Sesame Street | |||||||||
Air date | February 22, 1971 | ||||||||
Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar hangs a DANGER sign from his trash can, claiming that when people bother him, he will be put in such a rotten mood it would be dangerous to others. Gordon convinces him to take it down by pointing out how grouchy he won't get to feel with no one around. Gordon then starts flip-flopping on whether or not Oscar should keep the sign, causing Oscar to second guess himself (multiple times). | |
Cartoon | Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie holds a hanky while Bert sneezes -- and Bert's nose comes off in Ernie's hand. Ernie teases Bert by putting his nose back in the wrong places. (First: Episode 0026) | |
Cartoon | Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (First: Episode 0016) | |
Cartoon | A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016) | |
Cast | Bob is dressed for the snow, but is on the beach. Gordon is dressed for the beach, but is out in the snow. The two switch places in the split-screen. | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about walls. (First: Episode 0031) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: D -- Dog (role reversal between man and dog) (First: Episode 0016) | |
Muppets | Bob reads the story of "The Diamond D and the Dangerous Dragon" acted out by the Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0025) | |
Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The spectators take off. (First: Episode 0022) | |
Cartoon | Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (repeat) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants to show Bert his ice cube collection. The ice cubes were so cold that he had to put them in a box covered with an electric blanket. Much to Ernie's surprise, the ice cubes have disappeared. Since they were replaced with water, Ernie suspects that a fish might have stolen them. Bert tells him that it's because they've melted. Ernie, however, is now convinced that a fish melted the ice cubes, and angrily walks out the door to "tear him fin-from-fin." (First: Episode 0033) | |
Celebrity | Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0131) | |
SCENE 2 | After snacking on the seeds left from the yard vines, Big Bird offers to help "Mr. Hooker" by counting his shipment of canned peas. Mr. Hooper agrees to this as he goes to run an errand. The cans are arranged in a circle, so Big Bird isn't sure where to start or stop counting. Mr. Hooper comes by briefly and sees the trouble he's having and suggests Big Bird move the cans so he can count them better. Chris comes by and starts to help put the cans back in their box. | |
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) | |
SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Chris have moved the cans all the way to his nest area. The cans are still arranged in a circle, causing the same counting problem for Big Bird. Mr. Hooper finds them and shows him the correct method of moving them for counting. Mr. Hooper then asks Big Bird to move them back to his store. | |
Cartoon | Rocket countdown: Unlike previous segments, the rocket successfully launches at the right time as everyone celebrates, and the director grins at the camera. (First: Episode 0042) | |
Film | How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow." (edited) (First: Episode 0001) | |
Muppets | Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different. (First: Episode 0018) | |
Film | Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0032) | |
SCENE 4 | In her kitchen, Susan sings "Here Are Some Things" using some pots. | |
SCENE 4 cont'd | Out in the yard, Bob sings the song using toy lions and other animal figures. | |
Film | Lions (instrumental, with occasional lion growls) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0018) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. Ernie has a drawing of an empty bird cage with an open door (the bird flew away), and a man lying on the ground with a banana peel next to him (he slipped on it). Then Ernie shows Bert an empty page. The answer to that one is that there was a cow eating grass, but the grass is all eaten now and the cow went home. (First: Episode 0030) | |
Cartoon | Children describe how to draw an elephant. (First: Episode 0052) | |
Cartoon | A small man and his assistant Dudley attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (repeat) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: D -- Dog (repeat) | |
SCENE 5 | Susan is washing some dishes, and points out an eggshell. Do you know what they had for breakfast? | |
SCENE 5 cont'd | Mr. Hooper looks at three empty glasses on the counter. Do you know what happened before? | |
SCENE 5 cont'd | Bob is putting in a new shoelace for David's shoe. Why do you think he's doing that? | |
SCENE 5 cont'd | A bag of groceries is spilled in the yard. Big Bird shows what happens via instant replay and split-screen: he was the one who dropped them. | |
Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "A Spoonful of Sugar." (First: Episode 0005) | |
Cast | Bob and Gordon erect an 11. (First: Episode 0183) | |
Cartoon | Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off. (First: Episode 0018) | |
Cartoon | Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (repeat) | |
Muppets | Game Show: Pick Your Pet Lucy Jones insists upon a pet that purrs, has silky hair, and likes milk... the Beautiful Day Monster. (First: Episode 0067) | |
SCENE 6 | Mr. Hooper carries a large box to the back door of his store, and asks Norma in Spanish to help him; David ends up running in and helping them. Gordon announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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