| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | January 25, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Miguel pushes a wheelbarrow toward the construction doors, where he nails up a big letter S. |
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Cartoon | A sprightly seal tells the story of six silly sailors who split up on a see-saw. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Game Show: Pick Your Pet Lucy Jones insists upon a pet that purrs, has silky hair, and likes milk... the Beautiful Day Monster. (First: Episode 0067) |
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Cartoon | Clay animation: Sam the Snake-and other things that begin with S (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon notices that Oscar has surrounded his can with signs that read "STREET" and point to the street. Oscar explains that he made all these signs to deter the traffic away from his trash can. Gordon finds this ridiculous, until they are suddenly bombarded by oncoming (miniature) traffic. |
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Film | A girl named Jennifer visits family friend Mrs. Wilson in the country, and together they pick food from her garden. (First: Episode 0021) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie and the Man Who Needs Help — Ernie has trouble understanding Simon Soundman, who's having car trouble. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint. |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | F for Football Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0135) |
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Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Muppets | Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different. (First: Episode 0018) |
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Cartoon | Poverty F (First: Episode 0128) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper holds a sale at Hooper's Store, discounting all things shaped like rectangles. Mauricio and Sally help out by finding the various rectangle-shaped items such as a comic book and a box of matches. Mr. Hooper rewards the kids with rectangle-shaped chocolate bars. |
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Muppets | Ernie opens his lunchbox and finds that half of his chicken salad sandwich is missing. Sherlock Hemlock, the world's greatest detective, investigates this fiendish crime. It turns out that Sherlock himself ate half of Ernie's sandwich. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Clay animation: Sam the Snake-and other things that begin with S (repeat) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings "Minute Waltz." (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A sprightly seal tells the story of six silly sailors who split up on a see-saw. (repeat) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy meets Alphabet O'Malley, whose full name consists of twenty-six first names, each one starting with a different letter of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0134) |
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SCENE 4 | Miguel talks about Spanish and English words with Susan and the kids. He tells them a few Spanish words that sound similarly to their English counterparts, then the Spanish words for "stand up" and "sit down." |
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Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (repeat) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Kermit introduces Professor Hastings, who 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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Film | Lions (instrumental, with occasional lion growls) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0018) |
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Cartoon | Poverty F (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Fly & frog (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | In a series of quickies, the cast listens to various sounds and prompts the viewer to say where they came from. Miguel hears a bird, and Mr. Hooper hears the bell on his back door. Oscar hears Chris's balloon popping, so he gives him another one. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
Miguel hears another bird, Susan hears her telephone, and Miguel hears a crash from clumsy Big Bird. |
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Cartoon | F for Football (repeat) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 1) (First: Episode 0092) |
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Film | Kids narrate a visit to an automobile factory, and watch a taxi being made. |
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SCENE 6 | Miguel grills Oscar about where Chris's new balloon came from before saying goodbye. He displays the sponsors on and above the construction doors as Gordon announces them. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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