| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | January 9, 1970 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon greets the viewer, teasing about a few people and things they'll be seeing today. He mentions how much he likes it when their visits begin; beginnings are groovy! |
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Film | A voice narrates a film about how things begin -- including roosters, buildings, lakes, cups, birthday cakes, trees, and babies. Portions of this film were later re-edited into "A Little Bit (at the Beginning)". (First: Episode 0003) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob shows Paul a coatimundi in the Pet Shop window. Bob doesn't think coatimundis are as useful to people as a cow. |
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Film | How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow." (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040) |
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SCENE 3 | With Robin, Gordon asks Big Bird an important question: what does he look like? He shows Big Bird a drawing and a photograph of himself, and uncovers a mirror — and Big Bird is amazed that he looks like all three of them. |
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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) |
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Cartoon | A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*. Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee (First: Episode 0007) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppets sing "As I Was Going to St. Ives." |
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Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon and Robin look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter N (First: Episode 0040). Gordon then asks Big Bird how big he is - he's big, of course. Gordon shows him a series of photos where he is up close, then farther and farther from the camera. He doesn't understand how he could become so tiny, but Gordon and Robin teach him about perspective by walking up the street toward him. |
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Film | Kids demonstrate perspective using large and small rocks as they position themselves near and far. |
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SCENE 5 | Bob says that his favorite time of the day is nighttime, and reads At Night by Philip Ressner. |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets sing "Everyone Likes Ice Cream" (First: Episode 0026) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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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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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob shows Gillian some pictures, asking her to identify what's wrong with them (the vehicles are on terrains where they don't belong). |
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Film | Transportation (First: Episode 0005) |
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SCENE 7 | Gordon talks with Jay and Steven about the scarlet macaw he has; he says it's fun to watch animals play. |
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Film | Apes play at the zoo. |
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Cartoon | K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber. |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon and the kids try to get the macaw to say goodbye, and Gordon asks if it knows anybody listed during the credit crawl. He then signs off and announces the sponsors and today's book. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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