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Sesame Street
Air date January 13, 1970
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production December 12, 1969
Sponsors A, Q, U, 8, 9

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0047 01
SCENE 1 Gordon and Duncan notice some boxes on the ground. They look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter Q, and think of Q words.
Claymationq
Animation Clay animation insert by Jim Henson -- Quincy talks about Q.
(First: Episode 0043)
0047 02
SCENE 2 Bob and Rico find more boxes littered on the ground -- eight total. They also find a yellow feather...
No8b
Song Song of Eight
(First: Episode 0016)
0047 03
SCENE 3 Jennie and a kid find even more boxes on the ground, with a note saying "Please do not remove these boxes." It's signed: "B.B."
10Greeblies
Cartoon Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward.
(First: Episode 0006)
0047 04
SCENE 4 Gordon, Bob, and Jennie all conclude that the boxes were put on the ground by Big Bird, who carries three garbage can lids so he can build something out of them. He instructs everybody where to put the boxes, which form the shape of a truck, using the lids as wheels and the steering wheel. Gordon tells him he can't leave it in front of the steps, so Big Bird drives it away, quickly. Quick is a Q word.
ErnieCookie-Quart
Muppets Ernie demonstrates the letter Q with a quart of milk; Cookie Monster drinks the milk.
Burtlancaster
Celebrity Burt Lancaster says the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0006)
Claymationq
Animation Clay animation insert by Jim Henson -- Quincy talks about Q. (repeat)
AMSong-BeforeAfter

Buddy-beforeafter
Muppets / Cast The Anything Muppets sing "Before and After." In between the verses, we see Buddy figuring out how to eat his slice of cake, aided by an unseen voice (Frank Oz). Eventually, he's left to his own devices and causes a mess when he tries to eat his cake before he opens his mouth.
0047 05
SCENE 5 Bob feeds a baby goat with Holly and Matt, comparing the difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals.
500025
Film Iguanas
Music: Joe Raposo
Alligatortoon
Cartoon A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
(First: Episode 0006)
Aisforape
Cartoon Speech Balloon: A for Ape
(First: Episode 0006)
Erniecookiemonsterapple
Muppets Ernie demonstrates the word "Apple"; Cookie Monster eats Ernie's apple.
0047 06
SCENE 6 Jennie shows Sally how to draw objects out of the number 8, such as a snowman, a face, and an outlet.
Shalom6-12
Cartoon Jazz #8
(First: Episode 0016)
Anythingfamily
Muppets Gordon puts some features on some Anything Muppets, forming them into a family. They all sing "Consider Yourself".
(First: Episode 0001)
0047 07
SCENE 7 Bob holds a Q and U, and lists some Q and U words.
SpeechBalloon.Umbrella
Cartoon Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
(First: Episode 0038)
Ernie.CM.Ukelele
Muppets Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it.
No9
Film "Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
(First: Episode 0016)
0047 08
SCENE 8 Gordon asks Duncan if he's ever seen nine Avas, and asks Ava if she's ever seen nine Duncans. He then asks if they've ever wondered if they could see how a bird flies fast...
Stopwater
Film "What if you were magic, and could make things stop just by telling it to, or make it go backwards? Stop! Then you could see what things look like when they're moving. Go forwards! Stop! Well, film is magic, and this is a film, so you can be magic for three minutes. Like this: Go slow, water fountain! Now, you try it."
0047 09
SCENE 9 Jennie shows Holly and Matt how to draw objects out of circles and triangles.
BuddyJim.paperairplane
Cast Buddy and Jim try to fly a paper airplane.
(First: Episode 0013)
0047 10
SCENE 10 Gordon, Sally, Holly, and Matt look at a Mexican eagle. Gordon says he also likes to watch orangutans.
Somebodycomeandplay
Song Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play".
E&BIceCubeCollection
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie wants to show Bert his ice cube collection. The ice cubes were so cold that he had to put them in a box covered with an electric blanket. Much to Ernie's surprise, the ice cubes have disappeared. Since they were replaced with water, Ernie suspects that a fish might have stolen them. Bert tells him that it's because they've melted. Ernie, however, is now convinced that a fish melted the ice cubes, and angrily walks out the door to "tear him fin-from-fin."
(First: Episode 0033)
0047 11
SCENE 11 Bob plays "One of These Things" with three circles and a rectangle while Holly and Matt watch. He plays another round with three spherical objects and a rectangular box.
Shalom6-12
Cartoon Jazz #8 (repeat)
0047 12
SCENE 12 Gordon signs off and Jennie announces the sponsors.
ErnieBert0009

CookieMonsterCTW009
CLOSING SIGNS Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign and Cookie Monster holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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