| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird's "Next" poem | |||||||||
| Air date | November 19, 1970 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon welcomes everyone to Calle Sesame, demonstrating what the words look like on Big Bird's front door. As Big Bird awakens from his sleep, he recalls hearing Gordon ask if anybody knows what is going to happen next on Sesame Street. This reminds Big Bird that he’s been dreaming up a poem about the word "next" and recites the poem, with the kids finishing his rhymes. |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | A film of things that make sounds, including birds and farm animals. Is silence a sound? (edited) (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookie Reminder — Ernie explains to Bert that he placed a cookie on the table as a reminder. (First: Episode 0095) |
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Song | "B is for Bubble." (First: Episode 0008) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about making the B sound, with much detail. When Beautiful Day Monster walks by, Kermit goes over the lesson again. The monster does the noise perfectly, but his "BAH!" scares Kermit away, and fogs up the screen. (First: Episode 0068) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan and Mr. Hooper see a bus stop sign next to Oscar's trash can. They ask Oscar what it's doing there, and that he cannot expect a bus to stop on the sidewalk. Oscar says he wouldn’t want his friend Julius to go out into the street. Julius is a worm, and he is waiting there on the sidewalk for the bus (don’t step on him!). The worm bus picks up Julius and drives away, leaving Mr. Hooper and Susan perplexed. |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman. (First: Episode 0023) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper wears a fireman's hat and asks the kids what firemen use to put out fires. |
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Cartoon | The uses of water |
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Cartoon | E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0120) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | "The Word Family Song": ET family |
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Cartoon | E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob reads a book to some kids: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, adapted by Alice O'Grady and Frances Throop and illustrated by George Wilde. He points out that "billy goat" begins with B. A kid points out that his name, Benjamin, starts with B, as does Bob's and Troy's last name. |
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Song | "B is for Bubble." (repeat) |
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Muppets | A disconsolate Ernie tells Oscar the Grouch that he's lost his Rubber Duckie. Oscar tries to calm Ernie down and says that he'll buy Ernie another one. Ernie says he can't - Rubber Duckie is special and unique. He tells Oscar that Rubber Duckie is "cute, adorable, sweet, cuddly, and makes a wonderful sound." Oscar tells Ernie that he'll bring him a new one. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Oscar comes back with a new Duckie, but this one is different - it's a Grouch duckie. They realize that they have different ideas of what is cute and ugly. Ernie thanks Oscar for trying to help - and when he sits down, he hears a familiar squeak. He digs through the stuff on the floor, and finds his Rubber Duckie! Ernie and Oscar argue over which of their toys is the cutest. |
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Celebrity | Pat Paulsen counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0101) |
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Film | Corn grows in a field. (First: Episode 0082) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan plays a round of "One of These Things" using groups of squares. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles." (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cast | Larry and Phyllis cooperate when moving suitcases onto a shelf, one of which is full of bricks. |
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Muppets | Grover talks about front and back, but whenever Grover wants to talk about front, the camera suddenly cuts to a shot of his back, and whenever he wants to talk about back, the camera cuts to a shot of his front. |
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SCENE 7 | Gordon asks the kids what they look like when they're proud. They have a little trouble in describing it, so he introduces someone who is proud. |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green". (First: Episode 0087) |
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Film | A steam shovel picks up debris. (First: Episode 0034) |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon takes the kids to say goodbye to Mr. Hooper, then announces the sponsors while holding styrofoam versions of them from the Hooper's Store newsstand. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar holds the Sesame Street sign, and Grover holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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