Changes: Season 2 (1970-1971)

Revision as of 23:02, 16 January 2012

Sesame Street
Premiere	November 9, 1970 (0131)
Finale	May 28, 1971 (0275)
Episodes	145

ErnieBertBananaEarPart1 — "I can't hear ya, Bert; I have a banana in my ear!"

1091-30 — George the Farmer appears in a series of film segments that utilize pixilation, giving the character a jerky way of movement.

Larryphyllisinvites — Larry and Phyllis, the "cooperation couple".

Rollercoaster123 — Number Three Ball Film

Listenmybrother — Listen My Brother return for a second season of songs.

Cosbytwinsalphabet2 — Celebrity guests from this season include Bill Cosby, Carol Burnett, ice skater Peggy Fleming, Joe Namath, Flip Wilson, Arte Johnson, and the cast of *Bonanza*. Players from the New York Mets and the New York Knicks also appeared in multiple counting segments.

Sesame Street Season 2 aired from November 9, 1970 to May 28, 1971.

Characters

Much of the original cast and Muppets established in the first season are present during the second season, though some would go through changes. The main cast of Bob, Gordon, Susan and Mr. Hooper remain the human hosts on the Street, and are now joined by Tom and Miguel (the show's first Latino character). The comedy duo Buddy and Jim is replaced by Larry and Phyllis, whose segments focused on the importance of cooperation. Maria and David join the cast later in the season.

Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch return as the two major puppet characters on the Street, and both have been redesigned. Big Bird loses the dopey "hick" aspect of his character from the first year and begins to act more like a child rather than a slow-witted adult. Oscar still retains his grouchiness, but his fur has been changed from short orange shag to longer green fur.

Four of the more popular Muppets used in inserts -- Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster and Grover -- all return for the second season. Kermit the Frog, however, is dropped from the cast (though he would still appear in segments from the first year), and in his place are new Muppet characters such as the burly Herry Monster, Herbert Birdsfoot (who, like Kermit, would conduct lectures, often in the company of Grover), Sherlock Hemlock (a detective who often arrives at unusual deductions or small clues), Simon Soundman and children Farley and Prairie Dawn. Most of the puppets from the first season that had been used in previous productions, including The Ed Sullivan Show (such as Beautiful Day Monster and the Snerfs), no longer appear.

Segments

The "magazine format" of inserts continued to be used, and several new recurring film, cartoon, and studio series appear for the first time. These include the "Larry and Phyllis" segments, the Today's Secret Drawing animations, and George the Farmer.

Curriculum

New topics were added to the curriculum that were established for the first season, while some of the original topics were expanded. The second season focused on:

numbers from one to twenty
sight words (including street signs) and letter blending, as sometimes demonstrated by The Word Family Song. Among the words that were featured include "stop", "exit", and "bus stop", as well as words used in everyday conversation such as "the" and "is".
simple addition and subtraction
multiple classification (such as the games of "One of These Things" in episode 0198)
regrouping
property identification
the mind and its uses: remembering, thinking, hoping, and imagining
conflict resolution ^[1]

In addition to these topics, the show sometimes focused on Latino-American culture with Spanish sight words and phrases, such as "pare" "calle", and "ven aqui".^[2]

Episodes

Episodes 0131 - 0275 (145 episodes)

