| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 13, 1971 | ||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Tom swings on the tire swing, which he points out is one of the many great ways to get from one place to another. He sings "How Do You Get from Here to There?" and leads the kids in marching (using their feet), riding an imaginary bus, and pretending they're airplanes. |
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Film | Transportation (First: Episode 0005) |
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Cartoon | Eugene wants his talking crow Willis to name some N words, and Willis replies with "no," "nothing," "nobody" and "never." (First: Episode 0101) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan and the kids watch Alphabet Bates draw the letter N (First: Episode 0040). Susan tells the kids to make the N sound. |
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Cartoon | N is naughty, nice, nodding, nickel, noon, nibbling, nest, nut, nose, night, nine, and nursing. (First: Episode 0140) |
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Muppets | Bob reads the story of "The Magic Apple," which is acted out by Ernie, Bert and three Anything Muppets. Ernie plays a "poor but honest farm boy" who would like to marry a princess and live in a palace with Rubber Duckies and banana milkshakes. A fairy godmother grants him that wish, but only if he can pick a magic apple from a tree. A farmer attempts to help him get the apple, but doesn't succeed. Finally, Ernie rests under the tree until the apple falls into his mouth! Just then, a king arrives and chooses Ernie to marry his daughter, "the lovely Princess Gwendolinda" (Bert in drag!). (First: Episode 0133) |
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Film | Apples grow on a tree. (First: Episode 0093) |
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SCENE 3 | Tom checks on the kids who are playing with building blocks. He has them arrange the blocks to look like buildings on a city street. As the kids start "driving" toy cars down their street, Tom asks if they've ever seen a big car being made. |
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Film | Kids narrate a visit to an automobile factory, and watch a taxi being made. (First: Episode 0186) |
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Film | "Two Song (Song of Two)" (First: Episode 0001) |
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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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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan asks Kim, Brian, and Ian if they know what the word "future" means. She thinks of some things that may happen in the future as she sings "Someday, Little Children." |
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Song | "Doll House" (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Ernie wonders what it would be like if everyone was exactly the same, and sees four balls who can't discern each other. Ernie decides to help the balls recognize each other by dressing each of them. (First: Episode 0166) |
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Cartoon | A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152) |
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SCENE 5 | Tom boasts to the kids and a skeptical Susan that he's one of the world's greatest dolphin-jump-counters. Everyone counts as they watch a film of dolphins jumping from the water ten times (First: Episode 0222). Tom claims that dolphin-jump-counting is his summer job, and that there isn't much of a market for it. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: K - Key (First: Episode 0040) |
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Muppets | "Wonderful/Yucchy" (First: Episode 0177) |
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Cartoon | K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040) |
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Muppets | Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #1) (First: Episode 0100) |
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SCENE 6 | At the playground near Big Bird's nest, Tom quizzes David on words that start with the letter K. He then asks everyone about a K animal that lives in Australia... |
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Cartoon | "K" - Kangaroo - A man (voiced by Gary Owens) explains what a kangaroo is, and ends up in the pouch of one. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about the word "in," and a monster (an early version of Grover) wants to help him teach. Kermit has a big box that he wants the monster to get inside, but he can't seem to grasp the concept of IN... he gets beside the box, on the box, and under the box. Finally, he reveals why he can't get in the box: because "Fred" is already inside it! (First: Episode 0056) |
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Celebrity | Peggy Fleming demonstrates under by skating under two of her partners. |
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Film | George the Farmer shows on top of. |
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SCENE 7 | In the kitchen, Susan asks Farley to deliver three borrowed plates to Mrs. Gonzales and a vase to Mrs. Carter (who lives in the same building). Farley agrees to deliver them, but Susan points out that, because the items are made of glass, she needs to wrap them in newspaper first. Farley goes off to put on his shoes as Susan starts wrapping. |
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Cartoon | K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 8 | Farley returns to retrieve the newly-wrapped packages, but now that they're all covered in newspaper, he has trouble discerning which is which. Susan helps him remember by having him identify the shape of the packages; the round, flat plates and the tall vase. Farley figures it out, but Susan also has to correct him when he mixes up which package goes to whom. |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges! (First: Episode 0192) |
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Cartoon | A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0187) |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Alphabet Story — Ernie writes a dramatic story, which is actually the alphabet. (First: Episode 0009) |
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SCENE 9 | Farley happily reports his delivery, unaware that he still got the order wrong. Susan sarcastically calls him a big help and says goodbye. Tom announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign while Grover holds the CTW sign. |
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