Episode 0100

Sesame Street
Air date	March 27, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Directed by Neil Smith Production March 3-4, 1970 Sponsors F, K, N, 4, 5

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon observes how busy everybody on Sesame Street seems to be today. He encounters Susan with a watering can in the windowsill and has us guess that she's watering her fern. Gordon then hears typing coming from Bert and Ernie's apartment...
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie reads Bert a dramatic story that he's just written. The "story" is actually the alphabet, which Ernie reads in an overwrought manner. (First: Episode 0009)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001)
	Cartoon	"Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 2	Gordon finds Bob, Ronald, and another kid in front of the Pet Shop, looking at a raccoon in the window. Ronald goes on to describe how a raccoon looks, and Bob asks: does the raccoon have a funny face?
	Song	Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #1 (repeat)
	SCENE 3	Gordon goes to Hooper's Store, and sees the counter covered with miscellaneous objects, including pencils, some thread, buttons, and a bit of yarn. He guesses that Mr. Hooper is going to put them away in a drawer he has removed from one of his shelves; Mr. Hooper confirms this, but he decided to stop everything he's doing so he can listen to Mahalia Jackson…
	Celebrity	Mahalia Jackson sings "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" with some kids. (First: Episode 0029)
	SCENE 3 cont'd	After the song, Gordon asks Mr. Hooper for an ice cream soda. He tries asking for one other thing too, but Mr. Hooper insists on putting away the miscellaneous objects first, including the pencils, and replacing the drawer. Gordon finally gets to tell Mr. Hooper what else he wanted... five pencils.
	Film	Five Song (Song of Five) (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over. (First: Episode 0018)
	SCENE 4	Mr. Hooper apologizes for the rush and gives Gordon the ice cream soda he ordered. Then, as he's putting the drawer back, he absentmindedly puts away Gordon's ice cream soda, too!
	Film	A group of kids play follow the leader and go over, around and through various obstacles, but one of them takes a while to catch on. (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Part 1: Guy Smiley hosts "The Mr. and Mrs. Game", a quiz show for newlywed monsters. (First: Episode 0072)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Part 2: Mr. and Mrs. Monster win the game, and Guy offers the choice of three prizes: a new house, a trip to Hawaii, or a cookie. Mr. Monster ravenously devours the cookie. (First: Episode 0072)
	SCENE 5	Susan tells the kids she's glad that she's not a monster. She looks up and sees Alphabet Bates skywriting the letter N (First: Episode 0040).
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040)
	Cartoon	Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off. (First: Episode 0018)
	SCENE 6	Gordon reads a book to Gayle and Ronald: Six Foolish Fishermen by Benjamin Elkin. Gordon asks if they know their alphabet, and introduces Kermit to talk about the letter F.
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about the letter F. He wanted an F, but someone sent him an E. A monster asks what the difference is between E and F, and then solves Kermit’s problem by eating the bottom line of the E so Kermit can talk about F. (First: Episode 0033)
	Cartoon	A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 2) (First: Episode 0093)
	SCENE 7	Susan invites us to play "Here Are Some Things" with pictures of musical instruments and tools. She then introduces a song with some unusual instruments.
	Muppets	Gordon meets Professor Hastings and Professor Goldfinch, who will be performing a number. A wild Anything Muppet arrives as their drummer and the trio performs "Spinning Wheel". (First: Episode 0012)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #2 (repeat)
	SCENE 8	Bob, Cedric, and Norma take a peek at some white Pekin ducks. Bob introduces Kermit, who wants to tell us what it's like to be a green frog.
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green". (First: Episode 0087)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #4: Third dot wants to be red (First: Episode 0001)
	SCENE 9	Big Bird wants to talk about the letters he drew, first unveiling the letter F (which at first is upside down).
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: F for Fly (repeat)
	Cartoon	Fly and frog (repeat)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 3) (First: Episode 0093)
	SCENE 10	Big Bird unveils the letter K, which is also upside down. The letter is stuck, so Big Bird remedies this by flipping the entire scene upside down.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: K - Key (First: Episode 0040)
	Cartoon	K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040)
	Muppets	Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #1)
	SCENE 11	Big Bird unveils the letter N, which looks the same either way. The picture of the N is covered by a matte transition of hammering each corner away (First: Episode 0007).
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: N - Nail (repeat)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie doesn't want to eat Swiss cheese, because it has holes in it, but Bert tells Ernie that holes make Swiss cheese taste better than the regular kind. Ernie says that he'll eat the cheese and that Bert can eat the holes. (First: Episode 0010)
	Cartoon	Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0005)
	Film	Five Song (Song of Five) (repeat)
	SCENE 12	The credits roll as the raccoon explores the pet shop window and curls up to sleep. Big Bird says goodbye, and Gordon announces the sponsors and the book read on today's show.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, while Cookie Monster holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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