Sesame Street 
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| Sesame Street holds a Pet Show | |||||||||
| Air date | May 11, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Tom presents words in the ET family - jet, net and wet, the latter of which is demonstrated as Mr. Hooper gives him a glass of water. |
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Muppets | The Word Family Song: ET family (First: Episode 0139) |
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SCENE 2 | Tom finds yet another ET word - PET, which is found on a sign advertising a pet show today. Several of the kids begin to arrive with their pets, but Oscar doesn't think the pet show is any fun. Susan and Tom admire some of the animals, including a dog, a pair of lovebirds, a turtle (which Oscar thinks would make a good paperweight) and a kitten. Oscar can't stand such cute, cuddly animals around, instead preferring grouchy pets like spiders, bats, and jellyfish. |
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Cartoon | What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon, Susan and Tom see all the kids with their pets and discuss how the animals are different and the same. Then, a Muppet judge arrives and starts observing the animals. At the end of the table is Slimey, who (despite not being officially registered for the vent) impresses everyone with his fabulous tricks, making the letters U, C, and O with his body and dancing the "worm-trot." |
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Film | A woman counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey. (First: Episode 0217) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar comes out of his can just as the judge awards Slimey with the blue ribbon. Everyone celebrates, but Oscar is less than pleased with the idea of having a pet that's considered "beautiful and lovable and smart." |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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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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Muppets | Fran Brill narrates as The Hands argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it. (First: Episode 0189) |
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Cast | In voiceover, Fran Brill asks Gordon and Tom to pile boxes taller than they are. |
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Cartoon | A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a hole under Yellow, who yells "HELP!!" (First: Episode 0020) |
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SCENE 5 | The cast shows H words in a series of quick-cuts. Tom lifts a heavy barbell. Mr. Hooper bites into a hot hamburger. Gordon pulls a horse from his hat. Cookie Monster appears at a wall in limbo with an H; he can only think of cookie-related words that don't start with H, so he eats the letter instead. |
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Cartoon | H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080) |
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SCENE 6 | Tom describes how a capital and small H look, pointing out the similar shapes found on the garage steps and the side shape of his chair. |
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Cartoon | A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0162) |
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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) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals have tails. (First: Episode 0017) |
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Muppets | 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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SCENE 7 | On the stoop, Susan points out Slimey's blue ribbon tacked on Oscar's trash can. She talks with the kids about being proud, then introduces the next song... |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green". (First: Episode 0087) |
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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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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "One of These Things." (First: Episode 0174) |
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Muppets | Grover uses his airplane to demonstrate "above" and "below." (First: Episode 0149) |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon has some pictures and the kids figure out whether things go above or below as they assemble them. The first picture is a baby carriage, the next of a rocket ship, and the last is a house. |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "Up, Up and Away." (First: Episode 0049) |
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SCENE 9 | Holding a balloon, Big Bird recites a poem about his fellow feathered friends that live at the zoo. |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | Dot & Hill -- C-1 (First: Episode 0164) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs. (First: Episode 0103) |
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Cartoon | Dot & Hill -- C-2 (First: Episode 0164) |
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Film | A boy pretends a wagon is a bus. His friend tells him it's not a bus, and explains what her father, a real bus driver, does. (First: Episode 0181) |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it. (First: Episode 0189) |
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SCENE 10 | Tom asks three kids their names, asking the last one in Spanish. Tom then asks what was the same and different about his question and their responses. He explains the Spanish phrase for asking about and saying one's name, then they all say goodbye in English and Spanish. |
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