Episode 0157

	Sesame Street
	Gordon paints a chest
Air date	December 15, 1970
Season	Season 2 (1970-1971)
Production	October 30, 1970
Sponsors	D, M, 7
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	In the kitchen, Gordon begins to paint a large chest for Susan, but they disagree on whether it should be red (Susan's favorite color) or yellow (Gordon's favorite).
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136)
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Mr. Hooper arrives to deliver some groceries. He helps Susan and Gordon come to an agreement to paint the chest with red and yellow stripes, though he prefers blue and brown himself.
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	SCENE 1 cont'd	As Gordon paints the chest, Susan counts the groceries that Mr. Hooper has brought. When Susan and Mr. Hooper aren't looking, Gordon sneakily eats item #7: a package of cupcakes.
	Cartoon	"All right, now that you've eaten everything in sight, would you mind telling me what you plan to have for dessert?" (First: Episode 0006)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: New Rubber Duckie Part 1 — When Ernie loses his Rubber Duckie, he describes it to Oscar the Grouch. (First: Episode 0139)
	Cartoon	M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073)
	Cartoon	M for Mail (First: Episode 0013)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: New Rubber Duckie Part 2 — Based on his interpretation of Ernie's Rubber Duckie description, Oscar brings him back a new one from the store. (First: Episode 0139)
	SCENE 2	At Big Bird's nest, Bob begins to read a copy of The Monkey and the Crocodile as adapted by Paul Galdone to Big Bird, Farley, and the kids.
	Cartoon	M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Bob finishes reading the story.
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: "Bird"
	Muppets	Anything Muppets: Forwards and Backwards — A boy teaches "forward" and "backward" with a group of Muppets who keep running over him when his back is turned. (First: Episode 0069)
	Celebrity	Pat Paulsen demonstrates "forward" and "backward". (First: Episode 0069)
	SCENE 3	Bob and the kids demonstrate forward and backward, showing that people might have trouble when they're facing forward, but looking backward.
	Cartoon	Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates forward and backward using a wind-up toy.
	Celebrity	Tim Conway says, "One more time!" (First: Episode 0140)
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	Muppets	Anything Muppets: Counting to 10 — Everyone piles up in a count to 10. (First: Episode 0084)
	SCENE 4	Oscar plays a picture game with the kids, where he has them guess which person works where. Oscar claims to know all the answers, but the kids correctly guess each scenario and associated jobs: a fireman for a firehouse, a hot dog vendor and athletes for a stadium, and a conductor for a train station. Oscar then displays a picture of Hooper's Store; the kids correctly guess that Gordon and Big Bird don't work there, but Mr. Hooper does. Since the store is nearby, Oscar assumed that the kids peeked to get the answer.
	Muppets	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber. (First: Episode 0045)
	Cartoon	D for Dog: the roles between dog and master are reversed. (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	A small man and his assistant, Dudley, attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	Superman, carrying a door-like shield, charges towards a giant ape and uses it to block the ape's heat-vision. He punches the ape, knocking it to the ground, and rescues Lois from the ape's hand. The camera then cuts to Superman exclaiming "D!" (First: Episode 0025)
	Transition	Diamond transition (First: Episode 0007)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Alphabet Test Part 1 — Referencing a wall chart, Ernie tells Bert he can say the alphabet forwards and backwards. He needs a hint when he gets to the fourth letter... (First: Episode 0019)
	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)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Alphabet Test Part 2 — Ernie figures out that dinosaur starts with D, but needs another hint after H-I-J-K-L... (First: Episode 0019)
	Cartoon	M for Mail (First: Episode 0013)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Alphabet Test Part 3 — Having finished reciting the alphabet, Bert reminds Ernie that he also said he could do it backwards. (First: Episode 0019)
	SCENE 5	Gordon notices a broken step at the garage, and puts a "DANGER" sign on it.
	Cartoon	Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151)
	SCENE 6	In the kitchen, Susan plays two rounds of "Three of These Things," first with three big glasses and one small one, then with three small spoons and one big spoon.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Milk and Cookie — Ernie hides to observe Cookie Monster stealing his milk and cookies. (First: Episode 0011)
	SCENE 7	The sponsors are announced, as well as today's book.