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Sesame Street
Maria tries to help Oscar remember what kind of dessert he wants
Air date December 31, 1971
Season Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production November 2, 1971
Sponsors F, H, 3

SSShowID-0310

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0310a
SCENE 1 David, Molly, and Maria sing "My Name" with the kids.
Hubley-ElephantsH
Cartoon A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks.
Artist: John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0162)
0310b
SCENE 2 Big Bird observes how a lower-case letter "h" looks like a chair and tries to sit on it. The pesky "h" keeps dodging him, telling Big Bird (via slide-whistle toots) that he's too heavy. Instead, the "h" sits on Big Bird's lap.
Haroldhoward
Cartoon Howard and Harold think of H words
(First: Episode 0284)
RememberingGame-Contestants
Muppets Guy Smiley hosts "The Remembering Game," a game show in which the contestants must match pictures based on memory. The winner gets whatever item was in the pictures he matched, and the other contestant wins the item from the remaining two pictures as a consolation prize. Bill Smith wins a cookie, and Cookie Monster wins a jet plane. Disappointed, Cookie Monster suggests that they switch prizes.
Madscientisth
Cartoon A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
(First: Episode 0284)
0310c
SCENE 3 When Molly tries to deliver a letter to Oscar, the lid opens, and his feet pop up. Oscar explains that he doesn't want to see nice, pleasant people, so he sticks his feet out of his can instead. An annoyed Molly licks Oscar's letter and stamps it to his foot.
Film-FeetFirst
Film A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first."
(First: Episode 0290)
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)
0310d
SCENE 4 Maria sings "Here Are Some Things" as she sorts rectangles by quantity.
Hisforhole
Cartoon Speech Balloon: H is for hole
(First: Episode 0080)
0310e
SCENE 5 David uses the fruit cart of Mr. Macintosh to display his board for another game of "Here Are Some Things," this time sorting by quantity using different shapes.
0570-Lines
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)
EBNewspaperExpedition
Muppets Ernie & Bert — When it's Ernie's turn to get a newspaper from Hooper's Store, Ernie decides to plan everything he may need. He gets his scarf and hat and earmuffs in case it snows, his umbrella if it starts to rain, sunglasses and suntan cream if it's a sunny day, and a flashlight if it gets dark.
(First: Episode 0093)
Hladycartoon
Cartoon H is for horseshoe.
(First: Episode 0020)
BFL
Muppets / Cast Kermit's Lectures: 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.
(First: Episode 0277)
0310f
SCENE 6 Oscar asks Maria to get him a snack from Hooper's Store. He can't remember the name of what he wants, but says it's cold. Maria immediately runs off.
0310-Bridge5Bounce
Film New Bridge #5 - Bounce
(First: Episode 0105)
0310g
SCENE 6
cont'd
Maria returns to Oscar with an ice cream cone, which he doesn't want. He gives her another clue: he wants something cold and wet.
0310-checkerboard
Cartoon Checkerboard transition cartoon
(First: Episode 0105)
0310h
SCENE 6
cont'd
Maria returns to Oscar with a glass of water, which he doesn't want either. Oscar then remembers he wants something cold, wet and pink.
0310-Tank-Filling
Transition The screen fills up with fluid.
(First: Episode 0105)
0310i
SCENE 6
cont'd
Maria returns with a strawberry soda, which is cold, wet, and pink. Oscar finally remembers he wants one of those but with something green in it - pickles! Tired of running Oscar's errand, she enjoys the soda instead.
1037h
Cartoon "Poverty F
(First: Episode 0128)
1272-Snake
Film Footage of a rattlesnake
(First: Episode 0294)
Jim Nabors 20
Celebrity Jim Nabors counts from one to twenty, demonstrating soft and loud.
(First: Episode 0150)
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.
(First: Episode 0277)
Gloria2
Cartoon Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version).
(First: Episode 0140)
Cartoon f flower
Cartoon A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful.
(First: Episode 0283)
0310j
SCENE 7 Molly explains pockets and pouches, leading into the next film...
KangarooBlues
Song Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues."
(First: Episode 0277)
GroverTangSub
Muppets An Anything Muppet in a loud suit named Marty teaches Grover about adding and subtracting with three tangerines.
(First: Episode 0290)
0310k
SCENE 8 David and some kids build a town out of toys and blocks. They name some of the places such as a school, a bank, and a firehouse; David points out one long, low block can be a road, which is important to get from one place to another.
Letsmakearoad
Film "Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing.
(First: Episode 0295)
Firstandlast
Muppets A hippie lines up a group of monsters to demonstrate first and last, but Grover doesn't want to be last in line. The hippie compromises and lets him be first... but the line keeps changing directions.
(First: Episode 0116)
3956l
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0299)
ErnieCookie-Happiness
Muppets Cookie Monster hangs his head down in sadness. Ernie gives a lengthy speech on how looking up is the key to happiness. While his head's in the clouds, Cookie looks up toward Ernie's cookie box and empties it, making him happier.
(First: Episode 0135)
0310l
SCENE 9 Molly observes David and the kids' block city, and everyone says goodbye. Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits follow.
MariaMolly0310

Oscarsign1
CLOSING SIGNS Maria and Molly hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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