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Episode 0008

Sesame Street
Plot	B treasure hunt; Ernie erases Cookie Monster
Air date	November 19, 1969
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors	A, B, X, 4, 5
Syndication	Sesame Street Unpaved
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This episode guide is missing segments cut from Noggin's broadcast.

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon and Sally are on a B treasure hunt: they've found a ball and a bat. Mr. Hooper is stumped.
	Film	Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. Producer: Ken Syder Enterprises; Music: Jack Fascinato
	SCENE 2	Mr. Hooper realizes that Big Bird starts with B, and realizes that he's also holding a banana.
	Song	"B is for Bubble."
	SCENE 3	Susan has a B word too -- she's bought bread for sandwiches.
	Cast	Buddy and Jim make a sandwich.
	Muppets	Ernie tries to draw an X, but can't figure out how. Bert sees the cross-outs that Ernie has made, and congratulates him on drawing Xs.
	SCENE 4	Susan and the kids sing "If You're Happy and You Know It".
	Muppets	Cookie Monster eats Bert's bacon and Ernie's X. ("I always like to eat bacon and X!")
	Cartoon	"Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges. (First: Episode 0003)
	Muppets	Ernie begins to erase his Xs from the blackboard.
	Cartoon	A boy counts while erasing things and people.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster has just showed up again. Ernie threatens to erase him if he doesn't leave. Cookie Monster just laughs, so Ernie tells him to watch the cartoon of the boy with the eraser.
	Cartoon	A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster still won't leave, so Ernie carries through with his threat and erases him.
	SCENE 5	Mr. Hooper shows Gordon and Sally the chair that he's built. Gordon points out that it only has three legs.
	Cartoon	Jazz #4 (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 6	Mr. Hooper has also built a wagon with only three wheels.
	Cartoon	Jazz #4 (repeat)
	SCENE 7	Mr. Hooper has fixed the wagon. He gives Gordon an apple, in which "apple" begins with the letter A.
	Cartoon	A man displays a capital and lowercase A and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 8	Gordon shows the kids a rabbit.
	Film	A wombat scratches its four legs.
	SCENE 9	Susan plays a game with Arianna in Gordon and Susan's apartment. Arianna closes her eyes, and tries to guess what Susan is doing by listening to the sounds.
	Film	A boy with magic glasses listens to the sounds of an ice cream truck, a dog, a horse galloping, and a parrot.
	Cast	Bob sings "5 Fingers on My Left Hand" (to the tune of "5 People in My Family").
	Cartoon	Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0007)
	Muppets	"Five People in My Family"
	SCENE 10	Susan and Sally figure out who's short and who's tall; Big Bird shows up and blows them all out of the water.
	Film	A film shows different parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo
	Muppets	Gordon asks Ernie to put three balls and a balloon into four small boxes. When Ernie learns the trick, he tries to play the game with Cookie Monster.
	Cartoon	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
	SCENE 11	Gordon and Steve pretend to drive various transportation vehicles.
	Film	Transportation (First: Episode 0005)
	SCENE 12	Bob shows the kids a lamb. The kids name it Sesame. Gordon tells the viewers that they need to feed the lamb, and signs off. Susan announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	A group of Muppet hippies (including a bearded hippie) hold up the Sesame Street and CTW signs at the end.