Episode 0060

	Sesame Street
	Up and down!
Air date	January 30, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors	I, P, U, 10
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon displays a capital and lowercase letter I, and introduces Bob's story.
	Muppets / Cast	Bob reads "The Story of Ira and Inez." (First: Episode 0034)
	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)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033)
	SCENE 2	Gordon makes sure Big Bird knows the difference between "up" and "down", pointing out such examples as going up and down the steps, and kids playing jump rope. Big Bird thinks of something else that can go up and down: a rocket.
	Cartoon	Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over. (First: Episode 0018)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird: "I was thinking of a different rocket …"
	Cartoon	Rocket countdown: The spectators take off. (First: Episode 0022)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird: "I was thinking of a rocket that goes straight up into the air …"
	Cartoon	Rocket countdown: Unlike previous segments, the rocket successfully launches at the right time as everyone celebrates, and the director grins at the camera. (First: Episode 0042)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Big Bird: "There! That's the rocket!" Gordon mentions that an elevator also goes up and down.
	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. (First: Episode 0003)
	Muppets / Cast	It's Silly Song Time! A gang of hippie Anything Muppets sing a song about "Up and Down". After the first verse, we fade to a sequence of Buddy looking up for something he dropped — a balloon. After the second verse, we fade to a scene of Ernie pouring milk into a glass while hanging upside down, despite Bert's warning.
	Film	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (First: Episode 0021)
	Cartoon	"Count Up Elevator" (repeat)
	Cartoon	A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and square. Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee (First: Episode 0007)
	Cartoon	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0036)
	Celebrity	Listen My Brother sings their own version of "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 0005)
	SCENE 3	Bob and a kid observe a tree, and look for things made of wood.
	Film	"In the Woods": Two kids go out into the woods. (First: Episode 0026)
	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)
	Film	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (repeat)
	SCENE 4	Susan watches some girls play jump rope and points out the rhythm they're using.
	Film	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (First: Episode 0032)
	Muppets	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman. (First: Episode 0023)
	Film	"My Kitten" A boy narrates a film about his playful kitten, Dusty, who has a big imagination. (First: Episode 0004)
	SCENE 5	Susan reads Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion. She then points out that Ernie has run out of cookies.
	Muppets	"If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked a Cake" (First: Episode 0031)
	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)
	Cast	Buddy and Jim struggle with replacing a light bulb. (First: Episode 0007)
	Cartoon	A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (First: Episode 0057)
	SCENE 6	Susan plays two rounds of "One of These Things" with the viewer, and Gordon signs off.