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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
This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source.

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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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...
BabyAlice-NearFar
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far.
(First: Episode 0079)
Nosesnatcher1
Muppets Ernie and Bert: The Mysterious Nose-SnatcherBert and Ernie get closer to the camera to observe "The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher."
(First: Episode 0005)
Noimage
Celebrity Arte Johnson talks about noses.
George nearfar
Film George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch.
SSGroverOriginalNearandFar
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)
Noimage
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.

F bubble
Cartoon Speech Balloon: F for Fly
(First: Episode 0032)
1037h
Cartoon Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished."
(First: Episode 0128)
Bob reads F story Kermit
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)
Flyfrogcartoon
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)
0573s
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)
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SCENE 3 Bob sings "Up, Up and Away" to a little girl.
Monday family
Film A little boy narrates the various activities his family partakes in on a typical Monday.
(First: Episode 0127)
HandsCakeShare
Muppets Fran Brill narrates as the Hands argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it.
(First: Episode 0189)
Film.kidsmadeof
Song "What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (part 1)
(First: Episode 0003)
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Celebrity Arte Johnson talks about eyes.
What Kids Are Made Of part 2
Song "What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (part 2)
(First: Episode 0003)
Air
Muppets Lefty the Salesman sells Ernie some air, but when Ernie waves to Bert, wanting to show it to him, he drops it. According to Bert (who didn't know what Ernie had), "It couldn't have vanished into thin air." But Ernie sobs, "Yes, it could, Bert! It could!"
(First: Episode 0118)
Noimage
SCENE 4 Gordon and six kids are going to play baseball. Bob tosses them down seven mitts from his apartment window.
1090-02
Cartoon Jazz #7
(First: Episode 0136)
Milk
Film How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow." (edited)
(First: Episode 0001)
EBnap
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)
Flyfrogcartoon
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)
1037h
Cartoon Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (repeat)
F bubble
Cartoon Speech Balloon: F for Fly (repeat)
F-Cheerleaders
Muppets The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F.
(First: Episode 0094)
Noimage
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...
HeresaLittleSomething--Tire
Film Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer". The object is a tire.
(First: Episode 0179)
1090-02
Cartoon Jazz #7 (repeat)
Grover herbert 20
Muppets Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to twenty.
(First: Episode 0189)
1090-02
Cartoon Jazz #7 (repeat)
Noimage
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 Frisbee: is it the dish, the crayon, or the book? Once the dish 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.
ErnieCMCuppycakes
Muppets Ernie and Bert: CuppycakesCookie Monster keeps stealing the "cuppycakes" that Ernie is trying to photograph.
(First: Episode 0136)
Noimage
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.
Toon-fishingABCs
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)
Noimage
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.
BB1970sCartoon
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.
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SCENE 9 The scooter has now been officially built. As two kids race them down the block, Big Bird signs off.


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