Episode 0053

Sesame Street
Air date	January 21, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors E, O, V, 10 This episode guide has been compiled from materials at the CTW Archives. ⓘ

File:Babooncarry.jpg

• Ernie and Bert: Bert and Ernie try to figure out who owns a cabinet containing cookies. Bert says that the cabinet is his, because he has his first initial, B, on the door. However, the B is spread between two doors, and Ernie opens one door, making it look like an E. (First: Episode 0019)

• Susan sings "If You're Happy and You Know It". (First: Episode 0008)

• Film: Two men, Big and Little, travel around playing the tuba and violin. Even though they’re different (Big has dark skin, and Little has light skin), together they make beautiful music. (First: Episode 0016)

• Bob and Susan sing "Happiness Is". (First: Episode 0007)

• Sesame Street Animal Films: A mother mandrill carries her young. (First: Episode 0039)

• Anything Muppets sing "Mahna Mahna". (First: Episode 0014)

• Sesame Street Animal Films: Tree kangaroo and baby. (First: Episode 0026)

• Buddy and Jim try to eat soup with a fork. (First: Episode 0019)

• Animation: "E Imagination": A surreal story of a boy eating a peach atop an eagle witnessing a queen on her knee, dreaming of eating ice cream in a land of steam. (First: Episode 0001)

• Susan sings "The Alphabet Song". (First: Episode 0014)

• James Earl Jones says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0002)

• Ernie and Bert: Bert sees Ernie talk to "an elephant" while using a banana as a phone. Ernie explains to Bert that he is just pretending, but then he tells Bert that the elephant wants to talk to him. (First: Episode 0004)

• Ernie and Bert: Ernie is preparing to have a snack but discovers that they keep on vanishing. He eventually catches the culprit... (First: Episode 0011)

• Cartoon: "Imagination O" -- A surreal story about a boy, a goat, and a bulldozer that closes up a hole in a cloud that blows the cold. (aired twice) (First: Episode 0011)

• Speech Balloon: O – Open (aired twice) (First: Episode 0014)

• Cartoon: "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes, among other things beginning with V. (First: Episode 0050)

• Countdown series: After the countdown, the rocket flops over. The director nervously chuckles. (First: Episode 0018)

• Countdown series: The rocket takes off at seven. It comes back down so the director can continue his countdown, but at one, it falls over with a huge crash. (First: Episode 0022)

• Countdown series: The rocket successfully launches as everyone celebrates. (First: Episode 0042)

• "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (First: Episode 0021)

• Film: Rectangles in the country and city. (First: Episode 0005)

• Film: A visit to a tomato field.

• Film: Magnetic crane (First: Episode 0009)

• Song: "Look a Little Closer" (skin) (First: Episode 0010)

• Song: "Look a Little Closer" (tomato) (First: Episode 0006)

Previous episode:	Next episode:
Episode 0052	Episode 0054