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{{episodesesame|plot=Big Bird's hide-and-seek; Mr. Hooper's rocket launchers|airdate=December 3, [[1969]]|season=[[Season 1 (1969-1970)]]|prod=November 4, 1969|writer=|sponsors=[[D]], [[E]], [[M]], [[8]], [[9]]|syndication=|releases=|trusted}}
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*An [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] sings "[[Lulu's Back in Town]]", preparing for the arrival of an enormous monster.
 
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*[[Sesame Street Animal Films]]: Lion family. (Underscore by [[Toots Thielemans]])
  
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| align=center | '''SCENE 1'''
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*[[Kermit's Lectures]]: [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster takes a bite from one of them, making them different.
 
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| [[Gordon]] teaches [[Big Bird]] how to play hide-and-seek, but tells him he can't hide behind trees or [[The Kids|the kids]] because he's too fat. Gordon suggests Big Bird be "it" since he can't grasp the concept of hiding, so he begins counting while everyone else hides. When Gordon peeks from his hiding spot to find Big Bird with his head under his wing, he thinks he's fallen asleep and approaches him. Suddenly, Big Bird springs to life, shouts "1-2-3 on Gordon!" and tells him he picked a terrible place to hide.
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*[[Countdown series]]: After the countdown, the rocket flops over. The director nervously chuckles.
  
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*Countdown series: The rocket lifts early, and showers everyone in soot.
  
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*Countdown series: After countdown, the director himself is launched into space as the rocket stays put.
  
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*[[Buddy and Jim]] try to figure out a way to get an ironing board from one room to another. {{first|0002}}
  
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*[[Alphabet Bates]] makes the letter D. {{first|0016}}
  
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*Animation: "E Imagination": A surreal story of a boy eating a peach atop an eagle witnesseing a queen on her knee, dreaming of eating ice cream in a land of steam. {{first|0001}}
 
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*Cartoon: Marvelous Martha knows the many words about the letter M. {{first|0013}}
  
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*[[Speech Balloon]]: M -- Mail (mailbox) {{first|0013}}
  
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*"[[Number Song Series|Eight Song (Song of Eight)]]" {{first|0016}}
  
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*"[[Number Song Series|Nine Song (Song of Nine)]]" {{first|0016}}
  
   
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| [[Numerosity|Nine Song (Song of Nine)]]<br>{{first|0016}}
   
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| [[Image:rocketfallsover.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Countdown series|Rocket countdown]]: The rocket falls over.
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| [[Mr. Hooper]] comments on the previous cartoon, saying he has a better method of launching a rocket. He explains a complex Rube Goldberg machine series of events he has devised that includes a waiter being tickled by a feather. Gordon doesn't think it's a sure-fire way to launch a rocket; what if the waiter isn't ticklish?
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| [[Image:rocketblowsup.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Countdown series|Rocket countdown]]: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot.
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| align=center | '''SCENE 3'''
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| Mr. Hooper is still not impressed with the rocket countdown cartoons, and devises of a method that involves a cow being tied to a rocket which — as in "[[Hey Diddle Diddle]]" — travels over [[the moon]]... with the rocket in tow.
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| [[Image:rocketcountdowntakeoff.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Countdown series|Rocket countdown]]: The announcer blasts off.
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| [[Numerosity|Nine Song (Song of Nine)]]<br>{{first|0016}}
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| align=center | '''SCENE 4'''
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| [[Susan]] reads a book to the kid in her kitchen: <u>Tom in the Middle</u> by Berthe Amoss.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:eaticecream.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| E Imagination<br>Artists: [[John and Faith Hubley|The Hubleys]]<br>{{first|0001}}
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 5'''
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| Gordon teaches the kids in [[the arbor]] how to play Simon Says, then tells the viewer, "Simon Says, watch Martha."
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1092-06.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| M is for Marvelous Martha<br>{{first|0013}}
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| [[Image:Ernie writes Mort a letter M.jpg|250px|center]]
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| {{erniebert|apt}} [[Ernie]] has promised to write a letter to his cousin Mort. [[Bert]] helps him with the spelling, but Ernie only gets as far as writing a large letter M on the envelope. Bert says he can't continue spelling the name, because Ernie's written M has taken up the whole space. Ernie says it fulfills his promise to Mort: he's written him a letter; the letter M.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:M-Mail.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Speech Balloon]]: M for Mail<br>{{first|0013}}
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| align=center | '''SCENE 6'''
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| Gordon and a kid watch [[Bob]] play with and talk about an animal.
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| align=center | '''SCENE 7'''
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| Gordon and the kid talk about how they are same and different.
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| [[Image:Rectangles.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. [[Cookie Monster]] eats one of them, making them different.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be.<br>{{first|0004}}
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| align=center | '''SCENE 8'''
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| Gordon and the kids build a city with building blocks.
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| [[Image:Alphabet Bates D.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Alphabet Bates]] writes the letter D.<br>{{first|0016}}
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| align=center | '''SCENE 9'''
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| Gordon introduces "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
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| [[Anything Muppets]] dressed as hippies sing a special rendition of [[the Beatles]]' "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]".<br>{{first|0003}}
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| [[Image:BuddyJim-Board.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| [[Buddy and Jim]] try to figure out a way to carry an ironing board (horizontally) from one room to another.<br>{{first|0002}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image: No8b.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Song
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| “[[Numerosity|Song of Eight]]”<br>{{first|0016}}
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| align=center | '''SCENE 10'''
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| In his kitchen, Gordon tells a story about a family of silverware: a mother (dinner fork), a father (dinner knife), their daughter (salad fork), son (butter knife), and their third misfit child: a spoon.
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| [[Image:1037g.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Lions ''(instrumental, with occasional lion growls)''<br>Music: [[Joe Raposo]]
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 11'''
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| Susan serves her husband a meal, and they say goodbye to the viewer.
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{{nav|episode|prev=[[Episode 0017]]|next=[[Episode 0019]]}}
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__NOWYSIWYG__
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Episodes| 0018]]
  
