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Sesame Street X-icon
Air date November 25, 1969
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production October 23, 1969
Sponsors J, O, R, 6, 7
This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source.

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Bob sings "Feelin' Groovy" as he walks down the street, stopping to buy a newspaper at Hooper's Store.
HiCam-Ball
SCENE 1 cont'd Bob tells a passing kid to slow down, saying it's worth it to take your time. He takes the kid's ball to bounce it, then shows them a film of another ball bouncing in slow motion. Bob segues to the next segment...
Followtheleader
Film A group of kids play follow the leader and go over, around and through various obstacles, but one of them takes a while to catch on.
(First: Episode 0001)
Buddy and Jim Wall Painting
Cast Buddy and Jim attempt to figure out a way of getting to the opposite side of a wall in order to paint it.
Alicebraithwaitethrough
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes teaches about through.
(First: Episode 0001)
EBScratch1

EBScratch2
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs, so both help each other scratch their back. While Ernie's itch takes a little too long to scratch, he introduces a film called "Everybody Scratch." After the film, Ernie notices that Bert has stopped scratching his back; Beautiful Day Monster is.
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SCENE 2 In her kitchen, Susan plays her guitar and sings a song asking the kids to finish each line with the word that rhymes. Each rhyme has to do with a different part of the body.
Solomongrundy
Cartoon Poor Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day, but at the end of the week, "he's still half dirty!"
(First: Episode 0001)
Film-boysshovels
Film Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work.
(First: Episode 0003)
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SCENE 3 In the yard, the kids watch as Mr. Hooper sells a 4-foot letter J in a high-pressure pitchman style. He gets a second opinion in the form of...
Herecomedejudge
Cartoon "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug."
Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert
(First: Episode 0009)
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SCENE 4 Mr. Hooper continues to sell the J, luring in Gordon to look over the letter's attractive features. He asks Gordon to kick the J a few times to test its durability before cueing to another testimonial.
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Cartoon J - Jam
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SCENE 5 Gordon watches as Mr. Hooper hands out a number of small Js to the kids.
Herecomedejudge
Cartoon "The J Commercial" (repeat)
Spinning Wheel intro

SS-SpinningWheel
Muppets Gordon meets Professor Hastings and Professor Goldfinch, who will be performing a number. A wild Anything Muppet arrives as their drummer and the trio performs "Spinning Wheel".
Toon.R.Robber
Cartoon R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...
Artist: Fred Calvert
(First: Episode 0011)
0011.R.Radio
Cartoon A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose.
(First: Episode 0011)
Eggontheknee
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)
Alphabet Bates O
SCENE 6 Susan and Gordon get ready for a game with the kids, then suddenly hear the sound of an airplane. They look up to see Alphabet Bates skywriting the letter O.
Ohubleycartoon
Cartoon A song about a rolling O
Animation by John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0011)
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SCENE 6 cont'd Susan, Gordon, and the kids play several rounds of the classification game: first with three farm animals and a tractor, then three fish and a boat, then a plane, a kite, a balloon, and a bird, and finally a car, a motorcycle, a bike, and a horse.
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SCENE 7 Big Bird passes along and berates himself for being clumsy and not knowing how to count past six, so Gordon gives him a hint...
Np7
Cartoon "Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
(First: Episode 0011)
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SCENE 8 Big Bird is excited about the baker falling down the stairs being clumsier than he is. Gordon tells him to focus on the counting, but he still doesn't know...
Np7
Cartoon "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (repeat)
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SCENE 9 Big Bird excitedly mimics the baker singing and counting pies before finally counting to ten.
Octopusband
Song "Octopus One-Man Band"
(First: Episode 0004)
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SCENE 10 Gordon hears construction coming from Oscar's trash can and asks Oscar the Grouch what's going on. Oscar says he's knocking down a wall in his pool room to put in a bowling alley. Gordon doesn't believe him until he hears some bowling pins knocked over and admits that you've got to believe what you hear.
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Film "Noises"
A boy named Chris uses "magic glasses" to see invisible things that make noises, including construction equipment, a baby crying, people coughing and sneezing, a car honking, a telephone, and a typewriter. Can you make those noises?
(First: Episode 0004)
No6b
Film "Six Song (Song of Six)."
(First: Episode 0011)
Jazzyspies6
Cartoon Jazz #6
(First: Episode 0011)
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SCENE 11 Gordon closes the show and announces the sponsors.


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