Episode 0049

Sesame Street
Air date	January 15, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors A, Q, U, 8, 9 This episode guide has been compiled from materials at the CTW Archives. ⓘ

• The Anything Muppets sing "Up, Up and Away".

• Ernie and Bert: Ernie calls his bathtub "Rosie", because whenever he takes a bath, he leaves a ring around Rosie. (First: Episode 0001)

• Ernie remarks that everyone should take a bath, and Sings "Everybody Wash". (First: Episode 0001)

• Film: "In the Woods": Two kids go out into the woods. (First: Episode 0006)

• 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)

• Alphabet Bates makes the letter U. (First: Episode 0036)

• Cartoon: "Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. (aired twice) (First: Episode 0036)

• The Listen My Brother group sings "The Alphabet Song". (First: Episode 0005)

• Ernie and Bert: Ernie gets Bert to play a game with him, in which he says "I one the sandbox", Bert says "I two the sandbox", and so on until Bert gets to "I eight the sandbox." "You ate the sandbox? How'd it taste?" Ernie asks. (First: Episode 0019)

• Kermit's Lectures: Kermit gives a lecture about rectangles. Cookie Monster smashes the shape, but says it'll still work out: "It's a wreck -- and it's a tangle!" (EKA: Episode 0017)

• Buddy and Jim try to use a seesaw. (First: Episode 0010)

• Speech Balloon: A--Ape (First: Episode 0006)

• Cartoon: A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is...before he is eaten by one. (First: Episode 0006)

• Jim Henson clay animation: A red creature named Quincy talks about Q. (First: Episode 0043)

• Cartoon: A boy counts while erasing things and people. (First: Episode 0008)

• Cartoon: "Count Up Elevator" -- An elevator operator stops at ten floors to pick up passengers, including a witch, a fireman, and a kangaroo. The tenth passenger, a mouse, causes the elevator to overload and explode. (aired twice) (First: Episode 0003)

• "Eight Song (Song of Eight)" (First: Episode 0016)

• "Jazz #8" (First: Episode 0016)

• "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016)

• Story: "Katie Goes to Camp"

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