Sesame Street

Season 3 (130 Episodes)

54 Seasons 1971 TV-Y 55m 8.1

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

The setting is in a small street in a city where children and furry puppet monsters learn about numbers, the alphabet and other pre-school subjects taught in commercial spots, songs and games.

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Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 5

5.

Aired: Nov 19, 1971

As Bob welcomes the viewers, Sesame Street is suddenly beset with an outburst...

Episode 6

6.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Gordon comes to Hooper's Store for a glass of water, but Mr. Hooper reports a...

Episode 7

7.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Tom greets the viewer, when he hears the sound of a fire engine - Song "Firem...

Episode 8

8.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Molly has finished her shift for the day and relaxes on the stoop. She muses ...

Episode 9

9.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

A boy is on his way to school. Rafael asks the younger kids what they know ab...

Episode 10

10.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Molly comes to pick up the mail from the Sesame Street mailbox. She explains ...

Episode 11

11.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Tom is bored because there hasn't been a single customer at Hooper's Store al...

Episode 12 Doll House

12. Doll House

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Gordon hangs from the fire escape ladder and clues the viewer into the number...

Episode 13

13.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Things move in fast motion on Sesame Street, then in slow motion. When things...

Episode 15

15.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Mr. Hooper welcomes the viewer, then introduces "the world's foremost expert ...

Episode 16

16.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Oscar's trash can is surrounded with various bags of trash. Tom tells the vie...

Episode 17

17.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

As we come closer and closer, David asks if we know the difference between he...

Episode 18

18.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Molly delivers noisy packages to Mr. Hooper and the kids guess what's inside-...

Episode 19

19.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Gordon and others are bothered by the sight of litter all over the sidewalk. ...

Episode 20

20.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Grover carries a satchel and wears a postal carrier's hat as he approaches Mo...

Episode 22

22.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Gordon points out to the viewer that there aren't any cars parked along the s...

Episode 23

23.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

David greets the viewer, and gives a lesson in subtraction using his feet. Ca...

Episode 24

24.

Aired: Mar 4, 1970

Gordon and the kids imagine threes of different things they don't usually cou...

Episode 25

25.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Maria greets the viewer, and hears Oscar throwing trash out of his trash can,...

Episode 27

27.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Maria greets the viewer, while quietly reading a book. Oscar, meanwhile, prac...

Episode 28

28.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper climbs up and down the ladder to get balloons o...

Episode 29

29.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Maria shows the viewer what the Sesame Street sign looks like without its E's...

Episode 30

30.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Gordon demonstrates up and down by showing how Oscar lifts his trash can lid ...

Episode 31

31.

Aired: Dec 20, 1971

Susan explains to Luis, in his first day on the job, how to stack and count s...

Episode 32

32.

Aired: Dec 21, 1971

Big Bird and Grover play hide-and-seek. Grover is "it" but he keeps forgettin...

Episode 33

33.

Aired: Dec 22, 1971

Luis finishes fixing a mirror frame, and invites some kids to look into the m...

Episode 34

34.

Aired: Dec 23, 1971

At Hooper's Store, Big Bird tells David that he's been practicing adding and ...

Episode 35

35.

Aired: Dec 24, 1971

Bob welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, pointing out how nice it is to be t...

Episode 36

36.

Aired: Dec 27, 1971

Susan engages Big Bird, John-John, and Shola in a guessing game on the steps ...

Episode 38

38.

Aired: Dec 29, 1971

Outside the Fix-it Shop, Luis welcomes the viewer while putting tacks into a ...

Episode 39

39.

Aired: Dec 30, 1971

Maria paints shapes on a plexiglass screen - a square, a triangle and a recta...

Episode 40

40.

Aired: Dec 31, 1971

Big Bird encounters his friends collecting empty bottles to be recycled, and ...

Episode 41

41.

Aired: Jan 3, 1972

Big Bird demonstrates the difference between fast and slow with his toy box: ...

Episode 42

42.

Aired: Jan 4, 1972

While some kids play softball in the arbor, Maria introduces the letter H. Sh...

Episode 43

43.

Aired: Jan 5, 1972

David greets the viewer, then encounters Maria. She pantomimes that she has l...

Episode 44

44.

Aired: Jan 6, 1972

Big Bird encounters Tom leading David, Susan and some kids in a jumping jacks...

Episode 45

45.

Aired: Jan 7, 1972

As Big Bird walks down Sesame Street, he notices that it's getting darker. Wh...

Episode 46

46.

Aired: Jan 10, 1972

Molly delivers a package to Oscar from his pal, Melvin Grouch. It contains a ...

Episode 47

47.

Aired: Jan 11, 1972

To show the letters of the day, Tom curves his body into a C shape and an L s...

