Episode 0114

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon comes home from work, and has to get his supplies upstairs in a hurry. He tells Bob to tell Oscar the Grouch that Don McLean is coming with his banjo and guitar. Bob mishears this as "banjo in a jar," and passes it along to Susan, who hears "banana in a jar." When Don arrives, he is confused when Oscar asks where his "banana and a cigar" are.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
 	SCENE 2 	Don sits on the steps with Bob, Susan, and the kids as Gordon explains the confusion caused earlier in communicating their musician friend's arrival. Don uses it as an opportunity to demonstrate how people correspond with one another through song; he plays the guitar and sings "What Is Your Language," "Compre Una Casa," and "Communication Song."
 	Film 	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)"
center 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	Susan and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates writing the letter P in the sky . They think of P words like paint, picture, pink, pocket, Paul, point, pen, pencil, people, and pirate.
 	Cartoon 	A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: P - Pin
 	SCENE 4 	Susan introduces Ruby Dee who sits on the steps of 123 Sesame Street with Lance and Troy. She hands them paper cutouts of characters from a book she's going to read them called Moving Day for Manuel by Ruth M. Baylor.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 5 	In the yard, Don tells Gordon that the banjo is the only American instrument, but that it has its origins in Africa. Gordon sits down with the banjo and introduces it to Susan and Bob as his cousin Lucillette. Gordon says he's kidding, but Don offers that they could sing an African song and leads the group in a rendition of "Kumbaya" in which the kids offer improvised verses.
 	Muppets 	A group of Anything Muppets enter, with one saying, "Some of us are here, but not all." They leave, and say that now none of them are there. They re-enter with a few more, saying that some of them are there but not all, and leave again, saying that none of them are there. Many Muppets appear, including Bert, Grover, Scudge, Billy, Oscar and Cookie Monster, who all say, "Now we are all here!"
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself.
 	SCENE 6 	Don sits on the stoop whistling "God Bless America" when a kid named Carlos comes by on his bike. He stops him to tell a story about a kid who wants to know how to get to Sesame Street while playing "Arkansas Traveler" on the banjo.
 	Muppets / Cast	
 	Animation 	Clay animation insert by Jim Henson -- Quincy talks about Q.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet sings "Minute Waltz."
 	Film 	Solo piano underscores a film about two clay puppies — a dog and a seal — who each bark when they are animated into their full-grown sizes.
 	SCENE 7 	Don sings "Green Corn (Come Along Charlie)" while Bob shucks an ear of corn, observing the covering. He points out that animals also have coverings.
 	Film 	Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 8 	Back on the steps, Don sings a somber melody called "Birds Fly" — a song he says the writer hopes is never recorded. Oscar announces the sponsors and publishing credits for Moving Day for Manuel.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Bob and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1