| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | February 19, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon introduces the letter M, which starts such words as "man, "motorcycle," and "mailbox." |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Susan talks M some more as she mixes some eggs. She says it begins names like "Miguel" and "Martha..." |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Mr. Hooper ends the talk on M by eating a marshmallow, cueing some music, and presenting the most important M word - ME. |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman: ME Sign — Lefty attempts to sell a "ME" sign to Ernie for a nickel. |
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Muppets | Grover: Me — Grover sees the word "me" and shouts the word. |
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SCENE 2 | Susan starts a guessing game with Big Bird, Gordon, and the kids. She acts out getting a glass of milk from the fridge (complete with audible sound effects). Gordon then acts out diving into a pool. Big Bird then acts out driving a car. |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "Goin' for a Ride", while traveling in a car, train, and boat. (First: Episode 0037) |
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Film | Kids narrate a visit to an automobile factory, and watch a taxi being made. (First: Episode 0186) |
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Film | New Bridge #5 - Bounce (First: Episode 0105) |
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Cast | Larry and Phyllis: Phyllis wants to watch a TV show about cowboys, while Larry wants to watch a music and dance show. They decide to cooperate and watch a game show instead. (First: Episode 0181) |
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Celebrity | The stars of Bonanza -- Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, and Dan Blocker -- count up to 20. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) |
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SCENE 3 | Susan finds a bill in the mail that she remembers writing a check out for. Gordon realizes he was given the check, but forgot to mail it. Big Bird comforts the couple by singing "Everyone Makes Mistakes." |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Heavy and Light — An Anything Muppet's demonstration is observed by Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0175) |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (repeat) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot: M and W — Herbert Birdsfoot explains what the letters M and W look like. (First: Episode 0155) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper plays a rhyming game with the kids in Hooper's Store. He recites a short poem and the kids find the rhyme in each one. Oscar finds his poems dumb and comes up with grouchy ones for the kids to complete. |
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Cartoon | A bear has trouble adding and subtracting fish as he fishes at a lake; the number of fish keeps changing. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0187) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Cookie Coat — A woman wants to buy a coat from Tony, but ends up choosing Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0145) |
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Film | "Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command. (First: Episode 0047) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon and the kids meet a Muppet boy named Fernando, who speaks English and Spanish. He describes his new school in both languages, as the others figure out what each Spanish word means. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of animals moving in different ways. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0098) |
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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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Film | "Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (First: Episode 0024) |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird is reluctant to say goodbye, but says that those who tuned in late missed a good show. Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors and the credits follow. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar holds the Sesame Street sign, while Roosevelt Franklin and Betty Lou hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- This episode is one of the earliest examples of Big Bird becoming more childlike (opposed to his goofy adult persona the year before), as in scene 2 he comments that he's not old enough to drive.
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