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*[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment|Ernie and Bert]]: [[Bert]] asks [[Ernie]] about his day. Ernie doesn't think anything interesting happened. Bert points out that Ernie went to the zoo, but Ernie says nothing interesting happened at the zoo. Then he talks about a scratch he got on his finger, and talks about how he got it, realizing in the process that something interesting did happen after all.
 
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*Cartoon: [[Poverty cartoons|Poverty H]]--A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a '''hole''' under Yellow, who yells '''"HELP!!"'''.
  
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| align=center | '''SCENE 1'''
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| Gordon encounters Oscar doing something uncommon: cleaning house! Oscar's way of cleaning house is by throwing trash onto the street. Gordon would rather have the trash be thrown into cans, but he helps Oscar anyway. He pulls a hose out of the can, and sees a horseshoe fly out.
   
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*Cartoon: A man (voiced by [[Gary Owens]]) explains how H starts the word "Hello", which is then demonstrated by people calling him and asking for someone named Harold.
  
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| H is for horseshoe.
   
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*Cartoon: A woman explains the letter H and its use in "horseshoe", when a horse comes to reclaim his shoe and starts tickling the woman.
  
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| Poverty H
   
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*Cartoon: "Poverty T" -- a figure with glasses explains T words, and at the same time abuses another figure with some of them (including getting him tangled and twirled in twine). The second figure turns out to be a cop, who presents him with a ticket for his trash.
  
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| H for hello (voice of [[Gary Owens]])
   
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*Film: "The Little Baker" -- A boy goes to a bakery and learns how an apple pie is made.
  
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| Poverty H ''(repeat)''
   
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*[[Sesame Street Animal Films]]: Ring-tail lemur family
  
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| align=center | '''SCENE 2'''
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| The area beside Oscar's can is even more littered by now. Gordon explains to Susan what's going on, and reluctantly helps Oscar further. He sets some parts of items aside, and invites the viewer to guess what they are. He then sees a big letter R, which Oscar says is his "initial" because grouches do things backwards.
   
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*Film: "ROUND" -- A live-action film shows circles in everyday life, from [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]] bottle caps, to moving wheels, to yo-yos, bubbles, and balloons, set to a lively soundtrack. {{first|0002}}
  
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| R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...<br>Artist: [[Fred Calvert]]<br>{{first|0011}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment|Ernie and Bert]]: Ernie calls his bathtub "Rosie," because whenever he takes a bath, he leaves a ring around the Rosie. {{first|0001}}
  
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| [[Speech Balloon]]: "R" – Rabbit<br>{{first|0014}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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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|0001}}
  
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| [[Image:Toon.R.Robber.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... ''(repeat)''<br>{{first|0011}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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*Ernie remarks that everyone should take a bath, and sings "[[Everybody Wash]]." {{first|0001}}
  
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| align=center | '''SCENE 3'''
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| Gordon notices that Oscar has a lot of round things, such as a ball and frisbee. He shows Oscar a film …
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*Film: A boy counts 11 eggs and one cookie in an egg carton. {{first|0002}}
  
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| [[Image:Pitchreel-circles.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| "Round": A live-action film set to a lively soundtrack shows circles in every-day life, including [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]] bottle caps, moving wheels, yo-yos, bubbles, and balloons.<br>{{first|0002}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Buddy and Jim]] have trouble getting a pair of tennis shoes and heavy workboots into their boxes. {{first|0003}}
  
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| [[Image:0056.ow-my-elbow.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| A boy's jump rope rhyme identifies the parts of his body that hurt - "otherwise I feel fine!"<br>{{first|0003}}
   
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*Cartoon: "Story of R" -- A man and his dog play a film about the letter R, involving a robber who steals a rooster and escapes by rowboat. ''(aired twice)'' {{first|0011}}
  
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 4'''
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| Gordon and Oscar have just finished the cleaning process. Gordon remembers that Oscar got a telegram earlier, and produces it from his pocket. It reads, "Dear Oscar. Plans changed. Cannot come to visit you tomorrow as planned; Hope you didn't go to any trouble for me. Love, Mother." Oscar, upon hearing this, proceeds to mess up the street yet again.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*[[Speech Balloon]]: “R” – Rabbit {{first|0014}}
  
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| [[Image:tisfortrash.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Poverty T
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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*"[[Number Song Series|Eight Song (Song of Eight)]]" {{first|0016}}
  