[[Category:Sesame Street Episodes| 0018]]

Revision as of 02:00, 21 July 2020

Sesame Street
Big Bird's hide-and-seek; Mr. Hooper's rocket launchers
Air date December 3, 1969
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production November 4, 1969
Sponsors D, E, M, 8, 9
This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
Noimage
 SCENE 1 Gordon teaches Big Bird how to play hide-and-seek, but tells him he can't hide behind trees or the kids because he's too fat. Gordon suggests Big Bird be "it" since he can't grasp the concept of hiding, so he begins counting while everyone else hides. When Gordon peeks from his hiding spot to find Big Bird with his head under his wing, he thinks he's fallen asleep and approaches him. Suddenly, Big Bird springs to life, shouts "1-2-3 on Gordon!" and tells him he picked a terrible place to hide.
No9
 Film Nine Song (Song of Nine)
(First: Episode 0016)
Rocketfallsover
 Cartoon Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over.
Noimage
 SCENE 2 Mr. Hooper comments on the previous cartoon, saying he has a better method of launching a rocket. He explains a complex Rube Goldberg machine series of events he has devised that includes a waiter being tickled by a feather. Gordon doesn't think it's a sure-fire way to launch a rocket; what if the waiter isn't ticklish?
Rocketblowsup
 Cartoon Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot.
Noimage
 SCENE 3 Mr. Hooper is still not impressed with the rocket countdown cartoons, and devises of a method that involves a cow being tied to a rocket which — as in "Hey Diddle Diddle" — travels over the moon... with the rocket in tow.
Rocketcountdowntakeoff
 Cartoon Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off.
No9
 Film Nine Song (Song of Nine)
(First: Episode 0016)
Noimage
 SCENE 4 Susan reads a book to the kid in her kitchen: Tom in the Middle by Berthe Amoss.
Eaticecream
 Cartoon E Imagination
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0001)
Noimage
 SCENE 5 Gordon teaches the kids in the arbor how to play Simon Says, then tells the viewer, "Simon Says, watch Martha."
1092-06
 Cartoon M is for Marvelous Martha
(First: Episode 0013)
Ernie writes Mort a letter M
 Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie has promised to write a letter to his cousin Mort. Bert helps him with the spelling, but Ernie only gets as far as writing a large letter M on the envelope. Bert says he can't continue spelling the name, because Ernie's written M has taken up the whole space. Ernie says it fulfills his promise to Mort: he's written him a letter; the letter M.
M-Mail
 Cartoon Speech Balloon: M for Mail
(First: Episode 0013)
Noimage
 SCENE 6 Gordon and a kid watch Bob play with and talk about an animal.
Noimage
 SCENE 7 Gordon and the kid talk about how they are same and different.
Rectangles
 Muppets Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different.
2059y
 Film Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be.
(First: Episode 0004)
Noimage
 SCENE 8 Gordon and the kids build a city with building blocks.
Alphabet Bates D
 Film Alphabet Bates writes the letter D.
(First: Episode 0016)
Noimage
 SCENE 9 Gordon introduces "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
LucySky
 Muppets Anything Muppets dressed as hippies sing a special rendition of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
(First: Episode 0003)
BuddyJim-Board
 Cast Buddy and Jim try to figure out a way to carry an ironing board (horizontally) from one room to another.
(First: Episode 0002)
No8b
 Song “Song of Eight”
(First: Episode 0016)
Noimage
 SCENE 10 In his kitchen, Gordon tells a story about a family of silverware: a mother (dinner fork), a father (dinner knife), their daughter (salad fork), son (butter knife), and their third misfit child: a spoon.
1037g
 Film Lions (instrumental, with occasional lion growls)
Music: Joe Raposo
Noimage
 SCENE 11 Susan serves her husband a meal, and they say goodbye to the viewer.


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