Episode 0049

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon and Susan greet the viewer while waiting for some kids to show up to play a board game. Susan points out one of the shapes on the board: a rectangle.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit gives a lecture about rectangles. Cookie Monster smashes the shape, but says it'll still work out: "It's a wreck -- and it's a tangle!"
 	SCENE 1cont'd	Gayle and Steve join Gordon and Susan to play "One of These Things," first with shapes (and two correct answers), then with animal images. Susan points out that the kids were clapping along with the song, which is one kind of rhythm...
 	Film 	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping.
 	SCENE 2 	Jay and Gillian have joined the group (minus Gayle), and Gordon tells everybody to stand in a row from biggest to smallest. Big Bird joins as well, but doesn't quite get where he's supposed to stand until Gordon informs him that they're sorting everyone by size, and Big Bird goes at the head of the line because he's the biggest.
 	Film 	A boy arranges white blocks by size while his dog watches.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	“Song of Eight”
 	Cartoon 	A boy counts while erasing things and people.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon, Steve, and Gillian look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter U .
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon and Susan introduce Buddy and Jim by thinking of something that goes up and down on a playground.
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim try to use a seesaw.
 	SCENE 4cont'd	Gordon and Susan introduce the next segment by thinking of something that goes up and down in a building.
 	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 4cont'd	Gordon and Susan introduce the next segment by thinking of something that can fly up in the sky.
 	Muppets 	The Anything Muppets sing "Up, Up and Away."
 	SCENE 4cont'd	Gordon asks the viewers where to find bees, trees, ants, and other natural things and rhymes with "goods."
 	Film 	"In the Woods": Two kids go out into the woods.
 	Cartoon 	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Ape
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
 	Cartoon 	A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	"Count Up Elevator" (repeat)
center 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Clay animation insert by Jim Henson -- Quincy talks about Q.
 	Song 	
 	SCENE 5 	Gordon reads Gayle a book: Katie Goes to Camp by Eleanor Schick.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	Celebrity 	Listen My Brother sings their own version of "The Alphabet Song."
 	Celebrity 	Burt Lancaster says the alphabet.
 	SCENE 6 	Susan shows Gillian and Steve some pictures and asks them which order they go in. The set of pictures involves people using their hands to wave hello and goodbye.
 	Film 	There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise.
 	SCENE 7 	Susan and the kids wave goodbye, and Gordon announces the sponsors and today's book.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Bert and Ernie hold 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