Kermit's Lectures
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| Picture | Summary | Earliest Known Appearance | Description |
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 | Kermit's W Lecture (2-Part Skit) | Episode 0001 | Part 1: Kermit talks about the letter W, but Cookie Monster keeps eating pieces off it, changing it to other letters.
Part 2: The W starts to walk as Kermit talks about it. The W starts a war, which it wins. |
 | More and Less | Episode 0004 | Cookie Monster drinks both of Kermit's glasses of milk, which he was going to use to explain "more" and "less". When Kermit insults Cookie Monster, several of Cookie Monster's monster pals gang up on Kermit, prompting him to point out that now there are more monsters and less frogs. Some of the monsters besides Cookie were Beautiful Day Monster, Snerk, and an unnamed Splurge-like monster. |
 | Kermit's letter B lecture | Episode 0006 | Kermit tries to present a lecture about the letter B, but Cookie Monster eats the bottom of the B and turns it into an R. Kermit talks about the R, but then Cookie Monster snacks some more, and makes it a P. Kermit tries to go on, but the monster keeps eating, making it into an F, and then an I, and then nothing at all. Kermit chides Cookie Monster for ruining his lesson. Cookie Monster gives Kermit a kiss, then exits.
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  | Tall and Short / Big and Little | Episode 0015 | Two Snerfs help Kermit teach the difference between tall and short, until they keep changing sizes.
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 | Kermit's Rectangle Lecture | Episode 0017 | Kermit talks about rectangles. Cookie Monster destroys Kermit's rectangle, explaining: "It's a wreck, and it's a tangle!"
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 | Same and Different | Episode 0018 | Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different.
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 | Some, More, and Most | Episode 0022 | Kermit teaches some, more and most with jellybeans and marbles. |
 | Kermit on Hair | Episode 0028 | Kermit talks about hair. According to Kermit, "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." He points out that some people have hair on their heads, while others have it on their faces. But if you have hair all over your body (like Beautiful Day Monster, who emerges brushing himself and singing "A pretty girl is like a melody ...") then you're a monster! |
| Walls | Episode 0031 | Kermit talks about walls. |
| | F | Episode 0033 | Kermit talks about the letter F. |
 | Soft and Loud | Episode 0039 | Kermit uses a radio to demonstrate "soft". Grover shows up and wants to talk about loud, urning the radio up. After the two demonstrate soft and loud a few times, Big V appears and eats the radio. |
| | K lecture | Episode 0044 | Kermit and Cookie Monster talk about K in a 3-part sketch. |
 | Kermit's Bear Exercises | Episode 0044 | Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (This was done on a chroma-key background).
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 | In the Box | Episode 0056 | Kermit talks about the word "in," and a monster (an early Grover) wants to help him teach. Kermit has a big box that he wants Grover to get inside, but Grover can't seem to grasp the concept of IN ... he gets beside the box, on the box, and under the box. Finally, he reveals why he can't get in the box because Fred is already inside it. |
 | Different Feelings | Episode 0066 | Kermit and Cookie Monster demonstrate what it is to be happy, angry and sad. Kermit gets angry when Cookie Monster eats the happy face that Kermit provided, Cookie Monster feels sad when Kermit threatens to tell Cookie's mommy what he did, and that makes Kermit happy because he was able to do his demonstration without the tasty styrofoam faces. |
 | Kermit's B Sound Lecture | Episode 0068 | Kermit talks about making the B sound, with much detail. When Beautiful Day Monster walks by, Kermit goes over the lesson again. The monster does the noise perfectly, but his "BAH!" scares Kermit away, and fogs up the screen. |
 | Kermit's Between Lecture | Episode 0070 | Kermit demonstrates between by using a ping-pong ball, a donut, 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. |
 | Nine Blocks | Episode 0080 | Kermit and Grover count nine blocks. |
 | Kermit's What Happens Next Machine | Episode 0089 | Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly.
