Sesame Street | |||||||
Air date | February 20, 1970 | ||||||
Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Jay walk over to Oscar's trash can and see a giant letter O on it. Gordon assumes that it stands for "Oscar" or for "open" or "only," but Oscar says it's none of those, and tells them to unroll the nearby roll of paper the O is attached to. By the time Gordon finishes unrolling it, he is far away from Oscar's can, which is what Oscar wanted according to the message written on the paper. | |
Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: O for Open (First: Episode 0014) | |
Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) | |
SCENE 2 | On the stoop, Bob asks Jay to guess what certain pieces of silverware are used for. | |
Cast | Buddy and Jim try to eat soup with a fork. (First: Episode 0019) | |
SCENE 3 | Bob, Tracy, Ford, and Steve observe a groundhog named Gretel. Bob asks them about Groundhog Day, and says that normally groundhogs live in the woods. | |
Film | "In the Woods": Two kids go out into the woods. (First: Episode 0026) | |
Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot. (First: Episode 0018) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — 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) | |
Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off. (First: Episode 0018) | |
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) | |
SCENE 4 | Gordon has set up a washtub filled with water, and has Jay and Ford race their toy boats from one end to the next by blowing on the sails to demonstrate how air can move sailboats. | |
Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. (First: Episode 0034) | |
SCENE 4 cont'd |
Gordon points out that air is also used to fill balloons. He has the kids fill up three, and points out which balloon is big, bigger and biggest. | |
Film | "Big, Bigger, Biggest" A junior car dealer displays cars of different sizes to people of different sizes. (First: Episode 0003) | |
Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The spectators take off. (First: Episode 0022) | |
SCENE 5 | Bob plays a game of "Three of These Things" on the stoop with Tracy and Leslie using musical instruments and a cushion. | |
Film | A film of things that make sounds, including birds, farm animals, vehicles and footsteps. Is silence a sound? (First: Episode 0002) | |
SCENE 6 | In the kitchen, Gordon shows Steve how to get sounds (like music) by turning on a 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) | |
SCENE 6 cont'd |
Gordon turns the radio off and has Steve draw a capital and small R. | |
Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie tells Bert about his so-called "boring" day at the zoo. (First: Episode 0020) | |
SCENE 7 | Gordon and Steve go outside and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter O (First: Episode 0012). | |
Muppets | A group of Muppets (including Taminella Grinderfall and Sour Bird) repeat saying "Oh!" when they see a letter O. | |
Cartoon | A song about a rolling O (repeat) | |
Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (repeat) | |
Cartoon | A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*. Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee (First: Episode 0007) | |
Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)" (First: Episode 0011) | |
SCENE 8 | Bob and Leslie observe a baby ocelot. The credits roll as more kids come to play on the street, and Bob announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGN | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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