| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird tries to be like Gordon | |||||||||
| Air date | April 26, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon begins to present the letter Z, when Big Bird interrupts him. He's noticed how great Gordon is as a person and has decided to be just like him by doing everything he does. Gordon tells Big Bird he likes him just the way he is, but Big Bird prefers it his way. Since Gordon was going to talk about Z, he decides to do the same; he pulls a duplicate letter from Gordon, and repeats everything he attempts to say. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Z”: -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0085) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy plays hide-and-seek with three letter Zs, who blend into his porch. (First: Episode 0200) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird trails Gordon, who goes to the stoop to sit and read his newspaper. Big Bird continues imitating Gordon (even humming "One of These Things" the way he does), but Gordon can't advance much in his reading as it takes Big Bird a bit longer to catch up, not to mention his beak getting in the way. |
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Film | Kids comment on a film of the process of peanuts being made into peanut butter. (First: Episode 0194) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie." (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | L is for Ladder (First: Episode 0036) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock demonstrates the sound of the letter L. |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon and Big Bird go to Hooper's Store and order a glass of water. Big Bird tries entering the same time as Gordon, getting them both stuck. |
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Muppets | The Hands count to 11. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A mandrill carries her young. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0039) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper asks Gordon to fetch two large sacks from a few yards away. Gordon can move one with ease, but Big Bird struggles to do the same. When he learns the sacks contain his favorite snack, birdseed, he asks Gordon to have some so he can eat some as well. Gordon prefers other kinds of foods, leaving Big Bird snackless. Some kids report that their volleyball is stuck on the arbor outside Hooper's. Gordon can't reach it, but Big Bird can. He realizes that sometimes, it's good to be different and asks Gordon if he can stop doing everything he does. |
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Muppets | Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again. (First: Episode 0140) |
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Cartoon | A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (First: Episode 0057) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: P - pin (First: Episode 0054) |
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Muppets | Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different. (First: Episode 0018) |
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SCENE 5 | As the kids play with the barrels in Big Bird's nest area, Susan segues to the next film... |
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Film | African children play in a village, and in a modern playground. (First: Episode 0159) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan opens up a treasure chest and sings "Three of These Things" using three cubes and a milk carton. |
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Cartoon | A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0247) |
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Film | You can clean almost anything. Music: Bach's "Gavotte" performed by the Swingle Singers. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Z” (repeat) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy meets Alphabet O'Malley, whose full name consists of twenty-six first names, each one starting with a different letter of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | Gordon now sings "Three of These Things" using a basketball, a balloon, a pumpkin, and Susan's treasure chest. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's What Happens Next Game — Cookie Monster makes a surprise appearance during Bert and Ernie's game about what happens next. (First: Episode 0056) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: P - pin (repeat) |
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Cast | Mr. Hooper takes a journey through the "un" family. He's chroma keyed into backgrounds that correspond to words ending in "un" on his cue cards. |
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Film | A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239) |
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Cartoon | I've got a mind: squares make a box. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0191) |
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SCENE 8 | Oscar rummages in his refrigerator for something to eat. He faces away from a crate next to him, which he sets some things down on (like his sardine ice cream and chocolate buttermilk) without looking. Susan thinks he's liable to drop something if he's not looking, but Oscar says he knows what he's doing. He ignores Mr. Hooper wanting to talk to him, and doesn't notice that Hooper had come by to take his crate back. Susan watches in horror as Oscar nearly puts his marshmallow potato salad down where the crate was, only to put it back in his can instead. He finally settles on a bag of liver and onion cookies, which end up spilled on a dirty box where the crate used to be. Oscar doesn't see this as a bad thing; he likes his cookies smashed to bits. |
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Cast | Bob and Gordon erect an 11. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Celebrity | Flip Wilson counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0147) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Tree kangaroo and baby. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0026) |
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SCENE 9 | Susan feeds Oscar one of his cookies; he regrets not adding more vinegar to them. Susan signs off, and Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, and Big Bird holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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