Show 1: The Land of Israel

Shalom Sesame
Release date	1986
Sponsors	Aleph, 2, "Wet Paint", "Shalom"

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Itzhak Perlman introduces the show and how it is similar to Sesame Street, such as having a barvazoni (a Rubber Duckie).
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Bonnie Franklin comes to the street and introduces herself to the residents.
	Film	A song about Metula, a city in the Northern District of Israel.
	Muppets	Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead. Bert's lines are dubbed in Hebrew.
	SCENE 2	Itzhak is on Dizengoff street in Tel Aviv and talks to some kids who just moved there.
	Cartoon	Animals sing "Shalom!" to each other.
	Film	An Israeli Arab boy looks for his grandfather, but everyone he ask tells him he's "over there". He walks around the village until he finds him at the mosque.
	SCENE 3	Itzhak introduces the aleph-bet.
	Cartoon	Hebrew Alphabet
	Cast / Muppets	Rechov Video The guest VJ's this week are Itzhak and Rubber Duckie. They introduce "Rubber Duckie". Ernie's singing vocals are dubbed, but his dialogue in the middle remains in English.
	SCENE 4	A boy introduces Bonnie to the city of Jerusalem.
	Cartoon	A boat's smoke forms an Aleph.
	SCENE 5	Bonnie, some kids and Moishe Oofnik introduce the letter Aleph.
	Film	A song about Haifa, another Israel city.
	SCENE 6	Bonnie and a girl observe some posters, one of which features a famous singer who once appeared on the street. A flashback (from Rechov Sumsum) is then shown.
	Animation	A man sits on a bench, not noticing the "Wet Paint" sign.
	Film	Kids climb the Masada, a famous mountain in Israel.
	Cartoon	Train #2
	Celebrity	Mary Tyler Moore learns some Hebrew words from a girl.
	Film	Some kids sing about their afternoon. (An image of Ernie appears on one child's Hippity-Hop.)
	Cartoon	A boy counts the stairs as he climbs them with his sack of toys.
	SCENE 7	Itzhak describes the history of the city of Caesaria and performs in the Roman Theater, claiming it's now home to violins and not violence.
	Closing	Kippi announces the sponsors.