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[[Image:VirgilVeep.jpeg|thumb|300px]]
 
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! Picture !! Segment !! Description
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
*A [[Hippie|hippie]] lines up a group of monsters to demonstrate [[First and Last (sketch)|first and last]], but [[Grover]] doesn't want to be last in line. The hippie compromises and lets him be first... but the line keeps changing directions.
 
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| [[Image:0116-sc1a.JPG|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:0116-sc1b.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 1'''
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| Bob encounters Big Bird, who has a close call while crossing the street. He was so excited to share some [[Poems by Big Bird|poems]] he wrote about how special birds are, that he ran over to tell everybody and forgot to look both ways. Big Bird recites his poems and has Bob and [[The Kids|the kids]] guess the rhyming words in each of them. Now that we know what birds are made of, Bob introduces a film about what kids are made of.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Joe Raposo]] sings [[Kids (song)|What are Kids Called?]] over a film of baby animals.
 
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| [[Image:Film.kidsmadeof.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Song
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| "[[What Are Kids Made Of?|What Kids Are Made Of]]" - a song about body parts.<br>{{first|0003}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Anything Muppets|The Anything Muppets]] sing "[[Up, Up and Away]]". {{first|0049}}
 
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| [[Image:ImaginationV.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
 
| "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes.<br>Artist: [[Jeff Hale]]<br>{{first|0050}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Sesame Street Animal Films]]: [[Joe Raposo]] sings George Gerswhin's "[[Funny Face]]." {{first|0006}}
 
 
| [[Image:VirgilVeep.jpeg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
 
| Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V.<br>{{first|0110}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment|Ernie and Bert]]: [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]] try to figure out who owns a cabinet containing cookies. Bert says that the cabinet is his, because he has his first initial, B, on the door. However, the B is spread between two doors, and Ernie opens one door, making it look like an E. {{first|0019}}
 
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| [[Image:SpeechBalloon.V.jpeg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Speech Balloon]]: V for Violin<br>A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks.<br>{{first|0052}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Wanda the Witch]] washes her wig on a windy winter Wednesday. {{first|0001}}
 
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| [[Image:erniebeforeafter.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{erniebert|apt}} Ernie wants to have some cookies. Bert asks Ernie if he knows what "before" means, and Ernie demonstrates by saying that before he can have a cookie, he has to open the lid to a cookie jar, and after he closes the lid, he eats the cookie. He demonstrates a few times, until he loses his appetite for dinner.<br>{{first|0007}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
*[[Carol Burnett]] says that Wanda is weird. {{first|0001}}
 
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| [[Image:0116-sc2.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 2'''
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| As she watches [[Hooper's Store]] for a while, [[Jennie]] draws a picture for the kids of a mother and her baby, then draws a hen and her chick. She introduces more animal babies.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Roosevelt Franklin]] says the alphabet. {{first|0103}}
 
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| [[Image:Song.WhatAreKidsCalled.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| [[Joe Raposo]]: [[What Babies Are Called]]<br>{{first|0096}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
*[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment|Ernie and Bert]]: [[Ernie]] dusts the shelf. {{first|0094}}
 
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| [[Image:0116-sc3.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 3'''
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| Bob and the kids look at a very hungry goat, which was once a "kid." The human kids think of names for the goat, and talk about what animals give milk. Bob points out that goats can have funny faces, and introduces a film about some other funny animal faces.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Buddy and Jim]] get confused when a picture falls off of the wall. {{first|0004}}
 
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| [[Image:zoomonkey.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Song
 
| [[Sesame Street Animal Films]]: [[Joe Raposo]] sings [[George Gershwin]]'s "[[Funny Face]]."<br>{{first|0006}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
*[[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment|Ernie and Bert]]: [[Bert]] asks [[Ernie]] about his day. Ernie doesn't think anything interesting happened. Bert points out that Ernie went to the zoo, but Ernie says nothing interesting happened at the zoo. Then he talks about a scratch he got on his finger, and talks about how he got it, realizing in the process that something interesting did happen after all. {{first|0020}}
 
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| [[Image:0116-sc4.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 4'''
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| Gordon and the kids sit on the steps, and Gordon identifies the parts of himself which are one.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Speech Balloon]]: E--Egg {{first|0002}}
 
