Episode 0087

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon watches as Kwami and Paul build a couple of block towers in front of 123 Sesame Street. Gordon asks, "How would you like to take a trip to the beach? And while we're there, let's see how many different kinds of animals we can find that live in the water."
 	Film 	"Boy at Beach"A boy walks on the beach, and sees a sandpiper, a crab, a hermit crab, and other animals.
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 	SCENE 2 	Gordon reacts to the film, scratching him­self as the buildings in front of the steps has grown some. "At least I've only got one itch. This guy's got four!"
 	Film 	An itchy wombat scratches its four legs. (with Gordon commentary)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Film 	Four Song (Song of Four)
 	Cartoon 	"Count Up Elevator" -- An elevator operator stops at ten floors to pick up passengers, including a witch, a fireman, and a kangaroo. The tenth passenger, a mouse, causes the elevator to overload and explode.
 	SCENE 3 	The block towers are now fairly formidable. Gordon comments how the previous film's elevator was a weird way to travel, and prefers other modes...
 	Film 	Transportation
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 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be. (with revised music)
 	SCENE 4 	Lance joins Gordon and the kids, and discuss what the constructions could be. Kwami says he's building the Empire State Building, and Paul is making a space station. Gordon points out a section of it where the blocks are arranged in order of descending height.
 	Film 	A boy arranges white blocks by size while his dog watches.
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 	SCENE 5 	The kids take a break from block building as Susan reads them a story: Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats. After the story, Susan points out a section that demonstrates "near" and "far."
 	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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 	Cartoon 	Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far.
 	Cartoon 	A song about a rolling OAnimation by John and Faith Hubley
 	SCENE 6 	The block structures have grown even more as Gordon and the kids list what kind of things the structures could be now. Gordon thinks they could be a zoo, housing elephants and monkeys.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face."
 	Film 	Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others.Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Grocer and Doctor.
 	SCENE 7 	Susan notes how the residents of Sesame Street may not be the same kind of people in the neighborhood as others are, which include a Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, a "cookie-eating monster," and a nice frog named Kermit who has a beautiful song to sing.
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green".
 	Film 	Five Song (Song of Five)
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #5
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim try to figure out a way to carry an ironing board (horizontally) from one room to another.
 	SCENE 8 	Susan plays two rounds of "Three of These Things" using pictures of different shapes.
 	Cartoon 	A man asks a purple fellow what G word is behind a circus curtain. It's a gorilla.Artist: Film Fair
 	Cartoon 	G for Gorilla (in man suit)
 	Cartoon 	A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way.
 	Film 	Filmfair G: A man asks a purple fellow what G word is behind a circus curtain. It's a gorilla.(repeat)
 	SCENE 9 	Gordon invites the viewer to look for G words around Sesame Street. He points out some grass, a game of horseshoes, and a paper glider. He arrives at the steps, where the block buildings are huger than ever, and exclaims they're great. Gordon's final G word is "Good-bye." Susan announces the sponsors and today's book.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan and Gordon hold the Sesame Street sign, and Kermit holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1