| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | January 28, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon welcomes the viewer, and attaches a wing to a model airplane. What's going to happen next? |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
In the kitchen, Susan has plates, knives, forks and spoons, some glasses, and a tablecloth. What's going to happen next? |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
In the courtyard, Bob has a flowerpot, some water, a flower, and some dirt. What's going to happen next? |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Big Bird has a washtub, a box of soapflakes, and some dirty laundry. Little Bird reminds him what happens next. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Herry Monster has a box of cookies, and dumps them onto a wall. What happens next? Cookie Monster eats the cookies, and Herry eats the box! |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon sees an "OUT TO LUNCH" sign on the door of Hooper's Store. He needs some glue to fix the model airplane he just made. In addition, Bob needs a newspaper, and Oscar needs some sour cream to go with his cup of coffee. Gordon offers Bob his used newspaper from today, and Bob offers Oscar some sour cream. Oscar reluctantly offers to give Gordon some of his glue ("What do you think I pour on top of my sardine sundaes?"). |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (repeat) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
The three return to Hooper's Store to exchange items. Once everyone's out of earshot, Oscar comments that cooperation isn't so bad after all. |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to help a Pumpkin Anything Muppet mailman deliver a package to Mrs. Mary Ann ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. (First: Episode 0038) |
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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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Muppets | Bob reads the story of "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World." (First: Episode 0138) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird recites a poem about animal houses. |
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Film | Some kids at the playground talk about different animal homes and imagine themselves living in them. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to twenty. |
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Film | The kids at the playground continue talking about animal homes. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008) |
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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 | E Imagination Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 4 | After talking to the kids about fear, Bob puts on a Halloween mask and attempts to scare Oscar with it. The trick backfires, as Oscar first believes that he is a friendly-looking stranger and invites him for a cup of hot mud. Once Bob reveals that it's himself, Oscar starts to compliment how handsome he's become. |
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Muppets | Grover, lost in a scary forest, sings "I Whistle a Happy Tune" to keep his spirits up. He bumps into a monster -- but it's Cookie Monster, who happily joins in the song. Then they run into a little boy, and they run away, panicked. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Song | "B is for Bubble." (First: Episode 0008) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon admires Big Bird's blue box filled with buttons. It's adorned with six B's, which stand for Big Bird's Beautiful Brass Button Box. |
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Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it. |
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Film | Traffic light. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Muppets | Fran Brill narrates as the Hands argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to present a lecture about the letter B, but Cookie Monster eats the bottom of the B and turns it into an R. Kermit talks about the R, but then Cookie Monster snacks some more, and makes it a P. Kermit tries to go on, but the monster keeps eating, making it into an F, and then an I, and then nothing at all. Kermit chides Cookie Monster for ruining his lesson. Cookie Monster gives Kermit a kiss, then exits. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B". (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 6 | In the kitchen, Susan sings "Three of These Things" with a paper plate, china saucer, round metal cake plate, and one rectangular see-through baking dish. She has the kids guess which doesn't belong. The baking dish is different, and Susan asks how the other three circular items differ from one another. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie struggles to save a plate of cookies for Bert. Beautiful Day Monster disguises himself as a baker and a little girl to trick Ernie out of four of the five cookies, but Bert blames Ernie. (First: Episode 0041) |
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Cartoon | E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg. (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | A group of Anything Muppets enter, with one saying, "Some of us are here, but not all." They leave, and say that now none of them are there. They re-enter with a few more, saying that some of them are there but not all, and leave again, saying that none of them are there. Many Muppets appear, including Bert, Grover, Scudge, Billy, Oscar and Cookie Monster, who all say, "Now we are all here!" (First: Episode 0061) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play". (First: Episode 0047) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan and the kids say goodbye as Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- The scary mask Bob uses in scene 4 was previously used by Gordon in Episode 0161 in order to help rid Oscar of his hiccups.
- This is the last season 2 episode to have a 1970 copyright text over the CTW closing sign.
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