| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | February 24, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan finishes ordering her groceries over the phone, and tells the viewer about today's sponsors. She recalls the number is 2, but can't remember today's letter. As she puts away her apron, her apple leftover from lunch, and one of the kids' toy airplanes, she realizes they all begin with the letter A. |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert notices that Ernie has a piece of string tied on his finger. Ernie says that the string tied on this finger helps to remind him that there's a piece of string tied on this finger. And so on. The string on the last finger is there to remind him that they're out of string. (First: Episode 0163) |
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Cartoon | A is for ape. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Tony sings "Lulu's Back in Town". Lulu turns out to be the Beautiful Day Monster, with a wig. (First: Episode 0030) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon notices a package fall out of the tree in front of 123 Sesame Street. It's addressed to "BIRD," not specifying which one in particular. He finds Big Bird and Little Bird at Big Bird's nest and they both claim they've ordered mufflers from the department store. Gordon pulls out a large muffler, which fits the description of the one Little Bird ordered. However, it covers his entire body. The box also contains a small muffler, which Big Bird assumes is his. Gordon helps them realize the big muffler should go to Big Bird and the little muffler goes to Little Bird. They find they're now the perfect fit and Big Bird comments how great that the mufflers they ordered for themselves fit the other instead. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A female and male vocalist sing "Bird is a four-letter word" over a film about birds. (First: Episode 0157) |
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Cartoon | A is for ape. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (First: Episode 0158) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert wants to know why there is a cookie lying on the table. Ernie explains that he put it there to remind himself. (First: Episode 0095) |
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Film | "Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0140) |
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Muppets | Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0188) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird drops by Gordon and Susan's kitchen, which is empty. He hears the sounds of birds coming from the living room, then becomes more and more frightened when he hears lions, elephants, and even the Tarzan yell. Gordon comes in and calms him down, explaining he's just watching a movie about animals on TV. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there. (First: Episode 0128) |
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Muppets | "Everybody Moo": Cookie Monster and Herry make monster noises and animal noises and invite the viewer to do the same. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert has a present for his Aunt Matilda, but Ernie thinks that the present is for him, so he makes several guesses about what it is first, then unwraps it. (First: Episode 0165) |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A bear counts bees. (First: Episode 0083) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon and the kids discuss things everyone does. After several answers, Troy comments that everybody eats, which Gordon uses to segue to the following... |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106) |
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Song | "Doll House" (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: During Ernie's naptime, Cookie Monster tries to steal and eat Ernie's pillow by distracting him with a bell. (First: Episode 0035) |
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Cartoon | A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob, Troy, Rico, and Fannie sort figures of animals and people into different groups. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie lies in bed and starts talking about what a square looks like and how many lines it has, then goes on to compare a square with a triangle. He then starts to ponder how many sides a circle has, and goes to sleep. Bert is about to attempt to answer the question, but ends up not being able to sleep. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | A is for ape. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" about a baker and a shoemaker. |
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Little Bird considers taking a "bird-nap" as he, Gordon, Bob, and Rico say goodbye. Oscar and Big Bird announce the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds up the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds up the CTW sign. |
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