Episode 0082

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

Picture	Segment	Description
	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.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie's What Happens Next Game — Ernie shows some picture cards, and asks Bert if he can figure out what happens next in each scenario. (First: Episode 0017)
	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.
	Cartoon	H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020)
	Cartoon	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020)
	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)
	Cast	Gordon and Bob put an H together. (First: Episode 0081)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080)
	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)
	Film	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (First: Episode 0021)
	SCENE 3	Susan reads a book to Reggie and Mary: 5A and 7B by Eleanor Schick.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: A for Ape (repeat)
	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)
	SCENE 4	Gordon introduces Michael Cooney, telling the viewer to listen as he uses his banjo to mimic various sounds.
	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.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Gordon introduces Kermit.
	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)
	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.
	Film	A bumble bee Music: Joe Raposo
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Susan introduces the first of two different locations.
	Film	Corn grows in a field.
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Susan introduces the next location.
	Film	A magnetic scrapyard baler is used to lift cars into a compacter. (First: Episode 0024)
	Muppets	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman. (First: Episode 0023)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert's Egg — Bert asks Ernie to put an egg away so he can eat it later. (First: Episode 0003)
	Muppets	Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different. (First: Episode 0018)
	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.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Chore Week — Ernie and Bert arrange how they'll take turns washing the dishes. (First: Episode 0015)
	SCENE 7	Gordon re-introduces Michael, who sings "Little Cottage in the Woods" with the kids.
	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...
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play". (First: Episode 0047)
	SCENE 8	Gordon and Susan wrap the show together, announcing the sponsors and today's book.
	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.

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