Episode 0397

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	David, Oscar, and the kids listen to various sounds of the street. Oscar guesses incorrectly on the sound of Mrs. Goldman's baby and Antonio practicing his violin when they hear the sound of an odd-running truck. Oscar says this is the sound of the Mudman arriving, but David thinks they would instead hear the sounds of cans clanking. Sure enough, the Mudman arrives humming, "Come ride with me, Lucille..." as he drives past in his miniature vehicle, the Mudmobile.
 	Muppets 	Monsters look at a big A.
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
 	SCENE 2 	David examines the Mudmobile, noting how the body is made from two old trash cans, the headlights are tin cans, and the wheels came from a baby carriage. "Nothin' goes to waste," explains the Mudman. Oscar orders some mud, so the Mudman has two jars set out, followed by one more. Oscar wants three quarts, but the Mudman claims he doesn't have that many. David helps the Mudman add the quarts together to fulfill Oscar's order, but accidentally drops them on the ground when he tries to give them to Oscar.
 	Film 	Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	SCENE 3 	David tells Maria about the Mudmobile, which is stranded on the block - it ran over a rock and broke a wheel. The Mudman produces his three spares, not understanding that the square wheel won't be of use and one of the round ones is too big. ("Probably wouldn't be good for my transmission," the Mudman believes.) The last wheel is a perfect match with the others and David and Maria get to work reattaching it to the Mudmobile. The Mudman wants to thank the two with a free quart of mud each, which leaves Maria and David speechless.
 	Animation 	Today's Secret Drawing will be a nurse.
 	Muppets 	At night, Grover thinks he hears noises in the dark. When he sees a shadow on the wall, he cowers under the covers - but the shadow turns out to be his Mommy.
 	Film 	New Bridge #5 - Bounce
 	Cartoon 	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
 	Cartoon 	Checkerboard transition cartoon
 	Celebrity 	Listen My Brother sings about the "Parts of the Body."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cast 	Mr. Hooper and Bob build an A.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A is for Ape
 	SCENE 4 	Maria plays a bilingual version of "One of These Things" with the kids using different-sized boots.
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet girl adds 4 galletitas (cookies) in Spanish. Cookie Monster interrupts, then eats all the cookies when he learns the Spanish meaning.
 	Cartoon 	Today's Secret Drawing is a fireman.
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird talks to a tree on the street. He claims it may seem silly to try and talk to a tree, but it's even sillier when it talks back...
 	Film 	A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between here and there, near and far, and close and next to. ("here and there" section only)
 	Muppets 	Mahna Mahna and two Anything Muppet girls sing "Mah Na Mah Na".
 	Transition 	The screen fills up with fluid.
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar calls over David, Maria, and the kids to play "The Remembering Game." He has David stash a greasy rag, a crumpled paper bag, and a flag from the Disagreeable Order of Grouches into a neighboring trash can. He cues a short break in the form of a message from the letter D...
 	Cartoon 	D-dart
 	SCENE 6 cont'd	Everyone is able to remember all the items in the box, as Oscar hints that they all rhyme. Frustrated that they got the answers quickly, Oscar makes sure he remembers something else - never to play this game again.
 	Celebrity 	Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there."
 	Cartoon 	Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair.
 	Animation 	Today's Secret Drawing will be a nurse. (Spanish version)
 	SCENE 7 	Maria swings Beverly on the tire swing, introducing another animal that can swing...
 	Film 	A baby monkeyMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings "Three on Lady's Lap." (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words.
 	Cartoon 	A man winds up a toy person and orders it to GO, until the toy snaps back and makes him GO.
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya?
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Brian talk about the difference between here and there.
 	SCENE 8 	David realizes there are all kinds of brushes, and he and Maria lead the kids in a game of "Everybody Brush."
 	Cartoon 	A man creates an avalanche on the letter A.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 9 	The Mudman calls out a buy-two-get-one-free sale as he drives around in his Mudmobile. Maria announces the sponsors.
center 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* The electronic motorized noises made by the Mudmobile would later be incorporated the following year for the character Sam the Robot.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 3