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Sesame Street
Air date January 1, 1971
Season Season 2 (1970-1971)
Directed by Robert Myhrum
Production November 13, 1970
Sponsors X, 9

SSShowID-0170

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0170a
SCENE 1 Susan and company sing the "IG Family Song," using the letters perched on Kwame's tricycle. Susan sings about big, Bob sings about dig, Gordon enters with a live pig, and Susan sings about Oscar's wig. Big Bird observes all this nearby as he reads his Mother Goose book.
Jump rope alphabet game
Film Girls play a jump rope alphabet game: “I’ve got an A in my ankle, I’ve got a B in my back,” etc. A boy wants to play, but one of the girls says the game is for girls only. Finally, when he contributes “I’ve got a Z in my zebra,” one of the girls says he can play.
(First: Episode 0030)
Phone
Muppets Simon Soundman comes to Ernie's apartment because he has some car trouble and needs to use Ernie's phone, but Ernie doesn't understand what he is trying to say.
(First: Episode 0132)
0170b
SCENE 2 Bob introduces the letter X with Lance and Frannie. Inside Hooper's Store, they learn about how an X-ray works with Dr. Powers (Jerry Nelson), whose speech is a bit muffled from the mask he's wearing.
SpeechBalloon.Xray
Cartoon Speech Balloon: X for X-ray
(First: Episode 0064)
Erniex1
Muppets Ernie tries to draw an X, but can't figure out how, so he plays a game of tic-tac-toe instead. Bert sees the cross-outs that Ernie has made, and congratulates him on drawing Xs.
(First: Episode 0008)
Lorne Greene 2 horses from 3
Celebrity Lorne Greene and the Bonanza cast subtract two horses from three horses to equal one horse.
(First: Episode 0150)
Erniex2
Muppets Ernie talks about the letter X, until Bert comes in and says his bacon's been eaten by a monster. Cookie Monster emerges and eats Ernie's X, quipping "I always like to eat bacon and X!"
(First: Episode 0008)
Eggontheknee
Cartoon "Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges.
(First: Episode 0003)
Erniex3
Muppets Ernie begins to erase his Xs from the blackboard.
(First: Episode 0008)
Erasercartoon
Cartoon A boy counts while erasing things and people.
(First: Episode 0008)
Ernieerases1
Muppets Cookie Monster has just showed up again. Ernie threatens to erase him if he doesn't leave. Cookie Monster just laughs, so Ernie tells him to watch the cartoon of the boy with the eraser.
(First: Episode 0008)
Erasercartoon
Cartoon A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat)
Ernieerases2
Muppets Cookie Monster still won't leave, so Ernie carries through with his threat and erases him.
(First: Episode 0008)
X-ends
Cartoon "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in.
(First: Episode 0006)
0170c
SCENE 3 Bob plays "Three of These Things" with Lance and Frannie using groups of candies.
400031
Cartoon Jazz #9
(First: Episode 0137)
0170d
SCENE 4 Gordon, Bob, and the kids observe the piglet that Gordon had with him earlier. They talk about its snout and hooves as the pig nibbles on the kids' shoelaces and Gordon's watch.
Upsidedowncone
Muppets Happening upon the ice cream man, Ernie wants to buy a chocolate - strawberry - peach - vanilla - banana - pistachio - peppermint - lemon - orange - butterscotch ice cream cone, but the ice cream vendor instead gives him a butterscotch - orange - lemon - peppermint - pistachio - banana - vanilla - peach - strawberry - chocolate ice cream cone.
(First: Episode 0133)
0170e
SCENE 5 Bob serves up some ice cream treats for Farley and the other kids. Bob notes that not all ice cream is shaped like Ernie's cone, and look at a circle-shaped piece of ice cream cake, and ice cream shaped into a rectangle and square. Bob divides the rectangular-shaped portion to form two triangles.
Everyoneicecream
Muppets Three Anything Muppets sing "Everyone Likes Ice Cream." (edited)
(First: Episode 0026)
Film-Money
Film Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle.
(First: Episode 0132)
0170f
SCENE 6 Oscar has put an X on his can. Gordon, Susan and Bob ask him why he put it there, and he says that X marks the spot they're supposed to stay away from.
SpeechBalloon.Xray
Cartoon Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (repeat)
400031
Cartoon Jazz #9 (repeat)
KermitFuzzyfacewithBlocks
Muppets Grover the Assistant: Kermit and Grover count nine blocks.
(First: Episode 0080)
Transportationfilm
Film Transportation
(First: Episode 0005)
0170g
SCENE 7 Bob sings "Special" to Farley and the kids as they enjoy their ice cream.
E&BApplianceWar
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert are watching TV, but Bert gets bored and decides to play a record. Ernie tells him to turn down the volume, but Bert won't, so Ernie drowns out Bert's music by playing the radio. Bert then retaliates by turning on the blender. With all four things running at once, they blow a fuse, causing a total blackout in their apartment. Bert goes outside to fix the fuse box, while Ernie turns off all the things that were running. When the lights come back on, they decide to play cards instead of fight.
(First: Episode 0003)
Crossover-9
Cast Gordon gets Bob unstuck from a large number 9.
(First: Episode 0129)
Bird is a four letter word
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: A female and male vocalist sing "Bird is a four-letter word" over a film about birds.
(First: Episode 0157)
0170h
SCENE 8 Gordon and Susan cooperate on making a sandwich before it's time to say goodbye.
0170i
SCENE 8 cont'd Back in the yard, Bob and the kids pet the piglet as Big Bird announces the sponsors.
BobSusan0196sign

HooperOscarGordonCTW
CLOSING SIGNS Bob and Susan hold up the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon, Mr. Hooper and Oscar hold up the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes[]

  • Bob's performance of "Special" from this episode would later appear on the album 60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street.
  • The Joe Raposo background music for scene 4 was previously used for a film segment about animals with horns.
  • Oscar's brief "X Marks the Spot" segment in Scene 6 would be repurposed in Episode 1146 with Mr. Hooper.
  • At the end of the episode, Big Bird erroneously says, "Sesame Street has been brought to you by the Children's Television Workshop" instead of "...is a production of..." The mistake is noticeable as there's a slight pause between his words.


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