| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | February 18, 1970 | ||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon welcomes the viewer as he arm wrestles with Ronald and Mauricio. He points out that he sits behind a desk all day and doesn't get enough exercise; if he did, he'd be more like this guy... |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B". (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Gordon has the kids prepare to do some pushups, and tells the viewer that Burt Lancaster's ready to do some. |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster counts while doing pushups. (First: Episode 0010) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
The kids finish their pushups, and Gordon invites them to relax and watch something else… |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Gordon plays a "what happens next" game with Mauricio and Ronald, pointing them to some clips of Buddy and Jim (recycled from Episode 0037); the videos pause so that the kids can guess what will happen next. The first is of Buddy and a roller skate on the floor, and Jim performing a ball trick as a magician; the results are surprising. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — (Part 1) Bert tells Ernie to clean up the messy apartment. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — (Part 2) Ernie has finished cleaning up the apartment, but the toy chest is still a mess, so he throws toys all over the place. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (First: Episode 0064) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon, Rhonda, and Ava look at a couple of African green singing finches. |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B". (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon and the girls feed a chinchilla rabbit, and discuss the differences between mammals and birds. |
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Muppets | Ernie is preparing to have a snack but discovers that his milk and cookie keep on vanishing. He eventually catches the culprit, who begins acting affectionately, until Ernie agrees to give him his own milk and cookie. (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon counts the jumps as Troy and Renee jump rope on the street. Gordon mentions another jumper who has a few complaints. |
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Cartoon | A boy's jump rope rhyme identifies the parts of his body that hurt - "otherwise I feel fine!" (First: Episode 0003) |
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Film | Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Muppets | Kermit teaches some, more, and most with jellybeans in jars while Cookie Monster eats each jar of jellybeans. (First: Episode 0022) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Kermit returns to teach some, more, and most again, but with marbles in jars this time. Cookie Monster eats one jarfull and hurts his mouth. (First: Episode 0022) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon shows Jay how to draw shapes, and then turns them into different objects. He uses two finished drawings to find more shapes. |
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Cartoon | Children describe how to draw an elephant. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Muppets | Gordon has four things lined up in a row--a harmonica, a whistle, a trumpet, and a banana. He tells Ernie that one of these doesn't belong, and Ernie chooses the banana because you can make music with the instruments, but you eat the banana... or so he thinks. Gordon tells Ernie to blow into the banana and Ernie appears to be playing a horn until Gordon reveals he was honking a horn behind his back the whole time. Amused by the trick, they decide to play the same joke on Cookie Monster, but Cookie has a different idea--you eat the harmonica, whistle, and trumpet, and make beautiful music with the banana! (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cast | Buddy and Jim struggle with buttons. (First: Episode 0015) |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "All Together Now". (First: Episode 0015) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon and Jay watch as the girls continue their jump roping. |
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Film | Girls play a jump rope alphabet game: “I’ve got an A in my ankle, I’ve got a B in my back,” etc. A boy wants to play, but one of the girls says the game is for girls only. Finally, when he contributes “I’ve got a Z in my zebra,” one of the girls says he can play. (First: Episode 0030) |
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SCENE 6 cont'd |
Gordon signs off with some rhymes and Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, and Susan and Gordon hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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