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 | Round Objects | Episode 0107 | Kermit tries to demonstrate what round is, with the help of a wisecracking ball. He introduces Kermit to his "daddy," a basketball. |
 | Horns | Episode 0112 | Kermit talks about horns as a film of animals with horns plays behind him. |
 | Clues | Episode 0118 | Kermit talks about clues. He shows that a boy has grown some carrots because he has a hoe, a watering can, and a bunch of carrots. Next, he confirms that a man has built a birdhouse because of his wood, paint, and carpenter's tools. When he notices Beautiful Day Monster with a suitcase and an umbrella, Kermit assumes that the monster is going on a trip. The monster corrects him; he's planning to eat his umbrella, and uses the suitcase to carry the ketchup he'll use to eat it with.
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 | Between | Episode 0268 | Kermit attempts to demonstrate between with two poles, which are actually mops held by Grover and Herry. |
 | Long and Short Ladders | Episode 0276 | Kermit asks Grover to use ladders to demonstrate the difference between short and long. Kermit's amazed that Grover can carry the long ladder by himself, but then sees that Grover is on both ends. |
 | Kermit and the Bullfrog | Episode 0277 | Bob holds an American bullfrog and asks Kermit to talk about frogs. However, due to living a somewhat different life than normal frogs, what Kermit says about frogs is somewhat incorrect; for example, Kermit believes that frogs eat fried chicken and pizza, and live in apartment houses.
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 | Counting Six Twiddlebugs | Episode 0280 | Kermit counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. |
| Here and There | Episode 0292 | Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there".
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| | No | Episode 0297 | Kermit teaches Grover to read his sign with "NO" written on it. |
 | Counting 4 Eggs | Episode 0300 | Kermit counts four eggs. A chick hatches out of one egg, so he counts the three eggs -- then two, then one. Then he counts the four chicks.
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| | Some, More and Most | Episode 0306 | Kermit and Cookie Monster demonstrate the idea of "some, more and most" using three piles of cookies, each one bigger than the one before. Cookie Monster gets his choice of the piles, but he doesn't want "some", "more", or even "most". He wants them all! |
| | WALK and DON'T WALK | Episode 0319 | Kermit teaches how to read crosswalk signals in order to cross the street. If the sign says "WALK" it's okay to walk across the street. If it says "DON'T WALK" then it's not okay to cross the street. |
| | Yes | Episode 0322 | Kermit teaches Grover the word YES. |
| | Through | Episode 0334 | Cookie Monster helps Kermit to demonstrate through. |
 | The Hand | Episode 0342 | Kermit talks about hands, with some assistance by a live human hand.
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 | Long and Short | Episode 0560 | Grover does things for a long time while Kermit does things for a short time. Grover gets worn out and asks to switch places, and then they demonstrate by tickling each other. An edited version of this segment, focusing on just the tickling portion, appears in the "Ticklish" episode of The Sesame Street Podcast.
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 | Horse and cart | Episode 0666 | Kermit, Farmer Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse show how a horse-and-cart works. |
| Weather Calendar | Episode 0689 | Kermit trains Cookie Monster as a weather person. Kermit had a map of the United States and weather symbols and explained what each symbol meant to Cookie Monster. Kermit tells Cookie Monster to place them on the right spot on the weather map. After completing the weather map, Cookie decides to produce sounds of the weather. He pours the contents of a watering can for rain, for wind, blew a few blows of air for wind. Kermit asks what sound sunshine makes, Cookie Monster devours the sun symbol. |
 | Up and Down | Episode 0693 | Kermit has Grover help him demonstrate up and down by having Grover climb UP a sky-high flight of stairs -- while Kermit takes the elevator to the top. Exhausted, Grover faints and rolls DOWN the staircase. |
 | Telephone | Episode 0733 | Kermit comes across the word "Telephone", spells it, and then teaches the word to the viewer. When an Anything Muppet boy who stands too far away says that he can't hear Kermit, Kermit dials the T, and the boy answers with the last E.
