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Sesame Street
Air date March 31, 1970
Season Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production March 4, 1970
Sponsors I, K, N, 6, 7

SSShowID-0102


StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0102a
SCENE 1 Bob welcomes the viewer, observing that a lot of friends are with us today. Robin, Carey, and Claudia are jumping rope, and Jennie is working on a new drawing. Bob wonders if Jennie has seen Gordon around, and she recalls that he went to look for Ernie.
CM Ernie music banana
Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: Musical BananaGordon plays a musical trick on Ernie and Cookie Monster with a banana.
(First: Episode 0016)
1261-LowercaseI
Cartoon A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
(First: Episode 0032)
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
(First: Episode 0033)
0102b
SCENE 2 In the kitchen, Susan and Caridad sort out Susan's groceries into two categories: foods that grow in the ground, and those that come from animals.
Gardenfilm
Film A girl named Jennifer visits family friend Mrs. Wilson in the country, and together they pick food from her garden.
(First: Episode 0021)
SSYellowSubmarine
Muppets The Anything Muppets sing "Yellow Submarine."
(First: Episode 0017)
0102c
SCENE 3 Jennie shows Robin and Paul a pre-drawn flower shop scene with embedded figures including a kite, kitten, and a kettle, all of which begin with the letter K.
KforKitten.Oldschool
Cartoon K is for kitten.
(First: Episode 0040)
2125i
Cartoon Speech Balloon: K - Key
(First: Episode 0040)
1041Kcheerleaders
Muppets Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #4)
0102d
SCENE 3
cont'd
Jennie draws one more thing that begins with K: Kermit the Frog.
Kermitwhathappensnext
Muppets Kermit Lecture: What Happens Next MachineKermit's machine is supposed to turn on the radio.
(First: Episode 0089)
0102e
SCENE 4 Bob talks with Paul, Kevin, Claudia, and Oscar about different modes of transportation. Oscar chides Bob when asked if a car can travel across the ocean. He knows they can't, especially since there are no gas stations there.
Transportationfilm
Film Transportation
(First: Episode 0005)
SevenDaysSong
Muppets The Anything Muppets sing "Seven Days."
(First: Episode 0072)
Np7
Film "Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
(First: Episode 0011)
BuddyJim.Mirror
Cast Buddy and Jim: Buddy gives Jim a present, which is a mirror, but each one thinks it's a picture of themselves.
(First: Episode 0006)
0102f

0102g
SCENE 5 Jennie reads a book to Claudia and Caridad: Corduroy by Don Freeman.
0573v
Film A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0009)
Letter for Ernie
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Delivery ManErnie tries to help a mailman deliver a letter.
(First: Episode 0038)
0110.Willisthebird
Cartoon Eugene wants his talking crow Willis to name some N words, and Willis replies with "no," "nothing," "nobody" and "never."
(First: Episode 0101)
SB--NNail
Cartoon Speech Balloon: N - Nail
(First: Episode 0040)
Erniecleansup
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Fast CleanupBert bets his dessert on Ernie's ability to clean up the apartment.
(First: Episode 0033)
0102h

HiCam-Bubble
SCENE 6 Bob, Kevin, and Paul play with different things in real time, then watch film clips of the same objects moving in slow motion. Films include footage of a bubble bursting, a ball bouncing (First: Episode 0012), and a balloon popping (First: Episode 0058).
Jazzyspies6
Cartoon Jazz #6
(First: Episode 0011)
0010.Burtpushups
Celebrity Burt Lancaster counts while doing pushups.
(First: Episode 0010)
3161s
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (repeat)
0102i

0102j
SCENE 7 Susan signs off as she knits (another K word) and Bob announces the sponsors and today's book.
ClosingSign-BobSS0102

0021 - CTW sign
CLOSING SIGNS Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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