Buddy and Jim

Buddy and Jim were a human comedy duo who appeared on Sesame Street during the first season. They debuted in the first episode. The bungling pair were featured in separate filmed inserts, and failed at such tasks as assembling a letter W.

As described by Stefan Kanfer in a Nov. 23, 1970 TIME article, "In its first series, Sesame Street used two clowns, Buddy and Jim, to illustrate problem solving. They were a walking Polish joke, one lifting and turning the other to screw in a light bulb, refusing a nail because it was turned the wrong way."

They were later followed by other comedy teams, such as Larry and Phyllis and Wally and Ralph.

Individual Segments

 * Hanging a Picture Buddy buys a picture that he wants to hang in the house. Jim decides to help him hang the picture, but encounters problems such as using a balloon to put a nail into a wall, realizing that the nail is in the wrong direction, and eventually deciding that the artwork is the stupidest picture he's ever seen.


 * Ironing Board: Buddy and Jim try to figure out how to get an ironing board into another room.


 * Tennis Shoes and Heavy Workboots : Buddy and Jim have trouble getting a pair of tennis shoes and heavy workboots into their boxes.


 * Falling Picture : Buddy and Jim get confused when a picture falls off of their wall.


 * Umbrellas : Buddy and Jim try to explain what umbrellas are for, and get wet in the process.


 * Mirror


 * Lightbulb


 * Sandwich : Buddy and Jim attempt to make a sandwich.


 * Window Frame


 * Seesaw


 * New Jacket


 * Painting a Wall


 * Paper Airplane


 * Checkers : Buddy and Jim try to play checkers, but they can't get their chairs pointed in the right direction.


 * Buttons


 * Slide


 * Jack-in-the-Box


 * Shoes and Socks : Buddy and Jim attempt to put on shoes and socks.


 * Soup with a Fork


 * Piggy Bank