| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Susan gets a pair of pet kittens | |||||||||
| Air date | December 23, 1970 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan tells Gordon she'd like to have a pet around the house to keep her company. She wants a pet that's affectionate, cheerful, cute, and cuddly. Gordon suggests a dog; Bob chimes in and says a bird also makes a nice pet, while Oscar prefers a pet rhinoceros. Susan realizes that her descriptions were too general, and eventually clues in that she wants to get a kitten. |
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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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Muppets | Kermit talks about horns as a film of animals with horns plays behind him. (First: Episode 0112) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan retrieves a case and has a surprise for Gordon: two identical kittens. She and Gordon discuss how they're going to cooperate and take care of the kittens when one of them is home from work early. Gordon comments that lots of things come in twos. |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Two Noses — Ernie has a solution to Bert's assertion that he only has one nose. (First: Episode 0061) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird joins Norma and Athelstan in admiring Susan's kittens, whom Susan has named "Hello" and "Hola" ("hello" in Spanish). |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (First: Episode 0002) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie cries because he loves the number 2 so much. Bert snaps Ernie out of it and introduces a letter E film...causing Ernie to cry again, since E happens to be his favorite letter. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001) |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob proposes a story to the kids using the "et" family of words, but Oscar intervenes and tells a story about about a pet kitten who makes a bet with a pet rhino and ends up getting wet. Bob suggests a nicer ending, which Oscar immediately hates. |
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Muppets | Gordon puts some features on some Anything Muppets, forming them into a family. They all sing "Consider Yourself." (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookie Monster on the Phone Part 1 — Ernie waits by the phone for a call from Bert, but in walks Cookie Monster promising to make a short call. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Film | Traffic light. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookie Monster on the Phone Part 2 — Ernie continues to wait for the phone as Cookie Monster drones on about the day to his mommy. He begins counting... (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg. (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookie Monster on the Phone Part 3 — Just as Cookie Monster has counted up to 4,614, he proceeds to ask his mommy about her day. Ernie offers him a cookie to get off the phone. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0162) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookie Monster on the Phone Part 4 — Cookie Monster finishes up his phone call, but he's not finished with the phone. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | A bear counts bees (First: Episode 0083) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Finger String — Ernie has a piece of string on each finger, in order to remind himself that they're all out of string. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty H": A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a hole under Yellow, who yells "HELP!!" (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets | The Word Family Song: ET family (First: Episode 0139) |
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Cartoon | H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes up with a way for him to remember to put his basketball away before he goes to sleep: he remembers with his mind, which is in his head; his head is round, and so is the basketball. His plan works the first time, but not when Bert wants to go to sleep. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080) |
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Film | "Rectangles" Rectangles in the city and country are shown to a percussion soundtrack. (First: Episode 0005) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit plays a sorting game with squares and circles, until Cookie Monster arrives and takes a bite out of the shapes. Kermit is upset, until he tastes one of them, and he joins Cookie Monster in finishing off the rest! (First: Episode 0094) |
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SCENE 5 | At Hooper's Store, Big Bird asks Mr. Hooper for an eraser. The erasers are on the top shelf, so Mr. Hooper has to get it by climbing a ladder. Big Bird asks for another eraser, then another one, but Mr. Hooper tells him to just add the amount of erasers he wants. Big Bird wants a pencil next … but he doesn't know how many. |
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Cartoon | H for hello (repeat) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty H" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Professor Hastings conducts a lecture about the ways people feel, but keeps drifting off. Meanwhile, two groups of Muppets behind him pass by; one cheering for their winning team, and the others crying for the losing team. (First: Episode 0106) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates sad. (First: Episode 0135) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan has Hello and Hola "say" goodbye as Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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