Buddy and Jim

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Buddy and Jim from Episode 0001.

The duo attempt to screw in a light bulb, first seen in Episode 0007.

Buddy and Jim were a human comedy duo who appeared on Sesame Street during the first season. The bungling pair were featured in filmed inserts, and failed at such tasks as hanging a picture and making a sandwich.

As described by Stefan Kanfer in a Nov. 23, 1970 TIME article, "In its first series, Sesame Street used two clowns, Buddy and Jim, to illustrate problem solving. They were a walking Polish joke, one lifting and turning the other to screw in a light bulb, refusing a nail because it was turned the wrong way."

They were replaced in Season 2 by another comedy team, Larry and Phyllis, who were succeeded by Wally and Ralph in Season 3.

Individual Segments

• Hanging a Picture (First: Episode 0001) Buddy buys a picture that he wants to hang in the house. Jim decides to help him hang the picture, but encounters problems such as using a balloon to put a nail into a wall, realizing that the nail is in the wrong direction, and eventually deciding that the artwork is the stupidest picture he's ever seen.

• Ironing Board: Buddy and Jim try to figure out how to get an ironing board into another room. (First: Episode 0002)

• Tennis Shoes and Heavy Workboots : Buddy and Jim have trouble getting a pair of tennis shoes and heavy workboots into their boxes. (First: Episode 0003)

• Falling Picture : Buddy and Jim get confused when a picture falls off of their wall. (First: Episode 0004)

• Umbrellas : Buddy and Jim try to explain what umbrellas are for, and get wet in the process. (First: Episode 0005)

• Mirror (First: Episode 0006)

• Light bulb (First: Episode 0007)

• Sandwich : Buddy and Jim attempt to make a sandwich. (First: Episode 0008)

• Window Frame (First: Episode 0009)

• Seesaw (First: Episode 0010)

• New Jacket (First: Episode 0011)

• Painting a Wall (First: Episode 0012)

• Paper Airplane (First: Episode 0013)

• Checkers : Buddy and Jim try to play checkers, but they can't get their chairs pointed in the right direction. (First: Episode 0014)

• What Happens Next : Bob plays "What happens next" using photographs of Buddy and Jim going down a slide, and playing with a jack-in-the-box (First: Episode 0015)

• Shoes and Socks : Buddy and Jim try to put on shoes and socks. (First: Episode 0017)

• Soup with a Fork (First: Episode 0019)

• Piggy Bank (First: Episode 0031)