| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 6, 1971 | ||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Tom greets the viewer, but not too loudly. He shushes the neighborhood kids making sure they don't disturb Bert as he reads the newspaper in his apartment... |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has a question, but Bert is reading the newspaper. Ernie hums and talks to Rubber Duckie until Bert gives up reading the paper in exasperation. Then Ernie can ask his question: Can he borrow the newspaper? (First: Episode 0042) |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green". (First: Episode 0087) |
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Muppets | Grover visits the zoo to talk about birds. He visits the bird cage (containing Little Bird) and swaps places inside the cage. Two Anything Muppets come and admire him. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Song | "Fireman Ready to Go" (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird tells Miguel he has a new pen pal, but he accidentally knocks over one of the kids' block towers in the process of sharing the news. He's not sure what to write back to her about, and considers telling her about how clumsy he is, and that he always makes mistakes. Miguel tells him some positive attributes he can write about, like how kind and generous he is. With a new, positive outlook, Big Bird narrowly avoids walking into the block towers again - "If you start to think good things, you do good things!" |
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Film | Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. (edited) Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall. Voice: Casey Kasem |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to present a lecture about the letter B, but Cookie Monster eats the bottom of the B and turns it into an R. Kermit talks about the R, but then Cookie Monster snacks some more, and makes it a P. Kermit tries to go on, but the monster keeps eating, making it into an F, and then an I, and then nothing at all. Kermit chides Cookie Monster for ruining his lesson. Cookie Monster gives Kermit a kiss, then exits. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | B for butterfly (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B". (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | A Muppet inchworm and a bug sing "The Inch Worm" in a field of flowers. (First: Episode 0168) |
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SCENE 3 | Susan and the kids observe a picture of a star and sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." They then try to find as many stars as they can that are hidden within an elaborate picture. |
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Muppets | Little Bird plays an imagination game, closing his eyes and imagining he hears sounds. At the end of the game, he imagines that he hears a scary monster -- and when he opens his eyes, Herry Monster is there, growling at him. (First: Episode 0148) |
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Film | Traffic lights (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (repeat) |
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SCENE 4 | Miguel counts to 20 in Spanish, then presents the way to count in English... |
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Film | A woman counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Muppets | Gordon asks Ernie to put three balls and a balloon into four small boxes. When Ernie learns the trick, he tries to play the game with Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*. (First: Episode 0007) |
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Celebrity | Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids. (First: Episode 0083) |
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Cartoon | B is for Bongo Beat, Bandit, and Bottles of wine. (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | After disagreeing about the weather, Tom asks Oscar why he's so grouchy all the time. "If you were me, you'd be just the same," replies Oscar. Tom disagrees, then wonders what it would be like. He closes his eyes and imagines that he is Oscar, living in his trash can. At first he enjoys it, even playing a bit on Oscar's piano and taking a dip in his swimming pool. He's very pleasant with Miguel as he sweeps, but gets upset when his broom knocks into the can. He gets even grouchier when a couple of kids throw their ball at the can as well. When Gordon dumps some trash onto his head, Tom quickly develops an attitude like Oscar's. He doesn't like it and stops imagining, and confesses to Oscar that he was right. |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B". (repeat) |
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Cartoon | B for butterfly (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (repeat) |
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Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (repeat) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 6 | Tom and Miguel monitor a one-legged roller-skating race down the block with the kids. Miguel points out the kids' positions as they cross the finish point, giving a big hug to the last skater. |
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Muppets | Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0212) |
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SCENE 7 | The kids skate around as Tom reiterates to Miguel that he's happy that Oscar is Oscar. Everyone says goodbye as Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds up the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon and Susan hold up the CTW sign at the end. |
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