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Sesame Street
Air date March 3, 1970
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production February 6, 1970
Sponsors A, H, 10

SSShowID-0082

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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0082b
SCENE 1 Gordon greets the viewer and says that a busy day is coming up. Michael Cooney is going to stop by again, and all sorts of things are going on. Everybody seems so busy today, so Gordon observes what everyone is doing based on the clues they have. Bob has a hammer, some wooden boards, and some nails. Carlos, wearing a Mets uniform, is holding a baseball bat in one hand and a baseball mitt and ball in the other. Susan has her coat and handbag on, and is bringing along a portable grocery cart.
Erniebertwhathappensnext
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie shows some picture cards, and asks Bert if he can figure out what happens next in each scenario.
(First: Episode 0017)
0082c
SCENE 2 Gordon stands at a lightboard to display some pictures of things that begin with H, and asks if they can find the hidden H's in the pictures.
Hladycartoon
Cartoon H is for horseshoe.
(First: Episode 0020)
1708t
Cartoon H for hello (voice of Gary Owens)
(First: Episode 0020)
Hisforhorn
Cartoon "Poverty H": A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a hole under Yellow, who yells "HELP!!"
(First: Episode 0020)
Puthtogether
Cast Gordon and Bob put an H together.
(First: Episode 0081)
Hisforhole
Cartoon Speech Balloon: H is for hole
(First: Episode 0080)
Ernieballoon1

Ernieballoon2
Muppets Gordon asks Ernie to put three balls and a balloon into four small boxes. When Ernie learns the trick, he tries to play the game with Cookie Monster.
(First: Episode 0008)
Number10
Film "Ten Song (Song of Ten)"
(First: Episode 0021)
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0082e
SCENE 3 Susan reads a book to Reggie and Mary: 5A and 7B by Eleanor Schick.
Aisforape
Cartoon Speech Balloon: A for Ape
(First: Episode 0006)
Alligatortoon
Cartoon A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
(First: Episode 0006)
Aisforape
Cartoon Speech Balloon: A for Ape (repeat)
Eggontheknee
Cartoon "Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges.
(First: Episode 0003)
0082f
SCENE 4 Gordon introduces Michael Cooney, telling the viewer to listen as he uses his banjo to mimic various sounds.
0082g
SCENE 4
cont'd
Michael Cooney plays the banjo and tells the story of "The Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase," where a boy and his hound dog go to hunt a bear with his father, but end up getting lost.
0082h
SCENE 4
cont'd
Gordon introduces Kermit.
Kermitcookiehappyface
Muppets Kermit tries to give a lecture on being happy, but Cookie Monster eats Kermit's happy face prop, which makes him mad.
(First: Episode 0066)
0082i
SCENE 5 Susan comments on the different moods Kermit and the monster showed, and sings "If You're Happy and You Know It" with Reggie, Mary, and Carlos. She then asks them how they'd feel in certain situations — like sitting on a bee.
BeeFilm
Film A bumble bee
Music: Joe Raposo
0082j
SCENE 5
cont'd
Susan introduces the first of two different locations.
Cornfield
Film Corn grows in a field.
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SCENE 5
cont'd
Susan introduces the next location.
Scrapyard baler
Film A magnetic scrapyard baler is used to lift cars into a compacter.
(First: Episode 0024)
PIYNPostmanandFireman
Muppets Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman.
(First: Episode 0023)
E&BEggDrop
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie finds an egg on the counter. Bert asks him to put it away so he can eat it later. Ernie doesn't understand why. Bert sighs, "Drop it!"... and Ernie does.
(First: Episode 0003)
Rectangles
Muppets Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different.
(First: Episode 0018)
0082l
SCENE 6 Susan plays two games of "One of These Things" using pictures of abstract shapes. Susan says that Ernie and Bert couldn't have done it better.
EB.calendar
Muppets Ernie and Bert arrange how they'll take turns washing the dishes: Ernie will do it this week and Bert does it the next. Ernie isn't keen on spending 7 whole days washing dishes, so he decides to shorten his week and "skip" today (by skipping around the apartment).
(First: Episode 0015)
0082m
SCENE 7 Gordon re-introduces Michael, who sings "Little Cottage in the Woods" with the kids.
0082n
SCENE 8 The closing theme music starts to play and Gordon is about to sign off when Susan points out someone we have to meet...
Somebodycomeandplay
Song Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play".
(First: Episode 0047)
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SCENE 8 Gordon and Susan wrap the show together, announcing the sponsors and today's book.
Erneebert69sesamesign

0021 - CTW sign
CLOSING SIGNS Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes[]

  • The Michael Cooney segments were taped during his appearance in Episode 0033, with the same audience of kids participating in his performances. Coincidentally, Gordon's clues game during the first scene was originally written for Episode 0033, but moved to this episode.[1]

Sources[]

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