Episode 0109

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	SCENE 1 	Gordon and Vanessa are having a "heavy discussion" about actors when Oscar invites them to play a grouchy rhyming game involving things in and around his trash can. Oscar claims the game is very difficult, but Gordon and Vanessa guess the answers easily until the very last one; "elephant" neither rhymes with Oscar's clue, nor does he actually own one.
 	Cartoon 	A boy counts while erasing things and people.
 	Muppets 	Lefty the Salesman wants to sell an 8 to Ernie, who ran out of money buying some 9s. Ernie then offers to sell Lefty his 9s.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #8
center 	SCENE 2 	Bob, Chris, and Jill look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter U . Bob introduces Lou Rawls.
 	Celebrity 	Lou Rawls sings the alphabet song to a group of kids.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
 	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!"
center 	SCENE 3 	Bob, Chris, and Frannie look at a skunk named George, and talk about what it likes to eat. Bob points out its feet.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Feet (Some Feet are Big)."In this first airing, a portion of the first verse is omitted. It would be used for its future airings during season 2.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself.
 	Cartoon 	Q - quarter
center 	SCENE 4 	Gordon points out to Frannie, Vanessa, Chris, and Jill that a person's face can show how they feel. He each tells them to show what they look like when they're angry, surprised, happy, or afraid, and the others have to guess the emotion.
 	Animation 	In a clay-animated segment, a green narrator uses his red and yellow friends (and a monster) to demonstrate how faces can show feelings.
center 	SCENE 4cont'd	Gordon asks the kids about their favorite game, their favorite color, and their favorite animal. He knows what Ernie's favorite animal is…
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie", an anthem for his beloved rubber duck.
center 	SCENE 5 	Gordon asks Bob if he got the word from Oscar. Bob didn't, so he goes over to Oscar's can, where Oscar gives him the word: "garbage".
 	Song 	"Where the Garbage Goes," a song film which explains what happens to garbage after it gets thrown away.Music by Peter Schickele
 	Cartoon 	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Ape
 	Muppets 	Monsters look at a big A.
center 	SCENE 6 	Bob reads the kids a story about a boy named Joey, telling them to ring a bell whenever they hear something wrong with it. Joey didn't do a lot of things right, and neither do Buddy and Jim...
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim struggle with buttons.
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)"
 	Cartoon 	A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat)
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes 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.
center 	SCENE 7 	Bob does a verse of "One of These Shapes" with three Us (facing in different directions) and a V.
 	Animation 	Clay animation film by Jim Henson: A unicorn talks about U words.
center 	SCENE 8 	Gordon, Jill, and Vanessa observe a live Shi Tzu from Tibet. Gordon introduces Kermit and his friends, the bears.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises.
center 	SCENE 8cont'd	Gordon and the kids say goodbye to the Shi Tzu. Gordon signs off and announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
==Notes==
* Though he claims not to have an elephant in his can in this episode, Oscar's home would eventually find itself filled with several of them as pets, most notably Fluffy.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1