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Sesame Street
Rufus visits / Cookie Monster moves in with Oscar
Air date January 8, 1970
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production December 9, 1969
Sponsors I, K, N, 6, 7

0044 00

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0044 01a
SCENE 1 During the opening theme, a dog named Rufus looks for Sesame Street.
0044 01b

0044 01c
SCENE 1 cont'd He finally reaches Bob, sitting on the steps, and gives pantomimed clues about his name for Bob to guess. Rufus is lost, so Bob agrees to take care of him until they find his owner. Rufus cowers at the sight of Big Bird, until Bob assures him that he's not in danger.

Bob plays a game with Big Bird, who has to guess what rhymes with "eye" in the poem he recites. Big Bird incorrectly guesses "fly," but Rufus mimes "cry." Bob recites a second poem with a word that rhymes with "played," but Big Bird has a hard time guessing the correct word: "afraid."

Erniebertjellybeans
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie has seven jellybeans, and Bert has six. To make it even, Ernie eats the extra jellybean. That's fair, isn't it?
(First: Episode 0014)
0044 02
SCENE 2 Bob has Rufus put some pictures in the correct order. In the pictures, a dog digs up a bone. Bob thinks Rufus would like a …
1247-Crane
Film A steam shovel picks up debris.
(First: Episode 0034)
0044 03a
SCENE 3 Bob introduces Rufus to Susan. Susan welcomes Rufus and invites him to join in the activities today, including counting.
No6b
Film "Six Song (Song of Six)"
(First: Episode 0011)
0044 03b
SCENE 3
cont'd
Rufus thinks he knows counting by now, but all he knows is how to fall down with a strawberry shortcake, like the baker just did. Susan shows him another way …
Erasercartoon
Cartoon A boy counts while erasing things and people.
(First: Episode 0008)
0044 03c
SCENE 3
cont'd
Rufus thinks he knows counting by now, but he tries using an eraser when he does. Susan suggests he learn about letters instead, like this one from Kermit …
Kermit-KFall
Muppets Kermit the Frog attempts to talk about the letter K, but it falls off the wall.
KforKitten.Oldschool
Cartoon K is for kitten.
(First: Episode 0040)
Kermit-K
Muppets Kermit attempts to talk about the letter K again, but the top half of the K collapses.
2125i
Cartoon Speech Balloon: K - Key
(First: Episode 0040)
KermitCookie-K
Muppets Kermit attempts to talk about the letter K again, when Cookie Monster comes by. Kermit tells off Cookie Monster, until he learns that he wants to help him. Kermit talks about K words (including his name), while having Cookie Monster display the items he's mentioning. Finally, Cookie karate-chops the K.
0044 04
SCENE 4 Susan sings "Hey Big Bird" while Big Bird dances.
Film.kidsmadeof
Song "What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts.
(First: Episode 0003)
0044 05
SCENE 5 To celebrate Alison's 5th birthday, Bob sings "Turn Around."
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)
0044 06a
SCENE 6 Susan and Rufus look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter N.
0044 06b

0044 06c
SCENE 6
cont'd
Susan needs a newspaper, so Rufus fetches one from Hooper's Store. In the paper is a "lost dog" ad with his description. He is reluctant to go home at first, but Susan says he can come back and visit any time. She scratches him behind the ears, which feels great.
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.
(First: Episode 0012)
0044 07a

0044 07b
SCENE 7 As Rufus reunites with his owner Gayle, Susan reads If I Were A Mother… by Kazue Mizumura.
0044 07c

0044 07d
SCENE 7
cont'd
After Susan finishes reading, she hears a commotion from Oscar's trash can. Oscar tells her that someone has been using his candles, reading his newspapers, and drinking his milk. The culprit turns out to be Cookie Monster, who decides to move in with Oscar.
Np7
Film "Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
(First: Episode 0011)
0044 08
SCENE 8 Oscar inhabits a trash can next to his, since he has difficulty getting the Cookie Monster to leave. The hungry monster, looking for a cookie, devours one of Oscar's Aretha Franklin records.
BuddyJim.window
Cast Buddy and Jim struggle with round and square window frames.
(First: Episode 0009)
0044 09
SCENE 9 Oscar prepares to force Cookie out of his can, but Cookie has already decided to leave. He thanks Oscar for being nice and gives him a balloon. Oscar is upset because he was just beginning to like him.
Kermit'sBearExc
Muppets Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises.
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (repeat)
KforKitten.Oldschool
Cartoon K is for kitten. (repeat)
2125i
Cartoon Speech Balloon: K - Key (repeat)
SB--NNail
Cartoon Speech Balloon: N - Nail
(First: Episode 0040)
0044 10

0044 11
SCENE 10 Susan comments on today's surprise visitors and signs off. Bob announces the sponsors and today's book.
ClosingSign-BobHooperSS0044

GordonSusan0011
CLOSING SIGNS Bob and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes[]

  • This episode can be viewed at the UCLA Film and Television Archives.[1]
  • Short clips of Scenes 1, 4 and 10 appear in A&E Biography: Sesame Street.
  • Rehearsal footage for Scene 6 in Hooper's Store appears in I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story.
  • The music for "Hey, Big Bird" would be used in later season one episodes whenever Big Bird (or in one case, Oscar) would build something out of a pile of boxes.

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