Episode 0128

Sesame Street
Air date	May 6, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors E, F, 8 This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	As Gordon welcomes the viewer, Big Bird claims he's the best letter writer on the block. They soon hear an airplane, look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter F, which becomes the letter E with an additional line. (First: Episode 0061)
	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	Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (First: Episode 0094)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird draws an E and F on the blackboard. He briefly leaves to fetch an arrow, and the line on the E disconnects itself and attaches itself to the F. Big Bird is confused when he comes back, but the line on the E disappears as his back is turned, making two F's.
	Cartoon	E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001)
	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)
	Muppets / Cast	Bob reads a story with F words featuring Frieda who ventures to her friend Flora's farm with flowers and fruit, but gets lost in a forest. Kermit keeps trying to insert himself into the story (since Frog is a great F word), mishearing Bob when he says "fog" and "log". When Frieda meets a farmer named Fred, who turns out to be a prince, she kisses Prince Fred, and he turns into Kermit. (First: Episode 0095)
	Animation	Dot Bridge #1 (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Ernie tries to help a Pumpkin Anything Muppet mailman (performed by Frank Oz) deliver a package to Mrs. Mary Ann ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. (First: Episode 0038)
	Animation	Dot Bridge (last dot is late and travels through the others) (First: Episode 0001)
	SCENE 3	Gordon and some kids observe a toad. Gordon introduces the next segment …
	Film	Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there.
	Animation	Dot Bridge (last dot shows up early) (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to demonstrate what round is, with the help of a wisecracking ball. He introduces Kermit to his "daddy," a basketball. (First: Episode 0107)
	SCENE 4	Bob introduces the next segment.
	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)
	Animation	Dot Bridge (third dot wants to be red) (First: Episode 0001)
	SCENE 5	Bob shows some kids different ways to pick things up. He shows them what a magnet is, and points them to …
	Film	A magnetic crane picks up large pieces of metal. (First: Episode 0009)
	Animation	Dot Bridge (all the dots turn red) (First: Episode 0001)
	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)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin and his mother sing "Roosevelt Franklin Counts". (First: Episode 0068)
	Animation	Dot Bridge (raspberry) (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on tall and short using two Snerfs, who keep changing their size. (First: Episode 0015)
	Cast	Gordon and Bob assemble an E. (First: Episode 0005)
	Cartoon	Poverty F
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on big and small with the Beautiful Day Monster and a small monster. Splurge comes in at the end to show what a really big monster looks like. (First: Episode 0015)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #7
	SCENE 6	Bob plays two rounds of "Three of These Things" with the viewer, containing E's and F's. He points out that one should always clean up after playing a game.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie that if he can clean the messy apartment in fifteen seconds or less, he will give Ernie his dessert, ice cream and cookies. (First: Episode 0033)
	SCENE 7	Gordon and the kids watch the toad some more; Gordon signs off.

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