| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | April 10, 1970 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Susan welcome the viewer, then meet Pete (George Zima), the new street cleaner, who tap-dances and rhymes while he sweeps. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Big Bird wishes he could dance. While Gordon goes to get his radio, Susan shows Big Bird how to waltz (and count while doing so). |
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Cartoon | A bear counts bees (First: Episode 0083) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Gordon turns on the radio to WJOE, and Big Bird starts dancing to the music, but he crashes into Hooper's Store while walking backward. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of animals moving in different ways. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0098) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Big Bird finally learns how to dance. Susan suggests he could dance with Lulu, who's back in town. |
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Muppets | Tony sings "Lulu's Back in Town." Lulu turns out to be the Beautiful Day Monster, with a wig. (First: Episode 0030) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Blows a Fuse — Ernie and Bert are watching TV, but Bert gets bored and decides to play a record. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Song | "Eight Song (Song of Eight)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob and his "finger faces" count to 8, then to 9. |
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Muppets | Kermit Lecture: Nine Blocks — Kermit and a monster (proto-Grover) count nine blocks. (First: Episode 0080) |
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SCENE 3 | Pete delivers Mr. Hooper a box of items beginning with N, including noodles, napkins, neckties, and nails. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040) |
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Cartoon | Eugene wants his talking crow Willis to name some N words, and Willis replies with "no," "nothing," "nobody" and "never." (First: Episode 0101) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Gordon names some more N words, the last of which is noise. |
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Film | "Noises" A boy named Chris uses "magic glasses" to see invisible things that make noises, including construction equipment, a baby crying, people coughing and sneezing, a car honking, a telephone, and a typewriter. Can you make those noises? (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar the Grouch boasts to Susan that he has the biggest collection of noise boxes. The first one has a lion roar, the second one has a train whistle, and the third one has a cow's moo. Oscar accidentally drops the third box into his trashcan, and the cow is let loose. He runs after it shouting "Hey, cow!…" |
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Film | How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow." (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Hooper asks some kids to help him arrange some pictures of his cousin Humperdinck watering a flower, mailing a letter, and watching a candle burn. |
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Film | A boy arranges white blocks by size while his dog watches. (First: Episode 0049) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob introduces the next film. |
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Film | Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | A bear counts bees (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | The kids listen as Gordon reads Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats. |
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SCENE 7 cont'd |
Pete delivers a box of K items to Mr. Hooper. He and Susan find a keyring, a kettle, and a kitten in the box. |
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Cartoon | K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: K - Key (First: Episode 0040) |
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Muppets | Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #2) (First: Episode 0101) |
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SCENE 7 cont'd |
Susan points out that K is also for kangaroo. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Tree kangaroo and baby. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0026) |
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SCENE 8 | Pete gives Mr. Hooper a V box which he didn't order. The box has violins. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Cartoon | "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0050) |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. |
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Cartoon | A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over. (ending cut) (First: Episode 0010) |
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Cartoon | A bear counts bees (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | After the credits roll, Gordon recaps the day and signs off. |
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SCENE 9 cont'd | Bob announces the sponsors and the book read on today's show. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper and Bob hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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