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| align=center | '''SCENE 5'''
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| Bob, holding a large T, invites the viewer to look around for T's on Sesame Street. He finds them in the windows, in the railing, etc. He hears water splashing from inside Ernie and Bert's apartment …
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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*"[[Number Song Series|Nine Song (Song of Nine)]]" {{first|0016}}
  
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| {{erniebert|apt}} [[Ernie]] tells [[Bert]] that he calls his bathtub [[Rosie]], because after his bath, he leaves a ring around Rosie. Bert then tells Ernie to get out of the tub, because other people are waiting to use it: Solomon Grundy, for instance.<br>{{first|0001}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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{{Ep-nav|prev=[[Episode 0019]]|next=[[Episode 0021]]}}
  
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| [[Image:solomongrundy.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| 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!"<br>{{first|0001}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:everybodywash.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Song
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| [[Ernie]] leads the cast in "[[Everybody Wash]]."<br>{{first|0001}}
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| align=center | '''SCENE 6'''
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| [[Big Bird]] gets some help from the kids in distinguishing between ''on'' and ''in''. Gordon thinks he's still mixed up, but not as much as Buddy and Jim …
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:BuddyJim.shoes.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| [[Buddy and Jim]] have a difficult time in matching up a pair of tennis sneakers and a pair of heavy workboots with the right boxes.<br>{{first|0003}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 7'''
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| In the kitchen, Susan reads a book with a girl: <u>Who Will Wake Up Spring?</u> by [[Sharon Lerner]]. When she finishes, she realizes she needs to bake bread, and asks the girl to fetch the eggs from the fridge.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:eggscookies.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Counting eleven eggs and one cookie.<br>{{first|0002}}
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| align=center | '''SCENE 7'''<br>cont'd
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| Susan has assembled the ingredients for the bread on the counter. She introduces the next film.
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| [[Image:thelittlebaker.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| "The Little Baker": A boy imagines that he's a baker.
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 7'''<br>cont'd
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| Susan sets the bread out to rise, and observes that it's been quiet at Ernie and Bert's today…
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1800-30.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{erniebert|apt}} [[Bert]] asks [[Ernie]] about his day. Ernie says nothing interesting happened. Bert points out that Ernie went to the zoo, but Ernie says nothing interesting happened at the zoo. Then he talks about a scratch he got on his finger, and talks about how he got it, realizing in the process that something interesting did happen after all.
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| [[Image:No9.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[Numerosity|Nine Song (Song of Nine)]]<br>{{first|0016}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 8'''
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| Gordon builds two sets of nine towers with cigar boxes - one with glue, one without. He counts the boxes in the first tower.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:No9.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[Numerosity|Nine Song (Song of Nine)]] ''(repeat)''<br>{{first|0016}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| align=center | '''SCENE 8'''<br>cont'd
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| Gordon counts the boxes in the other tower.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:No9.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[Numerosity|Nine Song (Song of Nine)]] ''(repeat)''<br>{{first|0016}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 8'''<br>cont'd
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| Gordon rearranges the nine unglued boxes to form a wall.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Walls film.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| A funky soundtrack plays over a film about a kid interacting with walls of all kinds: tall walls, brick walls, fences, stone walls, and walls you never thought of like the side of a fishbowl.
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 9'''
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| Gordon and Susan say goodbye. Gordon announces the sponsors, and the book read on today's show.
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|}
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{{nav|episode|prev=[[Episode 0019]]|next=[[Episode 0021]]}}
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Revision as of 05:26, 17 February 2020

