Sesame Street | |||||||||
Big Bird cleans the street; Mr. Hooper makes Oscar a sundae | |||||||||
Air date | May 19, 1971 | ||||||||
Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Bob greets the viewer when a Muppet hand snaps to get his attention. The hand "whispers" to Bob that it wants to do something by itself, leading into the next segment. (In a continuity error, the hand that wishes to do something by itself is purple in this scene, while the one actually doing a task by itself in the following segment is yellow.) | |
Muppets | The Hands: A yellow hand tries to match a glass of milk to a picture of an object that produced the milk. A purple hand tries to help it out. (First: Episode 0185) | |
Animation | A kid's father tells him what can be built out of the wheels and things he found. | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie lies in bed and starts talking about what a square looks like and how many lines it has, then goes on to compare a square with a triangle. He then starts to ponder how many sides a circle has, and goes to sleep. Bert is about to attempt to answer the question, but ends up not being able to sleep. (First: Episode 0132) | |
SCENE 2 | Mr. Hooper finishes making a sundae for Teddy. He finds an old sundae glass and a dirty old rubber ball on the floor, then puts them aside (with the ball in the glass) to throw out later. Oscar the Grouch requests a sundae just like Teddy's, but with chocolate syrup and a pickle on top. When Mr. Hooper attempts to tell Oscar about the ball, Oscar reminds him that the customer is always right, so Mr. Hooper agrees and puts the ingredients all over the rubber ball. When Oscar finds out he has a ball instead of ice cream, he's ecstatic that Mr. Hooper has made him a rubber ball sundae. | |
Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) | |
Celebrity | Peggy Fleming makes a number 6 on the ice. (First: Episode 0234) | |
Cast | In voiceover, Fran Brill asks Gordon and Tom to pile boxes taller than they are. (First: Episode 0262) | |
Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) | |
SCENE 3 | David and Susan sing "The OP Family Song" on the side of 123 Sesame Street. | |
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) | |
Muppets / Cast | Bob reads "The Story of Ira and Inez." (First: Episode 0034) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) | |
SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper asks kids if they can count in English and in Spanish. He says that dolphins can count as well, introducing a film of dolphins jumping (First: Episode 0222). | |
Muppets / Cast | "Surprise!": A band of Anything Muppet hippies sing about the good and bad parts of surprises, and how people respond to them, with various characters demonstrating them in cutaways. (First: Episode 0173) | |
Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates what a surprised face looks like. (First: Episode 0138) | |
Cartoon | A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0227) | |
SCENE 5 | Bob asks if anybody minds if he sits between David and Paul. David doesn't mind and neither does Paul. David says that somebody else might mind, though: Paul's pet rabbit, who is sitting between them. | |
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) | |
Cartoon | A baby rescues a ball from on top of a column. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0184) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 1: Bert tells Ernie to clean up the messy apartment. (First: Episode 0010) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (repeat) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Part 2: Ernie has almost finished cleaning up the apartment. His toybox is still a mess, so he begins to clean it out, throwing its contents all over the room. (First: Episode 0010) | |
Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (repeat) | |
SCENE 6 | “I” quickies: Bob talks about how the letter I also stands for a word. He then asks a series of questions, and Susan, David, and Oscar answer them with “I do” (or “I don't” in Oscar's case). | |
Muppets | Grover scats his way through limbo when he notices a letter I, and then reads it. (First: Episode 0218) | |
Cartoon | I for impolite (repeat) | |
SCENE 7 | More “I” quickies: Bob asks who is the tallest on Sesame Street (Big Bird); Mr. Hooper asks who wants ice cream (all the kids do!). | |
Cartoon | "All right, now that you've eaten everything in sight, would you mind telling me what you plan to have for dessert?" (First: Episode 0006) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy meets Alphabet O'Malley, whose full name consists of twenty-six first names, each one starting with a different letter of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0135) | |
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. (First: Episode 0206) | |
Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about circles. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0247) | |
SCENE 8 | Bob plays “Three of These Things” using a bicycle, a tricycle, a scooter, and a sled. | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has six jellybeans, and Bert has seven. Bert thanks Ernie for giving him the extra jellybean. Ernie says that isn't fair - they should have an equal amount. To make it even, Ernie eats the extra jellybean. That's fair, isn't it? (First: Episode 0014) | |
Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) | |
Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) | |
Celebrity | Listen My Brother sings "Children Are Beautiful." (First: Episode 0228) | |
SCENE 9 | When David sees some litter on the street, Big Bird decides to take action and help clean it up. He fetches various cleaning items such as laundry detergent, a feather duster, and a vacuum cleaner. David points out these won't help, and settles on a broom and a dustpan. Big Bird doesn't think they can use those together, and suggests that David clean the litter with the broom and dustpan while he cleans up his mess of cleaning supplies. | |
Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Dentist and Bus Driver. (First: Episode 0106) | |
SCENE 10 | Susan and the kids cooperate to set up a game of “Pin the Tail on the Donkey.” | |
Cartoon | Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much. | |
SCENE 11 | David joins the game, and heads straight for Big Bird while blindfolded. The chase continues down the street as Susan says goodbye, and Bob announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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