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| [[Image:No1.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
 
| "[[Numerosity|One Song (Song of One)]]"<br>{{first|0086}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*Animation: "E Imagination": A surreal story of a boy eating a peach atop an eagle witnesseing a queen on her knee, dreaming of eating ice cream in a land of steam. {{first|0001}}
 
 
| [[Image:Firstandlast.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
 
| A [[Hippie|hippie]] lines up a group of monsters to demonstrate [[First and Last (sketch)|first and last]], but [[Proto-Grover|Grover]] doesn't want to be last in line. The hippie compromises and lets him be first... but the line keeps changing directions.
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
*Bob and Gordon assemble a large "E" out of two separate pieces. {{first|0005}}
 
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| [[Image:0116-sc5.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 5'''
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| Bob joins Gordon on the steps -- that makes two grown-ups! They quiz the kids on the body parts they each have two of.
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*Cartoon: "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes, among other things beginning with V. {{first|0050}}
 
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| [[Image:No2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
 
| "[[Numerosity|Two Song (Song of Two)]]"<br>{{first|0001}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Speech Balloon]]: “V” – Violin {{first|0052}}
 
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| [[Image:1800-30.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{erniebert|apt}} [[Ernie]] tells [[Bert]] about his so-called "boring" day at the zoo.<br>{{first|0020}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
*Cartoon: Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter “V” as they stand atop a capital V. {{first|0110}}
 
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| [[Image:0116-sc6.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 6'''
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| Big Bird joins the group and says he has ''three'' of something -- toes!
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Speech Balloon]]: W – Water {{first|0062}}
 
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| [[Image:No3.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
 
| "[[Numerosity|Three Song (Song of Three)]]."<br>{{first|0001}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*Cartoon: A worm declares that the word "worm" is the only important word that begins with "W". A walrus retaliates by dumping a bucket of water on the worm. {{first|0001}}
 
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| [[Image:rocketcountdowntakeoff.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Countdown series|Rocket countdown]]: The announcer blasts off.<br>{{first|0018}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Countdown series]]: After countdown, the director himself is launched into space as the rocket stays put. {{first|0018}}
 
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| [[Image:carolburnettdrawingbd.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Celebrity
 
| [[Carol Burnett]]: "Well, back to the ol' drawing board!"<br>{{first|0057}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*Countdown series: After the countdown, water comes out of the rocket and splashes everyone. {{first|0022}}
 
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| [[Image:AMs-UpUpAway.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
 
| The [[Anything Muppets]] sing "[[Up, Up and Away]]."<br>{{first|0049}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*[[Carol Burnett]] comments on the rocket launch: "Well, back to the ol' drawing board." {{first|0057}}
 
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| [[Image:rocketwater.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Rocket countdown: The rocket shoots water.<br>{{first|0022}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*Countdown series: The rocket successfully launches as everyone celebrates. {{first|0042}}
 
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| [[Image:No3.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| "[[Numerosity|Three Song (Song of Three)]]." ''(repeat)''
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*"[[Number Song Series|One Song (Song of One)]]" {{first|0086}}
 
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| [[Image:Ernie Bert dust the shelf.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
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| {{Erniebert|apartment}} It's [[Ernie]]'s turn to dust the shelf, but he is putting it off, trying to remember something important he has to do first. [[Bert]] thinks Ernie is just stalling to get out of doing chores, and eventually insists that Ernie start dusting. He does, and toys fall from the shelf and onto Bert's head. That prompts Ernie to remember what he had to do before dusting the shelf--take the toys off of it first.<br>{{first|0094}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*"[[Number Song Series|Two Song (Song of Two)]]" {{first|0001}}
 
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| [[Image:countdown launch success.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| Rocket countdown: Unlike previous segments, the rocket successfully launches at the right time as everyone celebrates, and the director grins at the camera.<br>{{first|0042}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
*"[[Number Song Series|Three Song (Song of Three)]]" {{first|0001}}
 
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| [[Image:0056.Fruit1.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:0056.Fruit2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Film
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| Audio of [[John Glenn]] from the ''[[NASA|Friendship 7]]'' flight plays over what appears to be a journey through outer space, but it's actually closeup shots from a bowl of fruit.<br>Music: 2nd movement from [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s Symphony No. 9<br>{{first|0019}}
   
