| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | February 5, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon hears some strange mechanical noises coming from Big Bird's nest. He investigates and finds Big Bird adjusting the franistrat and adjusting the crasinopholus on his structure. He has created a grandfather bird-clock, but Gordon points out to him that the numbers are all mixed up. He explains that the numbers one through twelve have to go in a certain order and starts adjusting them. |
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Celebrity | The New York Knicks make 11 shots, but miss on the 12th. (First: Episode 0154) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Big Bird gives his clock some finishing touches. Big Bird and Gordon count off the twelve chimes, which are more like loud, mechanical noises accompanied by a booming grand fanfare. Little Bird, substituting for the cuckoo, pops out visibly rattled and faints at the sound of an explosion. |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks |
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Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite." (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan hands out hats to Benjamin, Rico, Chris, and Jill as she plays a rhyming guessing game about different people in the neighborhood. |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber. (First: Episode 0045) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert urges Ernie to go to sleep, but Ernie won't go to sleep until the person living upstairs drops his other shoe. When the shoe finally drops, Ernie wakes Bert up to tell him about it. (First: Episode 0176) |
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Celebrity | Lorne Greene and the Bonanza cast add two horses and one horse to make three horses. (First: Episode 0150) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon leaves to get two chairs for himself and Benjamin, but then Mauricio arrives. He leaves to get another chair, but every time he does so, another kid shows up, with five people in total but only four chairs. Gordon solves this by having Mauricio sit on his lap. |
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Film | A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion! (First: Episode 0166) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird is inspired to be a teacher like Bob and wants to teach things like "forwards" and "backwards." Susan and Bob ask if he knows the difference, so he walks forward and backward to demonstrate, accidentally backing into a stack of crates. |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates forward and backward using a wind-up toy. (First: Episode 0157) |
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Celebrity | In reponse to the previous segment, Tim Conway sings "Hello, Dolly... Goodbye, Dolly." |
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Muppets | Herry Monster looks for a triangle. He first spots a rectangle first. Grover tells Herry it isn't a triangle and becomes frustrated. Next, he spots a square, Grover tells him it isn't a triangle, and once again is frustrated. Grover suggests that Herry should cut the square in half and make two triangles. |
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Celebrity | The stars of Bonanza appear: Hoss and Mr. Cartwright take turns saying letters of the alphabet; Little Joe rides up in time for Z. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Ernie wonders what it would be like if everyone was exactly the same, and sees four balls who can't discern each other. Ernie decides to help the balls recognize each other by dressing each of them. (First: Episode 0166) |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 12 hits in a row, but miss on the 13th. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Grover assists Herbert Birdsfoot in a demonstration of the word "THE," by holding a sign with the word as Herbert tells a story and rings a bell whenever the sign is needed. As usual, Grover wears himself out. (First: Episode 0166) |
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Cartoon | A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | A ragged rabbit, red rooster, and raving rhinoceros participate in the Race for the Roses. (First: Episode 0144) |
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Cartoon | Rocket countdown: Rocket takes off at 7. Then it comes down so the man can continue his countdown, but at 1, it falls over with a huge crash. (First: Episode 0022) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon and some kids display a Rocket... |
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SCENE 5cont'd | Bob, dressed as a magician, pulls Howie, a Rabbit, out of his hat... |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Some Anything Muppet hippies (Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, and Fran Brill) dance to Rock and Roll music... |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Mr. Hooper displays a Rose, which squirts him in the eye... |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Oscar the Grouch dumps a wastebasket of Rubbish over his head... |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Cookie Monster devours a Raspberry-flavored letter R. |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R for rabbit (First: Episode 0014) |
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Muppets / Cast | Susan sings "Swing on a Star" while putting features on some Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0010) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon shows the kids drawings of a tree in the winter, spring, and summer. |
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Film | To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. (First: Episode 0156) |
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SCENE 7 | Oscar doesn't care for how trees bloom and prefers a much junkier place. |
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Film | A magnetic scrapyard baler is used to lift cars into a compacter. (First: Episode 0024) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers." To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy. (First: Episode 0107) |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Fish Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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SCENE 8 | Bob sings "Here Are Some Things" using plates and kitchenware, then plays another round with toy cars and trucks. |
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Muppets | Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly. (First: Episode 0089) |
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Cartoon | The uses of water (First: Episode 0139) |
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SCENE 9 | Susan hears Big Bird's clock striking loudly as Big Bird waits for it to "strike thirteen." This time, a rocket blasts off as Little Bird nervously pops out. Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the CTW sign. |
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