Episode 0099

Sesame Street
Air date	March 26, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors L, U, Y, 4, 5 This episode guide has been compiled from materials at the CTW Archives. ⓘ

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• Batman and Robin catch crooks who have dirty windows.

• Ernie and Bert: Ernie holds a hanky while Bert sneezes -- and Bert's nose comes off in Ernie's hand. Ernie teases Bert by putting his nose back in the wrong places. (First: Episode 0026)

• Film: A kid taking a shower explains how animals, people, and things get clean. (First: Episode 0001)

• Cartoon: Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!" (First: Episode 0001)

• Film: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work. (First: Episode 0003)

• Anything Muppets sing "Father (Mother and Children) Song." (First: Episode 0011)

• 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)

• Buddy and Jim struggle with a piggy bank. (First: Episode 0031)

• Alphabet Bates makes the letter L. (First: Episode 0031)

• The Listen My Brother group sings "The Alphabet Song". (First: Episode 0005)

• Cartoon: A man uses a ladder to climb up to the top of a capital L. (aired twice) (First: Episode 0031)

• Speech Balloon: “L” – Lunchbox (aired twice) (First: Episode 0031)

• Cartoon: "Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. (First: Episode 0036)

• Speech Balloon: Y -- Yo-Yo (aired twice) (First: Episode 0036)

• 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. (aired twice) (First: Episode 0003)

• Ernie, dressed in his football uniform, marches around the apartment reciting his team chant. He tells Bert he's a member of the Dirty Rugs, named such because everyone beats them. (First: Episode 0009)

• Sesame Street Animal Films: A wombat itches its four legs. (First: Episode 0008)

• The Anything Muppets sing "Five People in My Family". (First: Episode 0008)

• "Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0006)

• Film: Magnetic crane (First: Episode 0009)

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