| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | April 30, 1970 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Hooper is about to put away some pencils in his store, but Big Bird enters and startles him, causing him to drop the pencils. Feeling bad for the mess he inadvertently caused, Big Bird tries offering to help clean up, only to accidentally drop the pencils himself. |
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Cartoon | A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion. (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Mr. Hooper finishes putting the pencils away, but now Big Bird tells him why he stopped by in the first place... he wants to buy a pencil. Mr. Hooper laments, "Why? Y?" |
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Cartoon | The life of a Yellow Yahoo (First: Episode 0043) |
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Muppets | A group of monsters, including proto-Grover, Cookie Monster, and Beautiful Day Monster, repeatedly exclaim, "Y?" The camera pans up to reveal a Y floating above them. (First: Episode 0091) |
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SCENE 2 | The cast, Big Bird, and Oscar demonstrate the capital and small Y in a series of quick cuts. There's a reason for all this; Gordon says that sooner or later, you'll find out Y. |
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Cartoon | Y is for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0036) |
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Muppets | Professor Hastings talks about big and little using piles of blocks. |
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Film | Two men, Big and Little, travel around playing the tuba and violin. Even though they’re different (Big has dark skin, and Little has light skin), together they make beautiful music. (First: Episode 0016) |
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SCENE 3 | Susan plays a round of "Three of These Things" with kitchenware. |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing a round of "Four Blind Mice". (intro shortened) (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Football Chant — Ernie explains the meaning of his football chant to Bert. (First: Episode 0009) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (repeat) |
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Celebrity | James Earl Jones counts to 10. (First: Episode 0005) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon and Oscar both want to throw out their broken brooms; Oscar broke his broom handle, and Gordon broke his broom part. Gordon gets the idea to put their unbroken pieces together to create one working broom, but Oscar doesn't want it. He asks for the leftover broken pieces instead. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Gordon and the kids look up and watch Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter C (First: Episode 0029). |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor) (repeat) |
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Cartoon | C for cat (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Doctor Ernie — Ernie assumes that Bert is ill when he turns down his invitation to play in the park. |
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Cartoon | The life of a Yellow Yahoo (repeat) |
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Muppets | Professor Hastings talks about the letter Y. As usual, he drifts off and Kermit has to remind him what he's teaching. When the frog's response is "Y", Hastings answers, "Because I forgot." (First: Episode 0096) |
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Film | Girls play a jump rope alphabet game: “I’ve got an A in my ankle, I’ve got a B in my back,” etc. A boy wants to play, but one of the girls says the game is for girls only. Finally, when he contributes “I’ve got a Z in my zebra,” one of the girls says he can play. (First: Episode 0030) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. (First: Episode 0034) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob sits on the steps with the kids and reads Maybe a Monster by Martha Alexander. He tries to think of an animal that hops, other than a rabbit. |
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Film | Grasshopper (harpsichord 50s-style music) (First: Episode 0084) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
Bob introduces the next film. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of animals moving in different ways. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0098) |
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Film | A bumble bee Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0082) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "A Spoonful of Sugar". (First: Episode 0005) |
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Film | Transportation (First: Episode 0005) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon and Susan finish decorating a wall in their apartment. They think of doing the same for Kermit. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about walls. (First: Episode 0031) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan is in a rush as Gordon has invited all the kids over for sandwiches and milk. Soon, the room is full of about a dozen kids (including Sally and Jay) who help make more sandwiches. Even more people arrive, including Mr. Hooper and "the old man down the street" carrying a long rolled-up tube for some reason, Big Bird, and a random "little boy." Bob announces the sponsors and the book read on today's show as the chaos continues. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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