| Sesame Street | |||||||
| A windy day | |||||||
| Air date | December 25, 1969 | ||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | It's a windy day today on Sesame Street. Gordon spots some moving leaves, Mr. Hooper places weights on his newspapers so they don't blow away, Bob claims to have been blown away three blocks down, and Susan tries to keep her hat on her head. By sheer coincidence, the newspaper also says it's supposed to be windy today. |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Hooper brings out an unusual-looking kite, which he calls "Hooper's Heaven Hopper and Cloud Caper-Cutter." It doesn't work as planned and drags on the ground (Mr. Hooper: "Maybe there was too much aereonautic downdraft torque on the reflyalizer..."), but Gordon kindly remarks, "Well, it's not the first thing I've seen that didn't get off the ground…" |
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Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The rocket shoots water. (First: Episode 0022) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon and Bob cooperate to get Mr. Hooper's kite into the air (with Hooper as the remote pilot). The launch is a success, but it quickly dodges an airplane, which happens to be Alphabet Bates skywriting the letter C. (First: Episode 0029) |
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Cartoon | A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion. (First: Episode 0032) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob asks Oscar if he'd like to fly the kite, but Oscar is busy writing poetry. He reads his "Trees"-esque poem about himself. Bob reminds him that "three" rhymes with "me." |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002) |
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Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The spectators take off. (First: Episode 0022) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is going on a hunt for big rocks. When he tries to pick a really big one, the rock turns out to be the dome of a large monster. |
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Film | "Big, Bigger, Biggest" A junior car dealer displays cars of different sizes to people of different sizes. (First: Episode 0003) |
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SCENE 5 | As Mr. Hooper works on another kite, Bob observes some Persian kittens with Vanessa and Mary. Bob introduces the next segment as he counts the kittens. |
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Film | "Three Song (Song of Three)." (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
Bob introduces the next segment, remarking that a few of the cats had left. |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Another cat has returned, so once again there's three. |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 cont'd |
Now that the number two and three have been straightened out, Bob introduces Buddy and Jim. |
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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. (First: Episode 0012) |
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Cartoon | Rocket countdown: Rocket takes off at 7. Then it comes down so the man can continue his countdown, but at 1, it falls over with a huge crash. (First: Episode 0022) |
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SCENE 7 | Mr. Hooper shows Gordon his newly-made box kite, which is constructed with rectangles as Gordon points out. |
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Film | "Rectangles" Rectangles in the city and country are shown to a percussion soundtrack. (First: Episode 0005) |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon finds Oscar, still writing poems. Gordon observes that "flower" rhymes with "hour" and also begins with F. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. |
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SCENE 9 | Mr. Hooper takes his turn flying the kite. Bob says a fly is a small animal, but here's a big animal… |
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Film | A film shows parts of an elephant. Music: Joe Raposo |
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SCENE 10 | On the stoop of 123 Sesame Street, Bob and Brynne feed and talk about a turkey. Bob comments how turkeys can't fly well, even if they had three wings. |
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Film | "Three Song (Song of Three)." (repeat) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (repeat) |
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Song | "What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (First: Episode 0003) |
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SCENE 11 | Susan points out to Vanessa that machines also have parts. |
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Film | A steam shovel picks up debris. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob reads "The Story of Ira and Inez." |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 12 | Gordon displays some pictures Susan made and asks Brynne and Mary what just happened in the pictures he shows them. The first picture is of a man shaving, and the next is if of a car crashed into a tree. The last one shows an airplane at an airport; Gordon points out that Big Bird is the real expert on flying. When Mr. Hooper hands Big Bird the kite to share, Big Bird confesses that he can't fly. They encourage him to try it, and the wind ends up being so strong that it carries Big Bird up into the air with the kite (off-screen). Everyone watches with amazement as Big Bird goes with the wind. Gordon signs off and Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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