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Sesame Street
Ethel Kennedy visits / Big Bird builds a television set
Air date February 17, 1970
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production January 20, 1970
December 17, 1969 (Ethel Kennedy scene)[1][2]
Sponsors J, O, R, 7

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0072 01
SCENE 1 Oscar needs to mail a letter to his mother, then another one to his friend Hubert Rotten, the president of the Disagreeable Order of Grouches. Gordon helps him out with the first letter, which is picked up by Claude, a beatnik mailman, who explains to Oscar how a letter gets to its destination. When Claude leaves, Oscar gives Gordon a letter — the letter J.
Herecomedejudge
Cartoon "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug."
Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert
(First: Episode 0009)
Toon-JackInTheBox
Cartoon A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him.
(First: Episode 0071)
1839zl
Cartoon Speech Balloon: J - Jam
(First: Episode 0012)
SevenDaysSong
Muppets The Anything Muppets sing "Seven Days."
0072 02
SCENE 2 After a kid named Jill says that her favorite book is The Wizard of Oz, she tells Ethel Kennedy that she has a friend who's bigger than her whose name is Sam. Sam is also the name of the book that Kennedy reads for two children in the yard. It's written by Ann Herbert Scott with illustrations by Symeon Shimin, and it tells the story of a little boy whose family sternly reject his requests to play with him.
Toon-fishingABCs
Cartoon While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup.
(First: Episode 0004)
0072 03
SCENE 3 Susan asks Ava and Ronald if they have any baby siblings, and to try to think of some things that they can do but babies can't. Susan points out that babies have to learn to walk, even animal babies.
SSTS-21
Film Film footage of a 1-day-old baby reindeer taking its first steps.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0003)
0072 04a
SCENE 4 Big Bird asks Mr. Hooper for some cardboard boxes, then asks Bob for two long skinny pieces of wood, then asks Gordon for a big sheet of colored paper, and Susan for some jar tops.
10Greeblies
Cartoon Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward.
(First: Episode 0006)
0072 04b
SCENE 4
cont'd
Big Bird has assembled all these different items together to build a makeshift TV set so he can watch The Mr. and Mrs. Game. To the adults' surprise, the set works — the Anything Muppet from "Seven Days" (Jim Henson) announces that the show is coming up next.
TheMr.andMrs.Game
Muppets Part 1: Guy Smiley hosts "The Mr. and Mrs. Game", a quiz show for newlywed monsters.
Toon.R.Robber
Cartoon R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...
Artist: Fred Calvert
(First: Episode 0011)
MrandMrsGame2
Muppets Part 2: Mr. and Mrs. Monster win the game, and Guy offers the choice of three prizes: a new house, a trip to Hawaii, or a cookie. Mr. Monster ravenously devours the cookie.
Ohubleycartoon
Cartoon A song about a rolling O
Animation by John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0011)
SSsnerf
Muppets A Snerf demonstrates shorter and longer as narrated in voiceover by Frank Oz.
0010.giraffes
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Giraffes.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0010)
0072-SnerfCuddle
Muppets Snerfs like to cuddle up to little children, and think they're the cutest and cuddliest animals of all. The narrator responds, "silly snerf", prompting an abrupt reaction from the creature.
0004.mykitten1

0004.mykitten2
Film "My Kitten"
A boy narrates a film about his playful kitten, Dusty, who has a big imagination.
(First: Episode 0004)
0072 05
SCENE 5 Susan sings two games of "Here Are Some Things" using pictures of shapes. The first group is of circles, and the second is of rectangles. She introduces someone else who knows all about rectangles...
Kermitlecturerectangle
Muppets 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!"
(First: Episode 0017)
Np7
Film "Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
(First: Episode 0011)
Erniebertwhathappensnext
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie shows some picture cards, and asks Bert if he can figure out what happens next in each scenario.
(First: Episode 0017)
0011.R.Radio
Cartoon A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose.
(First: Episode 0011)
SB-Rabbit
Cartoon Speech Balloon: R - rabbit
(First: Episode 0014)
Peopleneighborhood-garbagemanbarber
Muppets Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber.
(First: Episode 0045)
0072 06
SCENE 6 Mr. Hooper tells Maurice to draw a capital and lowercase J.
Herecomedejudge
Cartoon "The J Commercial" (repeat)
Toon-JackInTheBox
Cartoon A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him. (repeat)
1scary
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Cookie Monster drinks both of Kermit's glasses of milk, which he was going to use to explain "more" and "less". When Kermit insults Cookie Monster, several of Cookie Monster's monster pals gang up on Kermit, prompting him to point out that now there are more monsters and less frogs.
(First: Episode 0004)
0072 07a
SCENE 7 Gordon and Ronald look through the doors to the construction site to see what's going on...
1247-Crane
Film A steam shovel picks up debris.
(First: Episode 0034)
0072 07b

0072 07c
SCENE 7
cont'd
Gordon notices that it's time to go, so Ronald shouts goodbye. Susan announces the sponsors and today's book.
Erneebert69sesamesign

Kermit115
CLOSING SIGNS Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, and Kermit holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes[]

  • The music for "Hey, Big Bird" from Episode 0044 plays as the cast builds Big Bird's makeshift TV.


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Sources[]

  1. New York Daily News "News Around the Dial" December 18, 1969
  2. Tape Slate
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