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| Gordon buys flowers for Susan | |||||||||
| Air date | May 20, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon is going to the flower shop and asks Oscar to tell anyone who needs him he'll be back soon. Oscar asks why he's buying flowers. Gordon states they're for Susan, and not for any special occasion - he just wants to show her he cares. Oscar asks him to buy a second bunch of flowers for Susan from himself, and even offers to pay for one. Gordon leaves, confused of Oscar's kindness, and Oscar tells the viewer, "Every year or two I do something nice, just to confuse people." |
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Cartoon | "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0050) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon and Oscar have arranged their flowers, and Gordon presents his vase of his flowers to Susan when she comes home from work. He even adds an impromptu poem, but the mushiness sickens Oscar. Oscar then gives her his rusty tin can filled with just the stems of the roses he got. Gordon is repulsed by them, but Susan is flattered nonetheless - "When else does a girl in her lifetime get a bouquet from her husband and a bouquet from a Grouch?" |
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Film | A female vocalist sings about the many different types of flowers found all over. (First: Episode 0141) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob has a simplified picture of a city street on the outside wall of Hooper's Store. He helps Chris and Kim recreate the image using a toy car and blocks of varying sizes. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Prepares for His Bath — Bert scoffs at Ernie bringing an umbrella, a flashlight, and a bowling ball to the bathtub. |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) |
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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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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 | Clouds that look like things. (First: Episode 0211) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "What Do I Do When I'm Alone?" |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock encounters the letter V. (First: Episode 0267) |
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Cartoon | Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0167) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon starts a remembering game with Big Bird (who peers from the window of Gordon and Susan's apartment) and the kids. He places a record, plate, and a wheel in a box and asks the players to remember the items. He then has everybody count to twenty... |
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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 4 cont'd | Gordon asks if everyone remembers what items were in the box. After the game, Big Bird remembers why he's in Gordon's apartment: he's using their bathtub to put his large goldfish in. He also remembers that he didn't turn the water off. |
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Cartoon | Seven monsters cause havoc in a village. Artists: Maurice Sendak, Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0247) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob describes how elevators work, particularly the doors. The screen wipes open and closed like elevator doors as a visual aid as Bob attempts to describe how an elevator works, moving from the top and bottom of the stoop as the doors open and close. |
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Cartoon | An elevator fills up with 10 passengers, but quickly breaks when the mouse gets on. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Monster Steals Cookies — Ernie gets blamed for Beautiful Day Monster stealing Bert's cookies. (First: Episode 0041) |
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Cartoon | A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0255) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon, Brynne, and Caridad talk about the Spanish words for different kinds of stores - tienda, bodega, and carniceria, focusing on tienda specifically. |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Bird Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Muppets | 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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Film | A steam shovel picks up debris. (First: Episode 0004) |
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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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SCENE 7 | Big Bird observes the differences between Bob and Susan's feet. He then compares his own to Gordon's. They're pretty different, but Big Bird likes his big three-toed ones anyway, and uses them to do a dance. |
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Film | "Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command. (First: Episode 0047) |
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Muppets | Grover tries to show some monsters that they need to be on both sides of a rope in order to have a proper game of tug-o-war. (First: Episode 0261) |
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Cartoon | A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Muppets | A baby monster sees the word "IS", and asks some other monsters to tell him what the word is. (First: Episode 0168) |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon, Kim, and Chris say goodbye as one of the kids announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Sesame Street sign floats above Ernie and Bert, and Sherlock Hemlock observes the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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