| Sesame Street | |||||||||||
| Oscar's grandmother visits | |||||||||||
| Air date | November 9, 1970 (season premiere) | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||||
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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.
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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. |
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Celebrity | Arte Johnson talks about short and tall. |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N Artist: John Paratore |
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Film | "Doll House" cut from the Noggin version |
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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. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "J Jump." |
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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. |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together. cut from the Max version |
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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. |
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Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. |
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Celebrity | Arte Johnson talks about Q and U. |
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Cartoon | A dog learns about U. Artist: John Paratore |
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Cast | Larry and Phyllis try to sing, but Larry can only make a honking sound while Phyllis can only make a beeping sound. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie 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) |
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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. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles." |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M |
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Song | "Fireman Ready to Go" |
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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. |
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Cartoon | A polar bear learns what "EXIT" means. Animation: John and Faith Hubley |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert complains that he can't sleep, because Ernie left the faucet dripping. Ernie drowns out the sound of the water dripping with louder noises. |
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Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose." |
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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. |
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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. |
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Celebrity | The stars of Bonanza -- Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, and Dan Blocker -- count up to 20. |
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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. |
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Cartoon | K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley |
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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. |
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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 |
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Film | Traffic light. cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 7 | The cast waves goodbye. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and Gordon hold up the Sesame Street sign while Susan and Mr. Hooper hold up the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- A fair amount of footage from this episode aired (dubbed) as German co-production Sesamstrasse's first episode.
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