Episode 49

49.

Aired: Jan 13, 1972

Gordon presents the letters U and P, and explains that they spell UP. The UP ...

Episode 51

51.

Aired: Jan 17, 1972

Oscar is tired of his trash can being in one place all the time. He wants a c...

Episode 52

52.

Aired: Jan 18, 1972

Tom opens Hooper's Store and remembers he forgot to clean up last night befor...

Episode 53

53.

Aired: Jan 19, 1972

Tom opens Hooper's Store and remembers he forgot to clean up last night befor...

Episode 54

54.

Aired: Jan 20, 1972

Luis, Gordon and the Kids are greeted by the sound of a siren coming from Osc...

Episode 55

55.

Aired: Jan 28, 1972

Today, Rafael and Luis open up their new Fix-It Shop, and Big Bird wants to g...

Episode 56

56.

Aired: Jan 24, 1972

Susan needs her broken picture frame repaired and heads toward the library to...

Episode 57

57.

Aired: Feb 2, 1972

Mr. MacIntosh gives Big Bird an ear of corn, but Big Bird doesn't see it as c...

Episode 58

58.

Aired: Jan 26, 1972

Big Bird is bored because he has nothing to do. He asks everyone he meets - M...

Episode 59

59.

Aired: Jan 27, 1972

Mr. Hooper, wearing a circus ringmaster's top hat and cape, tries to balance ...

Episode 60 Verbena

60. Verbena

Aired: Jan 28, 1972

Maria greets the viewer, then teaches the Verbena game to Big Bird and the ki...

Episode 61

61.

Aired: Jan 31, 1972

Maria greets the viewer, then teaches the Verbena game to Big Bird and the ki...

Episode 62

62.

Aired: Feb 1, 1972

Tom greets the viewer, then visits Oscar, who is in the middle of putting a l...

Episode 63

63.

Aired: Feb 2, 1972

David (who just finished reading a book), a kid (who has just finished a jigs...

Episode 64

64.

Aired: Feb 3, 1972

Luis shows that four kids have their hands up in the air to represent the let...

Episode 65

65.

Aired: Feb 4, 1972

Oscar retreats back into his can upon seeing the viewer has arrived. A large ...

Episode 66

66.

Aired: Feb 7, 1972

Big Bird sees a chair has been set upside down in the yard. Tom explains he d...

Episode 67

67.

Aired: Feb 8, 1972

Cookie Monster is confronted with a dripping faucet in Susan's kitchen. In an...

Episode 68

68.

Aired: Feb 9, 1972

Kids are busy drawing with crayons outdoors. When a stiff breeze begins to bl...

Episode 69

69.

Aired: Feb 10, 1972

Luis must leave the Fix-It Shop for a while, and asks Big Bird to mind the st...

Episode 70

70.

Aired: Feb 11, 1972

Big Bird notices a line outside Hooper's Store where he asks Tom what's going...

Episode 71

71.

Aired: Feb 14, 1972

Big Bird welcomes the viewer, then shows Rafael, Mr. Hooper and some kids his...

Episode 72

72.

Aired: Feb 15, 1972

Big Bird sings about "The Sound of the Letter A." Cartoon-"The Story of A": A...

Episode 73

73.

Aired: Feb 16, 1972

Big Bird finds a Muppet boy sobbing on the street. He says he's lost and can'...

Episode 74 Episode 349

74. Episode 349

Aired: Feb 17, 1972

Pete Seeger pays another visit to the street, where he plays "Seek and You Sh...

Episode 75

75.

Aired: Feb 18, 1972

Big Bird holds a softball, waiting for Tom and Rafael to bring a bat and base...

Episode 76

76.

Aired: Feb 21, 1972

Oscar tells Susan that he's hired someone to cook Grouch food. Cookie Monster...

Episode 77

77.

Aired: Feb 22, 1972

Today, Cookie Monster steps on a roller skate, tumbles down the steps of 123 ...

Episode 78

78.

Aired: Feb 23, 1972

Big Bird says hello to the viewer, then introduces us to Snuffy. Snuffy says ...

Episode 80

80.

Aired: Feb 25, 1972

Bob drags his old carpet sweeper to the Fix-It Shop. He fears it's too old to...

Episode 81

81.

Aired: Feb 28, 1972

There are three plants of the same species on the ground: one small, one medi...

Episode 82

82.

Aired: Feb 29, 1972

Molly welcomes the viewers and tells them that she heard the weather report -...

Episode 83

83.

Aired: Mar 1, 1972

Big Bird welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, and introduces Mr. Snuffleupag...

Episode 84 Bert leaves Ernie

84. Bert leaves Ernie

Aired: Mar 9, 1972

After being pestered by Ernie to play checkers with him, Bert decides to leav...

