Episode 0019

Sesame Street
Air date	December 4, 1969
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird encounters Bob, who presents a film about Big Bird's "relatives" …
	Film	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Bob points out that birds come from eggs, but not like the one in the next segment …
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (First: Episode 0002)
	Cartoon	E ... see me eating a peach (First: Episode 0001)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: E for egg (repeat) (First: Episode 0002)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert and Ernie try to figure out who owns a cabinet containing cookies. Bert says that the cabinet is his, because he has his first initial, B, on the door. However, the B is spread between two doors, and Ernie opens one door, making the other look like an E.
	Animation	Clay animation: "E" for eat, ear, echo, egg, eagle, eel, elephant and end. (First: Episode 0003)
	Film	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016)
	SCENE 2	Bob displays a fish tank with some fish he just got. Gordon remarks how nice it would be to be a fish … or an octopus …
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets sing "Octopus' Garden."
	Song	"Song of Eight" (First: Episode 0016)
	Song	"Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004)
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — After watching the Jazz #8 cartoon, Ernie gets Bert to play a game with him, in which he says, "I one the sandbox," and Bert says, "I two the sandbox,” and so on until Bert gets to "I eight the sandbox." "You ate the sandbox? How'd it taste?" Ernie asks.
	Song	"Song of Eight" (repeat) (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	M for Mail (First: Episode 0013)
	SCENE 3	Gordon shows Susan and some kids how a magnifying glass works, and introduces the next segment …
	Film	Close-ups are shown of a tire. Music: Peter Schickele (First: Episode 0013)
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Gordon introduces the film again. After it is shown again, he and the kids discuss the film, and Susan introduces the next one …
	Film	What looks to be a journey through outer space (with astronauts talking in the background) is actually a closeup of a bowl of fruit. Music: Largo, from Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
	Cast	Buddy and Jim try to eat soup with a fork.
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet sings "Minute Waltz."
	Muppets	Ernie conducts an "alphabet test" (using a poster from the Sesame Street Learning Kit). While Bert checks the poster, Ernie tries to recite the alphabet from memory. Bert cues him on what comes after C …
	Cartoon	Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (First: Episode 0016)
	Muppets	Bert cues Ernie on what comes after L …
	Cartoon	M for Mail (First: Episode 0013)
	Muppets	When Bert challenges Ernie to say the alphabet backwards, Ernie turns his back from Bert and recites the alphabet, facing the poster.
	Song	"What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (First: Episode 0003)
	SCENE 4	Gordon plays an animal guessing game with the viewer by showing a few out-of-focus pictures.
	Muppets / Cast	Susan sings "Swing on a Star" while putting features on some Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0010)
	SCENE 5	Bob knows another funny animal …
	Song	"Octopus One-Man Band" (repeat) (First: Episode 0004)
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (repeat) (First: Episode 0016)
	SCENE 6	Bob plays a "One of These Things" game with three letter E's and a number 8.
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (repeat) (First: Episode 0016)
	SCENE 6	Gordon signs off.

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