Episode 0213

Sesame Street
Air date	March 3, 1971
Season	Season 2 (1970-1971)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon and Susan invite the kids and the viewer to “Play Along” with them.
	Film	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited) (First: Episode 0032)
	Cartoon	"Poverty H” (First: Episode 0020)
	Cartoon	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020)
	Cartoon	H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020)
	Film	"I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (First: Episode 0143)
	Muppets	A fairy godmother turns Cookie Monster into a handsome prince. He thinks it's ugly, and uses the wand to change her into her original form, Herry Monster wearing a wig. As monsters, they fall in love. (First: Episode 0135)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080)
	Cartoon	A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0162)
	SCENE 2	“H” quickies: Bob wears a hat. Gordon holds a hot dog. Mr. Hooper displays his last name. A hungry Cookie Monster eats a letter H.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: H is for hole (repeat)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie eats the ice cream that Bert was saving for later, so he tries to pass off a smashed up banana with ice and gravy as a substitute. Bert expresses his disgust just as Oscar the Grouch comes in with two ice cream cones. He intends to give only one of them away, but swaps the other in exchange for the smashed banana with cold gravy.
	Muppets / Cast	Gordon observes Prairie Dawn spelling out the word DANGER. She defines the term and explains that she's placed it there because a piano has just been dropped out of the fifth story window next to them. (First: Episode 0182)
	Film	A boy talks his observations and experiences with the rain as he and his father go for a walk in it. (First: Episode 0149)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — When it's Ernie's turn to get a newspaper from Hooper's Store, Ernie decides to plan everything he may need. He gets his scarf and hat and earmuffs in case it snows, his umbrella if it starts to rain, sunglasses and suntan cream if it's a sunny day, and a flashlight if it gets dark. (First: Episode 0093)
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136)
	Muppets	Mahna Mahna and two Anything Muppet girls sing "Mah Na Mah Na". (First: Episode 0014)
	Film	A film of kids riding their bikes to the zoo. The kids look at zoo animals. (First: Episode 0131)
	SCENE 3	Bob, Mr. Hooper, Gordon, Susan and Oscar each add up cigar boxes (each with a consecutive number inside), until they have 6 total. Big Bird adds one, making it 7, but they notice there’s no 7 in the box. Big Bird coaxes a shy number 7 out of his nest area.
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	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)
	Cartoon	Birds appear around the numerals one through twenty as jazz music plays. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0134)
	Cartoon	E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001)
	SCENE 4	Bob sings “A Face”.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (First: Episode 0002)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg. (First: Episode 0002)
	SCENE 5	Susan transitions between segments.
	Cartoon	While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004)
	Cast	Gordon and Bob assemble an E. (First: Episode 0005)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: E for egg (repeat)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green". (First: Episode 0087)
	SCENE 6	The sponsors are announced.

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