Sesame Street 
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| Bob and the Kids make a soapbox racer for Big Bird | |||||||||
| Air date | April 2, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon sees that the viewer is far away and he invites them to be near. He introduces someone else who knows about near and far... |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far. (First: Episode 0079) |
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Muppets | Bert says that he and Ernie are looking at the "Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." Ernie, disagreeing, walks closer and closer to the camera to see. His face begins to black out the screen...but when he moves back into view, his nose is missing! (First: Episode 0005) |
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Celebrity | Arte Johnson talks about noses. |
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Film | George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch. |
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Muppets | A monster demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057) |
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SCENE 2 | In a series of quick-cuts, everybody shows words in the AN family:
As Gordon reiterates the words, a gorilla appears beside him. He assumes this is Bob's trick again, when Bob walks past them both. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (First: Episode 0128) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob reads a story with F words featuring Frieda who ventures to her friend Flora's farm with flowers and fruit, but gets lost in a forest. Kermit keeps trying to insert himself into the story (since Frog is a great F word), mishearing Bob when he says "fog" and "log". When Frieda meets a farmer named Fred, who turns out to be a prince, she kisses Prince Fred, and he turns into Kermit. (First: Episode 0095) |
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Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Cartoon | A bully won't give the kids' baseball back. The boy imagines a few scenarios before ultimately calling for his dog. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0215) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob sings "Up, Up and Away" to a little girl. |
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Film | A little boy narrates the various activities his family partakes in on a typical Monday. (First: Episode 0127) |
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Muppets | Fran Brill narrates as the Hands argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it. (First: Episode 0189) |
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Song | "What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (part 1) (First: Episode 0003) |
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Celebrity | Arte Johnson talks about eyes. |
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Song | "What Kids Are Made Of" - a song about body parts. (part 2) (First: Episode 0003) |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman sells Ernie some air, but when Ernie waves to Bert, wanting to show it to him, he drops it. According to Bert (who didn't know what Ernie had), "It couldn't have vanished into thin air." But Ernie sobs, "Yes, it could, Bert! It could!" (First: Episode 0118) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon and six kids are going to play baseball. Bob tosses them down seven mitts from his apartment window. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136) |
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Film | How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow." (edited) (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — As Bert takes a nap, Ernie tells the viewer how he knows that Bert is asleep - thus waking Bert up, just to tell him it's time for his nap. (First: Episode 0027) |
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Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (repeat) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (First: Episode 0094) |
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SCENE 5 | The camera is tight on the license plate on a toy truck. As the camera zooms out, Susan introduces another thing in close-up... |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer". The object is a tire. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (repeat) |
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Muppets | Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to twenty. (First: Episode 0189) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | At the garage steps, Bob plays two rounds of "Here Are Some Things" using three groups of items. First, he asks the kids what belongs with a pocket watch, a doughnut, and a Frisbee: is it the dish, the crayon, or the book? Once the dish has been selected and brought to the other round items, he figures out which of the round items belongs with the third group: an inner tube, a metal ring, and a hoop. The doughnut belongs because it's the only round thing with a hole in the middle. |
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Muppets | Ernie has a stack of seven cupcakes that he wants to take a picture of, but Cookie Monster keeps stealing cupcakes (which he calls "cuppycakes"). (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird sees Bob and the kids playing with a scooter made from a soapbox. He wishes he had one too, so everyone rushes off to find the items they'll need to make him one. |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 8 | The scooter is pieced together and Big Bird is ready to ride. Bob tries to interject with something they've forgotten, but Big Bird is certain they have everything. He hops on and the scooter comes apart. Bob points out what they've left out - the nails. |
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Cartoon | As voices speculate what a squiggle will become, the squiggle is joined by other lines and bumps, eventually forming into a talking picture of Big Bird. |
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SCENE 9 | The scooter has now been officially built. As two kids race them down the block, Big Bird signs off. |
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