Episode 0025

Sesame Street
Air date	December 12, 1969
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors D, G, Z, 10

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• Superman, carrying a door-like shield, charges towards a giant ape, and uses it to block the ape's heat-vision. He punches the ape, knocking it to the ground, and rescues Lois from the ape's hand. The camera then cuts to Superman exclaiming "D!"

• Cartoon: "Story of D": 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." (First: Episode 0016)

• Alphabet Bates makes the letter G.

• Speech Balloon: Z -- Zipper

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

• Bob and Susan sing "Happiness Is." (First: Episode 0007)

• Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gerswhin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006)

• Ernie 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. (First: Episode 0012)

• Film: 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)

• Gordon puts some features on some Anything Muppets, forming them into a family. They all sing "Consider Yourself." (First: Episode 0001)

• Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes has a small pool of water. She is dry. A monster comes by and throws the pool at her, which makes her wet. (First: Episode 0005)

• Ernie and Bert: Ernie chuckles when Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes gets kissed by a monster. Bert says that he wouldn't think that was funny if it happened to him. Then the Beautiful Day Monster shows up and kisses Ernie. (First: Episode 0005)

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

• Buddy and Jim struggle with a window frame. (First: Episode 0009)

• Countdown series: After the countdown, water comes out of the rocket and splashes everyone. (First: Episode 0022)

• Countdown series: Minus his podium, the director laughs nervously as he accidentally launches the spectators into space. (First: Episode 0022)

• Countdown series: The rocket takes off at seven. It comes back down so the director can continue his countdown, but at one, it falls over with a huge crash. (First: Episode 0022)

• "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (First: Episode 0021)

• Muppets act out the story "Golden D and the Dangerous Dragon"

• Film: A junior car dealer displays cars of different sizes to people of different sizes. (First: Episode 0003)

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