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| Big Bird falls asleep and has a bad dream | |||||||
| Air date | January 12, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | A very tired Big Bird encounters Tom leading David, Susan and the kids in some exercises. He decides to join them despite his drowsiness, and runs in place along with everybody else... even while he suddenly falls asleep. |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!" (First: Episode 0292) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird falls asleep again while everyone else watches the skywriter make the letter D (First: Episode 0016). The crowd disperses and Big Bird offers to help Tom at Hooper's Store, but immediately dozes off, resting his head on Tom's shoulder. |
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Cartoon | D-dart (First: Episode 0292) |
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SCENE 3 | Tom asks a sleepy Big Bird to count three large boxes sitting outside before he brings them into the store. Big Bird counts the three then sits down to guard them, only to nod off again. Tom takes each box into the store via his hand-cart, subtracting each one. Whenever he goes back into the store to put them away, Big Bird awakens and counts the remaining boxes before sleeping. |
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Animation | 2 houses plus 2 equals 4. (First: Episode 0298) |
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SCENE 4 | David and Susan sing a lullaby to Big Bird, who sleeps and snores peacefully. |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot displays the letters O and P, mentioning that they're the OP family. When he adds an M for "mop", he has Grover fetch a mop. When he adds a DR for "drop", he has Grover drop a heavy rock. When he adds an H for "hop", he has Grover hop repeatedly until he faints. Herbert then adds a FL for "flop" and a ST for "stop". (First: Episode 0148) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Touch and Feel." (First: Episode 0252) |
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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) |
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SCENE 5 | While Big Bird is asleep in the yard, David, in a spooky voice-over, observes that he's having a bad dream. The scene materializes into the dream, where a mean old villain (portrayed by Tom) makes him get into a giant cage so that he can take Big Bird to the zoo. After being woken up and comforted by Susan and Tom, Big Bird is relieved and goes back to sleep. |
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Cartoon | A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie has a plate full of cookies that is near him. Ernie walks away from the cookies that is far from him. While Ernie is far, Cookie Monster eats the plate full of cookies. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Film | "Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." Music: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro," The Swingle Singers (First: Episode 0140) |
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Film | Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit attempts to demonstrate between with two poles, which are actually mops held by Grover and Herry. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: D -- Dog (role reversal between man and dog) (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph: Wally brings home a new waste basket inside a paper bag, but doesn't know how to discard the paper bag once he's removed the waste basket from it. |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Muppets | Bob reads the story of "The Diamond D and the Dangerous Dragon" acted out by the Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0025) |
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Celebrity | Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids. (First: Episode 0043) |
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SCENE 6 | To demonstrate the letter d, David shows that d is for dribble, Oscar shows that d is for dust, and Tom and the kids show that d is for dance. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids count 20 penguins going down a slide. (First: Episode 0232) |
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Animation | A number 9 looks for a house with his number on it. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk. |
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Cartoon | A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152) |
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SCENE 7 | David and the kids watch as Oscar is looking inside his trash can through his binoculars. He reveals that he's looking at some stars in his swimming pool, so David decides to have a look for himself, leading to... |
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Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | Eleven Cheer (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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SCENE 8 | David invites Oscar over to Hooper's Store for an ice cream soda. To explain to David (and the nearby kids) that Grouches don’t like such things, he sings “The Grouch Song.” |
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Cartoon | W - wallpaper (First: Episode 0291) |
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Animation | 2 houses plus 3 houses equal 5. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | D-dart (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | Big Bird wakes up from his nap, feeling energized. Susan tells him it’s time to say goodbye as David announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Tom holds the Sesame Street sign, while Susan and Oscar hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- This episode uses a different version of the "Sesame Street Theme" for the opening scene, done in a style similar to the theme from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. It would be used again at the beginning of episodes 0491 and 0610.
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