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Tom and the mystery of the open ice cream bin.
Air date November 16, 1971
Season Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production October 11, 1971
Sponsors B, M, 3
This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source.

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Tom leaves Hooper's Store briefly to mail a letter. He returns to find the ice cream bin left open, while on the counter lays the drippy scoop, a dime and a yellow feather. Tom puts the clues together and suspects Big Bird is responsible. Big Bird comes by for an ice cream cone, but denies Tom's allegations. The culprit turns out to be an Anything Muppet woman with a large, yellow-feathered cap, who returns for the feather she lost.
Rollercoaster123

BallFilm-Powder
Film Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder.
(First: Episode 0254)
1092-06
Cartoon M is for Marvelous Martha
(First: Episode 0013)
AlienAlphabet
Muppets Alien Alphabet
Detective11-20
Film Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20.
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SCENE 2 Susan returns from the store with some oranges. She sets them out on a crate in the yard, prompting the kids to use their styrofoam numbers to identify how many there are, adding a few oranges to the previous amounts. She then invites them all over for orange juice.
Orange-Opera
Animation An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns.
400019
Cartoon M for mouse, mud, and mother
(First: Episode 0073)
Snowpeople
Film Male and female snow people narrate their own construction.
Music: Joe Raposo
BFL
Muppets / Cast Bob holds an American bullfrog and asks Kermit to talk about frogs. However, due to living a somewhat different life than normal frogs, what Kermit says about frogs is somewhat incorrect; for example, Kermit believes that frogs eat fried chicken and pizza, and live in apartment houses.
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SCENE 3 Tom tries to introduce one of today's letters, B, as he is pursued by a buzzing bee.
Wateringbstalk
Cartoon Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B.
5ladybugs
Cartoon Adding up five ladybugs and five lizards
TwinAnythingMuppets
Muppets Twin Anything Muppets find they're identical, except for their voices.
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SCENE 4 On the stoop, Bob and Maria sing the "Same/Different Song." They ask some kids to find the similarities and differences between a toy firetruck and bus. Bob then segues to a bus segment...
1285-BUS
Cartoon The word BUS
AMs-BusStop
Muppets Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it.
(First: Episode 0189)
R!S!M!
Muppets Two monsters stand on either side of a large plate of cookies. Herry Monster has an "R" on his sweatshirt and growls menacingly, "Rrrrrrrr". A fat blue monster has an "S" on his sweatshirt and hisses ominously, "Sssssssss". While they argue in this way, Cookie Monster (wearing an "M" on his sweatshirt) comes along, eats the cookies, rubs his tummy and says, "Mmmmmmmmmm".
KidFatherBuild
Animation A kid's father tells him what can be built out of the wheels and things he found.
(First: Episode 0268)
KidFatherBuild
Animation A kid's father tells him what can be built out of the wheels and things he found. (Spanish version)
SpeechBalloonBBug
Cartoon Speech Balloon: B for Bug
(First: Episode 0137)
KangarooBlues
Song Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues."
Bisforbongobeat
Cartoon With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall.
Voice: Casey Kasem
(First: Episode 0237)
Noimage
SCENE 5 In the yard, Big Bird sees if the kids can recite his tongue twister - "Big Bird buys big blue books."
Batman Penguin
Cartoon Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty.
(First: Episode 0099)
ErnieVase
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie can't decide which of the two different shelves he should place a large vase on, so Bert tells him to use his imagination. Ernie imagines the vase falling off the little shelf and Bert kicking him out of the apartment. Then, Ernie imagines putting the vase on the big shelf, and Bert rewarding him with a big surprise party.
Carolburnettnose
Celebrity Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose."
(First: Episode 0131)
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SCENE 6 Oscar spots a ratty box next to his trash can and decides to keep it. Elsewhere, Maria frets to Susan over her lost fan, which was accidentally set out with the trash in its box. She sees Oscar has it and the two start fighting over the box. Tom breaks it up and hears both sides of the story. Since Oscar only wants the box, Maria gets her fan out and leaves the box for Oscar.
Jazzyspies3
Cartoon "Jazz #3"
(First: Episode 0002)
Kitedrawing
Cartoon Drawing a kite that turns into a fish (w/ child voiceover).
(First: Episode 0222)
Fishdrawing
Cartoon Drawing a kite that turns into a fish (w/ child voiceover in Spanish).
Noimage
SCENE 7 Tom shows that B is for "baloney," as he discovers a B embedded in the baloney he is slicing up for a sandwich.
SpeechBalloonBBug
Cartoon Speech Balloon: B for Bug (repeat)
Wateringbstalk
Cartoon Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B. (repeat)
Goldilocks-Helps
Muppets Goldilocks finds the cottage of the Three Bears, who have trouble counting how many they are. Goldilocks points out the three beds, bowls and chairs, meaning there are three of them. The bears then panic when they learn there are bears around.
Rollercoaster123

BallFilm-Powder
Film Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder. (repeat)
0405h
Cast Tom plays a clown preparing himself in a mirror. Bob, his reflection, can't find the same hat as Tom's.
KermitLectureWall
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about walls.
(First: Episode 0031)
Jazzyspies3
Cartoon "Jazz #3" (repeat)
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SCENE 8 In the yard, Susan plays a round of "Here Are Some Things" with the kids using different-sized lowercase B's. Maria then plays a round using different-sized capital B's.
Harveykneeslapperb
Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you know where I wanna be?" The man says he doesn't know. Harvey says, "I wanna B -- right here!" and slaps a letter B on the man's sweater. Harvey runs off, laughing.
1095q
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there."
Bisforbongobeat
Cartoon B is for Bongo Beat, Bandit, and Bottles of wine. (repeat)
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SCENE 9 Goodbye


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