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 | Feet | Episode 0895 | A pair of human legs stand on a wall while Kermit talks about feet. |
 | Heavy and Light | Episode 0900 | Kermit and Grover demonstrate the difference between heavy and light. Grover carries heavy objects, and Kermit carries light objects. Grover gets tired, and asks Kermit if he can carry something light for a change. Kermit obliges. He carries a giant sandwich... while Grover picks up a helium balloon, which carries him away! |
| | The alphabet | Episode 0974 | Kermit tells Bob that the alphabet is the secret of life. |
 | Kermit and Two-Headed Monster on Listening | Episode 1933 | Kermit explains the importance of listening, using the Two-Headed Monster as an example. |
 | Kermit's Subtraction Lecture | Episode 2058 | Kermit tries to talk about subtraction with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, but they keep disappearing one by one, which makes it hard for him ... or does it? |
 | Taxi | Episode 2293 | Kermit talks about the word "Taxi" |
 | Beginning, Middle and End with a Cookbook | Episode 2362 | Kermit describes the beginning, middle and end using a cookbook with assistance from Cookie Monster. (YouTube) |
 | Kermit and Gladys Switch Places | Episode 2362 | Kermit talks about his favorite subject frogs. Gladys the Cow assists by being a cow frog wearing goggles, air tank, and froggy foot paddles. Gladys asks Kermit how it would feel to be a cow and he replies feeling glad to be a frog. Gladys puts a cow's horns, ears, and a bell on Kermit. |
 | Necks | Episode 2367 | Kermit demonstrates to the viewer how your neck moves to different positions without moving your body, and how you'd have to move your body at different positions without your neck. In the process, he falls off his mushroom. "All in all, it's a good thing we have our necks," he says. (YouTube) |
 | Happy and Sad | Episode 2481 | Kermit tries to explain the difference between happy and sad, two emotions which Elmo displays while trying to get Kermit to play with him.
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 | Kermit's Z Lecture | Episode 2603 | Kermit talks about the letter Z, but it turns up and becomes an N.
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 | Health Minute | Episode 2682 | Kermit and Grover talk about teeth. Grover notices that Kermit does not have any teeth at all, so he puts a pair of teeth in Kermit's mouth.
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 | In and Out | Episode 2727 | Kermit describes the times it is appropriate to use the In and Out doors. To his dismay, a group of monsters keeps going out the In door. |
 | Kermit and Cookie Monster Describe a Telephone | Episode 3040 | Kermit describes a black rotary dial telephone that is skinny in the middle, has a round base, and a big circle with a lot of little circles, and has cords at the back. Meanwhile Cookie Monster describes the same telephone and adds that it is delicious. |
 | Difference | Episode 3714 | Kermit tries to explain the difference between two balls, but they keep changing to make themselves the same. The balls are large and yellow with colorful stripes and the ability to talk!
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 | Light and Dark | Episode 3784 | Kermit (Steve Whitmire) intends to talk about light and dark, so he turns his living room lamp off. Grover enters, leaving the door open so that the room doesn't stay dark. He tries to help by eliminating all light in the room so neither of them can see.
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 | Kermit Demonstrates the Number 5 | Kermit tests two blindfolded monsters and aks them which number they're feeling. Herry Monster minus his blindfold describes how he knew the number was a five and in the process breaks the five into pieces. Cookie Monster attempts to feel the number and Kermit tells him that he can't since its broken. Cookie Monster devours the pieces and tells Kermit it tastes like a five.
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 | Telephone | Kermit attempts to demonstrate how to use a telephone with the help of Forgetful Jones
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 | Quiet and Loud | Elmo loudly interrupts Kermit's demonstration of "quiet" and "loud". Elmo loudly insists on helping Kermit demonstrate the difference, and Kermit manages to get Elmo to whisper as they talk about being quiet.
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 | Kermit counts monkeys | Kermit counts five monkeys, and when he is done, he gets monkey buisness.
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