| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | March 15, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon welcomes the viewer and sees the kids sitting on a giant letter, which he says is an M; the kids claim it's a W. When Gordon tries picking it up to portray it as an M, he has trouble. The kids pick it up with ease and display it as the intended letter - W. |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about the letter W. Cookie Monster eats the W. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | A worm declares that the word "worm" is the only important word that begins with "W". A walrus retaliates by dumping a bucket of water on it. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to start his W lecture again, but the W comes to life and attacks him. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar shows Gordon the new grouch phone hanging on his trash can. His old phone bothered him as people continued to call him again and again, but he guarantees that with the new one, people will only end up calling him once. Right on cue someone calls Oscar, and the phone makes a cacophony of animal sounds, train whistles, clanging, and a Tarzan yell instead of rings. Oscar happily retreats into his can singing, "One less bell to answer..." |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 13 hits in a row, but miss on the 14th. (First: Episode 0161) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges! (First: Episode 0192) |
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Song | Sesame Street Animal Films: Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Muppets | "Everybody Moo": Cookie Monster and Herry make monster noises and animal noises and invite the viewer to do the same. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 3 hits in a row, but miss on the 4th. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0006) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby counts three kids, but a fourth keeps hiding behind him. (First: Episode 0154) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob and some kids admire the pebbles they found around the playground near Big Bird's nest. Bob comments that some kids in Africa do more than collect rocks just for admiring them. |
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Film | African kids play at various activities, including a game with stones. (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan plays a “Three of These Things” game using a feather duster and three kinds of brushes. |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy teaches "forward" and "backward" with a group of Muppets who keep running over the boy when his back is turned. (First: Episode 0069) |
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Film | A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion! (First: Episode 0166) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon plays a “Three of These Things” game using three fruits and a hot dog from Willy's cart. |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot recites a poem with OP words, counting on Grover to hop whenever he says "hop" — repeatedly, until Grover faints. (First: Episode 0150) |
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Cast | Gordon, Susan and Bob each wear hats corresponding to different transportation modes, but find they're wearing the wrong hats when they get to their (pretend) vehicles. (First: Episode 0191) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Explains the Number 4 Part 1 — Bert points Ernie to the following film as a hint about what he's holding... (First: Episode 0006) |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Explains the Number 4 Part 2 — After the film, Ernie identifies Bert's object as a banana cream pie. (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 6 | Brian, Gillian, and another kid help Mr. Hooper take the trash out. He then asks the kids how they help their parents, and how their parents help them. Mr. Hooper points out that even animal parents help their children, leading to the following... |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Tree kangaroo and baby. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0026) |
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Celebrity | The New York Mets make 20 hits in a row, but miss on 21. (First: Episode 0167) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A mandrill carries her young. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0039) |
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Muppets | Grover asks Little Jerry and the Monotones (who are tired and don't seem to care about what they are doing) to hold up signs with letters that make up the word "walk". When Grover tells them what it spells, they walk over him. |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Grover walks past the letters that spell "walk" and tells the viewers what the word is. The letters then walk over Grover. |
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SCENE 7 | Susan learns from Enrique that “vamos a caminar” means “let's walk” in Spanish. |
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Muppets | Tony sings The Beatles song "Help!" because his date can’t go to the dance tonight and he needs someone to go with. (First: Episode 0135) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird asks Mr. Hooper for a cookie, even though he doesn’t have any money. Mr. Hooper explains that he just can't give him a cookie for free; otherwise he'd have to do it for everybody. Big Bird really wants to test this hypothesis, so Mr. Hooper gives him the cookie to prove it. Big Bird starts to show off his free cookie, and suddenly Gordon and the kids bombard Hooper's Store for one! |
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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | W for worm (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (repeat) |
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Muppets | Grover sees his shadow follow him around, and thinks it's a person following him. However, Herbert Birdsfoot explains what a shadow is. |
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SCENE 9 | Everyone says goodbye as they collect their free cookies from Mr. Hooper. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, and Grover holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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