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Sesame Street
David tries to learn Spanish
Air date December 30, 1974
Season Season 6 (1974-1975)
Production September 25, 1974
Sponsors A, B, 9

SSShowID-0706

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0706a

0706b
SCENE 1 David stops by the Fix-it Shop and hears Luis and Maria having a conversation in Spanish about Puerto Rico. David really wants to learn how to speak Spanish, and asks that the two of them only speak Spanish when he's around so he can get immersed in the language. Luis gives David his first lesson by holding up a naranja (orange), but Maria calls it a china since they both come from different Spanish-speaking regions. David thinks it's a better idea to move onto a different object, so Maria picks up a frisa (blanket) - which Luis calls a cobija. "This is not gonna be as easy as I thought," David tells the viewer.
Playball
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie is sad, because it's raining and he can't play baseball. Bert encourages him to imagine that he's playing instead. In Ernie's imagination, he hits a high fly ball that lands in the ocean. Bert tells Ernie that the sun is out, and he can go out and play now. Ernie says that he can't play -- his ball fell in the ocean.
(First: Episode 0410)
Thought.circles
Cartoon I Thought a Thought ... about circles. (Spanish)
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0434)
Toon-BallsFish
Film A small ball encounters figures of fish, which it then imagines as real-life fish.
(First: Episode 0660)
Alligatortoon
Cartoon A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
(First: Episode 0006)
Aisforape
Cartoon Speech Balloon: A for Ape
(First: Episode 0006)
Lions!
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Lions walk down a trail.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0367)
Snowwhite
Muppets Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves.
(First: Episode 0279)
0706c
SCENE 2 Luis and Maria enter Hooper's Store continuing to speak Spanish to David, as well as asking David to speak only Spanish to help him learn. They order a ham and cheese sandwich and a glass of milk, and show David what they mean by making the sandwich and miming the words. When David asks for payment in English, Luis and Maria jokingly say “no comprendo” and leave.
Geeflegonk
Muppets Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk"
The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together.
(First: Episode 0452)
Film-RunAroundDaWorld
Film Scenes of individuals running from around the world.
(First: Episode 0605)
Film-Walrus
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus
(First: Episode 0296)
Aapestory
Cartoon A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
Artist: John Paratore
(First: Episode 0158)
A for ape toon
Cartoon A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE)
(First: Episode 0602)
ABC Cookie Monster
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentKermit and Joey sing "The Alphabet Song."
(First: Episode 0426)
Toon.Stop.dog
Cartoon A dog pulls its master, who keeps begging "STOP!" until they reach the word STOP.
9people
Cast No matter how you arrange these nine people, they're still nine people.
(First: Episode 0413)
MartianBeauty
Cartoon "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0316)
Ernie'sMagicChain
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie has a so-called "magic" chain which can form into any shape he wants. Bert is dismissive of the chain's magic properties. And yet, when Bert asks for the chain to provide a sandwich, it does.
(First: Episode 0617)
0706d

0706e
SCENE 3 David has written a sentence in Spanish to tell Maria. He proudly reads it, then puts the paper down to ring the doorbell of 123 Sesame Street for Maria. As he waits for Maria to respond, Big Bird picks up the paper and walks away, wondering what it means. When Maria answers the door, David forgets his Spanish and looks foolish. Big Bird comes back and reads the Spanish sentence to Maria (“Let's go for a soda”), and she accepts his invitation as David smugly watches.
FamilySong-AN
Muppets "The AN Family Song"
(First: Episode 0181)
BabyAlice-Buckets
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes uses two water buckets to show empty and full. She inadvertently empties some water on a monster, who dumps the bucket on her head.
(First: Episode 0148)
FillingContainers01

FillingContainers02
Film Two glasses are filled with fluid, but one glass overflows as a hand keeps pouring into it. The same thing happens using salt shakers and bowls of nuts. Finally, the glasses are filled again, only one glass barely fills up as fluid is poured into it. The camera pulls out, revealing the glass is filling into another one below, which overflows as before.
(First: Episode 0576)
0654-SandA
Animation Sand A/a
(First: Episode 0628)
1836p
Film Stop! (kids dancing)
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0681)
2648.START
Cartoon A race announcer doubles as the man who holds up the START and STOP sign.
(First: Episode 0623)
CMT
Muppets The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches.
(First: Episode 0287)
Film-Baboon&Baby
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: A young baboon sits on the back of their parent as they cross the plain.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0299)
0706f
SCENE 4 David, having heard nothing but Spanish from Maria and Luis today, misses being able to talk to someone in English. He knocks on Oscar's trash can, and Oscar yells at him in Spanish!
Song.countithigher
Muppets Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher."
(First: Episode 0553)
Bigacartoon
Cartoon A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. (shown in Spanish, then English)
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0132)
Spanish – (First: Episode 0371)
ErnieBertBananaEarPart1
Muppets Ernie & BertPart 1: Ernie is holding a banana in his ear. Bert tries to tell Ernie that he has a banana in his ear, but Ernie can't hear him because he has a banana in his ear.
(First: Episode 0258)
2485d
Cartoon An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
(First: Episode 0293)
ErnieBertBananaEarPart2
Muppets Part 2: Ernie reveals that he has a banana in his ear in order to keep the alligators away. He uses Bert's denial of any alligators on Sesame Street as proof that his method works.
(First: Episode 0258)
FullChickens
Cartoon Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0506)
0706g
SCENE 5 Maria runs into David studying a Spanish dictionary. David shares some nice words he just learned: "Tu Me Gustas."
1090-06
Cartoon A bee looks for a flower.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0616)
SpeechBalloonBBug
Cartoon Speech Balloon: B for Bug
(First: Episode 0137)
1091-17
Muppets Grover demonstrates how a phone booth is used, but it becomes crowded when he receives a call asking for "Monderporg."
(First: Episode 0654)
No9
Film "Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
(First: Episode 0016)
1277-Dots
Cartoon Dot Bridge #5: All the dots turn red
(First: Episode 0001)
BCayard.bear
Cartoon Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0627)
0706h

0706i
SCENE 6 At Hooper's, David finally understands the Spanish of Luis and Maria. He puts up a “Se habla español” sign in the window, but then he gets a phone call from a Spanish-speaking customer giving a complex order that he can't understand. He quickly gives the phone to Luis and tears down the sign in frustration. The sponsors are announced by Luis via voiceover... in Spanish.
ClosingSign-LuisSS-0706

ClosingSign-MariaCTW-0706
CLOSING SIGNS Luis holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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