Episode 0057

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Celebrity 	Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids.
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon greets the viewer, saying there is a lot to do and see today. First, he invites us to play along with the following quiz show…
 	Muppets 	Big Bob hosts "Can You Guess?", the first-ever Sesame Street game show. Billy Monster must guess which of three (non-monster) panelists is the mother. Billy can't get the right answer because his own mother possesses monster traits.
 	Cartoon 	A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket blows up in a shower of soot.
 	Muppets 	Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion.
 	Film 	Kids demonstrate perspective using large and small rocks as they position themselves near and far.
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 	SCENE 2 	Gordon quizzes Jackie and Jay on today's number sponsor. Jackie guesses it's 5, and Jay guesses it's 7. And the number is...
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #4"
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 	Film 	Four Song (Song of Four)
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets sing a round of "Four Blind Mice". (intro shortened)
 	Film 	"Big, Bigger, Biggest"A junior car dealer displays cars of different sizes to people of different sizes.
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 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The announcer blasts off.
 	Celebrity 	Carol Burnett: "Well, back to the ol' drawing board!"
 	Muppets 	Gordon meets Professor Hastings and Professor Goldfinch, who will be performing a number. A wild Anything Muppet arrives as their drummer and the trio performs "Spinning Wheel".
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: P - Pin
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird and Bob find a series of shapes, guessing what each individual piece looks like. They put them all together to form a letter P.
 	Film 	A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass.
 	Cast / Muppets	Gordon plays a game of "What Will Happen?" with Ernie. After Ernie guesses correctly what will happen when Gordon drops a ball and turns on a radio, Gordon asks what will happen when he picks up a bell and shakes it. Ernie says the bell will ring. Gordon states that a monster will come out and start blowing a flute. Ernie thinks that's silly, but is surprised when that exact thing happens. Gordon admits that he had worked it out beforehand with Cookie Monster, and gives him a cookie. After Gordon leaves, Ernie has an idea for a trick to play on Bert.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
 	Muppets 	Part 2: Ernie tries to play the same trick on Bert, but when Ernie rings the bell, nothing else happens. Bert thinks Ernie's gone bananas, and he leaves. When Ernie wants to know what happened, Cookie Monster says that he couldn't play the flute, because his mouth was full of cookies.
 	SCENE 4 	Bob segues from the previous bit to Buddy and Jim.
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim hang a picture.
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon sees some kids run by and mentions that exercise is important, as Kermit will soon show you.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises.
 	SCENE 6 	Gordon wonders what other animals Kermit will see at the zoo today.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Giraffes.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Film 	A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Film 	How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow."
 	Cartoon 	Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words.
 	SCENE 7 	Gordon introduces the number Jackie guessed earlier: the number 5.
 	Film 	Five Song (Song of Five)
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #5
 	SCENE 8 	Gordon and the kids head to Hooper's Store as Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign and Mr. Hooper and Bob hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1