Episode 0131 -- Season 2 premiere: Oscar's grandmother visits.
Episode 0132 -- Gordon shows the number 4, sizes, and money.
Episode 0133 -- Big Bird finds Bob's J.
Episode 0134 -- Leon Bibb sings about trains.
Episode 0135 -- Big Bird wants to say "adios."
Episode 0136 -- Oscar has a cold.
Episode 0137 -- Oscar gets angry.
Episode 0138 -- Who owns the garage?
Episode 0139 -- Big Bird's "next" poem.
Episode 0140 -- Pete Seeger visits Sesame Street.
Episode 0141
Episode 0142 -- Oscar tries being different.
Episode 0143 -- Picking up papers.
Episode 0144 -- Big Bird loses his R; Oscar gets angry.
Episode 0145 -- Gordon doesn't open Susan's package.
Episode 0146 -- Whose ribbon?
Episode 0147 -- Gordon explains parts.
Episode 0148 -- Gordon makes a window box.
Episode 0149 -- Explaining money.
Episode 0150 -- Big Bird helps Susan prepare for a party.
Episode 0151 -- Oscar's poem-writing machine.
Episode 0152 -- Big Bird dusts chairs.
Episode 0153 -- Cookie Monster shows more and less
Episode 0154 -- Oscar's Odds and Ends Store
Episode 0158 -- Oscar puts up a "Wet Paint" sign.
Episode 0161
Episode 0162 -- Oscar puts up stop signs around Sesame Street.
Episode 0163
Episode 0164
Episode 0165
Episode 0166
Episode 0167
Episode 0168
Episode 0170
Episode 0171
Episode 0172
Episode 0174
Episode 0175
Episode 0176
Episode 0179 -- Big Bird spells "LOVE."
Episode 0181
Episode 0182
Episode 0183
Episode 0184
Episode 0185
Episode 0186
Episode 0187
Episode 0188
Episode 0190
Episode 0192
Episode 0193
Episode 0196
Episode 0197
Episode 0198 -- Big Bird opens Hooper's Store.
Episode 0199
Episode 0200
Episode 0201
Episode 0202
Episode 0203
Episode 0204
Episode 0205
Episode 0231 -- Mr. Hooper helps Big Bird to write poetry.
Episode 0232
Episode 0233 -- A woman buys food for her pet monster at Hooper's Store.
Episode 0234 -- Gordon and Big Bird help Maria find her lost parakeet.
Episode 0235 -- Bob and the Kids make a soapbox racer for Big Bird.
Episode 0238
Episode 0239 -- Oscar has a wall built around his trash can
Episode 0241
Episode 0242
Episode 0243
Episode 0244
Episode 0246
Episode 0256
Episode 0257
Episode 0261 -- Oscar sets up his own postal service.
Episode 0262 -- Sesame Street holds a Pet Show.
Episode 0263 -- Mr. Hooper gives Oscar some letters.
Episode 0264 -- Oscar buys a container and makes a can opener.
Episode 0265 -- An ice cream machine is installed on Sesame Street.
Episode 0266 -- Big Bird helps Susan in the kitchen.
Episode 0267 -- Bob and Gordon remember their pets.
Episode 0268 -- Big Bird cleans the street; Oscar makes a sundae.
Episode 0269 -- Oscar gives roses to Susan.
Episode 0270 -- Big Bird's moon shot.
Episode 0271 -- Big Bird reads a "Don't Touch" sign.
Episode 0272 -- Oscar goes fishing.
Episode 0273 -- Big Bird pretends to be Mr. Hooper.
Episode 0274 -- Theodore Bikel visits Sesame Street.

Season 2 Cast

Cast:

Matt Robinson, Loretta Long, Will Lee, Bob McGrath, Jaime Sánchez, Alan Arkin, Barbara Dana

Puppets by:

Jim Henson's Muppets, Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Fran Brill, Jerry Nelson

Muppets:

Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Ernie, Kermit the Frog, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, an early version of Herry Monster, Roosevelt Franklin, Roosevelt Franklin's Mother, Guy Smiley, Little Bird, Sherlock Hemlock, Herbert Birdsfoot, Granny Grouch, Professor Hastings, Little Jerry and the Monotones, Prairie Dawn, Betty Lou, Lefty the Salesman, Farley, Granny Fanny Nesselrode, Simon Soundman, Anything Muppets

Notes

This is the first season to have a certain closing credit sequence on Friday episodes, rather than having the action continue while the credits rolled. (This season's credit crawl featured several still shots of children's paintings.)
This is the only season produced with 145 episodes.

