Sesame Street | |||||||||
Big Bird loses his R, Oscar gets angry | |||||||||
Air date | November 26, 1970 | ||||||||
Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description | ||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird is sad because he wanted to show a card he made with the capital and a small letter R. He remembers putting the card in his nest, but after sitting down to think of words that begin with R (like ran, rabbit, and room), he couldn't find it. Bob finds the card stuck to Big Bird's back, due to the glue he used to stick the letters on. | |||
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R - rabbit (First: Episode 0014) | |||
SCENE 2 | Big Bird knocks on Oscar's trash can and asks him to make the "r" sound. Oscar does so when he growls. | |||
Cartoon | A ragged rabbit, red rooster, and raving rhinoceros participate in the Race for the Roses. | |||
Cartoon | A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011) | |||
SCENE 3 | Gordon comments to the kids that he would get angry if he ever lost his Rs like Big Bird did, and he asks the kids what happens when they get angry. Oscar interrupts because he thinks he can get angry better than the kids can. They have a competition to see who is better at frowning, growling, and yelling. Oscar actually gets angry because they didn't ask him, the expert, about being angry. He gnashes his teeth, which makes him feel tip-top. | |||
Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates what an angry face looks like. | |||
Muppets | Game Show: Pick Your Pet Lucy Jones insists upon a pet that purrs, has silky hair, and likes milk... the Beautiful Day Monster. (First: Episode 0067) | |||
SCENE 4 | Bob sits with the kids and sings "Five Fingers on My Left Hand" while drawing faces on a little girl's fingers. He then shows them four groups of five things: pieces of gum, marbles, quarters, and paperclips. Bob discerns that the kids make up a fifth group of five, and he gives each of them a piece of gum. | |||
Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" | |||
Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) | |||
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SCENE 5 | In a series of quick cuts, Gordon, Susan, Bob, Mr. Hooper, and Oscar demonstrate the -ig words: fig, pig, twig, jig, and wig. | ||
Film | A group of kids play follow the leader and go over, around and through various obstacles, but one of them takes a while to catch on. (First: Episode 0001) | |||
SCENE 6 | Gordon leads the kids in some stretching exercises as they take an imaginary trip to the sky. They step over a rainbow, shield their eyes from the sun, and swim through clouds. | |||
Cartoon | Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0005) | |||
Muppets | Ernie tries to help a Pumpkin Anything Muppet mailman deliver a package to Mrs. Mary Ann ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. (First: Episode 0038) | |||
SCENE 7 | Susan narrates over a series of still photographs showing where things live — e.g., where vehicles are stored. | |||
Cartoon | A bear counts bees. (First: Episode 0083) | |||
Film | Joe Raposo: What Babies Are Called (First: Episode 0096) | |||
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has a collection of Rs in a box. He shows Bert, who says that Ernie will be the laughingstock of Sesame Street if anyone else finds out. Ernie sadly throws away his Rs, and Bert asks to have the box for his J collection. (First: Episode 0014) | |||
Film | A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0107) | |||
SCENE 8 | Mr. Hooper has stacked canned goods into two different shaped towers - a rectangle and a triangle. He can't decide on either of them, so he calls Big Bird over to help him. Big Bird accidentally knocks the cans over. | |||
Film | "In the Woods": Two kids go out into the woods. (First: Episode 0026) | |||
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert shows Ernie pictures and he needs to tell what happens next. Ernie imagines some very random scenarios based on the pictures. For the last picture (a man about to drive his car over a nail), Ernie says, "I think a monster's going to appear." Sure enough, behind Bert's back, Cookie Monster appears: "COOKIE!" Bert faints. (First: Episode 0056) | |||
SCENE 9 | Bob, taking a cue from Ernie and Bert, plays a "what happens next" game with some kids, showing a couple different outcomes for a boy about to ride his bicycle over a nail. | |||
Cartoon | Jazz #5 (repeat) | |||
SCENE 10 | Gordon teaches Oscar that "niña" is the Spanish word for "girl." Oscar wants to learn more of the language so he can get angry in Spanish, but for now, he growls "goodbye" and ducks into his can. Gordon then bids the viewer goodbye, and Bob announces the sponsors. | |||
CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper and Gordon hold up the Sesame Street sign, while Bob and Susan hold the CTW sign. |
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