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Sesame Street
Air date March 24, 1970
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production February 18, 1970
Sponsors L, U, Y, 5

SSShowID-0097


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Gordon sits on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street with Chris and welcomes the viewer. He teases an upcoming story by the Anything People before heading to the playground, where Buddy and Jim are right now.
BuddyJim.seesaw
Cast Buddy and Jim try to use a seesaw.
(First: Episode 0010)
Awardu
Cartoon "Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0036)
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SCENE 2 Bob talks with Chris and Josh about the letter U and the two sounds it makes.
SpeechBalloon.Umbrella
Cartoon Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
(First: Episode 0038)
Unicornclaymation
Animation Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words.
(First: Episode 0037)
AMs-UTag
Muppets An Anything Muppet presents the letter U. Another Muppet repeatedly insists, "That's not a 'me,' that's a U!"
(First: Episode 0048)
AnythingMuppetsJellybeans01
Muppets The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jelly Beans
Part 1 — A boy shares his bag of jellybeans with a girl, but now he has none. Will he get his jellybeans back?
(First: Episode 0016)
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SCENE 3 Susan shows Sally, Toni, and Kevin a picture with lots of items that begin with the letter L that they help identify.
Lisforladder
Cartoon L is for Ladder
(First: Episode 0036)
Lisforlunchbox
Cartoon L is for Lunchbox
(First: Episode 0031)
AnythingMuppetsJellybeans02
Muppets The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jelly Beans
Part 2 — The girl gives the jellybeans back to the boy after she's been intimidated by a monster, but he quickly loses them again.
(First: Episode 0016)
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SCENE 4 Bob plays two rounds of "One of These Things," first with different-sized bottles, and then with different-sized alarm clocks. Speaking of clocks, it's time for...
AnythingMuppetsJellybeans03
Muppets The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jelly Beans
Part 3 — The boy and girl are mad about the state of their jellybeans, but come up with a compromise that makes each of them happy.
(First: Episode 0016)
Cartoonyoyo
Cartoon Y is for Yo-Yo
(First: Episode 0036)
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SCENE 5 Susan introduces Lou Rawls.
Lourawls1969
Celebrity Lou Rawls sings an alphabet song to a group of kids.
(First: Episode 0043)
0010.EB.fivelegs
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Dog PawsBert overhears Ernie drawing a picture of a dog with five legs.
(First: Episode 0010)
No5
Film "Five Song (Song of Five)"
(First: Episode 0006)
Jazzyspies5
Cartoon Jazz #5
(First: Episode 0005)
1836n
Cartoon A bear counts bees
(First: Episode 0083)
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SCENE 6 In the kitchen, Susan shows Big Bird a coffee cup that she just got for Gordon. Big Bird really admires it, and wishes he could be a cup maker. Susan shows him some corn she'll be cooking, and Big Bird now wishes he could be a corn maker until Susan tells him that corn grows in the ground instead of being made.
Cornfield
Film Corn grows in a field.
(First: Episode 0082)
AllTogetherNow
Muppets The Anything Muppets sing "All Together Now."
(First: Episode 0015)
Film Rocks
Film Kids demonstrate perspective using large and small rocks as they position themselves near and far.
(First: Episode 0045)
BabyAlice-NearFar
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far.
(First: Episode 0079)
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SCENE 7 Bob, Josh, and Sally sing a song about "Opposites."
BabyAlice-NearFar
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far. (repeat)
Ernie4Quiz
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Pictures of FoursBert is shocked to see who has been holding up poster boards for Ernie's game.
(First: Episode 0009)
1836n
Cartoon A bear counts bees (repeat)
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SCENE 8 Gordon introduces some real bees.
BeeFilm
Film A bumble bee
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0082)
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SCENE 9 Gordon hands a bell to Josh, Sally, and Chris, and tells them to ring them every time they hear something wrong with the story of Wrong-Way Walter Williams. After the story, they ring in the following message.
No5
Film "Five Song (Song of Five)" (repeat)
E&BApplianceWar
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Ernie Blows a FuseErnie and Bert are watching TV, but Bert gets bored and decides to play a record.
(First: Episode 0003)
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SCENE 10 Gordon: "What's the opposite of 'hello?' It's 'goodbye,' right?" Gordon wraps up the show, and Bob announces the sponsors.
ClosingSign-BobSS0097

ClosingSign-GordonSusan0035CTW
CLOSING SIGNS Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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