Sesame Street

- Season 2

(1970)

Big Bird teaches the kids that "Everyone Makes Mistakes" in the Season 2 premiere. Herry Monster and Sherlock Hemlock are introduced in this edition, and Farley can be glimpsed when Cookie Monster eats Big Bird's J. The Buddy and Jim segments are replaced with new segments featuring Larry and Phyllis.

Gordon shows four of things: fingers, kids, comic books, and car horns.

Abby's wand amazes Cookie, who ponders all the cookies he could make if he had it. Meanwhile, Ice Cube teaches Elmo the meaning of the word "astounding"; and Furry Potter and Professor Crumblemore teach children how to follow directions.

Letters: I, K, N. Numbers: six, seven. Concepts: some, more, most. Films: baker, rectangles, dinner and dessert, boy at the beach.

Guest Pete Seeger sings "Where's Your Point Finger?" "Skip to My Lou" and "I Had a Rooster." Letters: A, Q, U. Numbers: eight, nine (James Earl Jones counts).

Letters: E, M, D. Numbers: eight, nine. Films: hands, transportation, animal tails. Song: "Yellow Submarine."

Letters: L, Q, Y (Lou Rawls sings the alphabet). Numbers: six, seven. Concepts: big and little, short and tall, squares and rectangles. Films: flower, manhole cover.

Letters: E, O, V. Number: 10. Concepts: parts of a whole, big and little. Films: noises, round, boy at the beach. Story: "What Do I Do?" Song: "All Together Now."

1. A monster fixes a broken ukulele. 2. Two Muppets explain first and last. 3. Letter: O.

1. Oscar and Ernie demonstrate cooperation. 2. How to group things by size. 3. How parts make a whole. 4. A lesson about body parts. 5. Films: tomato, tire, skin.

1. Big Bird describes a window box. 2. Kermit the Frog talks about rectangles.

1. Film: looking at the rain, walking in it. 2. Listening for the sounds things make. 3. Sorting things by shape.

1. "Bonanza's" Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker teach addition and subtraction. 2. Hearing and copying rhythms.

1. Big Bird counts eggs. 2. Rhyming words. 3. Oscar uses a machine to write a poem. 4. Sorting household items.

1. Concepts: small, smaller, smallest. 2. Shapes that are alike and different. 3. Big Bird and Mr. Hooper count.

1. Bill Cosby counts. 2. Kermit uses a talking tennis ball to explain round shapes. 3. The difference between more and less.

1. The difference between up and down. 2. Identifying things that make music. 3. Triangles, circles, squares and rectangles.

1. What "close to" means. 2. Using the word family "un" to make fun, run, sun and bun. 3. Finding patterns.

1. Comparisons: happy and sad, before and after. 2. Film: animal homes. 3. Using the word family "an" to make ran, can, fan, pan. 4. Spanish word: parate (stand up).

1. Game: "Who works here?" 2. Community roles. 3. Reasoning. 4. Forward and backward. 5. Film: birds. 6. Spanish phrase: ven aqui (come here). 7. Story: "The Monkey and the Crocodile."

Oscar the Grouch demonstrates his "poem-writing machine" to Bob and the kids: just write down a word on a card and insert it, and the machine will create a grouchy poem from it. It rhymes "glad" with "mad" and "feel so bad," and it rhymes "hello" with "don't know" and "go". Finally, Bob writes the word "nice" on a card and inserts it, causing the machine to write a non-grouchy poem, to Oscar's dismay. Muppets-Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie an empty box, explaining that he can fill the box with things like a pet mouse (if Ernie had one) and jellybeans (if they ...

1. Differences between short and tall, big and little. 2. Classifying things by function. 3. What hands can do. 4. Song: "Rub Your Tummy, Pat Your Head."

1. The difference between some, more and most. 2. Number: ten. 3. Letters: A, G.

1. Lorne Greene teaches near and far. 2. New York Mets Art Shamsky and Ed Kranepool count to thirteen. 3. Sorting.

Oscar encounters the viewer, right as he's about to make a spinach ice cream sundae. He tells the viewer to go bother Martha instead. Cartoon-M is for Marvelous Martha

1. Burt Lancaster recites the alphabet. 2. Bill Cosby looks sad. 3. Using the word family "et" to make pet, bet and wet. 4. Film: traffic lights. 5. Letters: E, H.

1. James Earl Jones counts. 2. Bill Cosby shows how to look angry. 3. Differences between around, through and over. 4. Community roles. 5. Spanish word: silla (chair).

1. Pat Paulsen counts. 2. The difference between here and there. 3. Spanish word: adios. 4. How to bake a cake. 5. Song: "Three of These Things." 6. Letter: T.

1. Burt Lancaster counts. 2. Arte Johnson recites the alphabet. 3. Sorting by function. 4. Spanish word: puerta (door). 5. Songs: "Circles," "Good Morning, Starshine."

