Episode 0060

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon has Troy and Mauricio introduce the capital and lowercase letter I with art cards, leading to Bob's story.
 	Muppets / Cast	Bob reads "The Story of Ira and Inez."
 	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".
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon wants to make sure Big Bird knows the difference between "up" and "down." Troy and Mauricio help by pointing in those directions, Big Bird recalls going up and down the steps of 123 Sesame Street, and Robin shows up and down by playing jump rope. Big Bird thinks of something else that can go up and down: a rocket.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	Big Bird: "I was thinking of a different rocket…"
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The spectators take off.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	Big Bird: "I was thinking of a rocket that goes straight up, up into the air…"
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: Unlike previous segments, the rocket successfully launches at the right time as everyone celebrates, and the director grins at the camera.
 	SCENE 2cont'd 	Big Bird: "That's the rocket I was thinking of!" Gordon mentions that an elevator also goes up and down.
 	Cartoon 	"Count Up Elevator" -- An elevator operator stops at ten floors to pick up passengers, including a witch, a fireman, and a kangaroo. The tenth passenger, a mouse, causes the elevator to overload and explode.
 	Muppets / Cast	It's Silly Song Time! A pair of Muppet monsters (Proto-Grover and Billy) sing a song about "Up and Down." After the first verse, we fade to a sequence of Buddy looking up for something he dropped — a balloon. After the second verse, we fade to a scene of Ernie pouring milk into a glass while hanging upside down, despite Bert's warning.
 	Film 	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)"
 	Cartoon 	"Count Up Elevator" (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*.Music: "Waltz in Mean Time," David Lee
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Celebrity 	Listen My Brother sings their own version of "The Alphabet Song."
 	SCENE 3 	Bob and Robin observe the tree near Hooper's Store, and talk about what trees are used for. Bob thinks that trees are very nice to look at when walking through a park or a forest.
 	Film 	"In the Woods": Two kids go out into the woods.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (repeat)
 	SCENE 4 	Susan watches Robin play jump rope and points out the rhythm she's using.
 	Film 	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping.
 	Muppets 	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Fireman and Postman.
 	Cartoon 	A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P.
 	SCENE 5 	Susan reads Cluck, the Captain's Chicken by Lynn Sweat to Mauricio and Greg. She then points out that Ernie has run out of cookies.
center 	Muppets 	"If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked a Cake"
 	Film 	There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise.
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim struggle with replacing a light bulb.
 	Cartoon 	A short poem about a pirate and his puppy demonstrate the letter P. (repeat)
 	SCENE 6 	Susan plays a round of "Here Are Some Things" with animal pictures.
 	SCENE 6 cont'd	Gordon signs off, and Susan announces the sponsors and today's book.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
*The credit sequence from this episode appears in the HBO Max version of Episode 0056, but without the book announcement.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1