Episode 85

85.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Herry Monster is drinking an ice cream soda at Hooper's Store. Ferris comment...

Episode 86

86.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Harvey Kneeslapper stands behind the newsstand at Hooper's Store, preparing t...

Episode 87

87.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Molly tries to deliver mail to Oscar the Grouch, who doesn't enjoy receiving ...

Episode 88

88.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Big Bird sees Mr. Snuffleupagus is on the block and tells him to stay put whi...

Episode 89

89.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Brother Kirk walks down Sesame Street singing "Hello" and greeting members of...

Episode 91

91.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Oscar informs Molly that he's trained somebody to fill in as the resident Gro...

Episode 92

92.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Luis sings a Spanish folk song about cacti. Muppets-"J Friends"

Episode 93

93.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Molly acts like a pitchman, giving away cards reading the word "YES." A Muppe...

Episode 94

94.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Ernie and Antonio enter the Fix-It Shop where Antonio and Luis greet each oth...

Episode 95

95.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Susan observes that today is a very cold day and believes it might even snow....

Episode 96

96.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Susan observes that today is a very cold day and believes it might even snow....

Episode 97

97.

Aired: Mar 28, 1972

Susan, Bob, Luis and Maria are putting together a snowman. Big Bird observes ...

Episode 98

98.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Luis and Tom are rushing to open their respective shops and bump into each ot...

Episode 99

99.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Big Bird rushes to the Fix-It Shop, gives Luis a piece of aluminum pipe, and ...

Episode 100

100.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

A chalk line has been drawn on the sidewalk near Oscar's trash can. Signs sur...

Episode 101 Kermit Gets Sick

101. Kermit Gets Sick

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Gordon greets Mr. Hooper and gathers the kids in the yard for a game of baske...

Episode 102

102.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Susan introduces today's sponsors by counting four kids, and by forming the l...

Episode 103

103.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

At the Fix-it Shop, Richie brings a toaster for Rafael to fix. Richie asks Ra...

Episode 104

104.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Susan has an old sneaker and tells the viewer that on any other street, it wo...

Episode 105

105.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Big Bird, Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, and Gordon decide who will greet the viewe...

Episode 106

106.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Rafael greets the viewer, then Oscar gets his attention because he's blown a ...

Episode 107

107.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Susan has a sign with her name on it, which she uses to point out the two let...

Episode 108

108.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Big Bird watches as Mr. Hooper sweeps in front of his store, but he tells Big...

Episode 109

109.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Bob notices that the lid to Oscar's trash can is missing, so he gives it a kn...

Episode 110

110.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Kid voiceovers observe that activities on the street (David and Tom playing b...

Episode 111

111.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Tom welcomes the viewer, and uses a book about trains to demonstrate beginnin...

Episode 112

112.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Pete Seeger makes another visit to the street today and leads everyone in sin...

Episode 113 388

113. 388

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Tom greets the viewer, then has the kids look around for circles inside Hoope...

Episode 114

114.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Bob greets the viewer, and counts 7 towels on a clothesline. Film-The Mad Pai...

Episode 115

115.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

David greets the viewer, and counts three different sized wrenches, writing t...

Episode 116

116.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Luis hands an iron to Antonio who leaves the Fix-It Shop after an exchange in...

Episode 117

117.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

In the arbor area, Tom leads the kids in moving like a penguin, an elephant, ...

Episode 118

118.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Molly greets the viewer while speaking very slowly. When Susan asks why, Moll...

Episode 120

120.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

David and Oscar listen to various sounds of the street. Oscar guesses incorre...

Episode 121

121.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Tom introduces one of today's letters - C. Big Bird remembers that something ...

Episode 122

122.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

David, dressed as a magician, "turns" a chair into a number 4. Animation-Scan...

Episode 123

123.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Rafael is searching around the block, as one of the neighbor kids has lost th...

Episode 124

124.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Mr. Snuffleupagus roams Sesame Street looking for Big Bird. He meets Chris in...

Episode 125

125.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Susan asks the kids about the longest words they know. Big Bird responds by s...

Episode 126

126.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Harvey Kneeslapper enacts his latest prank - he fills Molly's hat with confet...

Episode 127

127.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Luis cleans up the Sesame Street sign, reading the word STREET with the viewe...

Episode 128

128.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Big Bird sees how things are going in the Fix-It Shop. Rafael has a barbell a...

Episode 129

129.

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Luis traces the sound of hammering to Oscar's can. Oscar now claims to be a n...

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Current Status: Returning Series

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Genres: Adventure, Family, Animation, Fantasy, Music, Game-Show, Musical, Talk-Show

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