| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 13, 1970 | ||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Duncan notice some boxes on the ground. They look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter Q, and think of Q words. |
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Animation | Clay animation insert by Jim Henson -- Quincy talks about Q. (First: Episode 0043) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob and Rico find more boxes littered on the ground -- eight total. They also find a yellow feather... |
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Song | “Song of Eight” (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 3 | Jennie and a kid find even more boxes on the ground, with a note saying "Please do not remove these boxes." It's signed: "B.B." |
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Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward. (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon, Bob, and Jennie all conclude that the boxes were put on the ground by Big Bird, who carries three garbage can lids so he can build something out of them. He instructs everybody where to put the boxes, which form the shape of a truck, using the lids as wheels and the steering wheel. Gordon tells him he can't leave it in front of the steps, so Big Bird drives it away, quickly. Quick is a Q word. |
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Muppets | Ernie demonstrates the letter Q with a quart of milk; Cookie Monster drinks the milk. |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Animation | Clay animation insert by Jim Henson -- Quincy talks about Q. (repeat) |
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Muppets / Cast | The Anything Muppets sing "Before and After." In between the verses, we see Buddy figuring out how to eat his slice of cake, aided by an unseen voice (Frank Oz). Eventually, he's left to his own devices and causes a mess when he tries to eat his cake before he opens his mouth. |
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SCENE 5 | Bob feeds a baby goat with Holly and Matt, comparing the difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals. |
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Film | Iguanas Music: Joe Raposo |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Ernie demonstrates the word "Apple"; Cookie Monster eats Ernie's apple. |
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SCENE 6 | Jennie shows Sally how to draw objects out of the number 8, such as a snowman, a face, and an outlet. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Gordon puts some features on some Anything Muppets, forming them into a family. They all sing "Consider Yourself". (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 7 | Bob holds a Q and U, and lists some Q and U words. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038) |
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Muppets | Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it. |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon asks Duncan if he's ever seen nine Avas, and asks Ava if she's ever seen nine Duncans. He then asks if they've ever wondered if they could see how a bird flies fast... |
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Film | "Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command. |
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SCENE 9 | Jennie shows Holly and Matt how to draw objects out of circles and triangles. |
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Cast | Buddy and Jim try to fly a paper airplane. (First: Episode 0013) |
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SCENE 10 | Gordon, Sally, Holly, and Matt look at a Mexican eagle. Gordon says he also likes to watch orangutans. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play". |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants to show Bert his ice cube collection. The ice cubes were so cold that he had to put them in a box covered with an electric blanket. Much to Ernie's surprise, the ice cubes have disappeared. Since they were replaced with water, Ernie suspects that a fish might have stolen them. Bert tells him that it's because they've melted. Ernie, however, is now convinced that a fish melted the ice cubes, and angrily walks out the door to "tear him fin-from-fin." (First: Episode 0033) |
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SCENE 11 | Bob plays "One of These Things" with three circles and a rectangle while Holly and Matt watch. He plays another round with three spherical objects and a rectangular box. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (repeat) |
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SCENE 12 | Gordon signs off and Jennie announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign and Cookie Monster holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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