| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The magnificent block building | |||||||
| Air date | March 10, 1970 | ||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon watches as Kwami and Paul build a couple of block towers in front of 123 Sesame Street. Gordon asks, "How would you like to take a trip to the beach? And while we're there, let's see how many different kinds of animals we can find that live in the water." |
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Film | "Boy at Beach" A boy walks on the beach, and sees a sandpiper, a crab, a hermit crab, and other animals. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Everybody Scratch — Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs. (First: Episode 0012) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon reacts to the film, scratching himself as the buildings in front of the steps has grown some. "At least I've only got one itch. This guy's got four!" |
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Film | An itchy wombat scratches its four legs. (with Gordon commentary) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0008) |
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Film | Four Song (Song of Four) (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | "Count Up Elevator" -- An elevator operator stops at ten floors to pick up passengers, including a witch, a fireman, and a kangaroo. The tenth passenger, a mouse, causes the elevator to overload and explode. (First: Episode 0003) |
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SCENE 3 | The block towers are now fairly formidable. Gordon comments how the previous film's elevator was a weird way to travel, and prefers other modes... |
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Film | Transportation (First: Episode 0005) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Football Chant — Ernie explains the meaning of his football chant to Bert. (First: Episode 0009) |
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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 (First: Episode 0085) |
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Film | Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be. (with revised music) (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 4 | Lance joins Gordon and the kids, and discuss what the constructions could be. Kwami says he's building the Empire State Building, and Paul is making a space station. Gordon points out a section of it where the blocks are arranged in order of descending height. |
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Film | A boy arranges white blocks by size while his dog watches. (First: Episode 0049) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Banana Phone — Ernie tells a caller that Bert can't come to the phone right now because he's talking on a banana. (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 5 | The kids take a break from block building as Susan reads them a story: Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats. After the story, Susan points out a section that demonstrates "near" and "far." |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057) |
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Film | Kids demonstrate perspective using large and small rocks as they position themselves near and far. (First: Episode 0045) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher — Bert and Ernie get closer to the camera to observe "The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." (First: Episode 0005) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far. (First: Episode 0079) |
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Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 6 | The block structures have grown even more as Gordon and the kids list what kind of things the structures could be now. Gordon thinks they could be a zoo, housing elephants and monkeys. |
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Song | Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Grocer and Doctor. (First: Episode 0067) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan notes how the residents of Sesame Street may not be the same kind of people in the neighborhood as others are, which include a Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, a "cookie-eating monster," and a nice frog named Kermit who has a beautiful song to sing. |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green". |
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Film | Five Song (Song of Five) (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0005) |
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Cast | Buddy and Jim try to figure out a way to carry an ironing board (horizontally) from one room to another. (First: Episode 0002) |
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SCENE 8 | Susan plays two rounds of "Three of These Things" using pictures of different shapes. |
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Cartoon | A man asks a purple fellow what G word is behind a circus curtain. It's a gorilla. Artist: Film Fair (First: Episode 0085) |
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Cartoon | G for Gorilla (in man suit) (First: Episode 0085) |
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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. (First: Episode 0085) |
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Film | Filmfair G: A man asks a purple fellow what G word is behind a circus curtain. It's a gorilla. (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | Gordon invites the viewer to look for G words around Sesame Street. He points out some grass, a game of horseshoes, and a paper glider. He arrives at the steps, where the block buildings are huger than ever, and exclaims they're great. Gordon's final G word is "Good-bye." Susan announces the sponsors and today's book. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, and Kermit holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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