1. New York Mets Art Shamsky and Ed Kranepool count. 2. Sorting. 3. Community roles: dentist and bus driver. 4. Spanish word: mano (hand). 5. Songs: "People in Your Neighborhood," "Right in the Middle of My Face." 6. Letter: V.

1. Bill Cosby shows how to look silly. 2. Arte Johnson counts. 3. Spanish word: pierna (leg).

1. Lou Rawls sings "The Alphabet Song." 2. Comparisons: wet and dry, clean and dirty. 3. Spanish word: calle (street). 4. Song: "Yellow Submarine."

1. Lorne Greene, Michael Landon and Dan Blocker teach subtraction. 2. The difference between bottom and top. 3. Sorting by quantity. 4. Song: "Three of These Things." 5. Films: money, transportation. 6. Letter: X.

1. Flip Wilson counts. 2. Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon do the alphabet. 3. Family roles: father and son.

1. A performance by an African dance troupe. 2. Addition with Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon. 3. Bill Cosby teaches happy and sad. 4. Spanish phrase: ven aqui (come here).

1. James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. 2. Bill Cosby demonstrates surprise. 3. Comparison: big and little.

1. B.B. King sings the alphabet. 2. Flip Wilson tells what arms and legs can do. 3. Film: a trip to the zoo. 4. First and last.

Susan greets the viewer, displaying a lamp she just got. Gordon openly rejects the lamp, igniting a conflict between him and Susan. Cartoon-Gloria sings the alphabet

At Hooper's Store, Gordon goes over his shopping list. He's gathered almost everything on it, but sees that Susan also wrote down the letters V and I. What begins with V? Cartoon-Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks.

1. Pat Paulsen recites the alphabet. 2. Big, bigger, biggest. 3. Spanish word: hola (hello). 4. Songs: "Five Fingers on My Right Hand," "Lulu's Back in Town." 5. Films: the fireman, bees. 6. Letter: I.

1. Using clues. 2. Small, smaller, smallest. 3. Songs: "Help!" and "ABC DEF GHI." 4. Films: flowers, grasshoppers.

1. James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. 2. Before and after. 3. Sorting by quantity. 4. Songs: "Seven Days," "Three of These Things." 5. Letter: A.

1. Things the mind can do: imagine, remember, plan and hope. 2. More and less. 3. Community roles: grocer and doctor. 4. Letter: U. 5. Number: eight. 6. Films: animal coverings, drawing a camel.

1. Bill Cosby acts angry. 2. Pat Paulsen counts to ten. 3. Comparison: big and little. 4. Community role: bus driver.

1. Carol Burnett counts. 2. Bill Cosby talks about yesterday and today. 3. Song: "Rain Falls." 4. Films: babies, flowers. 5. Letter: A.

Gordon meets an Anything Muppet man who walks backwards, says "no" for "yes", eats breakfast at night and supper in the morning. One of the perils of doing everything backwards, according to the man, is walking into open manholes.

1. Lorne Greene, Michael Landon and Dan Blocker count. 2. Spanish word: calle (street). 3. Songs: "Spinning Wheel," "People in Your Neighborhood." 4. Film: African animals. 5. Sorting by quantity.

1. Arte Johnson recites the alphabet. 2. Beginning, middle and end, same and different. 3. Song: "Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge Song." 4. Films: elephants, cows.

Lots of things happen on Sesame Street today, notably Susan teaching Big Bird how to spell the word "love". The show is sponsored by the letter A and the number 7.

1. Arte Johnson explains short and tall. 2. Big and little, full and empty. 3. Spanish phrase: ven aqui (come here). 4. Film: birds. 5. Song: "Yellow Submarine."

1. Bill Cosby explains round and square. 2. Classifying things by use. 3. Community roles: fireman and postman.

1. Some, all, none. 2. Sorting things by form. 3. Films: animal houses, orangutan baby. 4. Songs: "I Whistle a Happy Tune," "Three of These Things." 5. Letter: B.

Pat Paulsen counts. Films: fishing boat, money. Alphabet: N. Songs: "Rubber Duckie," "One of These Groups Is Not like the Other."

Burt Lancaster counts while doing push-ups. 2. Parts of the body: hair. 3. Songs: "Rub Your Tummy," "Goin' for a Ride."

Burt Lancaster recites the alphabet. 2. Bill Cosby acts surprised. 3. Filp Wilson counts. 4. The difference between full and empty. 5. Song: "Good Morning, Starshine."

Lou Rawls sings "The Alphabet Song." 2. Top and bottom. 3. Film: animal coverings. 4. Song: "Walk down the Street (with Your Head up High)." 5. Sorting.

James Earl Jones counts. 2. Up and down, first and last. 3. Film: on the farm. 4. Song: "Puff, the Magic Dragon." 5. Letter: R.

Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon recite the alphabet. 2. Community roles: policeman, baker, fireman, nurse. 3. Forward and backward.

1. Family roles: father and son. 2. Classifying things in more than one way. 3. Films: apples, skin, how to bake a cake. 4. Songs: "Dancing Man," "Now I Know."