Season 2 Credits

Executive Producers: David D. Connell
Producer: Jon Stone
Studio Producer: Lutrelle Horne
Directed by: Robert Myhrum
Writers: Jeff Moss, Jerry Juhl, Emily Perl Kingsley, Bob Oksner, Ray Sipherd, Daniel Wilcox
Muppet Costume Designer: Caroly Wilcox
Film Producer: Shyrlee Dallard
Film Consultant: Edith Zornow
Associate Producers: Dulcy Singer, Joan Lufrano, Danny Benson
Director of Operations: Ronald L. Weaver
Production Supervisor: Lynn Klugman
Assistants to the Producers: Emily Squires, Mary Bauer
Production Assistants: Lisa Simon, Bill E. Smith, Jimmy Baylor
Music Director: Joe Raposo
Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
Special Songs: Jeffrey Moss, Joe Raposo
Art Director: Alan J. Compton
Costume Designer: Mostoller
Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
Property Coordinator: Nat Mongioi
Director of Research: Edward L. Palmer
Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser, Ph.D.
Audio: Mike Shoskes
Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
Recorded by Teletape at Second Stage

Sources

↑ Truglio and Fisch. G is for Growing. p. 31
↑ Sesame Street Magazine Parents' Guide, 1970.

External Links

"Sesame at Two" -- Sesamestreet.org video playlist of season 2 segments

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[1] Truglio and Fisch. G is for Growing. p. 31

[2] Sesame Street Magazine Parents' Guide, 1970.

