Episode 0057

Sesame Street
Air date	January 27, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors I, P, U, 4, 5 This episode guide has been compiled from materials at the CTW Archives. ⓘ

• Grover: Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion.

• Anything Muppets perform "Spinning Wheel". (First: Episode 0012)

• Anything Muppet family: Can you guess? (First: Episode 0026)

• Lou Rawls sings the alphabet. (First: Episode 0043)

• The Anything Muppets sing "Four Blind Mice". (First: Episode 0009)

• Sesame Street Animal Films: Swinging gibbon. (First: Episode 0009)

• Sesame Street Animal Films: Giraffes. (First: Episode 0010)

• Ernie and Bert talk about paws, leading into the "Song of Five". (First: Episode 0010)

• Film: How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow." (First: Episode 0001)

• Ernie is going on a hunt for big rocks, and when he tries to pick a really big rock, the rock turns out to be the dome of a large monster. (First: Episode 0034)

• Ernie and Bert: Bert says that he and Ernie are looking at the "Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." Ernie, disagreeing, walks closer and closer to the camera to see. His face begins to black out the screen...but when he moves back into view, his nose is missing! (First: Episode 0005)

• Kermit's Lectures: Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (This was done on a chroma-key background). (First: Episode 0044)

• What will happen: Monster with a flute. (First: Episode 0031)

• Buddy and Jim hang up a picture. (First: Episode 0001)

• Speech Balloon: I -- (strawberry) Ice Cream (First: Episode 0033)

• 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)

• Speech Balloon: “P” – Pin (First: Episode 0054)

• Speech Balloon: “U” – Umbrella (First: Episode 0038)

• Jim Henson clay animation: The letter “U” is focused in a story involving a unicorn in his underwear and uniform upon a unicycle whilst under an unusually ugly umbrella. (First: Episode 0037)

• Countdown series: The rocket lifts early, and showers everyone in soot. (First: Episode 0018)

• Countdown series: After countdown, the director himself is launched into space as the rocket stays put. (First: Episode 0018)

• Carol Burnett comments on the rocket launch: "Well, back to the ol' drawing board."

• "Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0006)

• "Four Song (Song of Four)" (First: Episode 0006)

• "Jazz #5" (First: Episode 0007)

• "Five Song (Song of Five)" (First: Episode 0006)

• Balloons and balls

• Film: Kids paint a picture of a porcupine on glass.

• Film: A junior car dealer displays cars of different sizes to people of different sizes. (First: Episode 0003)

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