| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | April 16, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar comes into Hooper's Store to buy a birthday card for his friend Icky Grouch. Mr. Hooper selects a couple from his display, but all the ones he has have nice poems inside. Mr. Hooper tells him they don't make unpleasant greeting cards, so Oscar resolves to make one of his own. |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar returns to the store with a crumpled, smudged birthday card. He reads the birthday poem he wrote: "Happy birthday to my dear friend, Icky. When I look at your face, I really get sicky!" Mr. Hooper thinks it's mean and rotten, which signals to Oscar that he's successful. |
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Cartoon | A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Ernie makes the sound of the letter R by pretending he's driving a car. (First: Episode 0194) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R for rabbit (First: Episode 0014) |
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Cast | Larry and Phyllis try to sing, but Larry can only make a honking sound while Phyllis can only make a beeping sound. (First: Episode 0131) |
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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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Insert | Big Bird plays in his nest with a set of blocks that Roosevelt Franklin had gifted him. Herry Monster comes along and helps him sort them according to how they want to play with them. (First: Episode 0178) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0007) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." |
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Muppets | Lefty sells Ernie a handy-dandy remembering pad that reminds him to take care of his daily routines (i.e. wake up in the morning, eat lunch at noon, etc.). (First: Episode 0219) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon flips out when he discovers that Susan is preparing ribs for dinner. She mixes the barbecue sauce together, and Gordon suggests adding some hot sauce. They are then reminded of their first big fight as a married couple... |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | In a flashback, Susan prepares her very first dish of ribs for Gordon; she's a bit nervous as they're Gordon's favorite food. Gordon samples it and comments that it needs a lot more hot sauce, like his mother used to make. Susan takes great offense to this as she's been working all afternoon on the sauce, and starts to cry. Gordon attempts to apologize, and tries to rectify his comment, but Susan gets the hot sauce and prepares to add more... |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Back in the present, Gordon and Susan laugh over their disagreement, and Gordon offers to make the sauce instead. Susan puts the apron on him, and Gordon jokingly tries to sneak in some hot sauce. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R for rabbit (repeat) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about hair. According to Kermit, "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." He points out that some people have hair on their heads, while others have it on their faces. But if you have hair all over your body -- like Beautiful Day Monster, who emerges brushing himself and singing "A pretty girl is like a melody ..." -- then you're a monster! (First: Episode 0028) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper shows the viewer how his cash register works, specifically when he makes a ten-cent sale. |
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Film | Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to go play in the park with him. When Bert says no, Ernie wonders if he isn't feeling well and starts to examine him. (First: Episode 0124) |
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Cartoon | A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster has just learned how to spell the word telephone. Cookie Monster comes running in with a frantic need for a telephone. Herry shows him the word, but Cookie wants a real one. Herry gives him one, and Cookie eats it. (First: Episode 0207) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan presents the small letter I, then writes the word "ink" with a pen. Mr. Hooper presents ice in a soda glass. Oscar declares that he's going inside his trash can. |
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Celebrity | The New York Knicks make 3 baskets in a row, but miss on the 4th. (First: Episode 0146) |
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Muppets | Billy wants to learn about here and there, so the Beautiful Day Monster and Cookie Monster show him by spreading apart, each calling Fred's son over to their side. However, whenever Baby gets to "there," he always finds himself "here." (First: Episode 0111) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A female and male vocalist sing "Bird is a four-letter word" over a film about birds. (First: Episode 0157) |
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SCENE 6 | In split-screen, Bob rhymes "chair" with "bear" and "hair," giving out clues for both. |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to count his balloons. The balloons are arranged in a circle, so he continues counting around the circle, and counts some of them twice. Grover has a solution -- he pops each of the balloons as he counts them. (First: Episode 0133) |
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Celebrity | The New York Knicks make 20 baskets in a row. (First: Episode 0154) |
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Cartoon | A ragged rabbit, red rooster, and raving rhinoceros participate in the Race for the Roses. (First: Episode 0144) |
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Celebrity | Arte Johnson says the alphabet, forgetting a few letters here and there. (First: Episode 0147) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Brian talk about the difference between here and there. (First: Episode 0127) |
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Film | A boy narrates how you can talk with your hands. (First: Episode 0159) |
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SCENE 7 | In split-screen, Bob does some drilling in the yard, while Gordon does some sawing near 123 Sesame Street. They both need to switch to the tool the other has, so they go off to borrow them from each other. They leave in opposite directions, though... |
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Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144) |
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SCENE 7 cont'd | Bob and Gordon finally meet with each other and exchange the tools they need. Mr. Hooper approaches them both, and takes the tools as he's in need of a saw and a drill to build a display. Bob goes to help Mr. Hooper, while Gordon goes to tell Oscar what just happened. Gordon and Oscar say goodbye (which Oscar relishes in) and Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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