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-''[[Sesame Street]]'' '''Season 2''' aired from November 9, [[1970]] to May 27, 1971.
+''[[Sesame Street]]'' '''Season 2''' aired from November 9, [[1970]] to May 28, 1971.
 ==Characters==
-Much of the original cast and Muppets established from the [[Season 1 (1969-1970)|first season]] are present during the second season, though some would go through changes. The main cast of [[Bob]], [[Gordon]], [[Susan]], and [[Mr. Hooper]] remain the human hosts on the [[Sesame Street (location)|Street]], and are joined by [[Tom]] and [[Miguel]] (the show's first Latino character). The comedy duo [[Buddy and Jim]] is replaced by [[Larry and Phyllis]], whose segments focused on the importance of cooperation. [[David]] also joins later in the season.
+Much of the original cast and Muppets established in the [[Season 1 (1969-1970)|first season]] are present during the second season, though some would go through changes. The main cast of [[Bob]], [[Gordon]], [[Susan]] and [[Mr. Hooper]] remain the human hosts on the [[Sesame Street (location)|Street]], and are now joined by [[Tom]] and [[Miguel]] (the show's first Latino character). The comedy duo [[Buddy and Jim]] is replaced by [[Larry and Phyllis]], whose segments focused on the importance of cooperation. [[Maria]] and [[David]] join the cast later in the season.
-[[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]] return as the two major puppet characters on the set, and both have been redesigned. Big Bird loses the dopey "hick" aspect of his character from the first year, and began to act like a child rather than a slow-witted adult-like character. Oscar still retained his grouchiness, but his fur has been changed from short orange shag to longer green fur.
+[[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]] return as the two major puppet characters on the Street, and both have been redesigned. Big Bird loses the dopey "hick" aspect of his character from the first year and begins to act more like a child rather than a slow-witted adult. Oscar still retains his grouchiness, but his fur has been changed from short orange shag to longer green fur.
-Four of the more popular Muppets used in inserts -- [[Ernie]], [[Bert]], [[Cookie Monster]], and [[Grover]] -- all return during the second season. [[Kermit the Frog]], however, is dropped from the cast (though he would still appear in segments from the first year), and in his place are new Muppet characters. Among these are the burly [[Herry Monster]], [[Herbert Birdsfoot]] (who, like Kermit, would conduct lectures, often in the company of Grover), [[Sherlock Hemlock]], a detective who often arrives at unusual deductions (or small clues), and children [[Farley]] and [[Prairie Dawn]]. Most of the puppets from the first season that had been used in previous productions, including [[The Ed Sullivan Show]], such as [[Beautiful Day Monster]] and [[The Snerfs|the Snerfs]], no longer appear.
+Four of the more popular Muppets used in inserts -- [[Ernie]], [[Bert]], [[Cookie Monster]] and [[Grover]] -- all return for the second season. [[Kermit the Frog]], however, is dropped from the cast (though he would still appear in segments from the first year), and in his place are new Muppet characters such as the burly [[Herry Monster]], [[Herbert Birdsfoot]] (who, like Kermit, would conduct lectures, often in the company of Grover), [[Sherlock Hemlock]] (a detective who often arrives at unusual deductions or small clues), [[Simon Soundman]] and children [[Farley]] and [[Prairie Dawn]]. Most of the puppets from the first season that had been used in previous productions, including [[The Ed Sullivan Show]] (such as [[Beautiful Day Monster]] and [[The Snerfs|the Snerfs]]), no longer appear.
 ==Segments==
@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 * [[Episode 0131]] -- Season 2 premiere: Oscar's grandmother visits.
-* [[Episode 0132]]
+* [[Episode 0132]] -- Gordon shows the number 4, sizes, and money.
-* [[Episode 0133]]
+* [[Episode 0133]] -- Big Bird finds Bob's J.
-* [[Episode 0134]]
+* [[Episode 0134]] -- Leon Bibb sings about trains.
-* [[Episode 0135]] -- Big Bird wants to say "adios"
+* [[Episode 0135]] -- Big Bird wants to say "adios."
-* [[Episode 0136]]
+* [[Episode 0136]] -- Oscar has a cold.
 * [[Episode 0137]] -- Oscar gets angry.
-* [[Episode 0138]]
+* [[Episode 0138]] -- Who owns the garage?
-* [[Episode 0139]]
+* [[Episode 0139]] -- Big Bird's "next" poem.
 * [[Episode 0140]] -- Pete Seeger visits Sesame Street.
 * [[Episode 0141]]
-* [[Episode 0142]]
+* [[Episode 0142]] -- Oscar tries being different.
+* [[Episode 0143]] -- Picking up papers.
+* [[Episode 0144]] -- Big Bird loses his R; Oscar gets angry.
+* [[Episode 0145]] -- Gordon doesn't open Susan's package.
+* [[Episode 0146]] -- Whose ribbon?
+* [[Episode 0147]] -- Gordon explains parts.
+* [[Episode 0148]] -- Gordon makes a window box.
+* [[Episode 0149]] -- Explaining money.
+* [[Episode 0150]] -- Big Bird helps Susan prepare for a party.
+* [[Episode 0151]] -- Oscar's poem-writing machine.
