| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 9, 1970 | ||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Vanessa are having a "heavy discussion" about actors when Oscar invites them to play a grouchy rhyming game involving things in and around his trash can. Oscar claims the game is very difficult, but Gordon and Vanessa guess the answers easily until the very last one; "elephant" neither rhymes with Oscar's clue, nor does he actually own one. |
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Cartoon | A boy counts while erasing things and people. (First: Episode 0008) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob, Chris, and Jill look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter U (First: Episode 0036). Bob introduces Lou Rawls. |
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Celebrity | Lou Rawls sings an alphabet song to a group of kids. (First: Episode 0043) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038) |
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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) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob, Chris, and Frannie look at a skunk named George, and talk about what it likes to eat. Bob points out its feet. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Feet (Some Feet are Big)." In this first airing, a portion of the first verse is omitted. It would be used for its future airings during season 2. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Cartoon | Q - quarter (First: Episode 0046) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon points out to Frannie, Vanessa, Chris, and Jill that a person's face can show how they feel. He each tells them to show what they look like when they're angry, surprised, happy, or afraid, and the others have to guess the emotion. |
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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) |
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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… |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie", an anthem for his beloved rubber duck. (First: Episode 0078) |
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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". |
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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) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Monsters look at a big A. (First: Episode 0083) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob reads the kids a story about a boy named Joey, telling them to ring a bell whenever they hear something wrong with it. Joey didn't do a lot of things right, and neither do Buddy and Jim... |
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Cast | Buddy and Jim struggle with buttons. (First: Episode 0015) |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat) |
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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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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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SCENE 7 | Bob does a verse of "One of These Shapes" with three Us (facing in different directions) and a V. |
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Animation | Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words. (First: Episode 0037) |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon, Jill, and Vanessa observe a live Shi Tzu from Tibet. Gordon introduces Kermit and his friends, the bears. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (First: Episode 0044) |
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SCENE 8 cont'd |
Gordon and the kids say goodbye to the Shi Tzu. Gordon signs off and announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- Though he claims not to have an elephant in his can in this episode, Oscar's home would eventually find itself filled with several of them as pets, most notably Fluffy.
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