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Sesame Street
Bob and Oscar demonstrate how a tape measure works.
Air date April 30, 1973
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production January 17, 1973
Sponsors F, H, 12

0526-number

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0526a
SCENE 1 Big Bird and the kids play "Stoop Tag," where the one who is "it" can only tag people who are standing up and running around and not those who quickly stoop down.
Simonsoundmansong
Muppets Simon Soundman sings a song about finding a (MEOW!) stuck in a tree.
(First: Episode 0406)
Gymnast up down
Film A gymnast demonstrates up and down.
Updowncartoonman
Cartoon A man demonstrates up and down.
Artist: Al Jarnow
(First: Episode 0276)
1186z
Film A man bounces a ball up the steps, and then it falls down the steps.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0435)
Erniebertcleantoybox
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie makes a mess of the apartment in order to find a note he wrote to Bert.
(First: Episode 0255)
0526-shoes
Cast Maria comments via voiceover as Gordon comes into a shoe store to purchase some shoes. Salesman Luis presents him with a pair that's too small, then too big. He finally realizes that measuring Gordon's foot will tell him what size shoes to find.
(First: Episode 0470)
1708t
Cartoon H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
(First: Episode 0020)
H-hoist
Film Letter H hoist
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0336)
NumberTwelveRocks
Animation Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
(First: Episode 0195)
0526b
SCENE 2 Bob wants Oscar's help in showing how to measure things with a tape measure. Oscar heckles Bob as he holds one end while Bob shows how it is used. Oscar wants Bob to move farther away, but his tape measure can only go about six feet. Oscar produces his own tape measure, which can measure Bob's distance from at least 40 feet away from his trash can, allowing Oscar to make an escape from the lesson.
Grover
Muppets Grover sings "What Do I Do When I'm Alone?"
(First: Episode 0269)
Film-Earrings
Film A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings.
(First: Episode 0422)
1736h
Cartoon Boy and the UP balloons
(First: Episode 0364)
Girlsteps
Film Examples of people and animals going down.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0406)
0266.man-mouse
Cartoon A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one.
(First: Episode 0240)
1449-Scuba
Film A scuba diver shows up and down.
Ladybugpicnic
Cartoon "Ladybugs' Picnic"
(First: Episode 0416)
0526c
SCENE 3 Big Bird reads another of his prize-winning poems. This time it's about a pig, leading to...
Film.nursingpigs
Film Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk.
(First: Episode 0169)
Lazy UP
Cartoon A man pushes up a lazy UP.
(First: Episode 0316)
Madscientisth
Cartoon A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
(First: Episode 0284)
Fractured-H
Cast Maria, Luis, Susan and David put together a fractured letter H.
(First: Episode 0422)
PsychABC
Cartoon "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
(First: Episode 0345)
Hisforhorn
Cartoon A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a hole under Yellow, who yells "HELP!!"
(First: Episode 0020)
1396s
Film Flamingos
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0450)
2682x
Cartoon H - Horse
(First: Episode 0474)
0526d
SCENE 4 Gordon sings "Three of These Things" with Gregory and Joanne using pictures of hats and a coat.
EB.usesofwater
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie keeps taking glasses of water outside the apartment. Bert thinks of possible uses Ernie could have for this water. As it turns out, the kitchen faucet is broken, and Ernie's trying to get rid of the water before the apartment floods.
(First: Episode 0425)
Thought.circles
Cartoon I thought a thought ... about circles.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0247)
JoeNamath-PassOn7
Celebrity Joe Namath makes a football pass to Joey after counting to 7.
Peacockcartoon
Cartoon A peacock counts 20 feathers on his tail.
(First: Episode 0406)
0526e
SCENE 5 After a hard day's work at the Fix-it Shop, Luis takes a break and reminisces about his old home, singing "Escondido."
RoosterDANGER
Cartoon Various renderings of the word DANGER.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0151)
Grover danger sign
Muppets Grover reads a sign that says DANGER and looks around for said danger. He doesn't find it anywhere until he trips and falls on the sign.
(First: Episode 0182)
Haroldhoward
Cartoon Harold and Howard think of H words.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0284)
1041dangertheater Film Children in a movie theater tell a man on the screen not to open a door that says "DANGER" on it. He opens it, and there's an explosion.
0526f
SCENE 6 Susan finds the Count milling around outside Oscar's trash can. Although it seems like there's nothing to count, he tells her that Oscar has a cold and he's counting his sneezes. He counts four of them, though Oscar doesn't appreciate the company.
AM-Lemonade
Muppets Three Anything Muppets (including George) individually try to sell lemons, water, and sugar. After all of their businesses fail, the three cooperate to start a lemonade stand.
(First: Episode 0335)
Bob danger broken ice
Cast Bob comes across a DANGER sign next to a frozen pond. Ignoring the sign, he skates on the ice (via pixillation) until it starts to crack. Bob then concedes the sign is there for good reason.
(First: Episode 0279)
OldFilm.DangerSign
Film Kids watch a silent movie with a man resting on the train tracks with an oncoming trolley - DANGER!
(First: Episode 0480)
F bubble
Cartoon Speech Balloon: F for Fly
(First: Episode 0032)
Gymnast-OnOff
Film A gymnast demonstrates on and off.
Updownbrothersister
Cartoon A boy leads his sister up and down a staircase.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
1800-17
Cartoon Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF
(First: Episode 0387)
3Kids.policeman
Insert Three of These Kids are playing policeman, but the other one is playing fireman.
(First: Episode 0408)
Cartoon glasses vs glasses
Cartoon A man uses drinking glasses on his eyes and pours water over his seeing glasses.
(First: Episode 0485)
12birds
Cartoon A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12.
(First: Episode 0493)
Joe Namath 12 shirt
Celebrity Joe Namath points to the number 12 on his shirt.
(First: Episode 0504)
Ladybugpicnic
Cartoon "Ladybugs' Picnic" (repeat)
1259-Dots
Cartoon Dot Bridge #4: Third dot wants to be red
(First: Episode 0001)
0526g
SCENE 7 The Count has counted over 4,700 sneezes despite Oscar's protests. Susan announces the sponsors.
0425 Sesame sign

0510i
CLOSING SIGNS Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and the Count holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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