+* [[Episode 0152]] -- Big Bird dusts chairs.
+* [[Episode 0153]] -- Cookie Monster shows more and less
+* [[Episode 0154]] -- Oscar's Odds and Ends Store
 * [[Episode 0158]] -- Oscar puts up a "Wet Paint" sign.
 * [[Episode 0161]]
@@ Line 69: / Line 81: @@
 * [[Episode 0175]]
 * [[Episode 0176]]
-* [[Episode 0179]] -- Big Bird spells "LOVE"
+* [[Episode 0179]] -- Big Bird spells "LOVE."
 * [[Episode 0181]]
 * [[Episode 0182]]
@@ Line 83: / Line 95: @@
 * [[Episode 0196]]
 * [[Episode 0197]]
-* [[Episode 0198]] -- Big Bird opens Hooper's Store
+* [[Episode 0198]] -- Big Bird opens Hooper's Store.
 * [[Episode 0199]]
 * [[Episode 0200]]
@@ Line 91: / Line 103: @@
 * [[Episode 0204]]
 * [[Episode 0205]]
-* [[Episode 0231]] -- Mr.Hooper helps Big Bird to write poetry.
+* [[Episode 0231]] -- Mr. Hooper helps Big Bird to write poetry.
 * [[Episode 0232]]
 * [[Episode 0233]] -- A woman buys food for her pet monster at Hooper's Store.
@@ Line 105: / Line 117: @@
 * [[Episode 0256]]
 * [[Episode 0257]]
-* [[Episode 0261]]
+* [[Episode 0261]] -- Oscar sets up his own postal service.
-* [[Episode 0262]]
+* [[Episode 0262]] -- Sesame Street holds a Pet Show.
-* [[Episode 0263]]
+* [[Episode 0263]] -- Mr. Hooper gives Oscar some letters.
-* [[Episode 0264]]
+* [[Episode 0264]] -- Oscar buys a container and makes a can opener.
-* [[Episode 0265]]
+* [[Episode 0265]] -- An ice cream machine is installed on Sesame Street.
-* [[Episode 0266]]
+* [[Episode 0266]] -- Big Bird helps Susan in the kitchen.
-* [[Episode 0267]]
+* [[Episode 0267]] -- Bob and Gordon remember their pets.
-* [[Episode 0268]]
+* [[Episode 0268]] -- Big Bird cleans the street; Oscar makes a sundae.
-* [[Episode 0269]]
+* [[Episode 0269]] -- Oscar gives roses to Susan.
-* [[Episode 0270]]
+* [[Episode 0270]] -- Big Bird's moon shot.
-* [[Episode 0271]]
+* [[Episode 0271]] -- Big Bird reads a "Don't Touch" sign.
-* [[Episode 0272]]
+* [[Episode 0272]] -- Oscar goes fishing.
-* [[Episode 0273]]
+* [[Episode 0273]] -- Big Bird pretends to be Mr. Hooper.
-* [[Episode 0274]]
+* [[Episode 0274]] -- Theodore Bikel visits Sesame Street.
 ==Season 2 Cast==
 '''Cast:'''
 :[[Matt Robinson]], [[Loretta Long]], [[Will Lee]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Jaime Sánchez]], [[Alan Arkin]], [[Barbara Dana]]
 '''Puppets by:'''
-:[[Jim Henson|Jim Henson's Muppets]], [[Caroll Spinney]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Fran Brill]], [[Jerry Nelson]],
+:[[Jim Henson|Jim Henson's Muppets]], [[Caroll Spinney]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Fran Brill]], [[Jerry Nelson]]
 '''Muppets:'''
-:[[Big Bird]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Ernie]], [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Bert]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Grover]], an early version of [[Herry Monster]], [[Roosevelt Franklin]], [[Roosevelt Franklin's Mother]], [[Guy Smiley]], [[Little Bird]], [[Sherlock Hemlock]], [[Herbert Birdsfoot]], [[Granny Grouch]], [[Professor Hastings]], [[Little Jerry and the Monotones]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Betty Lou]], [[Lefty the Salesman]], [[Farley]], [[Granny Fanny Nesselrode]], [[Anything Muppets]]
+:[[Big Bird]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Ernie]], [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Bert]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Grover]], an early version of [[Herry Monster]], [[Roosevelt Franklin]], [[Roosevelt Franklin's Mother]], [[Guy Smiley]], [[Little Bird]], [[Sherlock Hemlock]], [[Herbert Birdsfoot]], [[Granny Grouch]], [[Professor Hastings]], [[Little Jerry and the Monotones]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Betty Lou]], [[Lefty the Salesman]], [[Farley]], [[Granny Fanny Nesselrode]], [[Simon Soundman]], [[Anything Muppets]]
+==Notes==
+*This is the first season to have a certain closing credit sequence on Friday episodes, rather than having the action continue while the credits rolled. (This season's credit crawl featured several still shots of children's paintings.)
+*This is the only season produced with 145 episodes.
 ==Season 2 Credits==
@@ Line 134: / Line 150: @@
 *Producer: [[Jon Stone]]
 *Studio Producer: Lutrelle Horne
-*Directed by: [[Robert Myrumh]]
+*Directed by: [[Robert Myhrum]]
-*Writers: [[Ray Sipherd]], [[Daniel Wilcox]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Jeff Moss]], [[Jerry Juhl]], Bob Oksner
+*Writers: [[Jeff Moss]], [[Jerry Juhl]], [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Robert Oksner|Bob Oksner]], [[Ray Sipherd]], [[Daniel Wilcox]]
 *Muppet Costume Designer: [[Caroly Wilcox]]
 *Film Producer: Shyrlee Dallard
@@ Line 146: / Line 162: @@
 *Music Director: [[Joe Raposo]]
 *Music Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
+*Special Songs: [[Jeffrey Moss]], [[Joe Raposo]]
 *Art Director: Alan J. Compton
 *Costume Designer: Mostoller
@@ Line 154: / Line 171: @@
 *Audio: [[Mike Shoskes]]
 *Sound Effects: [[Dick Maitland]]
+*Recorded by [[Teletape Studios|Teletape]] at Second Stage
 ==Sources==

Muppet Wiki