Episode 0050

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Susan welcomes the viewer, and is about to read a story, when Big Bird interrupts and says he'd like to tell a story for once. Susan lets him go ahead, and he tells the story of "Little Red Riding Hood", but mixes it up with several other fairy tales (including "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," and "Rumpelstiltskin").
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
 	Song 	"Octopus One-Man Band"
 	SCENE 2 	Susan points out that Big Bird confuses his numbers, and asks how many legs an octopus has.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	SCENE 3 	Susan reads Robin her book, Swimmy by Leo Lionni, and introduces the next segment.
 	Film 	A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat.
 	SCENE 4 	A grumpy delivery man (Brandon Maggart) gives Gordon a long-awaited package, which contains a skeleton he ordered for his science class. He also has a crystal chandelier for Oscar, but finds it ridiculous that he has to knock on a trash can to deliver it. Oscar gets into an argument with the deliveryman, which they both seem to enjoy. Oscar invites him to join the Disagreeable Order of Grouches (D.O.G.) and offers a subscription to their magazine (Better Grump and Grouching) as Gordon starts to open his package.
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (repeat)
 	SCENE 4cont'd	Gordon displays the skeleton and points out some of the different parts of the body, leading to the next film ...
 	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.
 	Film 	Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be.
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon moves some chairs out of the yard, saying it's not so easy for Buddy and Jim to do the same.
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim try to play checkers, but they can't get their chairs facing the right direction.
 	SCENE 6 	Bob, Ronald, and Norma observe and feed a llama named Linda.
 	Cartoon 	K is for kitten.
 	SCENE 7 	Gordon finds two mysterious shapes on the steps of 123 Sesame Street: one is shaped like a V, and the other is a straight line. He guesses what it could be, using the shapes to make an arrow, a triangle, and various numbers and letters.
 	Cartoon 	K is for kitten. (repeat)
 	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 8 	Buddy and Jim walk down Sesame Street for a chat, and Buddy doesn't notice when Jim exits through one of the construction doors. Jim keeps telling him he's "here," but Buddy thinks he's "there" and the two keep missing each other as they go in and out the different doors. Buddy fears he's lost Jim forever until Gordon sorts it out for the two of them, and the friends joyfully reunite.
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 9 	Bob, Gordon and Robin watch as some chickens eat, then look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter N . Gordon, Bob, and Robin name some N words (including Nesselrode pie), and Gordon segues to the letter V ...
 	Cartoon 	"Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 10 	Gordon introduces a boy with magic glasses.
 	Film 	"Noises"A boy named Chris uses "magic glasses" to see invisible things that make noises, including construction equipment, a baby crying, people coughing and sneezing, a car honking, a telephone, and a typewriter. Can you make those noises?
 	SCENE 11 	Gordon asks Robin how many things would be impossible to use without wheels.
 	Film 	Different kinds of wheels are shown and what they’re used for.
 	SCENE 12 	Robin, Gordon, and Bob all say goodbye and join in a game of catch as the credits roll. Oscar announces the sponsors and today's book.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	A group of Muppet hippies holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1