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Sesame Street
A visit from Listen My Brother
Air date March 24, 1971
Season Season 2 (1970-1971)
Directed by Robert Myhrum
Production January 25, 1971
Sponsors O, U, 11

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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Listen My Brother Alphabet Song

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SCENE 1 Gordon and Susan introduce Listen My Brother, who sing their “Alphabet Song.” Afterward, Susan introduces Bill Cosby…
Cosbytwinsalphabet2
Celebrity Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together.
(First: Episode 0131)
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228b2
SCENE 2 Oscar introduces Gordon and Susan to Slimey, his pet worm he's trained to form the letter U.
SpeechBalloon.Umbrella
Cartoon Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
(First: Episode 0038)
Unicornclaymation
Cartoon Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words.
(First: Episode 0037)
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SCENE 3 Gordon and Susan start to believe that Slimey can only form the letter U. Then, by Gordon's request, Slimey forms the letter O.
Opencartoon
Cartoon Speech Balloon: O for Open
(First: Episode 0014)
Olimerick
Cartoon O limerick
(First: Episode 0146)
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SCENE 4 Oscar brags Slimey can also form numbers. To Gordon and Susan's disbelief, Slimey forms the number 11.
1800-25
Muppets An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (alternate take)
(First: Episode 0183)
Bob Gordon crossover 11
Cast Bob and Gordon erect an 11.
(First: Episode 0183)
10Greeblies
Cartoon Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated by their group, teaching a lesson in counting backwards.
(First: Episode 0006)
Listenmybrother
SCENE 5 LMB sing a counting song.
FourorThreeApples
Muppets Ernie has four apples, and wants to draw the number 4, showing that he has four apples. However, Cookie Monster wants to eat an apple, so Ernie crosses out the 4 and draws a 3. Then Cookie Monster decides not to eat the apple, causing Ernie to have to cross out the 4 again and draw another 3, over and over again.
(First: Episode 0140)
0573s1
Film Folk song: Have You Ever Been To The Farm?
(First: Episode 0138)
Awardu
Cartoon "Poverty U
(First: Episode 0036)
Udogcartoon
Cartoon A dog learns about U.
Artist: John Paratore
(First: Episode 0131)
228e
SCENE 6 Gordon, Reggie, Wendy, and Gillian play in a sandbox. Gordon talks about how sand shouldn't be eaten, unlike other things...
Thelittlebaker
Film "The Little Baker": A boy imagines that he's a baker.
(First: Episode 0020)
0573g

0573g1
Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster helps Ernie match mittens, shoes, and gloves and put them away. Guess how he puts away two matching cookies.
(First: Episode 0135)
Lmb-partsofthebody
SCENE 7 LMB sings "Parts of the Body."
UN-FamilySong
Muppets "The UN Family Song"
(First: Episode 0155)
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SCENE 8 Big Bird asks some kids to help him carry three empty boxes to Hooper's Store, and one box of bricks to his nest, but he can’t tell which is which. Gordon helps him figure out which box has the bricks based on the weight, and the kids carry the empty boxes to the store. Gordon and Brian help carry the bricks to Big Bird’s nest (on account of Big Bird's broken pinfeather).
BabyAlice-Buckets
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes uses two water buckets to show empty and full. She inadvertently empties some water on a monster, who dumps the bucket on her head.
(First: Episode 0148)
FullandEmptyRoom
Muppets An Anything Muppet demonstrates empty by leaving his room, soon Grover and his friends, including Cookie Monster, occupy the room making it full. The Anything Muppet comes in and scares the monsters away leaving it empty.
(First: Episode 0148)
Gordon and Bob assemble O
Cast Gordon and Bob put together the letter O.
(First: Episode 0111)
Peggy-O
Celebrity Peggy Fleming skates the letter O.
Bertwhathappens
Muppets Ernie & BertBert shows Ernie pictures and he needs to tell what happens next. Ernie imagines some very random scenarios based on the pictures. For the last picture (a man about to drive his car over a nail), Ernie says, "I think a monster's going to appear." Sure enough, behind Bert's back, Cookie Monster appears: "COOKIE!" Bert faints.
(First: Episode 0056)
Listen My Brother Togetherness Song
SCENE 9 LMB sings "Children Are Beautiful."
100025
Film "Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge."
Music: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro," The Swingle Singers
(First: Episode 0140)
Kermcookie-2-6
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit plays a sorting game with squares and circles, until Cookie Monster arrives and takes a bite out of the shapes. Kermit is upset, until he tastes one of them, and he joins Cookie Monster in finishing off the rest!
(First: Episode 0094)
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SCENE 10 LMB reprise "Children Are Beautiful" and wave goodbye as the kids play around them. Gordon announces the sponsors.
ErnieandBertsign

Gordon0228
CLOSING SIGNS Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the CTW sign.


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