Episode 0073

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon welcomes the viewer as he arm wrestles with Ronald and Mauricio. He points out that he sits behind a desk all day and doesn't get enough exercise; if he did, he'd be more like this guy...
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B".
 	SCENE 1cont'd	Gordon has the kids prepare to do some pushups, and tells the viewer that Burt Lancaster's ready to do some.
 	Celebrity 	Burt Lancaster counts while doing pushups.
 	SCENE 1cont'd	The kids finish their pushups, and Gordon invites them to relax and watch something else…
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
 	SCENE 1cont'd	Gordon plays a "what happens next" game with Mauricio and Ronald, pointing them to some clips of Buddy and Jim (recycled from Episode 0037); the videos pause so that the kids can guess what will happen next. The first is of Buddy and a roller skate on the floor, and Jim performing a ball trick as a magician; the results are surprising.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6
 	Film 	"Six Song (Song of Six)"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	M for mouse, mud, and mother
 	Cartoon 	M is for Marvelous Martha
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: X for X-ray
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon, Rhonda, and Ava look at a couple of African green singing finches.
 	Film 	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
 	Cartoon 	A boxer explains the letter "B". (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon and the girls feed a chinchilla rabbit, and discuss the differences between mammals and birds.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon counts the jumps as Troy and Renee jump rope on the street. Gordon mentions another jumper who has a few complaints.
 	Cartoon 	A boy's jump rope rhyme identifies the parts of his body that hurt - "otherwise I feel fine!"
 	Film 	Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work.
 	Muppets 	Kermit teaches some, more, and most with jellybeans in jars while Cookie Monster eats each jar of jellybeans.
 	Film 	"Six Song (Song of Six)" (repeat)
 	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 5 	Gordon shows Jay how to draw shapes, and then turns them into different objects. He uses two finished drawings to find more shapes.
 	Cartoon 	Children describe how to draw an elephant.
 	Muppets 	Gordon has four things lined up in a row--a harmonica, a whistle, a trumpet, and a banana. He tells Ernie that one of these doesn't belong, and Ernie chooses the banana because you can make music with the instruments, but you eat the banana... or so he thinks. Gordon tells Ernie to blow into the banana and Ernie appears to be playing a horn until Gordon reveals he was honking a horn behind his back the whole time. Amused by the trick, they decide to play the same joke on Cookie Monster, but Cookie has a different idea--you eat the harmonica, whistle, and trumpet, and make beautiful music with the banana!
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim struggle with buttons.
 	Cartoon 	M is for Marvelous Martha
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets sing "All Together Now".
 	SCENE 6 	Gordon and Jay watch as the girls continue their jump roping.
 	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.
 	SCENE 6cont'd	Gordon signs off with some rhymes and Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, and Susan and Gordon hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1