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| Maria hits her finger with a hammer; Snuffy waits for the bus at Hooper's Store | |||||||||
| Air date | December 6, 1974 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar admires the sound Maria's hammering makes as she nails a poster advertising the block association meeting later. ("Sounds like 'Sonata for Door and Hammer' by Ludwig von Grouch!") Maria ends up hitting her finger, and warns Oscar not to enjoy her pain. To her surprise, Oscar shows compassion by applying antiseptic to the wound and handing her a band-aid. Oscar tells her to stay safe when she's working; he doesn't have the strength to stay so ungrouchy. |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Film | "Four Song (Song of Four)" (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Rhymes with Buy — Guy Smiley helps Cookie Monster decide what to get at the bakery. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Animation | Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638) |
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Animation | A ball encounters a black cube, which it imagines as a log cabin in a blizzard. (First: Episode 0650) |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Farley explains things one can do with their mind - he plans on going to the door, he imagines who's knocking at it, he remembers it's not his mother and he hopes there's not a scary monster at the door. Herry Monster surprises him by bursting through the door, frightening Farley away. Herry's sorry Farley ran away; he wanted to play. (First: Episode 0180) |
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Animation | Today's Secret Drawing is an astronaut. (First: Episode 0193) |
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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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Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0006) |
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Celebrity | Stevie Wonder performs "123 Sesame Street". (First: Episode 0514) |
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Film | George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt has Baby Breeze teach the class about traffic. Smart Tina thinks all one has to do is look at the traffic lights, but Baby Breeze tells her one should also look out for cars. (First: Episode 0517) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird minds Hooper's Store as Mr. Hooper dines in the yard with Maria, Jay, and Luis. Mr. Snuffleupagus comes into the store and Big Bird tries to lead everyone inside, but as usual the others don't believe him. Snuffy explains that he’s waiting for the bus because Big Bird once told him that "Hooper's has everything." Big Bird explains that he needs to look for a "BUS" sign. Snuffy leaves for the bus stop, and Big Bird is left alone when Jay and the grown-ups come back into the store to meet the supposed Snuffleupagus. Meanwhile, Snuffy is outside and finds the right sign. When Big Bird realizes the group is also going in Snuffy’s direction to catch a bus, he rushes to the bus stop. The others are gone and he doesn’t see Snuffy anywhere... until he looks up a tree and sees him there! Snuffy climbed the tree since that’s where the arrow on the bus stop sign points, though he wonders why the bus didn't pick him up.
(Blooper: At the beginning of a shot where Snuffy first sees the bus stop sign, the director can be heard quietly saying, "Action.") |
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Cartoon | A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Divide Licorice — Ernie has a licorice whip that he offers to share with Bert. (First: Episode 0461) |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Song | "Where the Garbage Goes," a song film which explains what happens to garbage after it gets thrown away. (edited) Music by Peter Schickele (First: Episode 0077) |
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Cast | The Kids try to spell the word "BUS" in the right way. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Count's Castle: Bats Want to Count — The bats are upset because only The Count gets to count. (First: Episode 0625) |
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Cartoon | Kids on a bench wait for the bus: "Here comes the bus!" (First: Episode 0632) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another. (First: Episode 0391) |
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Film | The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X. (First: Episode 0456) |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X (repeat) |
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Film | Y, for Yacht (First: Episode 0471) |
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Celebrity | Stevie Wonder teaches Grover how to sing short and long. (First: Episode 0514) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (repeat) |
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Film | A rhino and her baby (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: X Marks the Spot! (First: Episode 0456) |
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Film | A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo) |
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Muppets | Grover and Oscar the Grouch recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0229) |
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SCENE 3 | With bilingual rhyming dialogue, Maria joins Luis, Mr. Hooper and Jay in a basketball game before she goes shopping. |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (repeat) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0521) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. (First: Episode 0368) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (repeat) |
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SCENE 4 | Continuing their rhyming bilingual dialogue, the group finishes their basketball game and leaves. The kids rush the yard for a ball game of their own as Snuffy announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper, Luis, and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria and the kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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