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Big Bird builds a rocket
Air date May 21, 1971
Season Season 2 (1970-1971)
Production March 11, 1971
Sponsors X, 8
This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source.

SSShowID-Artist

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0270-01

0270-02
SCENE 1 Pete (Cleavon Little) stops by Big Bird's nest, where Big Bird is putting together a giant rocketship to go to the Moon. Pete is unsure about the prospect of actual space travel, but he and the kids help Big Bird build the rocket by following a diagram. Big Bird realizes he can't go to the Moon just now...
Kingofeight
Animation "The King of Eight"
(First: Episode 0225)
0270-03

0270-04
SCENE 2 Big Bird returns with a bag of birdseed, but Pete tells him that the rocket is merely a model and can't actually fly. Big Bird knows this and intends to reach the Moon using his imagination. He envisions himself riding on the rocket through space (represented by illustrations chroma keyed in), as he flies over a star and under a planet. He sees the Moon approaching, and flies over it, then passes a cow, which he assumes is from "Hey Diddle Diddle." He makes his return back to Earth, and back to reality. Big Bird proposes they continue imagining by doing a rocket countdown. As they reach the end, the model rocket actually takes off into the sky. Pete says that Big Bird has a terrific imagination.
BodyPartShoutOut
Film Body part shout-out
(First: Episode 0264)
Lmb-partsofthebody
Celebrity Listen My Brother sings about "Parts of the Body."
(First: Episode 0228)
X-ends
Cartoon "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in.
(First: Episode 0006)
SpeechBalloon.Xray
Cartoon Speech Balloon: X for X-ray
(First: Episode 0064)
BobandCircleSalesman
Muppets Bob meets Samuel Snively, a circle salesman who can't tell the difference between a circle, square, and triangle.
(First: Episode 0166)
Bird is a four letter word
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: A female and male vocalist sing "Bird is a four-letter word" over a film about birds.
(First: Episode 0157)
Shalom6-12
Cartoon Jazz #8
(First: Episode 0016)
Besandbox
Muppets Ernie & Bert — After watching the Jazz #8 cartoon, Ernie gets Bert to play a game with him, in which he says, "I one the sandbox," and Bert says, "I two the sandbox,” and so on until Bert gets to "I eight the sandbox." "You ate the sandbox? How'd it taste?" Ernie asks.
(First: Episode 0019)
No8b
Song "Song of Eight"
(First: Episode 0016)
PeggyFlemming-Figure8
Celebrity Peggy Fleming skates a figure 8.
(First: Episode 0236)
Noimage
SCENE 3 Gordon has different types of footwear set out - flippers, rubber boots and snowshoes. He asks the kids to identify what pairs they would need in certain circumstances.
Spilled milk film
Film A woman asks a boy how a glass of milk was spilled on the table, so the boy offers several outlandish scenarios before telling her the truth: it was him.
(First: Episode 0212)
Herbert Birdsfoot OP family
Muppets Herbert Birdsfoot displays the letters O and P, mentioning that they're the OP family. When he adds an M for "mop", he has Grover fetch a mop. When he adds a DR for "drop", he has Grover drop a heavy rock. When he adds an H for "hop", he has Grover hop repeatedly until he faints. Herbert then adds a FL for "flop" and a ST for "stop".
(First: Episode 0148)
BabyAlice-BrickWall
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes uses a brick wall to demonstrate around, under (by digging under it), and over (by jumping over it, and landing in the gaping mouth of a monster).
(First: Episode 0076)
George overunder
Film George the Farmer demonstrates over and under.
(First: Episode 0230)
Erniex3
Muppets Ernie begins to erase his Xs from the blackboard.
(First: Episode 0008)
Erasercartoon
Cartoon A boy counts while erasing things and people.
(First: Episode 0008)
Ernieerases1
Muppets Cookie Monster has just showed up. Ernie threatens to erase him if he doesn't leave. Cookie Monster just laughs, so Ernie tells him to watch the cartoon of the boy with the eraser.
(First: Episode 0008)
Erasercartoon
Cartoon A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat)
Ernieerases2
Muppets Cookie Monster still won't leave, so Ernie carries through with his threat and erases him.
(First: Episode 0008)
BB1970sCartoon
Cartoon As voices speculate what a squiggle will become, the squiggle is joined by other lines and bumps, eventually forming into a talking picture of Big Bird.
(First: Episode 0235)
0270-05
SCENE 4 Pete sings "What Can I Do?" with the kids and Oscar the Grouch.
CMMakesaSandwich
Muppets Cookie Monster asks a girl the instructions of creating an egg sandwich; which is by combining - slices of bread, butter, a hard boiled egg, and salt together. Cookie literally follows the instructions by placing the ingredients in his mouth, much to the chagrin of the girl.
(First: Episode 0156)
Noimage
SCENE 5 Bob sings two rounds of "Here Are Some Things" in the yard - one about things that fly in the sky, and another about things that make light.
SpeechBalloon.Xray
Cartoon Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (repeat)
Checkerboard
Cartoon Checkerboard transition cartoon
(First: Episode 0105)
Gordon Tom pile boxes
Cast In voiceover, Fran Brill asks Gordon and Tom to pile boxes taller than they are.
(First: Episode 0262)
Song.Adding-CM
Muppets A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster.
(First: Episode 0243)
0270-06
Cast Gordon, Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, Pete, and Susan describe how they cooperated to catch a fish (ala "The House That Jack Built").
Song.WhatAreKidsCalled
Song Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called"
(First: Episode 0096)
0270-07
SCENE 6 Gordon and Susan say goodbye as the kids play around in the yard.


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