Episode 0179

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird spells LOVE; Ernie performs "The Magic Apple"
Air date	January 14, 1971
Season	Season 2 (1970-1971)
Sponsors	A, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Miguel won't waste a second; he reveals a letter A.
	Cartoon	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130)
	Cartoon	A is for ape. (First: Episode 0006)
	Muppets	Monsters look at a big A. (First: Episode 0083)
	SCENE 2	Susan and the kids sing a slow version of The Alphabet Song, while the alphabet is displayed on the front of 123 Sesame Street.
	Celebrity	James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0002)
	Cartoon	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A.
	Cartoon	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. (EKA: Episode 0158)
	SCENE 3	On the front wall of 123, Big Bird attempts to spell LOVE, but, as Susan points out, he has made OVEL.
	Cartoon	The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters ask it to stop. (EKA: Episode 0162)
	Muppets	Lefty tries to sell Ernie a STOP sign.
	Film	Joe Raposo: Animals with tails. (First: Episode 0017)
	Cartoon	The uses of water
	Film	The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. Some of this footage is used in I Love Being a Pig, but in a different order.
	Muppets	Bob reads a story which is acted out by Ernie, Bert and three Anything Muppets. Ernie plays a "poor but honest farm boy" who would like to marry a princess and live in a palace with Rubber Duckies and banana milkshakes. A fairy godmother grants him that wish, but only if he can pick a magic apple from a tree. A farmer attempts to help him get the apple, but doesn't succeed. Finally, Ernie rests under the tree until the apple falls into his mouth! Just then, a king arrives and chooses Ernie to marry his daughter, "the lovely Princess Gwendolinda" (Bert in drag!).
	SCENE 4	Miguel invites the viewers to take a close look at a tire.
	Film	Joe Raposo sings "Here's A Little Something". The object is a tire.
	Film	"Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (First: Episode 0024)
	Song	"Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004)
	Celebrity	Tim Conway says, "One more time!"
	Song	"Octopus One-Man Band" (repeat)
	SCENE 5	Susan, Miguel, Bob and Mr. Hooper make four, and having only three apples means Mr. Hooper gets none.
	Cartoon	"Jazz #7" (First: Episode 0012)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin shows that he knows the "Days of the Week". (First: Episode 0107)
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	Muppets	A fairy godmother turns Cookie Monster into a handsome prince. He thinks it's ugly, and uses the wand to change her into her original form, Herry Monster wearing a wig. As monsters, they fall in love.
	Cartoon	Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole! (First: Episode 0090) Released on Old School: Volume 1
	Cartoon	A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. (repeat)
	Cartoon	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (repeat)
	Cartoon	A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (repeat)
	Muppets	During Ernie's naptime, Cookie Monster tries to steal and eat Ernie's pillow by distracting him with a bell. (First: Episode 0035)
	Cartoon	A is for ape. (repeat)
	Cartoon	A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A. (repeat)
	SCENE 6	Mr. Hooper sings Three of These Things with groups of candy.
	Muppets	Charlie, an Anything Muppet, is lost and finds a policeman. It's his uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman.
	SCENE 7	The cast tells what they use boxes for. Mr. Hooper has a box to keep his boxes in.
	Song	"Octopus One-Man Band" (repeat)
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	Cartoon	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (repeat)
	SCENE 8	With the kids, Susan plays basketball and Bob and Miguel play with blocks.