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Sesame Street
Big Bird starts a newspaper
Air date April 30, 1971
Season Season 2 (1970-1971)
Directed by David Roth
Production February 26, 1971
Sponsors M, 4

SSShowID-0255

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Susan, Mr. Hooper, Bob, and Gordon introduce themselves using the word “me.”
ErnieLefty-ME
Muppets Lefty attempts to sell a "ME" sign to Ernie for a nickel. Ernie buys the sign, which two Anything Muppets then try to buy from him for a much higher price.
(First: Episode 0205)
M-Mail
Cartoon Speech Balloon: M for Mail
(First: Episode 0013)
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SCENE 2 Big Bird pays Mr. Hooper five cents for a pencil, then excitedly tells Susan what he's planning to do. In order to make some money, he has decided to start a newspaper, as Sesame Street currently doesn't have one. As the editor, he sits down at the makeshift desk he’s made for his new newspaper, The Sesame Street News. Susan thinks it’s a great idea, but first Big Bird has to go find actual news items. He leaves, saying he'll be "back in a flash with a crash!"
Secretdrawingm
Cartoon Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M
(First: Episode 0131)
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SCENE 3 So far, Big Bird’s news is: the sun is shining, there are cars in the street, and Oscar is grouchy. Susan points out to him that all those things are evident to anyone who looks outside, then imagines situations he could write about that might make him happy (like free candy at Hooper's Store), angry (like a candy robbery at Hooper's) or sad (like Bob moving away). Big Bird reacts very dramatically, and when Bob comes around Big Bird goes into hysterics, thinking he’s really moving away. Susan and Bob comfort him, and Big Bird composes himself quickly with a simple "Oh."
ChickenCloud
Cartoon Clouds that look like things.
(First: Episode 0211)
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SCENE 4 Big Bird (now wearing a paper visor) has collected news stories from his friends on Sesame Street, but no one put their names on them. Bob reads them, and helps him figure out who wrote which story: Mr. Hooper received an ice cream delivery and stacked newspapers, Ernie went to the zoo and took a bath with his Rubber Duckie, and Cookie Monster ate a lot of cookies. They come across a story written by someone who helped an old lady across the street, then had tea with her. Oscar reveals he wrote that story, and that he made it all up just to drive people crazy.
Scanimate4
Animation Scanimate Films #4
(First: Episode 0132)
Onelittlepenguin
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: A kid recites a poem about adding penguins.
Music: Joe Raposo
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SCENE 5 Big Bird sells his first (and only) copy of The Sesame Street News to Gordon for six cents. He considers this a success, since he paid five cents for the pencil, and now he has both the pencil and the six cents.
1092-06
Cartoon Marvelous Martha knows many words that start with the letter "M".
(First: Episode 0013)
ErnieHerry-M
Muppets Ernie confuses Herry Monster when trying to make the sound of the letter M.
PatPulsen-Alphabet
Celebrity Pat Paulsen says the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0067)
0255-Bridge5-Bounce
Film New Bridge #5 - Bounce
(First: Episode 0105)
E&B-ZooPlan
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie and Bert plan to go to the zoo tomorrow, but Ernie can't make up his mind. What would happen if Ernie bought a balloon, but then lost it when he gets frightened by a buffalo? Then he remembers that the zoo is closed on Wednesdays.
(First: Episode 0137)
0255-Tank-Filling
Transition The screen fills up with fluid.
(First: Episode 0105)
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Celebrity Bill Cosby counts three kids, but a fourth keeps hiding behind him.
(First: Episode 0154)
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Wombat
SCENE 6 Mr. Hooper and the kids count the four legs on a filmed wombat (First: Episode 0008).
Jazzyspies4
Cartoon "Jazz #4"
(First: Episode 0006)
Leftycarrots1
Muppets Part 1: Lefty delivers some carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get more carrots (in 13 seconds).
1098circle
Transition A circle appears on screen, expanding like a balloon until it pops.
(First: Episode 0105)
Leftycarrots2
Muppets Part 2: Lefty delivers more carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get the most carrots he can find (in 15 seconds).
M-Mail
Cartoon Speech Balloon: M for Mail
(First: Episode 0013)
Lefty.Boss.Bunny
Muppets Part 3: Lefty delivers the rest of the carrots to his boss. The boss reveals that the carrots are for his pet rabbit (a real rabbit), which he shows to Lefty.
Toon.winduptoy
Cartoon I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy
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SCENE 7 Gordon sings “Stop!” as the kids (including David, Mauricio, and Sally) follow along.
Stopwater
Film "What if you were magic, and could make things stop just by telling it to, or make it go backwards? Stop! Then you could see what things look like when they're moving. Go forwards! Stop! Well, film is magic, and this is a film, so you can be magic for three minutes. Like this: Go slow, water fountain! Now, you try it."
(First: Episode 0047)
400019
Cartoon M for mouse, mud, and mother
(First: Episode 0073)
HerbertMW
Muppets Herbert Birdsfoot explains what the letters M and W look like with a very uncooperative letter that keeps switching itself. The letter eventually stops switching, and Herb solves the problem by rotating the camera angle, turning the letter upside down.
(First: Episode 0155)
Melvinsmuscles
Cartoon Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles.
Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift
(First: Episode 0207)
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SCENE 8 Gordon shows Sal and Robert how to read a traffic light so they can cross the street safely.
Trafficlight
Film Traffic light.
(First: Episode 0131)
Charlie and Louie
Muppets Charlie 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.
(First: Episode 0135)
Jazzyspies4
Cartoon "Jazz #4" (repeat)
Erniebertcleantoybox
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Ernie has an important note for Bert, but he can't find it. He looks through the trash can for it and finds the note, which is a reminder that it is Bert's day to clean the apartment.
CatLion
Cartoon A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in.
Artists: The Hubleys
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SCENE 9 Susan sings the “Same/Different Song” while comparing Tracy's small bike to Bob's big bike. Bob and Tracy go off for a ride as Big Bird announces the sponsors (throwing in an "Extra, extra!" as he does so) followed by the credits.
ErnieandBertsign

ClosingSign-HooperGordonCTW-0255
CLOSING SIGNS Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper and Gordon hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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