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Sesame Street
Air date January 27, 1970
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production December 24, 1969
Sponsors I, P, U, 4, 5

SSShowID-0057

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
Lourawls1969
Celebrity Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids.
(First: Episode 0043)
0057a
SCENE 1 Gordon greets the viewer, saying there is a lot to do and see today. First, he invites us to play along with the following quiz show…
Can You Guess 01

Can You Guess 02
Muppets Big Bob hosts "Can You Guess?", the first-ever Sesame Street game show. Billy Monster must guess which of three (non-monster) panelists is the mother. Billy can't get the right answer because his own mother possesses monster traits.
(First: Episode 0026)
1261-LowercaseI
Cartoon A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
(First: Episode 0032)
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)
Rocketblowsup
Cartoon Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot.
(First: Episode 0018)
SSGroverOriginalNearandFar
Muppets Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion.
Film Rocks
Film Kids demonstrate perspective using large and small rocks as they position themselves near and far.
(First: Episode 0045)
Nosesnatcher1

Nosesnatcher2
Muppets Bert says that he and Ernie are looking at the "Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." Ernie, disagreeing, walks closer and closer to the camera to see. His face begins to black out the screen...but when he moves back into view, his nose is missing!
(First: Episode 0005)
0057b
SCENE 2 Gordon quizzes Jackie and Jay on today's number sponsor. Jackie guesses it's 5, and Jay guesses it's 7. And the number is...
Jazzyspies4
Cartoon "Jazz #4"
(First: Episode 0006)
0010.EB.fivelegs
Muppets Ernie & BertBert overhears Ernie drawing a picture of a dog with five legs. Bert thinks the fifth leg is a tail, because the other four legs have paws. Bert asks about the fifth leg, "Where's its paw?" Ernie replies, "It's gone shopping with its maw."
(First: Episode 0010)
No4
Film Four Song (Song of Four)
(First: Episode 0006)
Fourblindmice
Muppets Anything Muppets sing a round of "Four Blind Mice". (intro shortened)
(First: Episode 0009)
Film.cars1

Film.cars2
Film "Big, Bigger, Biggest"
A junior car dealer displays cars of different sizes to people of different sizes.
(First: Episode 0003)
Rockhuntingernie
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie is going on a hunt for big rocks. When he tries to pick a really big one, the rock turns out to be the dome of a large monster.
(First: Episode 0034)
Rocketcountdowntakeoff
Cartoon Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off.
(First: Episode 0018)
Carolburnettdrawingbd
Celebrity Carol Burnett: "Well, back to the ol' drawing board!"
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".
(First: Episode 0012)
Speechballoon.Pin
Cartoon Speech Balloon: P - Pin
(First: Episode 0054)
0057c
SCENE 3 Big Bird and Bob find a series of shapes, guessing what each individual piece looks like. They put them all together to form a letter P.
Film-PaintPorcupine
Film A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass.
ErnieGordonBall

MonsterFlute
Cast / Muppets Gordon plays a game of "What Will Happen?" with Ernie. After Ernie guesses correctly what will happen when Gordon drops a ball and turns on a radio, Gordon asks what will happen when he picks up a bell and shakes it. Ernie says the bell will ring. Gordon states that a monster will come out and start blowing a flute. Ernie thinks that's silly, but is surprised when that exact thing happens. Gordon admits that he had worked it out beforehand with Cookie Monster, and gives him a cookie. After Gordon leaves, Ernie has an idea for a trick to play on Bert.
(First: Episode 0031)
SpeechBalloon.Umbrella
Cartoon Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
(First: Episode 0038)
ErnieBertBell

MouthFull
Muppets Part 2: Ernie tries to play the same trick on Bert, but when Ernie rings the bell, nothing else happens. Bert thinks Ernie's gone bananas, and he leaves. When Ernie wants to know what happened, Cookie Monster says that he couldn't play the flute, because his mouth was full of cookies.
(First: Episode 0031)
0057d
SCENE 4 Bob segues from the previous bit to Buddy and Jim.
Buddyjimhammer
Cast Buddy and Jim hang a picture.
(First: Episode 0001)
0057e
SCENE 5 Gordon sees some kids run by and mentions that exercise is important, as Kermit will soon show you.
Kermit'sBearExc
Muppets Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises.
(First: Episode 0044)
0057f
SCENE 6 Gordon wonders what other animals Kermit will see at the zoo today.
0010.giraffes
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Giraffes.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0010)
0573v
Film A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0009)
Milk
Film How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow."
(First: Episode 0001)
Unicornclaymation
Cartoon Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words.
(First: Episode 0037)
0057g
SCENE 7 Gordon introduces the number Jackie guessed earlier: the number 5.
No5
Film Five Song (Song of Five)
(First: Episode 0006)
Jazzyspies5
Cartoon Jazz #5
(First: Episode 0005)
0057h
SCENE 8 Gordon and the kids head to Hooper's Store as Bob announces the sponsors.
GordonSusan40

HooperBob0083
CLOSING SIGNS Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign and Mr. Hooper and Bob hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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