Episode 0075

Sesame Street
Air date	February 20, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon and a kid walk over to Oscar's can and see a giant letter O on it. Gordon assumes that it stands for "Oscar" or for "open", but Oscar says it's neither, and tells them to unroll a nearby roll of paper. By the time they finish unrolling it, they are far away from Oscar's can, which is what Oscar wanted, according to the message written on the paper.
	Cartoon	A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: O for Open (First: Episode 0014)
	Film	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011)
	SCENE 2	In the kitchen, Susan asks a girl to guess what certain silverware pieces are used for.
	Cast	Buddy and Jim try to eat soup with a fork. (First: Episode 0019)
	SCENE 3	Gordon and a kid observe a live animal that normally lives in the woods.
	Film	"In the Woods": Two kids go out into the woods. (First: Episode 0026)
	Cartoon	Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot. (First: Episode 0018)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs, so both help each other scratch their back. While Ernie's itch takes a little too long to scratch, he introduces a film called "Everybody Scratch." After the film, Ernie notices that Bert has stopped scratching his back; Beautiful Day Monster is. (First: Episode 0012)
	Cartoon	Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off. (First: Episode 0018)
	Cartoon	"The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0009)
	SCENE 4	In the yard, Gordon has set up a bathtub with water in it. He demonstrates to the kids how air can move sailboats.
	Muppets	Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. (First: Episode 0034)
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Gordon points out that air is also used to fill balloons. He has the kids fill up three, and points out which balloon is big, bigger and biggest.
	Film	"Big, Bigger, Biggest" A junior car dealer displays cars of different sizes to people of different sizes. (First: Episode 0003)
	Cartoon	Rocket countdown: The spectators take off. (First: Episode 0022)
	SCENE 5	Susan plays "One of These Things" with pictures of things that make sounds, except for a cushion.
	Film	A film of things that make sounds, including birds, farm animals, vehicles and footsteps. Is silence a sound? (First: Episode 0002)
	SCENE 6	In the kitchen, Gordon shows a kid how to turn on a radio.
	Cartoon	A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011)
	SCENE 6 cont'd	Gordon has the kid draw a capital and lowercase R.
	Cartoon	R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie tells Bert about his so-called "boring" day at the zoo. (First: Episode 0020)
	SCENE 7	Outside, Susan and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter O (First: Episode 0012).
	Muppets	A group of Muppets (including Taminella Grinderfall and Sour Bird) repeat saying "Oh!" when they see a letter O.
	Cartoon	A song about a rolling O (repeat)
	Film	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (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)
	Film	"Six Song (Song of Six)" (First: Episode 0011)
	SCENE 8	Gordon and the kids observe a baby ocelot. He announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.

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