Episode 0235

	Sesame Street
	Bob and the Kids make a soapbox racer for Big Bird
Air date	April 2, 1971
Season	Season 2 (1970-1971)
Production	January 29, 1971
Sponsors	F, 7
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon sees that the viewer is far away and he invites them to be near. He introduces someone else who knows about near and far...
	Cartoon	Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far. (First: Episode 0079)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher — Bert and Ernie get closer to the camera to observe "The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." (First: Episode 0005)
	Celebrity	Arte Johnson talks about noses.
	Film	George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch.
	Muppets	A monster demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057)
	SCENE 2	In a series of quick-cuts, everybody shows words in the AN family: Gordon turns on a FAN, which blows him away. Susan cooks a flapjack with a PAN. Herry Monster eats a CAN. Oscar worries as he hears a vehicle backing up towards him - it's a (toy) VAN. Mr. Hooper discovers a gorilla is really a MAN (Bob in disguise). As Gordon reiterates the words, a gorilla appears beside him. He assumes this is Bob's trick again, when Bob walks past them both.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032)
	Cartoon	Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (First: Episode 0128)
	Muppets / Cast	Bob reads a story with F words featuring Frieda who ventures to her friend Flora's farm with flowers and fruit, but gets lost in a forest. Kermit keeps trying to insert himself into the story (since Frog is a great F word), mishearing Bob when he says "fog" and "log". When Frieda meets a farmer named Fred, who turns out to be a prince, she kisses Prince Fred, and he turns into Kermit. (First: Episode 0095)
	Cartoon	A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034)
	Cartoon	A bully won't give the kids' baseball back. The boy imagines a few scenarios before ultimately calling for his dog. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0215)
	SCENE 3	Bob sings "Up, Up and Away" to a little girl.
	Film	A little boy narrates the various activities his family partakes in on a typical Monday. (First: Episode 0127)
	Muppets	Fran Brill narrates as the Hands argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it. (First: Episode 0189)
	Song	"What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (part 1) (First: Episode 0003)
	Celebrity	Arte Johnson talks about eyes.
	Song	"What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (part 2) (First: Episode 0003)
	Muppets	Lefty the Salesman: Air — Lefty sells Ernie some air. (First: Episode 0118)
	SCENE 4	Gordon and six kids are going to play baseball. Bob tosses them down seven mitts from his apartment window.
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136)
	Film	How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow." (edited) (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert's Nap — As Bert takes a nap, Ernie tells the viewer how he knows that Bert is asleep. (First: Episode 0027)
	Cartoon	A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (repeat)
	Cartoon	Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (repeat)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: F for Fly (repeat)
	Muppets	The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (First: Episode 0094)
	SCENE 5	The camera is tight on the license plate on a toy truck. As the camera zooms out, Susan introduces another thing in close-up...
	Film	Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer". The object is a tire. (First: Episode 0179)
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	Muppets	Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to twenty. (First: Episode 0189)
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	SCENE 6	At the garage steps, Bob plays two rounds of "Here Are Some Things" using three groups of items. First, he asks the kids what belongs with a pocket watch, a doughnut, and a plate: is it the crayon, the wheel, or the book? Once the wheel has been selected and brought to the other round items, he figures out which of the round items belongs with the third group: an inner tube, a metal ring, and a hoop. The doughnut belongs because it's the only round thing with a hole in the middle.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cuppycakes — Cookie Monster keeps stealing the "cuppycakes" that Ernie is trying to photograph. (First: Episode 0136)
	SCENE 7	Big Bird sees Bob and the kids playing with a scooter made from a soapbox. He wishes he had one too, so everyone rushes off to find the items they'll need to make him one.
	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)
	SCENE 8	The scooter is pieced together and Big Bird is ready to ride. Bob tries to interject with something they've forgotten, but Big Bird is certain they have everything. He hops on and the scooter comes apart. Bob points out what they've left out - the nails.
	Cartoon	As voices speculate what a squiggle will become, the squiggle is joined by other lines and bumps, eventually forming into a talking picture of Big Bird.
	SCENE 9	The scooter has now been officially built. As two kids race them down the block, Big Bird signs off.