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Sesame Street
Oscar's grandmother visits
Air date November 9, 1970
(season premiere)
Season Season 2 (1970-1971)
Production October 23, 1970
Sponsors J, 2
Syndication Sesame Street Unpaved
Releases Old School: Volume 1

131 title
Big Bird teaches the kids that "Everyone Makes Mistakes" in the Season 2 premiere. Herry Monster and Sherlock Hemlock are introduced in this episode, and Farley can be glimpsed when Cookie Monster eats Big Bird's J. The Buddy and Jim segments are replaced with new segments featuring Larry and Phyllis.

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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0131a2
SCENE 1 Gordon finds Ernie and Bert arguing over which of them is taller. As a solution, Gordon lifts Ernie up so he's taller than Bert, yet he's outsized by Big Bird.
Arte1
Celebrity Arte Johnson talks about short and tall.
Nisfornifty
Cartoon An N-terview with an N
Artist: John Paratore
Dollhouse
Film "Doll House"
cut from the Noggin version
MrHooperSpillsMilk1970

Everyonemakesmistakes2

CastDiscoversJ
SCENE 2 After Mr. Hooper spills a glass of milk, Big Bird sings "Everyone Makes Mistakes," followed by a parade of kids, Gordon, Susan, and Bob. Oscar (whose fur is now green) makes two brief cameos. When Big Bird climbs into his nest, he accidentally steps on a letter J, which the cast passes around.
Jumpingfilm
Song Joe Raposo sings "J Jump."
MrHooperwithJ

0131b2
SCENE 3 The cast throws the J from person to person. When it gets to Cookie Monster, he calls it a D. Gordon corrects him, but Cookie declares "D-licious!" and eats the J.
Cosbytwinsalphabet2
Celebrity Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together.
cut from the Max version
Ridingbikefilm
Film A film of kids riding their bikes to the zoo. The kids look at zoo animals.
When aired on Noggin, the last twenty seconds of this film was cut for time.
Qthatfunnything
Cartoon Q -- that funny looking thing.
Arte2
Celebrity Arte Johnson talks about Q and U.
Udogcartoon
Cartoon A dog learns about U.
Artist: John Paratore
Larryphyllisnoises
Cast Larry and Phyllis try to sing, but Larry can only make a honking sound while Phyllis can only make a beeping sound.
GC9
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers". To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy.
(First: Episode 0107)
0131c
SCENE 4 Susan and Bob play "One of These Things" with Grover, using circles drawn on Big Bird's doors.

This scene includes a blooper in which Bob accidentally gets Grover's name wrong. After Bob makes a joke of it, the game continues.

Circlessong
Muppets Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles."
Secretdrawingm
Cartoon Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M
Firemanreadytogo
Song "Fireman Ready to Go"
Arte3
Celebrity Arte Johnson pops in for one more word.
When aired on Noggin, this segment appears before the "Secret Drawing: M" animation, since that segment preceded a commercial break.
Exitpolarbearcartoon
Cartoon A polar bear learns what "EXIT" means.
Animation: John and Faith Hubley
Erniebertdrippingwater
Muppets Ernie & BertBert complains that he can't sleep, because Ernie left the faucet dripping. Ernie drowns out the sound of the water dripping with louder noises.
Gorillajobcartoon
Cartoon A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job.
Carolburnettnose
Celebrity Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose."
Whatsmypart

Wmp2nose
Muppets Guy Smiley hosts the game show "What's My Part?". The contestant is Mr. Nose. The panelists -- Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic, and Cookie Monster -- don't know what a nose is, because none of them have noses.
SS131a

SS131b
SCENE 5 Bob informs Oscar that his grandmother, Granny Grouch, is coming to visit. Bob is surprised to hear that Oscar has a family just like people do. When Granny arrives, she kisses Oscar on the cheek, since he hates it so much. He offers her a cup of hot mud during her stay.
Michael-landon
Celebrity The stars of Bonanza -- Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, and Dan Blocker -- count up to 20.
Whistle A Happy Tune
Muppets Grover, lost in a scary forest, sings "I Whistle a Happy Tune" to keep his spirits up. He bumps into a monster -- but it's Cookie Monster, who happily joins in the song. Then they run into a little boy, and they run away, panicked.
Kisforkiss
Cartoon K is for kiss.
Animation: John and Faith Hubley
Sherlocksandwich
Muppets Ernie opens his lunchbox and finds that half of his chicken salad sandwich is missing. Sherlock Hemlock, the world's greatest detective, investigates this fiendish crime. It turns out that Sherlock himself ate half of Ernie's sandwich.
BBGordon crossingstreet
SCENE 6 Big Bird almost gets hit by a car; Gordon tells him he should not cross the street until the traffic light turns green.
cut from the Noggin version
Trafficlight
Film Traffic light.
cut from the Noggin version
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Episode131Closing01

Episode131Closing02
SCENE 7 The cast waves goodbye. Bob announces the sponsors.
BobGordon0131

SusanHooper0131
CLOSING SIGNS Bob and Gordon hold up the Sesame Street sign while Susan and Mr. Hooper hold up the CTW sign.

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