Episode 0073

Sesame Street
Air date	February 18, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors B, M, X, 6, 7 This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon welcomes the viewer when sitting with some kids. He points out that exercise is important — just ask a boxer.
	Cartoon	A boxer explains the letter "B". (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Gordon has the kids do some pushups, and tells the viewer to follow along with Burt Lancaster.
	Celebrity	Burt Lancaster counts while doing pushups. (First: Episode 0010)
	SCENE 1 cont'd	The kids get up, and Gordon invites them to relax and watch something else …
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Gordon plays a "what happens next" game with some kids, in which he points them to some videotaped clips which pause so that the kids can guess what will happen next. The results are surprising. (First: Episode 0037)
	Cartoon	Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011)
	Film	"Six Song (Song of Six)" (First: Episode 0011)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — (Part 1) Bert tells Ernie to clean up the messy apartment. (First: Episode 0010)
	Cartoon	M for mouse, mud, and mother
	Cartoon	M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013)
	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)
	Cartoon	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (First: Episode 0064)
	SCENE 2	Gordon and a kid look at a live bird.
	Film	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019)
	Cartoon	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008)
	Cartoon	A boxer explains the letter "B". (repeat)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 3	Gordon and the kids observe the differences between a mammal and a bird.
	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)
	Film	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011)
	SCENE 4	Girls are jumping rope in the street. Gordon watches, and mentions his hurting friend.
	Cartoon	A boy's jump rope rhyme identifies the parts of his body that hurt - "otherwise I feel fine!" (First: Episode 0003)
	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)
	Muppets	Kermit teaches some, more, and most with jellybeans in jars while Cookie Monster eats each jar of jellybeans. (First: Episode 0022)
	Film	"Six Song (Song of Six)" (repeat)
	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)
	SCENE 5	Gordon shows the kids how to draw shapes, and turn them into objects.
	Cartoon	Children describe how to draw an elephant. (First: Episode 0052)
	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)
	Cast	Buddy and Jim struggle with buttons. (First: Episode 0015)
	Cartoon	M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets sing "All Together Now". (First: Episode 0015)
	SCENE 6	The girls are still jumping rope in front of 123. Gordon marvels at their stamina.
	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)
	SCENE 6 cont'd	Gordon signs off and announces the sponsors.

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