| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | December 14, 1970 | ||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Hooper greets the viewer and meets up with a few kids, inviting them in Hooper's Store for some drinks. He also mentions just seeing Roosevelt Franklin. |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin and his mother sing "Roosevelt Franklin Counts". (First: Episode 0068) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 2 | Farley asks Mr. Hooper for six pieces of bubble gum, but gets confused when he knocks over the stack that Mr. Hooper puts them in. He wants to make sure there's still six of them, and Mr. Hooper shows that any way he arranges them, they're still six pieces. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster hangs his head down in sadness. Ernie gives a lengthy speech on how looking up is the key to happiness. While his head's in the clouds, Cookie looks up toward Ernie's cookie box and empties it, making him happier. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Celebrity | Arte Johnson demonstrates happy and sad. |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird brings his little red wagon into the yard and pretends to be the "Big Bird Express," ready to take passengers. Five kids (including Jay) want a ride, but they all can't fit onto his small wagon. Bob suggests he find a way some are alike and give them a ride before the rest. Big Bird has trouble since one group is always bigger than the other, so Bob hints that a few of the kids are wearing hats, and the others aren't. |
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Film | "Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (First: Episode 0024) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster asks a girl the instructions of creating an egg sandwich; which is by combining - slices of bread, butter, a hard boiled egg, and salt together. Cookie literally follows the instructions by placing the ingredients in his mouth, much to the chagrin of the girl. |
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Cartoon | A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over. (new ending) (First: Episode 0010) |
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Muppets | Bob reads the story of "The Diamond D and the Dangerous Dragon" acted out by the Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0025) |
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Cartoon | "The D Commercial:" Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie." (First: Episode 0136) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett adores her rubber duckie, mentioning that "duckie" is a D word. |
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Cartoon | D for Dog: the roles between dog and master are reversed. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | A small man and his assistant, Dudley, attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Before and After — Bert explains the concept of "before and after" to Ernie using a plate of cookies. (First: Episode 0007) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan learns from Marta that "parate" means "stand up" in Spanish, making the mistake of confusing what Marta says as a command. They think the misunderstanding was funny and teach the word to Oscar. He makes the same mistake, but blows his top when Susan and Marta laugh. |
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Film | To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. |
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Film | A little boy narrates the various activities his family partakes in on a typical Monday. (First: Episode 0127) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ice Cubes — Ernie wants to show Bert his ice cube collection. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Film | Some kids at the playground talk about different animal homes and imagine themselves living in them. (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon displays the letters A and N to form the "an" family on a board. With Nancy, Reggie, and Brian, he takes the board around Sesame Street and has the kids spell out more words. Others help out: Mr. Hooper has a pan, Farley cools off with a fan, and Oscar yells at them from his can. |
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Film | The kids at the playground continue talking about animal homes. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | A small man and his assistant, Dudley, attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | D for Dog: the roles between dog and master are reversed. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | "The D Commercial" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan and some kids have an imaginary picnic in the yard. Mr. Hooper eavesdrops, and eagerly assumes they're having a real one. He grabs his straw hat and a real picnic basket and joins them. Mr. Hooper happens to have food and a tablecloth in his basket, so they mix up both of their picnics, with Mr. Hooper dining on an imaginary roast beef sandwich. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fast Cleanup — Bert bets his dessert on Ernie's ability to clean up the apartment. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals have tails. (First: Episode 0017) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan signs off as she and Mr. Hooper continue their picnic with the kids. Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, and Susan and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- Farley appears in this episode wearing a different shirt rather than his usual sweater. He is never referred to by name, even though the character has been named by this point.
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