Sesame Street | |||||||
Pete Seeger returns | |||||||
Air date | April 8, 1970 | ||||||
Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Word makes its way around the street that Pete Seeger is visiting today. Bob, Mr. Hooper, Gordon, Susan, and the kids gather outside Hooper's Store as Pete plays the banjo and sings "The Green Grass Grew All Around." Pete asks Mr. Hooper for a glass of "Adam's ale" and notes that a lot of people in the country still get their water from a well. He sings a duet of "There's a Hole in the Bucket" with Susan. At the song's conclusion, Gordon introduces someone else who would like to play some music for Pete. | |
Song | "Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004) | |
Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) | |
SCENE 2 | Jennie displays a drawing she did of an octopus with nine legs. | |
Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) | |
SCENE 3 | Pete, Gordon, and the kids observe a patchwork quilt that Susan and Jennie made. Pete tells Susan she's "sewing together the world" and relates people to patches: we each have our own individual designs and create something beautiful when we're all put together. He sings "Everybody Loves Saturday Night," teaching the verses to the kids in different languages. | |
SCENE 3 cont'd |
Pete says another thing patchwork quilts make him think of is what the ground looks like from an airplane. Everyone looks up and watches Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter Q (First: Episode 0047). | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (First: Episode 0048) | |
SCENE 4 | Gordon displays the letter Q. If you have one of those, then you'll need one of these. | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038) | |
Cartoon | "Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0036) | |
SCENE 5 | Jennie gives Susan more patches for their quilt. Pete notes that each patch must have been part of a different dress and sings "Will You Wear Red," a song about a girl who can't make up her mind what dress to wear. Gordon observes that animals don't have to pick out clothes - they already have plenty of covering. | |
Film | Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings. Music: Joe Raposo | |
SCENE 6 | Pete goes around the street and performs "The Foolish Frog" at Hooper's Store. | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie demonstrates the word "through" with the help of Beautiful Day Monster and Bert, who holds a hoop. (First: Episode 0023) | |
Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes teaches about through. (First: Episode 0001) | |
Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) | |
Muppets | Monsters look at a big A. (First: Episode 0083) | |
SCENE 7 | Pete notes that a lot of things (and songs) have wheels in them and sings "Riding in My Car." | |
Film | A film shows wheels in the workforce and everyday life. | |
Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "Goin' for a Ride", while traveling in a car, train, and boat. (First: Episode 0037) | |
SCENE 8 | Oscar the Grouch notices there's been a lot of singing today, but not about things he likes. He asks Pete if he knows any songs about garbage, so Pete sings "70 Miles" and "The People Are Scratchin'," which Oscar finds funny (and itch-inducing). | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Q" (repeat) | |
SCENE 9 | Pete, Jennie, Susan, Oscar, and the kids gather at the steps as Pete sings "A Cottage in the Wood." Gordon says it's time to quit--that's a Q word--and signs off. Bob announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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