George the Farmer is a recurring segment on Sesame Street. George demonstrates relational concepts and counting by moving around his dilapidated farm. The segments use a pixillation technique, similar to stop-motion animation, that makes George "pop" from one pose to another.
Segments
Picture | Summary | Earliest Known Appearance | Description |
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Five is always five | Episode 0278 | ||
Quiet and noisy | Episode 0931 | George hits a hammer with a nail to demonstrate "quiet", and hits a post with a sledgehammer to demonstrate "noisy". | |
Embedded shapes | Episode 0945 | George shows embedded shapes using drawing of geometric forms and household objects with the same shape. | |
Beginning and end | Episode 0947 | ||
Taller and shorter | Episode 0953 | George's ladder gets taller and shorter; his board does too. | |
Above and below | Episode 0958 | George is above and below a shed. | |
Full, fuller and fullest | Episode 0967 | ||
Counting to ten | Episode 0999 | George uses barrels to count to ten.
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In and out | Episode 1004 | ||
Fast and slow | Episode 1007 | George demonstrates "fast" and "slow" by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair. | |
Near and far | George is "near" when he's on a barrel; he's "far" when he's on the porch. | ||
On top of | George is on top of barrels, boxes and the barn roof. Then he finds various objects on top of his head. | ||
Over and under | George has a bottle over and under his hands. He also climbs over and under a ladder. | ||
Through | George puts his head through a barrel stave. He also goes through the barn. | ||
Up and down | George goes up and down on ladders. |