| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 27, 1970 | ||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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Celebrity | Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids. (First: Episode 0043) |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon greets the viewer, saying there is a lot to do and see today. First, he invites us to play along with the following quiz show… |
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Muppets | Big Bob hosts "Can You Guess?", the first-ever Sesame Street game show. Billy Monster must guess which of three (non-monster) panelists is the mother. Billy can't get the right answer because his own mother possesses monster traits. (First: Episode 0026) |
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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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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot. (First: Episode 0018) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. |
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Film | Kids demonstrate perspective using large and small rocks as they position themselves near and far. (First: Episode 0045) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher — Bert and Ernie get closer to the camera to observe "The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." (First: Episode 0005) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon quizzes Jackie and Jay on today's number sponsor. Jackie guesses it's 5, and Jay guesses it's 7. And the number is... |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Dog Paws — Bert overhears Ernie drawing a picture of a dog with five legs. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Film | Four Song (Song of Four) (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing a round of "Four Blind Mice". (intro shortened) (First: Episode 0009) |
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Film | "Big, Bigger, Biggest" A junior car dealer displays cars of different sizes to people of different sizes. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Rock Hunting — Ernie is on a hunt for big rocks. When he tries to pick a really big rock, the rock turns out to be the dome of a large monster. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off. (First: Episode 0018) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett: "Well, back to the ol' drawing board!" |
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Muppets | Gordon meets Professor Hastings and Professor Goldfinch, who will be performing a number. A wild Anything Muppet arrives as their drummer and the trio performs "Spinning Wheel". (First: Episode 0012) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: P - Pin (First: Episode 0054) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Bob find a series of shapes, guessing what each individual piece looks like. They put them all together to form a letter P. |
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Film | A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. |
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Cast / Muppets | Gordon plays a game of "What Will Happen?" with Ernie. After Ernie guesses correctly what will happen when Gordon drops a ball and turns on a radio, Gordon asks what will happen when he picks up a bell and shakes it. Ernie says the bell will ring. Gordon states that a monster will come out and start blowing a flute. Ernie thinks that's silly, but is surprised when that exact thing happens. Gordon admits that he had worked it out beforehand with Cookie Monster, and gives him a cookie. After Gordon leaves, Ernie has an idea for a trick to play on Bert. (First: Episode 0031) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038) |
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Muppets | Part 2: Ernie tries to play the same trick on Bert, but when Ernie rings the bell, nothing else happens. Bert thinks Ernie's gone bananas, and he leaves. When Ernie wants to know what happened, Cookie Monster says that he couldn't play the flute, because his mouth was full of cookies. (First: Episode 0031) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob segues from the previous bit to Buddy and Jim. |
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Cast | Buddy and Jim hang a picture. (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon sees some kids run by and mentions that exercise is important, as Kermit will soon show you. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (First: Episode 0044) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon wonders what other animals Kermit will see at the zoo today. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Giraffes. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0010) |
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Film | A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0009) |
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Film | How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow." (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words. (First: Episode 0037) |
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SCENE 7 | Gordon introduces the number Jackie guessed earlier: the number 5. |
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Film | Five Song (Song of Five) (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0005) |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon and the kids head to Hooper's Store as Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign and Mr. Hooper and Bob hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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