 | As The Count continues counting his blessings (he's up to #167), David gets a call from Gordon, letting them know that Susan’s mother is fine. Gordon then announces the sponsors in voice-over. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria and Luis hold the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign. |
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