Episode 0069

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon greets the viewer with Murray and Carlos, saying that so many people have said they were going to be in the neighborhood today. And here comes visitor number one, and visitor number two - Ernie and Bert.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges.
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon asks Oscar what his favorite letter is. It's the letter S, because it starts words like "sneaky," "sour," "sick," and "sad." Gordon points out that it also begins "sweet," "singing," "seesaw," and "Susan." Oscar immediately goes to hating the letter S.
center 	Animation 	Clay animation: Sam the Snake-and other things that begin with S
 	Cartoon 	S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake.
 	Film 	Alphabet Bates skywrites the letter S.
 	SCENE 3 	Gordon introduces the next visitors, the Anything Muppets portraying a family.
 	Muppets 	This part of Sesame Street is now brought to you by...fathers! The Anything Muppets sing about what a father does.
 	SCENE 4 	Gordon, Carlos, and Sally observe some box turtles in a "breathtaking, dynamic, and exciting" race, adding to the list of who we're seeing today. And here are Buddy and Jim…
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim: Jim finds Buddy with his money (4 assorted coins) taped to his forehead for safekeeping. Jim has a better idea, and presents Buddy with a piggy bank. After transferring the coins, Jim also gives Buddy a key to open the bank. But where should Buddy keep the key? Tape that to his forehead? Nope, he merrily drops the key inside the piggy bank, since that's as safe a place as any!
 	SCENE 5 	Susan joins Gordon and the kids, and requests to hear from the mother of the Muppet family.
 	Muppets 	This part of Sesame Street is being brought to you by mothers. The Anything Muppets perform a song all about the things a mother does.
 	SCENE 6 	Susan adds that not all women cook and clean the home; they have jobs outside of the house, and there's nothing wrong with that. Women work... that's two W words.
 	Cartoon 	"Wanda the Witch"Animation by Tee Collins
 	SCENE 7 	Gordon, Susan, Murray, and Mary play with a mother dog named Grendel and her three puppies.
 	Film 	A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 8 	Gordon tells Grendel that he sees another old friend: Pat Paulsen.
 	Celebrity 	Pat Paulsen counts to 10. "Whoopee!"
 	SCENE 9 	Gordon notes that Paulsen had trouble figuring out the number that comes after 3...
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #4"
 	SCENE 10 	Gordon introduces one more message from the Anything Muppet family.
 	Muppets 	This part of Sesame Street is brought to you by kids. Sibling Anything Muppets sing about the roles they play in the family.
 	Cartoon 	"The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug."Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: J - Jam
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 11 	Susan plays a rhyming game with Murray, Sally, and Mary, where they guess which animal completes the rhyme in her poems. She adds, "If you're tired of being fat as a hog, then exercise with Kermit the…"
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises.
 	SCENE 12 	Susan makes sure the kids know the difference between forwards and backwards by having Sally demonstrate it.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet boy teaches "forward" and "backward" with a group of Muppets who keep running over the boy when his back is turned.
 	Celebrity 	Pat Paulsen demonstrates "forward" and "backward".
 	SCENE 13 	Susan has the kids identify the round shapes on the board she displays. A "magic circle" mattes in and shows the circles on the board, and the kids point out the square and rectangular items as well.
 	Film 	"Round": A live-action film set to a lively soundtrack shows circles in every-day life, including Coca-Cola bottle caps, moving wheels, yo-yos, bubbles, and balloons.
 	Film 	Different kinds of wheels are shown and what they’re used for.
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Four Song (Song of Four)
 	SCENE 14 	Susan introduces the following film.
 	Film 	A girl named Jennifer visits family friend Mrs. Wilson in the country, and together they pick food from her garden.
 	SCENE 15 	Gordon: "Well, food may be delicious, but some people are adorable."
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet man named Jack sings "A, You're Adorable" to his girlfriend, Adrienne, using alphabet blocks to enumerate the ways that he loves her. Cookie Monster shows up and eats the blocks.
 	Cartoon 	W is for Worm
 	SCENE 16 	Gordon recalls some of today's visitors, and signs off. Susan announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1