Episode 0446

	Sesame Street
	Grover loses his airplane
Air date	January 8, 1973
Season	Season 4 (1972-1973)
Production	October 17, 1972
Sponsors	A, F, 10

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird demonstrates the difference between fast and slow with his toy box: first, he dumps the toys on the ground and picks them up one by one (slow). Then, he dumps them out again, and they all go back into the toy box themselves with a reverse-tape edit (fast).
	Cartoon	A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0257)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Talk Slower — Ernie quickly tries to tell Bert that his toast is burning. (First: Episode 0323)
	Cartoon	A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034)
	Film	A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. (First: Episode 0422)
	Film	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021)
	Cartoon	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (First: Episode 0407)
	SCENE 2	Grover has gotten his toy airplane stuck above the carriage house doors and has recruited his large friend Big Bird to retrieve it. However, even at his height, Big Bird still comes up short when trying to reach it. Grover gets the idea to cooperate and has Big Bird stretch out, then he will climb on him and get the airplane. Once Grover reaches his head, Big Bird feels a sneeze coming on. Grover keeps the beak closed, but it's not enough. Big Bird sneezes and both Grover and the airplane plummet below. From the rubble, Grover relays some advice his mommy has given him - "Never sneeze when somebody is standing on your beak!"
	Muppets	Kermit Lecture: What Happens Next Machine — Kermit's machine is supposed to turn on the radio. (First: Episode 0089)
	Cartoon	A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (First: Episode 0284)
	Film	African kids play at various activities, including a game with stones. (First: Episode 0136)
	Animation	Shape organization, part 1 (First: Episode 0419)
	SCENE 3	Oscar is tired of people dumping garbage into his trash can, which always results in him being covered in garbage. He makes a sign that says "Dump Garbage Here," with an arrow meant to point to the adjacent trash can. He goes inside his own can to get tools to nail the sign to his can, resting the sign on the box next to him. With the sign now pointing towards his can, Marty comes by and follows its instruction, much to Oscar's dismay.
	Animation	Shape organization, part 2 (First: Episode 0419)
	Cast	Wally and Ralph try to put on jackets after a very big meal. (First: Episode 0329)
	Animation	Shape organization, part 3 (First: Episode 0419)
	Muppets	Two Anything Muppets sing "Me" in both English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0372)
	Animation	Shape organization (all formations review), part 4 (First: Episode 0419)
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates fast and slow by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair. (First: Episode 0288)
	Cartoon	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0158)
	SCENE 4	At Hooper's Store, Cookie Monster asks Mr. Hooper if he can teach him to count backwards, as he struggles doing it on his own. Mr. Hooper then produces 10 cookies, which Cookie Monster eats one by one as he counts them backwards.
	Film	Iguanas Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0047)
	Animation	3 balls + 1 = 4. (First: Episode 0278)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Picture Menu — Mr. Johnson's order doesn't match the picture Grover showed him in the menu. (First: Episode 0332)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032)
	Film	A gemsbok runs fast, then faster. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416)
	Cartoon	A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: BIRD.
	Cartoon	A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. (First: Episode 0309)
	Film	The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328)
	Muppets	Beat the Time: Cookie Monster — Cookie Monster competes to win a cookie.
	Cartoon	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (repeat)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie Blows a Fuse — Ernie and Bert are watching TV, but Bert gets bored and decides to play a record. (First: Episode 0003)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids comment over footage of an eagle's view of different kinds of roads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0377)
	Cartoon	A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (repeat)
	SCENE 5	Luis sings "Believe in Yourself" to the kids.
	Cartoon	Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387)
	Insert	The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F.
	Muppets	Grover: Letter F — Grover makes the sound of the letter F. (First: Episode 0236)
	Film	Kids narrate a film in which footage is slowed down and sped up. Sequences include kids on a playground, riding a roller coaster, and Big Bird jumping around and being chased in the park. (First: Episode 0358)
	Cartoon	"Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle say the alphabet. (First: Episode 0320)
	Cartoon	F for fly/frog (repeat)
	SCENE 6	Grover scales the Sesame Street lamppost, commenting that next time he'll try to lose his airplane up there (it's easier to scale). He then announces the sponsors, with Cookie Monster chiming in with the production announcement.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.