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Season 1 (1969-1970)

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Sesame Street
Season premiere November 10, 1969 (001)
Season finale May 8, 1970 (130)
No. of episodes 130
Season 1 title card.
Season 1 title card.
The season 1 cast.
The season 1 cast.
Ernie and Beautiful Day Monster.
Ernie and Beautiful Day Monster.
Big Bird and Bob.
Big Bird and Bob.
James Earl Jones on Sesame Street.
James Earl Jones on Sesame Street.
Bert and Ernie
Bert and Ernie
Oscar the Grouch
Oscar the Grouch
The baker in the Number Song Series.
The baker in the Number Song Series.
"Everyone Likes Ice Cream"
"Everyone Likes Ice Cream"
"A is for Ape", a Speech Balloon cartoon.
"A is for Ape", a Speech Balloon cartoon.
Kermit the Frog and Grover.
Kermit the Frog and Grover.
Ernie and the Salesman.
Ernie and the Salesman.
Six spies in Jazz Numbers.
Six spies in Jazz Numbers.
Kermit the Frog and Cookie Monster.
Kermit the Frog and Cookie Monster.
The Anything Muppets of Sesame Street.
The Anything Muppets of Sesame Street.
Professor Hastings
Professor Hastings

Sesame Street Season 1 premiered on November 10, 1969.

Contents

Season Overview

Sesame Street premiered on NET on November 10, 1969. During this first season, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch were the only Muppets to regularly appear in Street scenes, while Bert, Ernie, and other Muppets debuted in separate segments. Big Bird had a much more naïve voice and a smaller head with fewer feathers, and Oscar was orange. Bob, Mr. Hooper, Gordon, and Susan were the original human cast members. With the exception of Mr. Hooper, who died in the early 1980s, the other original characters are still with the series as of 2008, making them some of the longest continually-running non-soap opera characters in American entertainment.

The original episodes had a much more literal, almost lecture-like tone to the Street scenes, closer in style to its original contemporaries like Mister Rogers' Neighborhood or Captain Kangaroo. With time, the Street-scenes became more natural with a definite plot thrust, with less breaking of the fourth wall.

Sesame Street's format as established in 1969 would remain virtually unchanged for decades; live-action street scenes would alternate with Muppet comedy skits, musical numbers and short film segments. Many of the Muppet scenes and films were created so that they could be replayed over and over (at least one segment would be repeated within any given episode); some of the segments made in 1969 would continue to be rebroadcast into the 1990s.

The season introduced many original songs that have gone on to become Sesame Street classics, including "Rubber Duckie",, "I Love Trash", "Bein' Green", "The People in Your Neighborhood" and "One of These Things".

Animated segments and live-action inserts featured in the season included Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes, Jazz Numbers, Speech Balloons, Alphabet Bates and Number Song Series. The season also featured live-action inserts starring Buddy and Jim, a human comedy duo that failed at such tasks as hanging a picture and making a sandwich.


Episodes

Episodes 0001 - 0130 (130 episodes)

Cast

Muppet Characters:

Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, proto-Cookie Monster, an early version of Grover, Kermit the Frog, Lefty the Salesman, Mahna Mahna, Snerfs, Beautiful Day Monster, Anything Muppets, proto-Betty Lou, Oscar the Grouch, Professor Hastings, Roosevelt Franklin, Roosevelt Franklin's Mother, Sonny Friendly

Other Characters:

Bob, Gordon, Susan, Mr. Hooper, Jennie, Buddy and Jim

Muppets of Sesame Street

Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jim Henson

Actors

Matt Robinson, Loretta Long, Will Lee, Bob McGrath, Jada Rowland, Brandon Maggart, James Catusi

Guest Stars

Batman and Robin, Carol Burnett, Michael Cooney, Ruby Dee, Mahalia Jackson, James Earl Jones, Casey Kasem, Ethel Kennedy, B.B. King, Burt Lancaster, Don McLean, Listen My Brother, Odetta, Gary Owens, Pat Paulsen, Lou Rawls, Jackie Robinson, Rowlf the Dog, Pete Seeger, Superman


Crew


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