Episode 0053

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon, sitting with Carlos and Sheryl on the stoop, invites the viewer to play a guessing game where they look at something closely and try to figure out what it is. The first one is something to eat...
 	Film 	Close-ups of a tomato are shown.Music: Peter Schickele
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Did you guess what it was? Gordon sets up the next round, saying it's something everybody has on them.
 	Film 	Skin is shown in close-ups.Music: Peter Schickele
 	SCENE 1cont'd 	Gordon and the kids discuss the previous film; Carlos recognizes it as "epidermis," and Gordon introduces the following song.
 	Muppets 	Mahna Mahna and two Anything Muppet girls sing "Mah Na Mah Na."
 	Cartoon 	A song about a rolling OAnimation by John and Faith Hubley
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: O for Open
 	SCENE 2 	Susan sings "The Alphabet Song" with the kids in the yard. At the end, she says that one day they may do the alphabet as well as James Earl Jones.
 	Celebrity 	Actor James Earl Jones recites the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A song about a rolling O (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: O for Open (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 3 	Bob and Carlos go rectangle-shopping, pointing out the many rectangles on Sesame Street. They find some in the door of Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper's newsstand, a comic book, the fence, and over at 123 Sesame Street, among other places.
 	Film 	"Rectangles"Rectangles in the city and country are shown to a percussion soundtrack.
 	Transition 	Diamond transition
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon has a box full of jumbled magazines, and has Carlos and Rico sort out the big and little ones.
 	Film 	Two men, Big and Little, travel around playing the tuba and violin. Even though they’re different (Big has dark skin, and Little has light skin), together they make beautiful music.
 	Cartoon 	"Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 5 	Bob and Susan sing "Happiness Is" as the camera pans over illustrations of various happy things.A similar version of this song was previously performed in Episode 0025.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: Unlike previous segments, the rocket successfully launches at the right time as everyone celebrates, and the director grins at the camera.
 	Film 	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)"
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over.
 	Film 	"Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: Rocket takes off at 7. Then it comes down so the man can continue his countdown, but at 1, it falls over with a huge crash.
 	SCENE 6 	Bob and Leslie look at a noisy greyhound named Chippy, who can bark when Bob spells the word "bark." Bob introduces a film of a mother animal with her baby.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Tree kangaroo and baby. (with Bob voiceover)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: E for eggA cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo."
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	E ImaginationArtists: The Hubleys
 	SCENE 7 	Gordon demonstrates how a small magnet is used to pick up iron filings. He uses a big magnet to pick up more filings, as well as the little magnet. He introduces the next film.
 	Film 	A magnetic crane picks up large pieces of metal.
 	SCENE 8 	Gordon introduces Buddy and Jim.
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim try to eat soup with a fork.
 	SCENE 9 	Susan and the kids sing "If You're Happy and You Know It."
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 10 	Bob, Gordon, Sheryl, and Rico look at some two-day-old ducklings. Bob introduces another film of a mother animal with her baby.
 	Film 	A mandrill carries her young.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 10cont'd	Gordon makes some bird puns as he signs off and announces the sponsors.
center 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign and a bunch of Muppet hippies hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1