| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | February 23, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | The cast sings "The Word Family Song" with the AN family. Susan and Mr. Hooper spell MAN, Little Bird spells CAN, Bob spells FAN, and Gordon spells PAN.
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Egg — Bert asks Ernie to put an egg away so he can eat it later. (First: Episode 0003) |
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SCENE 2 | From the window of Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper says he's here, while the audience is there. |
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Film | A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between here and there, near and far, and close and next to. (shortened, 'close and next to' part removed) (First: Episode 0111) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Brian talk about the difference between here and there. (First: Episode 0127) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster has just learned how to spell the word telephone. Cookie Monster comes running in with a frantic need for a telephone. Herry shows him the word, but Cookie wants a real one. Herry gives him one, and Cookie eats it. |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper and Farley help Troy and Rico build a paper figure to match the image of a fireman. |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Part?" The contestants are Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Professor Hastings, and the mystery part is a foot. (First: Episode 0164) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: D for Dog (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 4 | From the yard, Gordon and the kids spot Alphabet Bates writing a D in the sky (First: Episode 0016). |
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Cartoon | A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Celebrity | Flip Wilson talks about arms and legs. (First: Episode 0174) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Everybody Scratch — Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs. (First: Episode 0012) |
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Film | Kids demonstrate perspective using large and small rocks as they position themselves near and far. (First: Episode 0045) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan counts twelve eggs in the kitchen. |
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Cast | Bob assembles a number 12. (First: Episode 0173) |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: TV Chair — Herry Monster tricks Ernie and Bert into vacating their chair. |
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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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Cartoon | M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) |
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Film | The kids at the playground continue talking about animal homes. (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 6 | Little Bird sits in a tree and tells the audience that he saw a little girl skipping around making the sound of the letter M. |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan sings "Three of These Things" with toy animals. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Missing Cookies — Sherlock Hemlock deduces that Cookie Monster has eaten Ernie's cookies. (First: Episode 0142) |
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SCENE 8 | Bob, Troy, and two other kids sing "One of These Things" with letter Ds. |
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Cartoon | "The D Commercial:" Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0016) |
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Celebrity | Jim Nabors counts from one to twenty, demonstrating soft and loud. (First: Episode 0150) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057) |
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SCENE 9 | Mr. Hooper and some kids test what things react to a magnet. It can't pick up a straw, a glass, or jellybeans, but it picks up safety pins. He asks them to imagine what he could do with a bigger magnet. |
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SCENE 9 cont'd |
Bob and Rico test a big magnet on a book and Rico's hands, but it doesn't work. He tries it on Oscar's trash can lid and it works, but Oscar pops up and growls at him. Bob says the biggest magnet he's ever seen was at the end of a crane... |
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Film | A magnetic crane picks up large pieces of metal. (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Wrong Patient — Ernie's doctor makes a house call to examine him, but soon learns that he has the wrong patient. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073) |
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SCENE 10 | Farley can't remember the punchline to a joke he told, which Little Bird didn't find funny at all. Susan says that waving goodbye to the viewer is no joke. Everyone waves goodbye as Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper and Bob hold up the Sesame Street sign and Susan holds up the CTW sign. |
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