| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Mr. Hooper asks Big Bird to pile some empty boxes; Rainy day | |||||||||
| Air date | December 29, 1970 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan greets the viewer, and introduces the letter of the day - V - by making one with her fingers. |
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Cartoon | "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0050) |
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Cartoon | Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. Artist: The Hubleys |
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SCENE 2 | A drowsy Bob makes a letter V with his fingers. |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon asks Oscar to make a letter V with his fingers, but he needs to be reminded how. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird flies in and finds Mr. Hooper trying to find a place to store his empty boxes until he can find more room for them. Big Bird wants to help and suggests he put them on the table outside. Mr. Hooper explains that the table is for customers — like Bob, who comes by and asks him for a chocolate soda. Big Bird is amazed at Mr. Hooper's prescience, and continues to think of another place for the boxes. |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 14 hits in a row, but miss on the 15th. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Big Bird has piled the boxes in front of the back entrance to Hooper's Store. He thinks the pile will be safe from harm, until Mr. Hooper points out that someone could knock the boxes down. Big Bird puts this to the test by going inside the store, deciding to tell others to avoid the boxes. He realizes that nobody else is in the store, so he exits through the door and knocks all the boxes down (putting his head through one of them). Big Bird is once again amazed at Mr. Hooper's prescience. |
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Cartoon | Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Kermit helps Professor Hastings talk about the parts of the body. (Part 1) (First: Episode 0130) |
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SCENE 5 | With only his hand visible, Gordon shows that "mano" means "hand" in Spanish. |
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Muppets | Kermit helps Professor Hastings talk about the parts of the body. (Part 2) (First: Episode 0130) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan sings two rounds of "Here Are Some Things." The first group sorts out thin, cylindrical items from cubes, and the second group separates curved and bent shapes from straight ones. |
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Muppets | Little Bird explains "next to". Then Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird. |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Celebrity | Tag: Tim Conway says "There was something fishy there." (First: Episode 0146) |
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SCENE 7 | Gordon demonstrates the "Shave and a Haircut" rhythm, and others on the street repeat it when prompted. Mr. Hooper knocks it out while hammering a sign, Bob does it as he sandpapers some wood, Susan uses her cutter and bowl, and Big Bird attempts to play it on his toy xylophone. |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 15 hits in a row, but miss on the 16th. |
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Muppets | Grover visits the zoo to talk about birds. He visits the bird cage (containing Little Bird) and swaps places inside the cage. Two Anything Muppets come and admire him. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has seven jellybeans, and Bert has six. To make it even, Ernie eats the extra jellybean. That's fair, isn't it? (First: Episode 0014) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (repeat) |
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SCENE 8 | As it's raining, Bob and the kids (including Sally) break from their ball game and take shelter under the awning of Hooper's Store. They talk about what things need rain, and start singing "Rain Rain Go Away" as the hot dog man joins in. |
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Cast | Larry and Phyllis try to get Larry's galoshes on. |
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SCENE 8 cont'd |
Bob, Mr. Hooper, and the kids continue their singing as the rain stops. Bob and the kids go back to the yard to play some ball. |
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Muppets | "Everybody Moo": Cookie Monster and Herry make monster noises and animal noises and invite the viewer to do the same. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 20 hits in a row. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (repeat) |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Dentist and Bus Driver. (First: Episode 0106) |
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Cartoon | "Imagination V" (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | Gordon will reward Grover with a bag of jellybeans if he can get next to him. Grover struggles with this concept, but ultimately ends up next to the bag of tasty treats instead. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again. (First: Episode 0140) |
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Cartoon | Small v (repeat) |
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SCENE 10 | Bob and Susan sing "Right in the Middle of My Face" with the kids. |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (repeat) |
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SCENE 11 | Some kids bounce their basketballs on the lid of Oscar's trash can. Oscar emerges, yelling, "Hey, what do you think this is, a basketball arena? I had enough of this. Goodbye!" Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and Susan hold up the Sesame Street sign while Gordon, Mr. Hooper and Oscar hold up the CTW sign. |
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