Episode 0284
| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Everyone helps Tom clean Hooper's Store | |||||||||
| Air date | November 25, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | A boy passes by Rafael and some kids on his way to school. Rafael asks the younger kids what they know about school, and they spell the word. |
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Cartoon | Jack-in-the-Box School |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Shape Sides — Ernie lies in bed and offers up some observations about shapes and how many sides they have. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Film | "It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo |
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Cartoon | F - finished (First: Episode 0128) |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 2 | Everyone offers to help Tom clean up Hooper's Store, especially Big Bird, who jumps at any job. Bob tries calming him down and proposes they plan out everything they need to do before starting work. When the list is done, Big Bird runs out to get the things they need, neglecting to take the list with him. Tom goes after him. |
| Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Planning Ahead at the Beach — Bert and Ernie have planned ahead for their day at the beach. | |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy (First: Episode 0255) |
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Film | To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. (First: Episode 0156) |
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SCENE 3 | Everyone cleans in the store, singing "We've Got to Work Together." |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (repeat) |
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Film | Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist puts together a capital H. |
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SCENE 4 | Everyone is exhausted from all the cleaning they've done, but are pleased by Mr. Hooper's kind thanks upon seeing their efforts. |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080) |
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Muppets | Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Big, Bigger, and Biggest |
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Cartoon | A farmer plants big, bigger and biggest trees. Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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SCENE 5 | In the yard, Maria sings two rounds of "Here Are Some Things" with some kids using circles and triangles. In the first round, a little triangle belongs with the big triangles; in the second round, the big circle belongs with the big triangles. |
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Animation | Kids narrate a variety of shapes that come together to form an ice cream cone, a bird, a clown, a mouse, a carriage, a man, a sailboat, a lady, a dog, an umbrella, a cat, a face, a train, a see-saw, and a lollipop. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Sandwich — A girl helps Cookie Monster make an egg sandwich. (First: Episode 0156) |
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Film | Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo |
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SCENE 6 | Bob and Rafael sing "Sing/Canta." |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Tall, Taller, Tallest — Ernie is tall, Bert is taller, and Big Bird is the tallest. |
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SCENE 7 | Mr. Hooper arranges the kids by size to find out who is the biggest. |
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Cartoon | Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version). (First: Episode 0140) |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: H is for hole (repeat) |
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Cast | Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting. |
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Song | Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?" (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "Mah Na Mah Na." (First: Episode 0014) |
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SCENE 8 | Maria braids a girl's hair - which starts with H. |
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Cartoon | Harold and Howard think of H words. Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Cartoon | A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0162) |
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Cast | Bob and Gordon assemble a fractured number 10. (First: Episode 0120) |
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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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Celebrity | Pat Paulsen counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0101) |
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Cartoon | Harold and Howard think of H words. (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | Goodbye |




























