| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Gordon doesn't open Susan's package | |||||||||
| Air date | November 27, 1970 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon returns from work and is about to go to the record shop to buy the records Susan has been asking for. He notices a package on the kitchen counter for Susan, but Gordon is curious about what is inside. He thinks it could be the groceries, but just then Mr. Hooper brings the groceries that Susan ordered. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon compares the size of the package to the size of his coffee pot, which had a broken handle. He thinks the package contains a new coffee pot, until he sees the new coffee pot, too. Then he thinks the package contains the dishes that Oscar the Grouch borrowed, but Oscar comes up in the dusty dumbwaiter to give back the dishes. He thanks Gordon but tells him not to tell anyone else that he said thanks (and throws in a random "merry Christmas"). |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A man goes to the grocery store to buy apples, but he can't decide how many to get. This frustrates the grocer, who has to keep adding and subtracting the amount of apples on his scale. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) |
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Celebrity | Arte Johnson adds apples and gets applesauce. (First: Episode 0132) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon has driven himself bananas as he still hasn't gone to the record store, and he still hasn't guessed what is in the package. Susan gets home and tells him it's okay to open the package; it's for him, anyways. Gordon is ecstatic when he discovers that the package contained the records he was going to get, including the Jackson Five, Ray Charles, Lightnin' Smith, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, B. B. King, and Guitar Shorty. |
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Film | Traffic light. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole! (First: Episode 0090) |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) |
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Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Cast | Larry and Phyllis cooperate when wrapping a present. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R - rabbit (First: Episode 0014) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 1: Ernie, having set up shop as a barber, gives Bert a haircut, but he ends up removing all of his hair. (First: Episode 0068) |
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Cartoon | A ragged rabbit, red rooster, and raving rhinoceros participate in the Race for the Roses. (First: Episode 0144) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 2: Ernie tries to disguise Bert until his hair grows back, but a monster (later known as Grover) mistakes Bert for his father and lugs him away. (First: Episode 0068) |
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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) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 3: Bert has quickly grown his hair back, but his brief time amongst monsters has resulted in his speaking like Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0068) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | A Muppet squirrel places the letter R on a wall. It yelps out, "R!" and flees when it spots Yorick, who promptly eats the letter. |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper and a little girl Muppet sort blocks by form, but a couple of the blocks float from one group to the other. Mr. Hooper catches them and puts them in the right place, telling them to stay put so he will know where they are. Susan comes in asking for a box of mixed blocks, which gives Mr. Hooper mixed feelings. |
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Film | A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between here and there, near and far, and close and next to. (shortened, 'close and next to' part removed) (First: Episode 0111) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Brian talk about the difference between here and there. (First: Episode 0127) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far. (First: Episode 0079) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon walks in on a sleeping Big Bird to show how to match socks on his clothesline. Little Bird is skeptical that Big Bird will understand, but they wake Big Bird up to give it a try. He successfully matches all three pairs, but continues to fall in and out of sleep as he does so. |
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Film | Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0108) |
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Cartoon | A ragged rabbit, red rooster, and raving rhinoceros participate in the Race for the Roses. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | R for radio (repeat) |
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Celebrity | Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids. (First: Episode 0043) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R - rabbit (repeat) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". (First: Episode 0073) |
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Song | Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Muppets | Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact). |
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Celebrity | James Earl Jones counts to 10. (First: Episode 0005) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob has recruited Oscar to help demonstrate the IG family of words. Oscar points out that his favorite animal is in this family - a pig. The two sing "The Word Family Song" and Bob rewards Oscar with the wig used for the song. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (repeat) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 7 | While playing with the blocks with the kids, Susan signs off. Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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