Sesame Street | |||||||||
Building a box | |||||||||
Air date | December 17, 1970 | ||||||||
Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon, Paul, and Brynne encounter Betty Lou, who is sad that she can't take her kitty on the train to her grandma's house because she doesn't have a box. Gordon remembers that his friend John is a carpenter, and leaves to contact him. | |
Cartoon | Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137) | |
SCENE 2 | Gordon comes back with John, who can start his plan right away, which involves drawing it out on paper. He tries to draw his picture on top of Oscar's trash can, only for Oscar to suggest he go some place far from his home - Scranton, Pennsylvania. John instead draws it on the steps of 123 Sesame Street, as Gordon, Betty Lou, and the kids watch, drawing out a box for the kitty. He then leaves with the kids to get his tools and some wood. Oscar, who has been eavesdropping, wonders if John could put an addition onto his can. | |
Cartoon | The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters tell it to stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0149) | |
Muppets | Lefty tries to sell Ernie a STOP sign. (First: Episode 0134) | |
SCENE 3 | Jay joins the group as John displays his tools, and has them guess how they work. They sort the items by what they're used for, then all get ready to work. Oscar comes out from under the steps to make sure the gang "does everything right," then suggests they make a pecky cypress. | |
Cartoon | Jazz #9 (repeat) | |
SCENE 4 | John asks the kids, Oscar, and Betty Lou to identify the shapes of the pieces of wood he saws out. He hands Betty Lou some wood shavings for her kitty to play with. | |
Film | African children play in a village, and in a modern playground. | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on tall and short using two Snerfs, who keep changing their size. (First: Episode 0015) | |
Celebrity | Arte Johnson talks about short and tall. (First: Episode 0131) | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on big and small with the Beautiful Day Monster and a small monster. Splurge comes in at the end to show what a really big monster looks like. (First: Episode 0015) | |
SCENE 5 | John and the gang cooperate to put the pieces of the box together to see how the final product will look. He appreciates the large number of hands helping out from his friends while nailing some of the framework. | |
Film | A boy narrates how you can talk with your hands. | |
SCENE 5 cont'd |
John finishes making the roof of the box, then has Brynne and Paul sandpaper the edges smooth. | |
Film | A man asks a purple fellow what G word is behind a circus curtain. It's a gorilla. Artist: Film Fair (First: Episode 0085) | |
Muppets | A group of monsters enter the frame, look upward, and exclaim "Gee!" The camera pulls back and reveals they're admiring a letter G. (First: Episode 0085) | |
Cartoon | A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. (First: Episode 0085) | |
SCENE 6 | John and Brynne finish sanding the edges, and John begins to add the door hinges on one side of the roof. | |
Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward. (First: Episode 0006) | |
SCENE 6 cont'd |
The box is almost finished, with the handle on top the only thing that needs to be attached. Gordon and the gang compare the box to John's original blueprint, and they all start painting it red. | |
Film | Filmfair G: A man asks a purple fellow what G word is behind a circus curtain. It's a gorilla. (repeat) | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about the capital and small G, while Grover celebrates how the letter starts his name (though he prefers it displayed with a capital G). (First: Episode 0125) | |
Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131) | |
Celebrity | Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0131) | |
SCENE 7 | While John and Paul paint the box, Gordon plays a game with the other kids: "Rub Your Tummy." The local vendor plays along before Gordon and the kids make their orders for him. | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie's doctor comes over. Ernie keeps trying to tell the doctor why he called him, but the doctor is too occupied with checking on Ernie, hardly allowing him to get a word in edgewise. (First: Episode 0137) | |
SCENE 8 | Gordon goes outside to mail a letter, but tries to figure out where to mail it. He suggests Big Bird's nest, but Little Bird points out that letters don't go in nests. They also don't go in Oscar's trash can (as Oscar threatens to shred it), but they do go in a mailbox. | |
Film | "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (First: Episode 0120) | |
Muppets | Charlie is lost and finds a policeman. It's his Uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman. (First: Episode 0135) | |
SCENE 9 | Betty Lou admires the finished box John and the kids made for her kitty. Gordon brings out the kitty (named Samantha) and places her in the box. Betty Lou thanks everybody for the help before they start cleaning up. | |
Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (repeat) | |
Cartoon | G for Gorilla (in man suit) (First: Episode 0085) | |
SCENE 10 | Betty Lou plays with her cat as the others continue cleaning up. Oscar announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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