| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Oscar's record player; Big Bird's shopping list | |||||||||
| Air date | March 11, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon plays a game with the kids - he sets out a bunch of hats associated with various jobs. They hear a sound effect (such as a fire siren or a jet plane) and they identify which hat goes with it. He then makes the sound of a letter and they must guess what it is - the letter V. |
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Cartoon | "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0050) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Muppets | A baby monster sees the word "IS", and asks some other monsters to tell him what the word is. (First: Episode 0168) |
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Celebrity | Arte Johnson says the alphabet, forgetting a few letters here and there. (First: Episode 0147) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar loudly plays his record player of off-key marching music. Gordon insists he turn it down for the sake of everyone on the street, but Oscar refuses, believing music is best enjoyed when it's loud. He turns it up further, drowning out Gordon's complaints. |
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Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar and Gordon squabble some more over the music, when Bob comes by with a solution to Oscar's hi-fi troubles - a pair of headphones. Oscar likes being able to listen to his music, but doesn't like that nobody's being bothered in the process. |
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Film | A film of things that make sounds, including birds and farm animals. Is silence a sound? (edited) (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: Shopping — Wendy's mom sends her to pick up some groceries, but can't remember what to get by the time she gets to the grocer. (First: Episode 0121) |
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Song | "Doll House" (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird strolls into Hooper's Store and proudly tells Mr. Hooper that he's remedied his usual, forgetful habits by making a shopping list. He produces large cards with drawings on them, which mnemonically tell him what he wants to buy (such as a picture of a flower, which grows from a seed, which means he wants birdseed). His final drawing is that of a bottle of milk. Mr. Hooper describes a long-winded way this would remind Big Bird to buy something like a loaf of bread, but Big Bird states the picture is merely to remind him to get milk. |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Doctor Ernie — Ernie assumes that Bert is ill when he turns down his invitation to play in the park. (First: Episode 0124) |
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Cartoon | Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0167) |
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Muppets | Fran Brill narrates as the Hands argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it. (First: Episode 0189) |
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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 | A hippie lines up a group of monsters to demonstrate first and last, but a monster doesn't want to be last in line. The hippie compromises and lets him be first... but the line keeps changing directions. (First: Episode 0116) |
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Film | Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Two Noses — Ernie has a solution to Bert's assertion that he only has one nose. (First: Episode 0061) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan points to the various toys left out by the kids. Before putting them away, she uses them for a game of "Here Are Some Things," finding which toy goes with the others that fly. |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) |
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Muppets | Kermit Lecture: Rectangle — Cookie Monster destroys Kermit's rectangle. (First: Episode 0017) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film / Animation | Part 1: A boy declares he wants to build a building. He and an adult voiceover describe how the building will be made, intercut with stop-motion animation and live-action footage. The two then wait for the foundational cement to dry... (First: Episode 0142) |
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Cartoon | Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. (repeat) |
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Film / Animation | Part two: With the cement dried, the boy's building is brought to completion. (First: Episode 0142) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin and his mother sing "Roosevelt Franklin Counts". (First: Episode 0068) |
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SCENE 6 | At Hooper's Store, some kids (Muppet and human) are at the stools waiting to be served. Tina (Fran Brill) is on one end and insists she is first, provided everyone faces in her direction. On the other end is Rocco (Caroll Spinney), who believes he will be first if everyone faces his way. Mr. Hooper resolves the conflict by serving Christopher, the child in the middle, first instead. |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman: Handy-Dandy Remembering Pad — Lefty sells Ernie a notebook. |
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SCENE 7 | Bob has a remembering pad of his own and it reminds him that it's time to say goodbye. Everyone (including Polly Watson) waves goodbye (though Big Bird shouts, "Hello!") as Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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