Sesame Street 
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| Big Bird builds a rocket | |||||||||
| Air date | May 21, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Pete (Cleavon Little) stops by Big Bird's nest, where Big Bird is putting together a giant rocketship to go to the Moon. Pete is unsure about the prospect of actual space travel, but he and the kids help Big Bird build the rocket by following a diagram. Big Bird realizes he can't go to the Moon just now... |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird returns with a bag of birdseed, but Pete tells him that the rocket is merely a model and can't actually fly. Big Bird knows this and intends to reach the Moon using his imagination. He envisions himself riding on the rocket through space (represented by illustrations chroma keyed in), as he flies over a star and under a planet. He sees the Moon approaching and flies over it, then passes a cow, which he assumes is from "Hey Diddle Diddle." He makes his return to Earth and back to reality. Big Bird proposes they continue imagining by doing a rocket countdown. As they reach the end, the model rocket actually takes off into the sky. Pete says that Big Bird has a terrific imagination. |
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Film | "Body Song" (First: Episode 0264) |
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Celebrity | Listen My Brother sings about "Parts of the Body." (First: Episode 0228) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (First: Episode 0064) |
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Muppets | Bob meets Samuel Snively, a circle salesman who can't tell the difference between a circle, square, and triangle. (First: Episode 0166) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: "Bird" (First: Episode 0157) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sandbox Game — Ernie gets Bert to engage in a word play game with him. (First: Episode 0019) |
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Song | "Eight Song (Song of Eight)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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Celebrity | Peggy Fleming skates a figure 8. (First: Episode 0236) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon has different types of footwear set out - flippers, rubber boots and snowshoes. He asks the kids to identify what pairs they would need in certain circumstances. |
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Film | A woman asks a boy how a glass of milk was spilled on the table, so the boy offers several outlandish scenarios before telling her the truth: it was him. (First: Episode 0212) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot: OP Family — Herbert Birdsfoot displays the letters O and P. (First: Episode 0148) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes uses a brick wall to demonstrate around, under (by digging under it), and over (by jumping over it, and landing in the gaping mouth of a monster). (First: Episode 0076) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0230) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 3 — Ernie erases his chalkboard. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts while erasing things and people. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 4 — Ernie warns the monster to get out of here, or he'll erase him. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 5 — The monster hasn't left yet, so Ernie makes good on his promise to erase him. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | As voices speculate what a squiggle will become, the squiggle is joined by other lines and bumps, eventually forming into a talking picture of Big Bird. (First: Episode 0235) |
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SCENE 4 | Pete sings "What Can I Do?" with the kids and Oscar the Grouch. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Sandwich — A girl helps Cookie Monster make an egg sandwich. (First: Episode 0156) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob sings two rounds of "Here Are Some Things" in the yard - one about things that fly in the sky, and another about things that make light. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Checkerboard transition cartoon (First: Episode 0105) |
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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 | A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0243) |
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Cast | Gordon, Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, Pete, and Susan describe how they cooperated to catch a fish (ala "The House That Jack Built"). |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called" (First: Episode 0096) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon and Susan say goodbye as the kids play around in the yard. |
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