Sesame Street
Oscar cleans house
Air date December 5, 1969
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production November 4, 1969
Sponsors H, R, T, 8, 9
This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
Noimage
 SCENE 1 Gordon encounters Oscar doing something uncommon: cleaning house! Oscar's way of cleaning house is by throwing trash onto the street. Gordon would rather have the trash be thrown into cans, but he helps Oscar anyway. He pulls a hose out of the can, and sees a horseshoe fly out.
Hladycartoon
 Cartoon H is for horseshoe.
Hisforhorn
 Cartoon Poverty H
1708t
 Cartoon H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
Hisforhorn
 Cartoon Poverty H (repeat)
Noimage
 SCENE 2 The area beside Oscar's can is even more littered by now. Gordon explains to Susan what's going on, and reluctantly helps Oscar further. He sets some parts of items aside, and invites the viewer to guess what they are. He then sees a big letter R, which Oscar says is his "initial" because grouches do things backwards.
Toon.R.Robber
 Cartoon R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...
Artist: Fred Calvert
(First: Episode 0011)
SB-Rabbit
 Cartoon Speech Balloon: "R" – Rabbit
(First: Episode 0014)
Toon.R.Robber
 Cartoon R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... (repeat)
(First: Episode 0011)
Noimage
 SCENE 3 Gordon notices that Oscar has a lot of round things, such as a ball and frisbee. He shows Oscar a film …
Pitchreel-circles
 Film "Round": A live-action film set to a lively soundtrack shows circles in every-day life, including Coca-Cola bottle caps, moving wheels, yo-yos, bubbles, and balloons.
(First: Episode 0002)
0056.ow-my-elbow
 Cartoon A boy's jump rope rhyme identifies the parts of his body that hurt - "otherwise I feel fine!"
(First: Episode 0003)
Noimage
 SCENE 4 Gordon and Oscar have just finished the cleaning process. Gordon remembers that Oscar got a telegram earlier, and produces it from his pocket. It reads, "Dear Oscar. Plans changed. Cannot come to visit you tomorrow as planned; Hope you didn't go to any trouble for me. Love, Mother." Oscar, upon hearing this, proceeds to mess up the street yet again.
Tisfortrash
 Cartoon Poverty T
Noimage
 SCENE 5 Bob, holding a large T, invites the viewer to look around for T's on Sesame Street. He finds them in the windows, in the railing, etc. He hears water splashing from inside Ernie and Bert's apartment …
The Bath Story
 Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie tells Bert that he calls his bathtub Rosie, because after his bath, he leaves a ring around Rosie. Bert then tells Ernie to get out of the tub, because other people are waiting to use it: Solomon Grundy, for instance.
(First: Episode 0001)
Solomongrundy
 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)
Everybodywash
 Song Ernie leads the cast in "Everybody Wash."
(First: Episode 0001)
Noimage
 SCENE 6 Big Bird gets some help from the kids in distinguishing between on and in. Gordon thinks he's still mixed up, but not as much as Buddy and Jim …
BuddyJim.shoes
 Cast Buddy and Jim have a difficult time in matching up a pair of tennis sneakers and a pair of heavy workboots with the right boxes.
(First: Episode 0003)
Noimage
 SCENE 7 In the kitchen, Susan reads a book with a girl: Who Will Wake Up Spring? by Sharon Lerner. When she finishes, she realizes she needs to bake bread, and asks the girl to fetch the eggs from the fridge.
Eggscookies
 Film Counting eleven eggs and one cookie.
(First: Episode 0002)
Noimage
 SCENE 7
cont'd 		Susan has assembled the ingredients for the bread on the counter. She introduces the next film.
Thelittlebaker
 Film "The Little Baker": A boy imagines that he's a baker.
Noimage
 SCENE 7
cont'd 		Susan sets the bread out to rise, and observes that it's been quiet at Ernie and Bert's today…
1800-30
 Muppets Ernie & Bert — Bert asks Ernie about his day. Ernie says nothing interesting happened. Bert points out that Ernie went to the zoo, but Ernie says nothing interesting happened at the zoo. Then he talks about a scratch he got on his finger, and talks about how he got it, realizing in the process that something interesting did happen after all.
No9
 Film Nine Song (Song of Nine)
(First: Episode 0016)
Noimage
 SCENE 8 Gordon builds two sets of nine towers with cigar boxes - one with glue, one without. He counts the boxes in the first tower.
No9
 Film Nine Song (Song of Nine) (repeat)
(First: Episode 0016)
Noimage
 SCENE 8
cont'd 		Gordon counts the boxes in the other tower.
No9
 Film Nine Song (Song of Nine) (repeat)
(First: Episode 0016)
Noimage
 SCENE 8
cont'd 		Gordon rearranges the nine unglued boxes to form a wall.
Walls film
 Film A funky soundtrack plays over a film about a kid interacting with walls of all kinds: tall walls, brick walls, fences, stone walls, and walls you never thought of like the side of a fishbowl.
Noimage
 SCENE 9 Gordon and Susan say goodbye. Gordon announces the sponsors, and the book read on today's show.


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