| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | December 26, 1969 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon tosses the football around with Jay as he welcomes the viewer. He asked Ernie earlier if he wanted to play, but Ernie's about to take a nap… |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Nap — During Ernie's nap time, Cookie Monster tries to steal his pillow by distracting him with a bell. |
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Film | A film of things that make sounds, including birds, farm animals, vehicles and footsteps. Is silence a sound? (First: Episode 0002) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird looks around for things that begin with F for Kolai, but hasn't been able to find anything. Susan points to her face and fingers, as well as his feet and feathers. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar is upset that Big Bird went to Susan rather than him to show F words; after all, he is the expert. He displays for Gordon a fork, a football, some flowers, and a fish named Freddy. He then turns on his fountain (the home of Freddy) and water spouts out of his trash can. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (repeat) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob and Steve look at a grey goose, which has a long neck. Which animal has the longest neck? |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Giraffes. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0010) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan shows some picture sequences to Sally and Kolai and asks them which order they go in. The first set is a man riding a horse, the next is a bird's nest with eggs, and the last sequence involves a cat up a tree. |
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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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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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Film | "Two Song (Song of Two)" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon points out the many wheels he sees: two on Jay's scooter, three on Kolai's tricycle, and four on Steve's roller skate. |
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Film | Different kinds of wheels are shown and what they’re used for. (First: Episode 0013) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan plays "One of These Things" with Steve and Kolai with pictures of three stars and one circle. |
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Film | "Three Song (Song of Three)." (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002) |
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Celebrity | Listen My Brother sings a counting song. (First: Episode 0026) |
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SCENE 8 | What should Susan use to eat her soup: her knife, fork or spoon? Buddy and Jim wouldn't know... |
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Cast | Buddy and Jim try to eat soup with a fork. (First: Episode 0019) |
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SCENE 9 | Bob reads a book: If I Had... by Mercer Mayer. He mentions that it's important to know the alphabet, like Burt Lancaster. |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (First: Episode 0032) |
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SCENE 10 | Bob and Sally observe and feed a young chimpanzee. Bob points out that animals don't have hands, like people. |
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Film | There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise. (First: Episode 0007) |
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Film | A group of kids play follow the leader and go over, around and through various obstacles, but one of them takes a while to catch on. (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 11 | Bob signs off, and the credits roll as he plays Pat-a-Cake and feeds the chimpanzee. Gordon later joins him to sign off as Susan announces the sponsors and today's book. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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