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
{{Ep-nav|prev=[[Episode 0115]]|next=[[Episode 0117]]}}
 
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| [[Image:0116-sc7.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 7'''
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| Oscar plays a grouchy "[[One of These Things]]" game with Jennie and the kids using three dirty sneakers and one clean one. Jennie suggests washing the dirty sneakers, and Oscar shudders at the thought. Who ever heard of a grouch that washes things? Actually, Jennie knows of someone...
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:wandawitch1.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| "[[Wanda the Witch]]"<br>Animation by [[Tee Collins]]<br>{{first|0001}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:carolburnett0001.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Celebrity
 
| [[Carol Burnett]]: "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird."<br>{{first|0001}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:SB--WWater.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
 
| [[Speech Balloon]]: W for water<br>{{first|0062}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:wworm.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| W is for Worm<br>{{first|0001}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:RFAlphabet.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Muppets
 
| [[Roosevelt Franklin]] says his [[Roosevelt Franklin's Alphabet|ABCs.]]<br>{{first|0103}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:0116-sc8a.JPG|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:0116-sc8b.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 8'''
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| Jennie plays a hidden drawing game with the kids, featuring embedded kitchenware. The kids do well with the picture; Buddy and Jim, on the other hand...
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:BuddyJim.picture.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
 
| [[Buddy and Jim]] get confused when a picture falls off of the wall.<br>{{first|0004}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:eaticecream.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| E Imagination<br>Artists: [[John and Faith Hubley|The Hubleys]]<br>{{first|0001}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:GordonBob.E.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cast
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| Gordon and Bob assemble an E.<br>{{first|0005}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[File:2059f.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[E]] for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg.<br>{{first|0002}}
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:1446d.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Cartoon
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| [[Speech Balloon]]: E for egg<br>A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo."<br>{{first|0002}}
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|- {{collapsible|no}}
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| [[Image:0116-sc9.JPG|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:0116-sc9b.JPG|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''SCENE 9'''
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| Gordon and the kids observe a llama named Sandra (whom Gordon jokingly names [[Dalai Lama|Dolly Llama]]). The llama can't say goodbye, so Gordon signs off. Bob announces the sponsors as Big Bird and Jennie join the others.
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|- {{collapsible|yes}}
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| [[Image:Erneebert69sesamesign.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:ClosingSign-Hippies0023.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''CLOSING SIGNS'''
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| Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, while a group of Muppet hippies (including [[Hippie|a bearded hippie]]) holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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|}
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{{nav|episode|prev=[[Episode 0115]]|next=[[Episode 0117]]}}
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__NOWYSIWYG__
 
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[[Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1]]

Latest revision as of 21:32, 9 October 2023

Sesame Street
Air date April 20, 1970
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production March 23, 1970
Sponsors E, V, W, 1, 2, 3

