Episode 0292

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird asks Tom not to use the bug spray
Air date	December 7, 1971
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production	October 21, 1971
Sponsors	D, W, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	David welcomes the viewer from far away. After the camera comes closer and closer, he asks if we know the difference between here and there, segueing to the following...
	Film	A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between here and there. (edited) (First: Episode 0111)
	Muppets	Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236)
	Cartoon	D-dart
	SCENE 2	At the library, David isn't sure whether or not he wants to borrow a book, while Maria is fussing with a wobbly table leg. David decides he wants a book - not one of stories or pictures or recipes, but one that nobody ever reads. Maria hands him The Complete History of Chickens. He says that's just what he's looking for, and puts it under the table leg so the table won't wobble.
	Cast	Part 1: In limbo, and without dialogue save for a voiceover, Tom, Rafael, Gordon, and Bob all try to get a drink of water from the same tap, but they keep arguing and bumping into each other when they all reach for it at the same time. The result is that no one gets a drink of water.
	Cartoon	Two men discuss who they love, as one man asserts that you can't love an ice cream cone.
	Cast	Part 2: The four men circle the water tap eyeing one another while the voicover wonders what they will do. One of them holds the tap while the other gets a drink. The voiceover declares that some things are easy when you cooperate.
	SCENE 3	Members of the cast appear in quickies to show a lowercase "d" in different places: on the sole of David's shoe, on the lid of Oscar's trash can, in Maria's book, on the construction doors (pointed out by Jay), and on a dish Tom is washing.
	Song	Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?" (First: Episode 0276)
	SCENE 4	A Spanish-speaking kid named Katerina asks Maria if she should borrow a book that is in Spanish or a book that is in English. Since she can read both, Maria suggests that she take both books.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Counting Apples — Cookie Monster changes his mind on eating an apple causing Ernie to draw and redraw his numbers. (First: Episode 0140)
	Cartoon	A man goes to the grocery store to buy apples, but he can't decide how many to get. This frustrates the grocer, who has to keep adding and subtracting the amount of apples on his scale. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird wants to try some mushroom ice cream with birdseed sprinkles, but Tom is busy taking dolls off the shelves, reducing their prices and putting them in boxes. Big Bird offers to cooperate with Tom so the job gets done faster and he can get his ice cream. He finds he is not good at labeling prices or putting dolls in boxes, but he can help get them off the shelf because he is tall.
	Celebrity	The New York Mets make 15 hits in a row, but miss on the 16th. (First: Episode 0167)
	Cartoon	"Four Seasons" (First: Episode 0276)
	SCENE 6	Tom now serves Big Bird some cherry-vanilla birdseed at one of the outside tables, but a fly keeps buzzing around. Tom tries to get it with a can of spray, but Big Bird reasons that the spray that is bad for flies is also bad for birds and people. He asks Tom not to use it, especially around a place where he's eating.
	Cartoon	A man walks by different people who demonstrate what love is.
	Muppets	Herry Monster (wearing a wig with a bow) spells out LOVE and kisses Tony. (First: Episode 0197)
	SCENE 7	While her face fills the screen, Maria points out a matted circle and asks if we can find two more circles hidden somewhere in her face. She explains that there's a circle in the middle of each eye.
	Muppets	The Amazing Mumford: Suspension Act
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062)
	Film	A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up! (First: Episode 0149)
	SCENE 8	David counts seven kids who pop up from behind the basement wall of 123 Sesame Street.
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets sing "Seven Days." (First: Episode 0072)
	Celebrity	The New York Mets make 20 hits in a row, but miss on 21. (First: Episode 0167)
	SCENE 9	Members of the cast and Oscar now appear to show a uppercase "D" on the same possessions and locations as before.
	Cartoon	D-dart (repeat)
	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!"
	Cast	Gordon demonstrates the different kind of outfit he might wear if were a farmer rather than a school teacher. (First: Episode 0244)
	Cartoon	W - wallpaper (First: Episode 0291)
	Cartoon	"Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001)
	Film	A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0149)
	SCENE 10	Tom classifies pictures of wild animals by size as he sings "Here Are Some Things."
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136)
	Muppets	Lefty the Salesman: Four Elephants — Lefty wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree.
	SCENE 11	David classifies pictures of people by size as he sings "Here Are Some Things."
	Animation	A 3 looks for its house.
	Muppets	Kermit Lecture: Here and There — Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there". (First: Episode 0277)
	SCENE 12	Maria sees that Oscar has set up a "trash emergency alarm" for himself: a spike on his can lid adjacent to a balloon on a stick. When someone opens the lid, the spike pops the balloon. That way, Oscar will know to tell the offender not to dump trash on his head while he's reading or playing the piano. ("It really ruins the sonata.") He demonstrates by having Maria pretend to be the offender, and the device works. However, it doesn't prevent David from putting the busted balloon into Oscar's can, right on top of his head.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: W for water (repeat)
	Film	A film shows parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo (First: Episode 0008)
	Cartoon	W - wallpaper (repeat)
	SCENE 13	David is proud of the model airplane which he made. Big Bird is proud of his ability at horseshoe throwing – but he needs more practice. A kid is proud because he's learned to tie his own shoelaces.
	Film	Kids play in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo
	SCENE 14	Maria is proud because she got an A on a paper for school. Big Bird almost decides to quit horseshoes, until he makes a ringer.
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cuppycakes — Cookie Monster keeps stealing the "cuppycakes" that Ernie is trying to photograph. (First: Episode 0136)
	SCENE 15	As we get farther and farther, David waves goodbye. Tom announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Oscar holds the Sesame Street sign, and Bob and Gordon hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.