| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird finds Bob's J | |||||||||
| Air date | November 11, 1970 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob wants to talk about the letter J. He has a capital J, but he puts it down for a minute to go get a small j. Meanwhile, Big Bird comes out of the garage with a fishing pole, looking for a hook. He sees the capital J and attaches it to his line. Bob returns with the small j, but leaves it for a minute to go looking for the capital J he left there. Big Bird comes back and puts that one on his line too. Bob comes back and asks Big Bird for help finding his Js, and finds them on Big Bird’s fishing line. After Bob explains the letter J, he tells Big Bird he won’t catch any fish with the letter J. Big Bird says he’ll go fishing for letters, instead. Bob doesn't think one can go fishing for letters... |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Cartoon | The letter J Artists: John and Faith Hubley |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Seven Balloons — Ernie tries to count his balloons. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count five fingers. (First: Episode 0125) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0007) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count to 5. (First: Episode 0125) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan found the alligator in the previous cartoon frightening but Oscar the Grouch disagrees, saying it was cute. He tells Susan and the kids that he is not afraid of anything; not even an alligator, a lion, or a shaky bridge. He suddenly hears thunder and wants Susan to hold his paw. |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Cast | Larry and Phyllis retrieve a lucky penny from under a bag of potatoes. |
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Cartoon | A is for Ape. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Letter A — Ernie demonstrates the word "apple"; Cookie Monster eats Ernie's apple. (First: Episode 0047) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon displays some objects to Big Bird and the kids one at a time, and has them guess where to find the objects. They eventually conclude that a bottle of soda, a box of cookies, a bar of soap, and a shopping cart can all be found at the supermarket. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about helping pick out items at the supermarket, and using the shopping cart to have a race. |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon and Susan show the kids what rhythm is, and invite them, along with the viewer, to clap along to some peanut butter and jelly making music. |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets sing "Everyone Likes Ice Cream" (edited) (First: Episode 0026) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar introduces the next segment by holding an ice cream cone (with a round scoop) and reciting a poem about how much he hates it. |
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Film | "Round": A live-action film set to a lively soundtrack shows circles in every-day life, including Coca-Cola bottle caps, moving wheels, yo-yos, bubbles, and balloons. (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | Bob reads the story of "The Magic Apple," which is acted out by Ernie, Bert and three Anything Muppets. Ernie plays a "poor but honest farm boy" who would like to marry a princess and live in a palace with Rubber Duckies and banana milkshakes. A fairy godmother grants him that wish, but only if he can pick a magic apple from a tree. A farmer attempts to help him get the apple, but doesn't succeed. Finally, Ernie rests under the tree until the apple falls into his mouth! Just then, a king arrives and chooses Ernie to marry his daughter, "the lovely Princess Gwendolinda" (Bert in drag!). |
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Cartoon | Jazz #5 (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird stumbles into the kitchen and ruins Gordon's peanut butter and jelly making music groove. He shows off a card he found with a really big word — abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz — and sings "ABC-DEF-GHI." Gordon and Susan explain that it's really the alphabet, but Big Bird runs off to show Mr. Hooper his new word. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ice Cream Truck — Ernie wants to buy a multi-tiered ice cream cone. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there. (First: Episode 0128) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan plays a "One of These Things" game with "aj" in three squares and "ja" in one square. |
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Cartoon | The letter J (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A is for Ape. (repeat) |
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SCENE 8 | Gordon wants to hear some cabbage sandwich making music, but hears the goodbye music instead. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds up the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar and Bob hold up the CTW sign at the end. |
Notes
- Scenes from this episode were included in an episode of VH1's I Love the 70s.
- The music that plays on Susan and Gordon's radio in scene 4 was previously used for a film segment about scratching animals.
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