| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird and Marty help Susan in the kitchen | |||||||||
| Air date | May 17, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan has asked Big Bird and Marty to help clean up the kitchen. Big Bird, the bigger of the two, assumes command of the chore. He instructs Marty on where to put various items, which are all the wrong places (such as the sponge in the fridge, the glass in the drawer, and the milk container in the sink). Susan returns just as Marty puts the forks on the stove per Big Bird's orders and sets everything straight. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0048) |
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Cartoon | A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (First: Episode 0046) |
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Muppets | Grover assists Herbert Birdsfoot in a demonstration of the word "THE", by holding a sign with the word as Herbert tells a story and rings a bell whenever the sign is needed. As usual, Grover wears himself out. (First: Episode 0166) |
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Cartoon | T is for Trash and Ticket Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0020) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon and the kids sort through various groups of items in the yard to find the things that rhyme. |
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Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Film | A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids. (First: Episode 0176) |
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Animation | Scanimate Films: A count of 4. (First: Episode 0132) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon talks with a couple of kids about various jobs in the neighborhood. When he asks who can usually be found by the mailbox, a Muppet fireman (Jerry Nelson) appears, thinking he's being discussed. He pops up again when Gordon tries talking about the job of a garbage collector. Finally, Gordon asks the kids who usually works with a fire hydrant. The fireman appears once more, only now he doesn't have a clue. Gordon points him toward the following... |
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Song | "Fireman Ready to Go" (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar says goodbye to a visitor, Snively Snarl. Gordon and Susan ask how he can tell who's a Grouch and who isn't, and Oscar responds by singing "The Grouch Song." |
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Cartoon | T is for Television (First: Episode 0024) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: T for train (First: Episode 0022) |
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Cartoon | Poem about T words Voice: Bob Arbogast (First: Episode 0024) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Happy/Sad Cookie — Cookie Monster and Ernie exchange feelings of happiness and sadness over having a cookie. (First: Episode 0172) |
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Celebrity | Listen My Brother sings a counting song. (ending shortened) (First: Episode 0228) |
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Cartoon | A housewife screams because there is a mouse in her house. Her husband's solution is to continually bring in animals to chase it out, with each animal making an even bigger mess than the previous one. (First: Episode 0240) |
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Cast | Gordon notices two groups of potato sacks with the wrong numbers matted above them: the group of two has the number 3, and the group of 3 has the number 2. He and Bob cooperate to carry one sack from one group to the other. (First: Episode 0178) |
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Muppets | Tough Luck Lester, a little boy, explains why he is in bandages; he is never cautious about what he does. With his friends' help, Lester is able to stay away from dangerous items like matches and broken glass. (First: Episode 0161) |
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SCENE 5 | After Farley comes home from the hospital following his tonsil removal surgery, Susan and the kids decide to play a game finding letters in many different signs, segueing to... |
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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | A trio of Anything Muppet hippies sing "The Garden," with cameos from Cookie Monster and Grover. |
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Cast | In voiceover, Fran Brill asks Gordon and Tom to pile boxes taller than they are. (First: Episode 0262) |
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Muppets | Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact). (First: Episode 0145) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird recites a short poem about triangles. |
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Muppets | Herry Monster looks for a triangle. He first spots a rectangle. Grover tells Herry it isn't a triangle, and becomes frustrated. Next he spots a square, Grover tells him it isn't a triangle, and once again is frustrated. Grover suggests that Herry should cut the square in half and make two triangles. (First: Episode 0195) |
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Film | Tracks from a race car cross paths until most of the screen is blank. A pair of foot prints crosses the screen to blank out the last bit. (First: Episode 0105) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: T for train (repeat) |
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SCENE 7 | Gordon, Big Bird, Farley and the kids say goodbye as Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan, Oscar, and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, while Big Bird holds the CTW sign. |
Gallery[]
Behind the scenes: Caroll Spinney rehearses the first scene minus Big Bird.
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