Sesame Street | |||||||||
Mr. Snuffleupagus wants to surprise Big Bird | |||||||||
Air date | February 18, 1972 | ||||||||
Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | It's late on Sesame Street, but Big Bird still has time to talk about "The Sound of the Letter A." | |
Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) | |
Muppets | A hippie lines up a group of monsters to demonstrate first and last, but a monster 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) | |
Cartoon | A is for ape. (First: Episode 0006) | |
Cartoon | "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. | |
SCENE 2 | Mr. Snuffleupagus makes a surprise visit to Big Bird's nest, but the noises he causes ruin the effect of his surprise. He's disappointed that he's never able to surprise anyone, especially his best friend. Big Bird thinks he could surprise everyone on the street by being revealed to be real. As Big Bird heads out, Snuffy thinks of a way he can surprise Big Bird. Gordon, Susan, David and Tom are dragged over to the nest, but find there's no sign of a Snuffleupagus. After the exit, Snuffy reappears and truly surprises Big Bird. | |
Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (First: Episode 0158) | |
Muppets | Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things. (First: Episode 0134) | |
Cartoon | The uses of water (First: Episode 0139) | |
Cartoon | The uses of water (Spanish) (First: Episode 0278) | |
Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) | |
SCENE 3 | Susan finds Big Bird at his nest in the midst of babysitting for his sister. Susan is appalled when he says he's literally sitting on the baby, but is relieved when she sees he's merely sitting on an egg. | |
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) | |
Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya? (First: Episode 0293) | |
Cartoon | A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) | |
SCENE 4 | On the stoop, Tom sings "Five Fingers on My Left Hand" to some kids. | |
Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144) | |
Cartoon | Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (First: Episode 0016) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert has a present for his Aunt Matilda, but Ernie thinks that the present is for him, so he makes several guesses about what it is first, then unwraps it. (First: Episode 0165) | |
Cartoon | D-dart (First: Episode 0292) | |
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. (First: Episode 0310) | |
SCENE 5 | Big Bird drops by Hooper's Store and orders a "ados maerc eci." Tom eventually understands that Big Bird is reading the "ice cream soda" sign backwards. Big Bird accepts the ice cream soda anyhow, musing about how tasty the "ados maerc eci" sounded. | |
Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (repeat) | |
Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (repeat) | |
Film | George the Farmer saws the legs off a table. (First: Episode 0297) | |
Muppets | Ernie has a stack of seven cupcakes that he wants to take a picture of, but Cookie Monster keeps stealing cupcakes (which he calls "cuppycakes"). (First: Episode 0136) | |
Cartoon | King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons | |
Film | A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first." (First: Episode 0290) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (First: Episode 0245) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Polly count five fingers. (First: Episode 0279) | |
SCENE 6 | David narrates as the cast demonstrates various surprises. Oscar's trash can appears to open, but Oscar pops up from the top of the frame. Gordon counts five fingers on his four hands. Finally, Susan's head is seen from behind, but it turns out to be Tom wearing a wig and speaking in Susan's voice. | |
Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates what a surprised face looks like. (First: Episode 0138) | |
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. (First: Episode 0277) | |
Film | The Mad Painter #5 | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0323) | |
Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (repeat) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle count to twenty. (First: Episode 0289) | |
SCENE 7 | The sponsors are announced, and the credits roll. |
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