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Episode 0269

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Sesame Street
Plot
Air date May 20, 1971
Season Season 2 (1970-1971)
Sponsors I, V, 7
Syndication
DVD
This episode page has been compiled from materials at the CTW Archives.
  • The cast demonstrate "same" and "different" on the Street by using their feet.
  • Ernie imagines what it would be like if everyone looked the same. Four pink balls with eyes bounce by and illustrate his point: none of them know who's who. With some hats and wigs, Ernie helps identify each ball as a father, a mother, a boy, and a postman.
  • Cartoon: A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird.
  • Ernie and Bert: Ernie brings an umbrella, a flashlight, and a bowling ball to the bathtub, just in case the electricity goes out, the roof leaks, and somebody shows up asking to borrow a bowling ball. Bert thinks that Ernie is being ridiculous -- but everything happens, just as Ernie predicted.
  • Hubley animation: A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in.
  • Cartoon: Gloria, a rambunctious little girl, tries to sing the Alphabet Song as an unseen person directs her.
  • Cartoon: "Count Up Elevator" -- An elevator stops at ten floors to pick up passengers, including a witch, a fireman, and a kangaroo. The tenth passenger, a mouse, causes the elevator to overload and explode. (First: Episode 0003)
  • 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)
  • Hubley animation: Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. (EKA: Episode 0167)
  • Cartoon: "Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. (First: Episode 0050)
  • Cartoon: Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110)


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