| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | March 3, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Hooper sleepily greets the viewer. Gordon breaks him out of his drowsiness by inviting him to "Play Along," encouraging some of the other residents as well to make music together. Among those that join in or dance along are the kids, Mr. Macintosh, Prairie Dawn, Bob, Susan, and Willy, whom Gordon leads down the street and to Big Bird's nest. After the song ends, Big Bird's alarm clock goes off. He wakes up and asks Gordon what he's doing. |
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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) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty H” (First: Episode 0020) |
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Cartoon | H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020) |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (First: Episode 0120) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080) |
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Cartoon | A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0162) |
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SCENE 2 | “H” quickies:
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: H is for hole (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Chocolate Ice Cream — Oscar the Grouch makes an offer after Ernie eats Bert's ice cream. |
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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) |
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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) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Newspaper Expedition — Ernie makes an elaborate plan to go buy a newspaper. (First: Episode 0093) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Mahna Mahna and two Anything Muppet girls sing "Mah Na Mah Na". (First: Episode 0014) |
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Film | A film of kids riding their bikes to the zoo. The kids look at zoo animals. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob, Mr. Hooper, Gordon, Susan, and Oscar go around adding 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 says that he and 7 were having a tea party together. He calls 7 to come out, and the number floats out of his nest area and to its respective box. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (repeat) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Birds appear around the numerals one through twenty as jazz music plays. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob sings “A Face” to the kids. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (First: Episode 0002) |
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Cartoon | E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg. (First: Episode 0002) |
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SCENE 5 | "Eat" begins with E, and Susan introduces somebody having trouble getting something to eat. |
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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) |
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Cast | Gordon and Bob assemble an E. (First: Episode 0005) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: E for egg (repeat) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green". (First: Episode 0087) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob and Susan say goodbye to the viewers. Gordon announces the sponsors, while he asks Big Bird and Oscar what they are. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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