Sesame Street | |||||||||
Air date | February 15, 1971 | ||||||||
Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Bob finds the perfect place to paint the first letter of the day, proceeding to paint the letter P right on the television screen. | |
Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. Bert says, "I thought maybe you weren't here!" Ernie starts to search to see if he can find himself. (First: Episode 0171) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: P - Pin (First: Episode 0054) | |
Cartoon | A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (First: Episode 0057) | |
SCENE 2 | Big Bird sees Miguel, Ronald, and Mauricio playing jump rope and wants to try it, but he has trouble understanding what "between" means. He starts jumping behind Ronald, who's holding the rope, and then on the other end next to Miguel. Finally, Big Bird stands in the middle of them but gets entangled in the rope, so he jumps next to Miguel again, saying it's much easier this way. | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit demonstrates between by using a ping-pong ball, a doughnut, and a Beatles record sitting on a table, with the donut between the record and the ball. Beautiful Day Monster comes along and proceeds to eat everything. Kermit fears he will also get eaten, but the monster thanks him with a kiss. (First: Episode 0070) | |
Celebrity | Carol Burnett runs the gamut of emotions while counting to 20. (First: Episode 0132) | |
Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) | |
Film | Different kinds of wheels are shown and what they’re used for. (edited, with new music track) (First: Episode 0137) | |
SCENE 3 | Bob paints another letter, Z, on the television screen. | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0085) | |
Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 1)" A boy loves jellybeans and comes across a girl who's sad because she lost hers. The boy shares his bag of jellybeans with the girl, but now he has none. Will he get his jellybeans back? Stay tuned... (First: Episode 0016) | |
Cartoon | Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) | |
Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 2)" The boy who gave his jellybeans away finds the girl again. This time she's afraid of a monster, but the boy assures her that if the monster comes around, he'll be there to help out. Rewarding his kindness, she gives the boy back his jellybeans. All is well until the monster shows up and the girl reveals the reason the monster was bothering her was because he wanted the jellybeans. Now the boy has them, so she's no longer afraid. The monster eats the entire bag of jellybeans and gives the boy a kiss. Our hero is no longer afraid, but he still doesn't have jellybeans. Stay tuned.... (First: Episode 0016) | |
Cartoon | A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154) | |
Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 3)" The boy is mad because he has an empty bag and no jellybeans, and the girl is mad because she found her jellybeans, but she doesn't have anything to put them in. They decide to share, and the girl puts her jellybeans in the boy's bag. A happy ending with jellybeans for all! (First: Episode 0016) | |
SCENE 4 | Susan plays "Here Are Some Things" with Melody using props from a doll house. The items that go together are all used to wash things. | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Giraffes. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0010) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster asks a girl the instructions of creating an egg sandwich; which is by combining - slices of bread, butter, a hard boiled egg, and salt together. Cookie literally follows the instructions by placing the ingredients in his mouth, much to the chagrin of the girl. (First: Episode 0156) | |
SCENE 5 | Bob returns to paint the number 6 on the television screen. | |
Cartoon | Jazz #6 (repeat) | |
SCENE 6 | Mr. Hooper gives Farley and Rollo (Caroll Spinney) six pieces of bubble gum each. Rollo thinks he has less gum than Farley, because his gum is arranged separately, while Farley's gum is stacked up. Mr. Hooper has the boys count their pieces of gum to prove that no matter how they're arranged, they amount to six. | |
Cartoon | Jazz #6 (repeat) | |
Muppets | Lefty sells Ernie some air, but when Ernie waves to Bert, wanting to show it to him, he drops it. According to Bert (who didn't know what Ernie had), "It couldn't have vanished into thin air." But Ernie sobs, "Yes, it could, Bert! It could!" (First: Episode 0118) | |
Film | Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler. (First: Episode 0132) | |
Celebrity | Pat Paulsen says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0067) | |
Cartoon | Z for zipper (repeat) | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Z" (repeat) | |
SCENE 7 | Susan has the viewer guess what's currently on-screen: a close-up of her eye. She points out that things look different from up close, and demonstrates on the tire next to her, segueing into the following film... | |
Film | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." The object is a tire. (First: Episode 0147) | |
Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "I Am a Fine Musician." (First: Episode 0010) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: P - Pin (repeat) | |
SCENE 8 | Bob notices a chair out on the sidewalk and gets into an argument with Oscar over why it's there. Bob speculates that whoever left it is going to paint it, while Oscar claims it's been thrown out, noting that Grouches love to throw out brand new things. | |
Cartoon | A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (repeat) | |
SCENE 9 | Susan meets with Bob and Oscar about the chair, adding that someone might have left it so they can read the newspaper outside. Bob disagrees, wondering who would want to read a newspaper so close to the garbage cans. | |
Cartoon | P is for Puppy (repeat) | |
SCENE 10 | Farley chimes in, believing the chair fell off a passing truck. Mr. Hooper thinks someone is moving into the neighborhood. The discussion stops as Miguel comes by and stands atop the chair to fix the fence. The others begin to leave, commenting on what the chair could have been used for. | |
Film | Kids paint P-word animals on glass. (First: Episode 0119) | |
Film | The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) | |
SCENE 11 | Miguel almost gives his chair to Oscar, until he learns that Oscar just wants to throw it out. They say goodbye as Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | The Sesame Street sign is held up by Bob, and the Children's Television Workshop sign is held up by Susan. |
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