Episode 0017

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Sesame Street
Plot
Air date	December 2, 1969
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors	D, E, M, 8, 9
Syndication
DVD

• Kermit's Lectures: Kermit gives a lecture about rectangles. Cookie Monster smashes the shape, but says it'll still work out: "It's a wreck -- and it's a tangle!"

• Sesame Street Animal Films: Animal tails.

• Cartoon: A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (EKA: Episode 0016)

• Buddy and Jim try to put on shoes and socks.

• Film: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise. (First: Episode 0007)

• Cartoon: Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (EKA: Episode 0016)

• Ernie and Bert: Ernie has some picture cards and asks Bert if he can figure out what happens next.

• Film: Transportation (First: Episode 0005)

• Bob dresses three Anything Muppets, who sing "Yellow Submarine".

• Cartoon: A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016)

• Speech Balloon: D -- Dog (First: Episode 0016)

• Speech Balloon: E -- Egg (First: Episode 0002)

• Animation: "E Imagination": A surreal story of a boy eating a peach atop an eagle witnesseing a queen on her knee, dreaming of eating ice cream in a land of steam. (First: Episode 0001)

• Clay animation: E -- Egg/Eagle (First: Episode 0002)

• Cartoon: Marvelous Martha knows the many words about the letter M. (First: Episode 0013)

• Speech Balloon: M -- Mail (mailbox) (aired twice) (First: Episode 0013)

• Listen My Brother sings "The Alphabet Song". (First: Episode 0005)

• Listen My Brother sings "You Gotta Learn". (First: Episode 0002)

• Cartoon: "Count Up Elevator" -- An elevator stops at ten floors to pick up passengers, including a witch, a fireman, and a kangaroo. The tenth passenger, a mouse, causes the elevator to overload and explode. (First: Episode 0003)

• "Jazz #8" (First: Episode 0016)

• "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016)

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