Episode 0027

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon greets the viewer, and hears the sound of a typewriter coming from Ernie's apartment …
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon encounters folk singer Tony Saletan and invites everyone to gather around the steps of 123 Sesame Street. He's joined by Susan, Big Bird, Mr. Hooper, and some kids who listen to him sing a song about letters ("So Merry, So Merry Are We") re-written specially for the Sesame Street gang, and one about numbers ("Ten Little Angels"). Gordon points out that it takes practice to count backwards.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off.
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Hooper advertises the letter Z using a series of art cards. After his pitch, Susan invites everyone into her apartment for milk, cookies, and pie.
 	Film 	Four Song (Song of Four)
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #4"
 	SCENE 4 	In the kitchen, Tony sings "I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground," taking suggestions from the children for new verses. Then he plays an instrumental of "Cripple Creek" while Gordon demonstrates how a dancing wooden Limberjack doll works. Susan places an apple pie on the table, leading to the next segment …
 	Film 	"The Little Baker": A boy imagines that he's a baker.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Cookie Monster drinks both of Kermit's glasses of milk, which he was going to use to explain "more" and "less". When Kermit insults Cookie Monster, several of Cookie Monster's monster pals gang up on Kermit, prompting him to point out that now there are more monsters and less frogs.
 	Cartoon 	A song about a rolling OAnimation by John and Faith Hubley
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon promises that Tony is going to play some more swinging tunes, but if you really want to see somebody swing, watch this swinging ape...
 	Film 	A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 6 	Tony sings Woody Guthrie's "Pick It Up" and "Mi Chacra" (My Farm), teaching animal names in Spanish. Bob then stops by and displays a Persian cat. He counts its four paws.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Four Song (Song of Four) (repeat)
 	SCENE 7 	In the yard, Susan explains that Bob and the kids took the cat back to the Pet Shop. While she's sitting there, she reads Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack. After the story, she says that everyone should really see Buddy's new jacket...
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim — Buddy comes home with a new jacket and Jim tries to find out how to get him to see the large label still on it.
 	SCENE 8 	Gordon encounters Big Bird trying to memorize the letter G. He even wrote it down on a piece of paper, and has an unusual reason why he's trying to remember it: "gee" is what he exclaimed when he learned his sister Tondalea has just hatched fourteen new eggs. Gordon then remembers that he's holding a wheel, and points us to the next film.
 	Film 	Different kinds of wheels are shown and what they’re used for.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: O for Open
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 9 	On the steps, Tony sings Guthrie's "Gonna Take Everybody (All Work Together)" with the kids. Gordon signs off, with Susan announcing the sponsors and today's book.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	A bunch of hippies hold up the Sesame Street sign and Gordon and Susan hold up the CTW sign.
==Notes==
* This episode marks the first time that the Spanish language is spoken (and sung) on the show. Beginning in season 2, the Latino culture would become a regular part of the Sesame Street curriculum.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1