Sesame Street 
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| Air date | November 25, 1969 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob sings "Feelin' Groovy" as he walks down the street, stopping to buy a newspaper at Hooper's Store. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Bob tells a passing kid to slow down, saying it's worth it to take your time. He takes the kid's ball to bounce it, then shows them a film of another ball bouncing in slow motion. Bob segues to the next segment... |
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Film | A group of kids play follow the leader and go over, around and through various obstacles, but one of them takes a while to catch on. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cast | Buddy and Jim attempt to figure out a way of getting to the opposite side of a wall in order to paint it. |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes teaches about through. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs, so both help each other scratch their back. While Ernie's itch takes a little too long to scratch, he introduces a film called "Everybody Scratch." After the film, Ernie notices that Bert has stopped scratching his back; Beautiful Day Monster is. |
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SCENE 2 | In her kitchen, Susan plays her guitar and sings a song asking the kids to finish each line with the word that rhymes. Each rhyme has to do with a different part of the body. |
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Cartoon | Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work. (First: Episode 0003) |
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SCENE 3 | In the yard, the kids watch as Mr. Hooper sells a 4-foot letter J in a high-pressure pitchman style. He gets a second opinion in the form of... |
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Cartoon | "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0009) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper continues to sell the J, luring in Gordon to look over the letter's attractive features. He asks Gordon to kick the J a few times to test its durability before cueing to another testimonial. |
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Cartoon | J - Jam |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon watches as Mr. Hooper hands out a number of small Js to the kids. |
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Cartoon | "The J Commercial" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Gordon meets Professor Hastings and Professor Goldfinch, who will be performing a number. A wild Anything Muppet arrives as their drummer and the trio performs "Spinning Wheel". |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | "Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges. (First: Episode 0003) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan and Gordon get ready for a game with the kids, then suddenly hear the sound of an airplane. They look up to see Alphabet Bates skywriting the letter O. |
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Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 6 cont'd | Susan, Gordon, and the kids play several rounds of the classification game: first with three farm animals and a tractor, then three fish and a boat, then a plane, a kite, a balloon, and a bird, and finally a car, a motorcycle, a bike, and a horse. |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird passes along and berates himself for being clumsy and not knowing how to count past six, so Gordon gives him a hint... |
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Cartoon | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird is excited about the baker falling down the stairs being clumsier than he is. Gordon tells him to focus on the counting, but he still doesn't know... |
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Cartoon | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | Big Bird excitedly mimics the baker singing and counting pies before finally counting to ten. |
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Song | "Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 10 | Gordon hears construction coming from Oscar's trash can and asks Oscar the Grouch what's going on. Oscar says he's knocking down a wall in his pool room to put in a bowling alley. Gordon doesn't believe him until he hears some bowling pins knocked over and admits that you've got to believe what you hear. |
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Film | "Noises" A boy named Chris uses "magic glasses" to see invisible things that make noises, including construction equipment, a baby crying, people coughing and sneezing, a car honking, a telephone, and a typewriter. Can you make those noises? (First: Episode 0004) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 11 | Gordon closes the show and announces the sponsors. |
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