Episode 0734

Picture 	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	An announcer (Jerry Nelson) introduces "The Number Four Show" starring Big Bird! The audience (consisting of Gordon, Mr. Hooper, and the kids) applauds as he opens the show with a musical number, "I Just Adore Four," aided by the Happy Squares.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Footage of a coral reef, showcasing the plant life and the fish.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a hole under Yellow, who yells "HELP!!"
 	Cartoon 	Harold and Howard think of H words.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 2 	Next on "The Number Four Show" is Grover's impression of the number 4 by contorting his body into the shape of a 4 (with much strain). Grover suffers as Big Bird compares him to his own 4 to make sure they match up. To Grover's dismay, Big Bird now asks him to impersonate the number 38.
 	Film 	Marching Band #4
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A farmer plants big, bigger and biggest trees.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cartoon 	"Four Seasons"
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Snuffleupagus is Big Bird's next secret, surprise guest. Concealed behind the construction doors of Big Bird's nest, he jumps four times, rattling the audience and the whole street. The others want to know who the mystery guest is, but Big Bird keeps them in the dark, chuckling to himself.
 	Film 	This is the desert.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
 	Cartoon 	H - Horse
 	Cartoon 	Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving.
center 	Muppets 	Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again.
 	Film 	One of These Things (3 starfish and 1 crab)
 	Cartoon 	A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry.
center 	Animation 	Scanimate Films #4
 	SCENE 4 	"The Number Four Show" now presents Bert, who does impressions of four different pigeon emotions.
 	Film 	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
 	Cast 	Luis and David cooperate on a rainy day.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: H is for hole
 	Film 	Letter H hoistMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	The Miss Muffet Play
 	Film 	A clown (Dennis Allen) takes off his make-up. Which face do you like better?
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones perform "Mad."
 	Cartoon 	Four construction workers build a number 4.
 	Cast 	Maria, Susan, Luis and David put together a fractured letter H.
 	Animation 	Sand H/h
 	Muppets 	A group of Muppets (including Herry Monster) split into two separate teams for a game based on whether they have letters or numbers printed on their shirts. However, one of the small ones points out that they've split into one team of big players and one team of small players. They eventually agree to play Tiddly-Winks.
 	Film 	Ten hats on a hatrack
 	Cartoon 	Birds appear around the numerals one through twenty as jazz music plays.Artists: The Hubleys
 	SCENE 5 	Count von Count eagerly awaits his slot on the show. He's not pleased that he can only count up to such a small value like four, but he counts four kids anyway. He proceeds to count them again and again in different languages.
 	Cartoon 	A girl tries on big, bigger, and the biggest shoes.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Western: A cowboy comes to see Adam T. Glaser, who is such a jack-of-all-trades that he forgets what a dentist does.
 	Cartoon 	A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F.
 	Film 	F for Factory
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids are playing policeman, but the other one is playing fireman.
 	Transition 	Bridge #10 - Bricks Bridge A
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 6 	Big Bird and his cast take a bow, while Snuffy bows from behind the construction doors. Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors.
center250px|center	CLOSING SIGNS	Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
*This episode was written by Joseph A. Bailey as a way of making his own musical variety show after not being invited to write for Out to Lunch.Bailey, Joseph. Memoirs of a Muppets Writer, page 93.
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Category:Numbers
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 6