| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | March 6, 1970 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon sits with Mason and Mauricio on the stoop to greet the viewer. Instead of just listing all the fun things they'll see today, Gordon turns it into a rhyming guessing game and the kids try to figure out the answers. |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (First: Episode 0021) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts while erasing things and people. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 1: Ernie, having set up shop as a barber, gives Bert a haircut, but he ends up removing all of his hair. (First: Episode 0068) |
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Cartoon | "The D Commercial:" Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | A small man and his assistant, Dudley, attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | D for Dog: the roles between dog and master are reversed. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 2: Ernie tries to disguise Bert until his hair grows back, but a monster (later known as Grover) mistakes Bert for his father and lugs him away. (First: Episode 0068) |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 3: Bert has quickly grown his hair back, but his brief time amongst monsters has resulted in his speaking like Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0068) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob, Ralph, and Rhonda observe a very hungry kinkajou. Bob then introduces an animal that begins with the letter G. |
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Cartoon | A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. |
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Cartoon | G for Gorilla (in man suit) |
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Muppets | A group of monsters enter the frame, look upward, and exclaim "Gee!" The camera pulls back and reveals they're admiring a letter G. |
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Film | A man asks a purple fellow what G word is behind a circus curtain. It's a gorilla. Artist: Film Fair |
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SCENE 3 | Mauricio and Mason watch as Gordon puts a shoe on a slanted board, and notice it just sits there. He puts a shoe with a roller skate on the board, and it rolls down. He does the same with a yo-yo, which only rolls when it's not put on the flat sides, thus demonstrating the usefulness of the wheel. |
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Film | Different kinds of wheels are shown and what they’re used for. (First: Episode 0013) |
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Cast | Buddy and Jim: Jim finds Buddy with his money (4 assorted coins) taped to his forehead for safekeeping. Jim has a better idea, and presents Buddy with a piggy bank. After transferring the coins, Jim also gives Buddy a key to open the bank. But where should Buddy keep the key? Tape that to his forehead? Nope, he merrily drops the key inside the piggy bank, since that's as safe a place as any! (First: Episode 0031) |
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Film | You can clean almost anything. Music: Bach's "Gavotte" performed by the Swingle Singers. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit gives a lecture about rectangles. Cookie Monster smashes the shape, but says it'll still work out: "It's a wreck -- and it's a tangle!" (First: Episode 0017) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Animation | Clay animation insert by Jim Henson -- Z words. (First: Episode 0025) |
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Cartoon | Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob plays two rounds of "One of These Things," one with three big cars and one little car, and the other with three little houses and one big house. |
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Film | Two men, Big and Little, travel around playing the tuba and violin. Even though they’re different (Big has dark skin, and Little has light skin), together they make beautiful music. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert shows Ernie pictures and he needs to tell what happens next. Ernie imagines some very random scenarios based on the pictures. For the last picture (a man about to drive his car over a nail), Ernie says, "I think a monster's going to appear." Sure enough, behind Bert's back, Cookie Monster appears: "COOKIE!" Bert faints. (First: Episode 0056) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (First: Episode 0044) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon, Mason, and Mauricio talk about the baby goat they have with them. They try to feed it from a bottle as the credits roll, and Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and Bert hold up the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit the Frog holds up the CTW sign. |
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