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Sesame Street
Air date February 5, 1971
Season Season 2 (1970-1971)
Directed by Robert Myhrum
Production November 11, 1970
Sponsors I, R, 12

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0195A
SCENE 1 Gordon hears some strange mechanical noises coming from Big Bird's nest. He investigates and finds Big Bird adjusting the franistrat and adjusting the crasinopholus on his structure. He has created a grandfather bird-clock, but Gordon points out to him that the numbers are all mixed up. He explains that the numbers one through twelve have to go in a certain order and starts adjusting them.
NY Knicks make 11 baskets miss 12th
Celebrity The New York Knicks make 11 shots, but miss on the 12th.
(First: Episode 0154)
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0195C
SCENE 1
cont'd
Big Bird gives his clock some finishing touches. Big Bird and Gordon count off the twelve chimes, which are more like loud, mechanical noises accompanied by a booming grand fanfare. Little Bird, substituting for the cuckoo, pops out visibly rattled and faints at the sound of an explosion.
NumberTwelveRocks
Animation Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
1261-LowercaseI
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)
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)
0195D
SCENE 2 Susan hands out hats to Benjamin, Rico, Chris, and Jill as she plays a rhyming guessing game about different people in the neighborhood.
Peopleneighborhood-garbagemanbarber
Muppets Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber.
(First: Episode 0045)
ErnieBertShoeDroppingNeighbor
Muppets Ernie & BertBert urges Ernie to go to sleep, but Ernie won't go to sleep until the person living upstairs drops his other shoe. When the shoe finally drops, Ernie wakes Bert up to tell him about it.
(First: Episode 0176)
100011
Celebrity Lorne Greene and the Bonanza cast add two horses and one horse to make three horses.
(First: Episode 0150)
0195E

0195F
SCENE 3 Gordon leaves to get two chairs for himself and Benjamin, but then Mauricio arrives. He leaves to get another chair, but every time he does so, another kid shows up, with five people in total but only four chairs. Gordon solves this by having Mauricio sit on his lap.
Backwardsfilm
Film A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion!
(First: Episode 0166)
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0195H
SCENE 4 Big Bird is inspired to be a teacher like Bob and wants to teach things like "forwards" and "backwards." Susan and Bob ask if he knows the difference, so he walks forward and backward to demonstrate, accidentally backing into a stack of crates.
BabyAlice-Forward
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates forward and backward using a wind-up toy.
(First: Episode 0157)
TimConway-Dolly
Celebrity In reponse to the previous segment, Tim Conway sings "Hello, Dolly... Goodbye, Dolly."
GroverHerryTriangleSearch
Muppets Herry Monster looks for a triangle. He first spots a rectangle first. Grover tells Herry it isn't a triangle and becomes frustrated. Next, he spots a square, Grover tells him it isn't a triangle, and once again is frustrated. Grover suggests that Herry should cut the square in half and make two triangles.
Bonanza-ABCs
Celebrity The stars of Bonanza appear: Hoss and Mr. Cartwright take turns saying letters of the alphabet; Little Joe rides up in time for Z.
(First: Episode 0136)
ErnDressesBalls
Muppets Ernie wonders what it would be like if everyone was exactly the same, and sees four balls who can't discern each other. Ernie decides to help the balls recognize each other by dressing each of them.
(First: Episode 0166)
Mets hit 12 miss on 13
Celebrity The New York Mets make 12 hits in a row, but miss on the 13th.
(First: Episode 0136)
HerbertBirdsfootThe
Muppets Grover assists Herbert Birdsfoot in a demonstration of the word "THE," by holding a sign with the word as Herbert tells a story and rings a bell whenever the sign is needed. As usual, Grover wears himself out.
(First: Episode 0166)
0011.R.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)
Race for roses
Cartoon A ragged rabbit, red rooster, and raving rhinoceros participate in the Race for the Roses.
(First: Episode 0144)
Rocketearlytakeoff
Cartoon Rocket countdown: Rocket takes off at 7. Then it comes down so the man can continue his countdown, but at 1, it falls over with a huge crash.
(First: Episode 0022)
0195I
SCENE 5 Gordon and some kids display a Rocket...
0195-rabbit
SCENE 5cont'd Bob, dressed as a magician, pulls Howie, a Rabbit, out of his hat...
0195J
SCENE 5 cont'd Some Anything Muppet hippies (Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, and Fran Brill) dance to Rock and Roll music...
0195-rose
SCENE 5 cont'd Mr. Hooper displays a Rose, which squirts him in the eye...
0195-rubbish
SCENE 5 cont'd Oscar the Grouch dumps a wastebasket of Rubbish over his head...
0195-raspberry
SCENE 5 cont'd Cookie Monster devours a Raspberry-flavored letter R.
Toon.R.Robber
Cartoon R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...
Artist: Fred Calvert
(First: Episode 0011)
SB-Rabbit
Cartoon Speech Balloon: R for rabbit
(First: Episode 0014)
Swingonastar
Muppets / Cast Susan sings "Swing on a Star" while putting features on some Anything Muppets.
(First: Episode 0010)
0195K
SCENE 6 Gordon shows the kids drawings of a tree in the winter, spring, and summer.
1709b
Film To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree.
(First: Episode 0156)
0195L
SCENE 7 Oscar doesn't care for how trees bloom and prefers a much junkier place.
Scrapyard baler
Film A magnetic scrapyard baler is used to lift cars into a compacter.
(First: Episode 0024)
GC9
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers." To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy.
(First: Episode 0107)
Mind-Fish
Cartoon I've Got a Mind: Fish
Artist: Cliff Roberts
0195M
SCENE 8 Bob sings "Here Are Some Things" using plates and kitchenware, then plays another round with toy cars and trucks.
Kermitwhathappensnext
Muppets Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly.
(First: Episode 0089)
Waterman
Cartoon The uses of water
(First: Episode 0139)
0195N
SCENE 9 Susan hears Big Bird's clock striking loudly as Big Bird waits for it to "strike thirteen." This time, a rocket blasts off as Little Bird nervously pops out. Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits follow.
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Bob198
CLOSING SIGNS Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the CTW sign.


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