Episode 0361

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird is convinced Snuffy is imaginary
Air date	March 13, 1972
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production	January 11, 1972
Sponsors	F, K, 10
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird sees Mr. Snuffleupagus is on the block and tells him to stay put while he tries finding someone to see him. However, everyone he asks (Tom, Maria, Oscar and Rafael) have no patience for any more of his talk about his imaginary friend. Big Bird becomes upset and convinces himself that Snuffy really is imaginary as everyone says. Snuffy tries to get his attention, but Big Bird retreats to his nest. Snuffy begins to sob.
	Cartoon	A football player talks about his favorite sport. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0135)
	Cartoon	A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. (First: Episode 0309)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird heads toward the yard, telling Snuffy to leave him alone and never return. Snuffy sadly agrees to comply and gives him a goodbye tap with his snuffle. Big Bird realizes that if he can feel Snuffy tapping him, then he must be real after all! The two have a heartfelt embrace. Big Bird would later be convinced that Snuffy was imaginary in Episode 0731.
	Celebrity	Flip Wilson talks about arms and legs. (First: Episode 0174)
	Cartoon	A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (First: Episode 0283)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: TV Chair — Herry Monster tricks Ernie and Bert into vacating their chair. (First: Episode 0207)
	Film / Animation	Part 1: A boy declares he wants to build a building. He and an adult voiceover describe how the building will be made, intercut with stop-motion animation and live-action footage. The two then wait for the foundational cement to dry... (First: Episode 0142)
	SCENE 3	Oscar tells the kids that if they act rotten all year, Santa Claus will reward them with a stocking full of terrific coal.
	Film	A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0297)
	Film / Animation	Part two: With the cement dried, the boy's building is brought to completion. (First: Episode 0142)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Banana Phone — Ernie tells a caller that Bert can't come to the phone right now because he's talking on a banana. (First: Episode 0004)
	Insert	Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134)
	Film	The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328)
	Cartoon	Jazz #10 (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0306)
	SCENE 4	Rafael slowly counts to 10 in Spanish, with the numbers appearing in the upper-left corner of the screen.
	Muppets	Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes.
	Film	A man (Barry Simpson) puts on snowshoes to bring his trash out. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0281)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 1) (First: Episode 0092)
	Cartoon	Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (First: Episode 0128)
	SCENE 5	Rafael sets out three trash cans on the sidewalk for trash collection. Tom angrily complains that the cans are blocking the entrance to Hooper's Store and tells Rafael to move them. As Rafael recounts this to Maria at the Fix-It Shop in Spanish, Tom drops by. He explains that he's having some trouble at home and was taking out his frustrations on Rafael. He apologizes and offers him some free coffee.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie's Scale — Cookie Monster solves Ernie's cookie weight problem. (First: Episode 0264)
	Film	A woman counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey. (First: Episode 0217)
	Film	Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: Sandwich — A girl helps Cookie Monster make an egg sandwich. (First: Episode 0156)
	SCENE 6	Maria introduces the next film...
	Film	Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278)
	SCENE 6 cont'd	Maria wonders how peacocks are able to raise their tail feathers like that. She's surprised when Big Bird offers an astute and informed answer.
	Cartoon	A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten. (First: Episode 0282)
	Muppets	"The AN Family Song" (First: Episode 0181)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: Heavy and Light — An Anything Muppet's demonstration is observed by Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0175)
	Cast	David, Luis and Linda count in different languages. (First: Episode 0326)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle count to twenty. (First: Episode 0289)
	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)
	Muppets	Anything Muppets: Alphabet Conversation — A boy and girl converse using letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0273)
	Cartoon	K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131)
	SCENE 7	Big Bird wakes up from a nightmare he was having. In it, he is a small bird on a wall, relentlessly pursued by a pair of tough Anything Muppets who want to put him in a box and keep him. Once they've got him cornered, they introduce him to Clarence, their pet alley cat. Back in reality, Big Bird acknowledges that it was only a bad dream, but they can get pretty scary.
	Cartoon	A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (repeat)
	Cartoon	Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335)
	SCENE 8	Big Bird visits the Fix-it Shop, wanting to be with Maria and Rafael since the nightmare has rattled him a little. They let him stay as Tom announces the sponsors.