Sesame Street | |||||||||
Gordon goes over his shopping list | |||||||||
Air date | December 31, 1970 | ||||||||
Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Gordon is standing outside and goes over his shopping list. Mr. Hooper has gathered just about everything on Gordon's list, including the meat, carrots, apples, milk, bread, and chocolate syrup. But there's a problem: Susan wrote down the letters V and I, but neglected to write down the full words. Gordon and Mr. Hooper ask themselves (and the viewer): What begins with V? | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) | |
Cartoon | "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0050) | |
SCENE 2 | Gordon and Mr. Hooper continue asking about V, but remember that V-I is written on the list. Big Bird drops in. Gordon asks him if he has any idea what V-I stands for. Big Bird gives a few guesses: vanishing ink? Violet itching powder? Varnished ice cubes? Gordon reiterates that it's something for dinner. Big Bird leaves saying he has something very important to do. Mr. Hooper gets the idea of reviewing Gordon's list again, and doing so gives Gordon a clue: chocolate syrup is one of the items on the list, which leads to the realization that V-I stands for vanilla ice cream. | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) | |
Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) | |
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) | |
Film | Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk. | |
Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over. (First: Episode 0018) | |
SCENE 3 | Bob does a demonstration to the viewers, asking the difference between wet and dry, and some of his Sesame Street friends answering the question. He starts with a mop (Mr. Hooper answers wet), a broom (answered dry by Susan), and a bar of soap (answered wet by Gordon). Oscar pops out of his trash can saying it's nobody's business if his toothbrush is wet or dry, but Bob believes it's wet. Bob demonstrates a cloth for cleaning shoes, and says that it's best dry. Big Bird uses a feather duster he made himself, and says that's best dry. | |
Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes is standing next to a bathtub full of water. She is dry. A monster appears and throws the water at her, causing her to be wet, and then kisses her. "Bleah!" she says. (First: Episode 0005) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert watch the Alice cartoon on TV, and Ernie laughs when he sees Alice being kissed by the monster. Bert says Ernie wouldn't think it was so funny if a monster kissed him. Beautiful Day Monster appears, and kisses Ernie, who says, "Bleah!" Bert laughs. (First: Episode 0005) | |
Cartoon | Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty. (First: Episode 0099) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie tells Bert that he calls his bathtub Rosie, because after his bath, he leaves a ring around Rosie. (edited) (First: Episode 0001) | |
Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot. (First: Episode 0018) | |
Song | Ernie leads the cast in "Everybody Wash." (First: Episode 0001) | |
Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off. (First: Episode 0018) | |
SCENE 4 | In the kitchen, Susan sings "One of These Things" using different bowls of fruit. One bowl is big, the other three are little. | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has a question, but Bert is reading the newspaper. Ernie hums and talks to Rubber Duckie until Bert gives up reading the paper in exasperation. Then Ernie can ask his question: Can he borrow the newspaper? (First: Episode 0042) | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1 (repeat) | |
Film | Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work. (First: Episode 0003) | |
Muppets | Bob makes up three Anything Muppets as if they were employed in a transportation mode: a railroad engineer, an airplane pilot, and a bus driver. They all agree that the best job would be on board a submarine, then sing "Yellow Submarine". (First: Episode 0017) | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others (First: Episode 0001) | |
Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin (repeat) | |
Cartoon | Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0167) | |
Muppets | Ernie tries to find another cookie with a criss-cross of icing. He has trouble matching cookies, but Cookie "matches" them by eating them (putting them all in the same place, his stomach). | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106) | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early (First: Episode 0001) | |
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". (repeat) (First: Episode 0032) | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #4: Third dot wants to be red (First: Episode 0001) | |
Muppets | Lefty the Salesman wants to sell an 8 to Ernie, who ran out of money buying some 9s. Ernie then offers to sell Lefty his 9s. (First: Episode 0079) | |
Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) | |
SCENE 5 | Oscar realizes that everybody on Sesame Street has a street number but him. He decides to put a number 8 on his trash can for his street address, which Bob admires. When Oscar expresses the trouble he has with getting it on right, Bob teaches him a bit of cooperation by rearranging the number just where Oscar wants it. Bob repositions the number all around the trash can, until Oscar realizes that the number is upside down. Bob interjects that it's impossible for the number 8 to be upside down, but when he rotates it Oscar is satisfied. Oscar doesn't know what a street number is used for, and when Bob informs him that it's used for friends to come visit him and send him mail, Oscar is horrified, and takes away his number. | |
Cartoon | Jazz #8 (repeat) | |
SCENE 6 | Mr. Hooper counts eight hands on four kids. | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #5: All the dots turn red (First: Episode 0001) | |
SCENE 7 | Big Bird writes a poem about lizards, and recites it. | |
Film | Iguanas Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0047) | |
SCENE 7 cont'd | Big Bird writes and recites another brief poem about a gibbon. | |
Film | A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0009) | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry (First: Episode 0001) | |
Celebrity | Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids. (First: Episode 0043) | |
SCENE 8 | Mr. Hooper displays a piece of pottery, then shows how it's made. | |
Film | Pottery music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0154) | |
Cartoon | "Imagination V" (repeat) | |
Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (repeat) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie tells Bert about his so-called "boring" day at the zoo. (First: Episode 0020) | |
SCENE 9 | Kids are playing outside when Gordon says goodbye to the viewers. Bob announces the sponsors.
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CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper and Gordon hold up the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar and Bob hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- The Joe Raposo music played during Big Bird's lizard poem would later be recycled for The Electric Company in a film segment spelling out a hotel sign.
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