Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes

Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes was a little girl who appeared in a variety of animated segments during the first season of Sesame Street. Described by the show's producers as "an arrogant, sanctimonious know it all," [cite] she frequently opened her segments by announcing, "This is Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes, the smartest girl in the whole world!"

She appeared on one of the posters that was included in The Sesame Street Learning Kit, and three of her segments were included in The Sesame Street Book of Puzzlers. In print materials and merchandise, Alice's middle name has been variously spelled as "Braithwaith" and "Braitewaith."

Individual Sketches

• Through (First: Episode 0001)

Alice decides to show the viewers what through means by putting a ball of paint through a tunnel, but it goes through at the worst possible time...

• Wet and Dry (EKA: Episode 0005)

Alice is standing next to a bathtub full of water. She is dry. A monster comes by and dumps the water on her, causing her to be wet, and then kisses her. "Bleah!" she says.

• Under, Around, and Over (EKA: Episode 0076)

Alice uses a brick wall to demonstrate around (by going around the wall), under (by pretending to climb under it), and over (by jumping over it, and crashing when she lands).

• Near and Far (EKA: Episode 0079)

• Shorter and Longer (EKA: Episode 0304)

• Forward and Backward (EKA: Episode 0315)

• Empty and Full (EKA: Episode 0322)

• G for "Good" (EKA: Episode 0811)

Alice displays a G, for "good." She gets kissed by a monster, who says, "Gee, that was good!"