Episode 0098

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon reads a story in The Sesame Street Sun about Ernie's new job. Several children come tearing down the street, one on a bicycle, a couple following on foot, and another on an orange crate scooter. He observes that everybody has their own way of getting from one place to another.
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film of animals moving in different ways.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 2 	Bob and Kevin look at an African bush baby climbing up one of the oak trees.
 	SCENE 2cont'd	Susan shows Gordon her four leftover balloons from Sally's birthday, and is about to give them away. Oscar suggests she can throw them away in his trash can by tying them to one of the can's handles. Susan suspects Oscar likes balloons, but won't admit it because he's a grouch.
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #4"
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets sing a round of "Four Blind Mice." (intro shortened)
 	SCENE 3 	Bob happens by Oscar's can and compliments him on the four balloons. Oscar resents this, so Bob offers to get rid of them. Oscar yells at him to leave them alone, then tries to regain his composure. Gordon is also aware of Oscar's secret affection for the balloons, and brings Bob in for an idea…
 	Animation 	Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon comes out of 123 Sesame Street holding four more helium filled balloons. Loudly he announces that they are more balloons left over from the birthday party, and he has to get rid of them. Oscar bursts forth and suggests he could tie them to the trash can with the others, but Gordon says he'll just pop them instead. Oscar begs him not to pop them, so Gordon lets him have them if he admits he likes them. Oscar relents, saying they're okay. "From Oscar, that's enthusiasm!" says Gordon.
 	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.
 	Cartoon 	L is for Ladder
 	Cartoon 	L is for Lunchbox
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #5
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Five Song (Song of Five)
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 5 	Bob, Sumiko, Sally, and Kevin have nearly completed a large structure on the sidewalk using rectangular, cylindrical, square, and triangular blocks. It falls as they try to complete it. Bob asks the kids to help him put the blocks away into four boxes with shapes drawn on the front of each. He asks the kids which box each block goes in. After doing this for a while, he holds up a triangle and a square, and asks if they'd like to hear a story about the two.
 	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
 	Muppets 	Kermit teaches some, more, and most with jellybeans in jars while Cookie Monster eats each jar of jellybeans.
 	Cartoon 	The life of a Yellow Yahoo
 	Cartoon 	Y is for Yo-Yo
 	Muppets 	Kermit returns to teach some, more, and most again, but with marbles in jars this time. Cookie Monster eats one jarfull and hurts his mouth.
 	SCENE 6 	Susan, Sally, and Sumiko look at and pet a Persian kitten named Dusty, and talk about her eyes and whiskers. Susan then introduces James Earl Jones.
 	Celebrity 	James Earl Jones counts to 10.
 	Muppets 	Some Anything Muppets and monsters (including Cookie Monster, an early Grover, Beautiful Day Monster, Scudge, and Fred's son) pile up and count to 10.
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim try to fly a paper airplane.
 	Film 	A voice narrates a film about how things begin -- including roosters, buildings, lakes, cups, birthday cakes, trees, and babies.Portions of this film were later re-edited into "A Little Bit (at the Beginning)."
 	SCENE 7 	In the yard, Susan reads a book to Sumiko and another girl: The Cat who Thought He Was a Tiger, by Polly Cameron.
 	Film 	Audio of John Glenn from the Friendship 7 flight plays over what appears to be a journey through outer space, but it's actually closeup shots from a bowl of fruit.Music: 2nd movement from Dvořák's Symphony No. 9
 	Cartoon 	Y is for Yo-Yo (repeat)
 	Film 	A film shows parts of a flower.Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins, and continuo in D Major: II - Largo
 	SCENE 8 	Gordon signs off, claiming that Oscar was to help him until he saw the flower from the previous film. Bob announces the sponsors and today's book.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, and Kermit holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1