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Sesame Street
Mr. Hooper's missing doughnuts
Air date March 10, 1971
Season Season 2 (1970-1971)
Directed by David Roth
Production January 15, 1971
Sponsors I, 12

0218 00

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0218 01
SCENE 1 Susan greets the viewer from a window in 123 Sesame Street and announces that Sesame Street is brought to you by the letter I and the number 12. As she takes in the weather, she notes that the temperature is just right and the sun is out. Looking to the sky, she spots Grover flying by in a plane.
GroverinAirplane
Muppets Grover uses his airplane to demonstrate "above" and "below."
(First: Episode 0149)
0028.fishingboat
Film A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat.
(First: Episode 0028)
0218 02
SCENE 2 Mr. Hooper returns to Hooper's Store after running an errand and notices that the door has been left open, and his jar of doughnuts has almost been emptied. As he tries to figure out what could've happened, he greets Bob who helps him retrace his steps. Bob finds Mr. Hooper's key, meaning that he forgot to lock the door while he was out. They check out where he keeps his other baked goods, but the other doughnuts aren't there either. They devise a plan to ask everyone on Sesame Street who likes doughnuts if they saw anything.
Pat Paulsen 10
Celebrity Pat Paulsen counts to 10. "Whoopee!"
(First: Episode 0069)
Ernieberttypewriter
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie reads Bert a dramatic story that he's just written. The "story" is actually the alphabet, which Ernie reads in an overwrought manner.
(First: Episode 0009)
0218 03
SCENE 3 Mr. Hooper, Bob, Gordon, and Susan approach Oscar the Grouch at his trash can where he's seen enjoying a doughnut. Mr. Hooper quizzes him about the origins of said doughnut, but Oscar explains he bought it two weeks ago: he prefers stale doughnuts with his marshmallow-fish chowder. Susan bangs the doughnut on the side of his can, confirming that it is indeed stale. Mr. Hooper apologizes for jumping to conclusions.
1261-LowercaseI
Cartoon A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite."
(First: Episode 0032)
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)
0218 04
SCENE 4 In limbo, Mr. Hooper asks Cookie Monster if he took his doughnuts. Cookie Monster said he couldn't have because he was busy eating a variety of cookies: chocolate chip, macaroon, lemon, pineapple, rutabaga, eggplant, wild raspberry, tame raspberry, etc. Also, he didn't want to ruin his dinner.

(Note: In a continuity error, during this scene Mr. Hooper cites someone taking the doughnuts last night, rather than while he was on an errand.)

ThatsMyLetterI
Cartoon A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I."
(First: Episode 0143)
0218 05

0218-FisherPrice
SCENE 5 Mr. Hooper, Bob, Gordon, and Susan are sitting on the steps of 123 Sesame Street when Big Bird comes pulling some wooden bear toys on wheels. He asks Mr. Hooper if he got the note he left earlier about taking the wheels he needed for his toys and asking him how much he owed for them. Mr. Hooper searches his thoughts for how much he charges for wheels, when he suddenly remembers he doesn't sell them. They all look down at Big Bird's toys where they find the missing doughnuts! Mr. Hooper offers him a bird seed sundae for solving the mystery, but Big Bird isn't much in the mood for a sundae, and asks for a doughnut instead.
0013.wheelsfilm
Film Different kinds of wheels are shown and what they’re used for. (edited, with new music track)
(First: Episode 0137)
EBnap
Muppets Ernie & Bert — As Bert takes a nap, Ernie tells the viewer how he knows that Bert is asleep - thus waking Bert up, just to tell him it's time for his nap.
(First: Episode 0027)
1261-LowercaseI
Cartoon A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite." (repeat)
0218 06
SCENE 6 Back in his store, Mr. Hooper finds the note Big Bird had left for him and reads it out loud. "Dear Mr. Fooper. I needed some wheels for my bears. How much are they? Love, Big Bird." Mr. Hooper surmises that even if he had found the note, he'd still not have known what had happened to his doughnuts.
SSSurpriseSong

OscarSURPRISE!

Herrybertsurprise
Muppets / Cast "Surprise!": A band of Anything Muppet hippies sing about the good and bad parts of surprises, and how people respond to them, with various characters demonstrating them in cutaways.
(First: Episode 0173)
NumberTwelveRocks
Animation Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
(First: Episode 0195)
Crossover12
Cast Bob assembles a number 12.
(First: Episode 0173)
MostBeautifulWoman
Muppets Bob reads the story of "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World."
(First: Episode 0138)
1261-LowercaseI
Cartoon A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite." (repeat)
0218 07
SCENE 7 Susan instructs Big Bird, Little Bird, and the kids about sentence structure with signs that read I AM BIG BIRD.
0218 Grover I
Muppets Grover scats his way through limbo when he notices a letter I, and then reads it.
Spinning Wheel intro

SS-SpinningWheel
Muppets Gordon meets Professor Hastings and Professor Goldfinch, who will be performing a number. A wild Anything Muppet arrives as their drummer and the trio performs "Spinning Wheel".
(First: Episode 0012)
NumberTwelveRocks
Animation Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (repeat)
Sing Canta 0218
SCENE 8 Bob and Miguel meet on the street and both mention that they were going to sing a song. Miguel explains that the Spanish word for sing is canta. Bob proposes that they sing the same song in English and Spanish. Together, they sing "Sing"/"Canta."
AM baseball season 2
Muppets Some AM kids get ready to play baseball. A Fat Blue (Jerry Nelson) brings a bat, Prairie Dawn (Fran Brill) brings a glove, and a Lavender (Caroll Spinney) brings a catcher's mask. A Hot Pink (Frank Oz) brings a hockey stick, and a tennis racket, before producing a box... which holds the baseball.
(First: Episode 0193)
0218 08
SCENE 9 Big Bird returns to Mr. Hooper's store because the "wheels" have fallen off one of his toys. He points to a jar of freshly filled doughnuts and says they'd be perfect. Mr. Hooper has a better idea: he's ordered a box of wooden wheels and proposes that they put them on together. They say goodbye as Bob announces the sponsors.
CookieMonsterSSsign1970

HooperCTW
CLOSING SIGNS Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign.


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