Episode 0026

Sesame Street
Air date	December 15, 1969
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors G, O, Z, 2, 3 This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon gives ice cream cones to Susan, Bob, and Jennie. He has one left, which he'll give to Oscar, because everyone likes ice cream.
	Muppets	Three Anything Muppets sing "Everyone Likes Ice Cream".
	SCENE 2	Gordon finds out that Oscar doesn't like ice cream, but instead likes spinach with chocolate sauce, peanut butter and sardines on top.
	Cartoon	"All right, now that you've eaten everything in sight, would you mind telling me what you plan to have for dessert?" (First: Episode 0006)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie holds a hanky while Bert sneezes -- and Bert's nose comes off in Ernie's hand. Ernie teases Bert by putting his nose back in the wrong places.
	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)
	SCENE 3	Jennie and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter O (First: Episode 0012). She shows them how to draw the letter O, and make it into different objects.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: O for Open (First: Episode 0014)
	Cartoon	A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011)
	Muppets	"Can You Guess?" In the first-ever Sesame Street game show, hosted by Big Bob, monster contestant Billy must guess which one of the family is the mother. Billy gets the answer wrong, because he only recognizes his own (monster) mother.
	Film	Dots 1
	SCENE 4	Jennie has expanded her drawing to include pairs (twos) of things.
	Film	"Two Song (Song of Two)" (First: Episode 0001)
	Cartoon	"Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001)
	Film	Dots 2
	SCENE 5	Susan asks a girl how she would take care of a baby, using a doll and carriage as an example.
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Tree kangaroo and baby. Music: Joe Raposo
	Film	Dots 3
	SCENE 6	In the kitchen, Gordon shows a boy a new mirror he just unpacked, and demonstrates how to use it. He points out that Buddy and Jim have trouble with mirrors …
	Cast	Buddy and Jim: Buddy gives Jim a present, which is a mirror, but each one thinks it's a picture of themselves. (First: Episode 0006)
	Film	Dots 4
	Muppets	Ernie is supposed to talk about the letter Z, but doesn't know what a Z looks or sounds like. He hears a buzzing noise, and looks around to find its source. He finds a funny looking thing in a drawer, which, as Bert points out, is a Z.
	Cartoon	Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025)
	Film	Dots 5
	SCENE 7	Big Bird shows Jennie three pictures he's drawn of his friend, Rodney the dog. Jennie points out what's wrong with them: in the first one, Rodney is bigger than his doghouse; in the second one, Rodney walks on two legs while his master walks on all fours; in the third one, Rodney says "meow" instead of "woof". Jennie still thinks they are three nice pictures.
	Film	"Three Song (Song of Three)." (First: Episode 0001)
	Film	Dots 6
	SCENE 8	Susan displays pictures of three things (dolls, kittens and sneakers) and has the kids guess which of the three is different in each one.
	Cartoon	"Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002)
	Celebrity	Listen My Brother sings a counting song.
	SCENE 9	Gordon finds Oscar doing something unusual: cleaning his trash can! Oscar shows all the things he cleans with, littering the street in the process.
	Film	Dots 7
	SCENE 10	Bob and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter G (First: Episode 0025). Bob points out that G is for "glass" and "grass", and that Burt Lancaster knows the other letters of the alphabet.
	Celebrity	Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006)
	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)
	SCENE 11	Jennie shows some kids a picture of a farm, and has them find the hidden animals and tools in it.
	Film	Trip thru woods
	SCENE 12	Gordon signs off.

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