0116-number

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0116-sc1a

0116-sc1b
SCENE 1 Bob encounters Big Bird, who has a close call while crossing the street. He was so excited to share some poems he wrote about how special birds are, that he ran over to tell everybody and forgot to look both ways. Big Bird recites his poems and has Bob and the kids guess the rhyming words in each of them. Now that we know what birds are made of, Bob introduces a film about what kids are made of.
Film.kidsmadeof
Song "What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts.
(First: Episode 0003)
ImaginationV
Cartoon "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes.
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0050)
VirgilVeep
Cartoon Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V.
(First: Episode 0110)
SpeechBalloon.V
Cartoon Speech Balloon: V for Violin
A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks.
(First: Episode 0052)
Erniebeforeafter
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants to have some cookies. Bert asks Ernie if he knows what "before" means, and Ernie demonstrates by saying that before he can have a cookie, he has to open the lid to a cookie jar, and after he closes the lid, he eats the cookie. He demonstrates a few times, until he loses his appetite for dinner.
(First: Episode 0007)
0116-sc2
SCENE 2 As she watches Hooper's Store for a while, Jennie draws a picture for the kids of a mother and her baby, then draws a hen and her chick. She introduces more animal babies.
Song.WhatAreKidsCalled
Film Joe Raposo: What Babies Are Called
(First: Episode 0096)
0116-sc3
SCENE 3 Bob and the kids look at a very hungry goat, which was once a "kid." The human kids think of names for the goat, and talk about what animals give milk. Bob points out that goats can have funny faces, and introduces a film about some other funny animal faces.
Zoomonkey
Song Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face."
(First: Episode 0006)
0116-sc4
SCENE 4 Gordon and the kids sit on the steps, and Gordon identifies the parts of himself which are one.
No1
Film "One Song (Song of One)"
(First: Episode 0086)
Firstandlast
Muppets A hippie lines up a group of monsters to demonstrate first and last, but Grover doesn't want to be last in line. The hippie compromises and lets him be first... but the line keeps changing directions.
0116-sc5
SCENE 5 Bob joins Gordon on the steps -- that makes two grown-ups! They quiz the kids on the body parts they each have two of.
No2
Film "Two Song (Song of Two)"
(First: Episode 0001)
1800-30
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie tells Bert about his so-called "boring" day at the zoo.
(First: Episode 0020)
0116-sc6
SCENE 6 Big Bird joins the group and says he has three of something -- toes!
No3
Film "Three Song (Song of Three)."
(First: Episode 0001)
Rocketcountdowntakeoff
Cartoon Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off.
(First: Episode 0018)
Carolburnettdrawingbd
Celebrity Carol Burnett: "Well, back to the ol' drawing board!"
(First: Episode 0057)
AMs-UpUpAway
Muppets The Anything Muppets sing "Up, Up and Away."
(First: Episode 0049)
Rocketwater
Cartoon Rocket countdown: The rocket shoots water.
(First: Episode 0022)
No3
Film "Three Song (Song of Three)." (repeat)
Ernie Bert dust the shelf
Muppets It's Ernie's turn to dust the shelf, but he is putting it off, trying to remember something important he has to do first. Bert thinks Ernie is just stalling to get out of doing chores, and eventually insists that Ernie start dusting. He does, and toys fall from the shelf and onto Bert's head. That prompts Ernie to remember what he had to do before dusting the shelf--take the toys off of it first.
(First: Episode 0094)
Countdown launch success
Cartoon Rocket countdown: Unlike previous segments, the rocket successfully launches at the right time as everyone celebrates, and the director grins at the camera.
(First: Episode 0042)
0056.Fruit1

0056.Fruit2
Film Audio of John Glenn from the Friendship 7 flight plays over what appears to be a journey through outer space, but it's actually closeup shots from a bowl of fruit.
Music: 2nd movement from Dvořák's Symphony No. 9
(First: Episode 0019)
0116-sc7
SCENE 7 Oscar plays a grouchy "One of These Things" game with Jennie and the kids using three dirty sneakers and one clean one. Jennie suggests washing the dirty sneakers, and Oscar shudders at the thought. Who ever heard of a grouch that washes things? Actually, Jennie knows of someone...
Wandawitch1
Cartoon "Wanda the Witch"
Animation by Tee Collins
(First: Episode 0001)
Carolburnett0001
Celebrity Carol Burnett: "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird."
(First: Episode 0001)
SB--WWater
Cartoon Speech Balloon: W for water
(First: Episode 0062)
Wworm
Cartoon W is for Worm
(First: Episode 0001)
RFAlphabet
Muppets Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs.
(First: Episode 0103)
0116-sc8a

0116-sc8b
SCENE 8 Jennie plays a hidden drawing game with the kids, featuring embedded kitchenware. The kids do well with the picture; Buddy and Jim, on the other hand...
BuddyJim.picture
Cast Buddy and Jim get confused when a picture falls off of the wall.
(First: Episode 0004)
Eaticecream
Cartoon E Imagination
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0001)
GordonBob.E
Cast Gordon and Bob assemble an E.
(First: Episode 0005)
2059f
Cartoon E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg.
(First: Episode 0002)
1446d
Cartoon Speech Balloon: E for egg
A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo."
(First: Episode 0002)
0116-sc9

0116-sc9b
SCENE 9 Gordon and the kids observe a llama named Sandra (whom Gordon jokingly names Dolly Llama). The llama can't say goodbye, so Gordon signs off. Bob announces the sponsors as Big Bird and Jennie join the others.
Erneebert69sesamesign

ClosingSign-Hippies0023
CLOSING SIGNS Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, while a group of Muppet hippies (including a bearded hippie) holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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