Episode 0109

Sesame Street
Air date	April 9, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors A, Q, U, 8, 9 This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon greets the viewer while passing by Oscar's can with a kid. Oscar invites them to play a grouchy rhyming game with him.
	Cartoon	A boy counts while erasing things and people. (First: Episode 0008)
	Muppets	Lefty the Salesman wants to sell an 8 to Ernie, who ran out of money buying some 9s. Ernie then offers to sell Lefty his 9s. (First: Episode 0079)
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016)
	SCENE 2	Bob and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter U. Bob introduces Lou Rawls.
	Celebrity	Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids. (First: Episode 0043)
	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)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038)
	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)
	SCENE 3	Bob and the kids look at a live animal. Bob points out its feet.
	Film	Feet #1 (0:40)
	Cartoon	"Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (First: Episode 0048)
	Cartoon	Q - quarter (First: Episode 0046)
	SCENE 4	Gordon points out to the kids that a person's face can show how they feel. He tells them to show what they look like when they're happy, sad, surprised and angry.
	Animation	In a clay-animated segment, a green narrator uses his red and yellow friends (and a monster) to demonstrate how faces can show feelings. (First: Episode 0090)
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Gordon asks the kids about their favorite game, their favorite color and their favorite animal. He knows what Ernie's favorite animal is…
	Muppets	Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie", an anthem for his beloved rubber duck. (First: Episode 0078)
	SCENE 5	Gordon asks Bob if he got the word from Oscar. Bob didn't, so he goes over to Oscar's can, where Oscar gives him the word: "garbage".
	Song	"Where the Garbage Goes," a song film which explains what happens to garbage after it gets thrown away. Music by Peter Schickele (First: Episode 0077)
	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 6	Bob reads the kids a story, telling them to ring a bell whenever they hear something wrong with it.
	Cast	Buddy and Jim struggle with buttons. (First: Episode 0015)
	Film	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat)
	Muppets	Bert says that he and Ernie are looking at the "Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." Ernie, disagreeing, walks closer and closer to the camera to see. His face begins to black out the screen...but when he moves back into view, his nose is missing! (First: Episode 0005)
	Cartoon	Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far. (First: Episode 0079)
	Muppets	Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057)
	Film	Kids demonstrate perspective using large and small rocks as they position themselves near and far. (First: Episode 0045)
	SCENE 7	Bob does two verses of the "Classification Song" with shapes and letter Us.
	Animation	Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words. (First: Episode 0037)
	SCENE 8	Gordon and some kids observe a live Tibetan dog. Gordon introduces Kermit.
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (First: Episode 0044)
	SCENE 8 cont'd	Gordon signs off.

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