1. Flip Wilson recites the alphabet. 2. Comparison: a long time and a short time. 3. Films: flowers, fireman. 4. Song: "What the World Needs Now."

1. Bill Cosby describes over and under. 2. Films: Indian child, garbage, marbles.

1. B.B. King sings "The Alphabet Song." 2. Up and down. 3. Spanish word: calle (street). 4. Films: transportation, one-man band. 5. Letter: R. 6. Songs: "Up and Down," "Someday, Little Children."

1. Pat Paulsen shows the difference between full and empty. 2. Bill Cosby counts. 3. Film: apples. 4. Songs: "Opposites," "Five People in My Family." 5. Letter: Z.

1. Carol Burnett counts. 2. Pat Paulsen recites the alphabet. 3. Sight word: telephone. 4. Films: wheels, giraffes, tires. 5. Song: "Traveling Musicians."

1. Jim Nabors sings "The Alphabet Song." 2. Songs: "Circles," "Surprise." 3. Wet and dry. 4. Films: ice-cream factory, cookies.

1. Pete Seeger sings "Que Linda." 2. B.B. King recites the alphabet. 3. First and last. 4. Community role: bus driver. 5. Films: drawing a camel, bees. 6. Letter: C.

Susan greets the viewer and says that today's Sesame Street is being brought to you by the number 2 and the letter L, but also by the word "love". She says that it's one of the nicest things you can feel and introduces Bob to sing about love.

Mr. Hooper asks Big Bird to open up the store for him while he runs an errand. Big Bird is more than glad to, but it proves not to be as easy as he thought. Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letters L and O and by the number 3. Also happening today: Bob introduces the OP family, Ernie writes a dramatic, alphabetical story, Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot demonstrate under and over, Little Bird talks about imagination, and the classic hit "Mahna Mahna" is performed.

1. Bill Cosby recites the alphabet. 2. Same and different. 3. Spanish phrase: abre la puerta (open the door). 4. Sight word: danger. 5. Film: lion family. 6. Letter: D.

1. Flip Wilson talks about arms and legs. 2. Jim Nabors counts. 3. Sight word: telephone. 4. Here and there. 5. Films: rocks, animal homes. 6. Letters: M and D.

1. Big and little. 2. Spanish word: cierra (close). 3. Sight word: bird. 4. Films: bridges, African animals. 5. Letter: A.

1. Some, more and most. 2. What you see and how you feel about it. 3. Films: traffic light, apes. 4. Using the word family "an" to make ran, can and fan.

1. Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon teach subtraction. 2. Pat Paulsen counts to twenty. 3. Comparing size. 4. Spanish phrase: cierra la puerta (close the door). 5. Sight word: exit.

1. Comparison: more and less. 2. Sight word: stop. 3. Spanish word: amigo (friend). 4. Song: "One of These Things."

1. The difference between short and tall, big and little. 2. Sorting by size. 3. Songs: "I Whistle a Happy Tune," "Three of These Things." 4. Letter: H. 5. Number: six.

1. Before and after. 2. Sight word: danger. 3. Films: rhythm, a trip to the zoo. 4. Songs: "Seven Days," "A Face," "It's Not Easy Being Green." 5. Letters: E and H.

1. Burt Lancaster counts to 10. 2. Over, under, up, around and through. 3. Films: what kids are made of, apples. 4. Song: "People in Your Neighborhood."

1. Forward and backward. 2. Sight word: telephone. 3. Films: orangutan baby, lizards. 4. Song: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."

1. Burt Lancaster recites the alphabet. 2. Song: "Up and Down." 3. Films: garbage, flowers, Indian flowers.

1. Bill Cosby looks sad. 2. Sight word: danger. 3. Song: "All Together Now." 4. Films: pig, fireman. 5. Letter: V.

1. Pat Paulsen counts. 2. Letter: I. 3. Number: twelve. 4. Spanish word: canta (sing). 5. Songs: "Surprise," "Spinning Wheel." 6. Films: fishing boat, film fair.

1. Arte Johnson recites the alphabet. 2. Letters: V, I. 3. Song: "One of These Things."

1. Films: hands, bus driver, one-man band, animal babies. 2. Alphabet. 3. Addition and subtraction. 4. Problems.

1. Members of the New York Mets count as they make hits. 2. Bill Cosby teaches counting. 3. Letter: W. 4. Sight word: walk.

1. Flip Wilson recites the alphabet. 2. Letters: X, W. 3. Number: five. 4. Sight word: bus. 5. Songs: "Five People in My Family," "Yellow Submarine." 6. Films include dolphins, ice cream factory.

1. Flip Wilson counts. 2. Letter: O. 3. Number: six. 4. Sight word: school. 5. Songs: "One of These Things" and "Everybody Wash." 6. Films: feet, birds, traffic light.

1. Letter: Y. 2. Number: seven. 3. Film: eggs. 4. Song: "As I Was Going to St. Ives.

1. Jim Nabors sings the alphabet. 2. Letters: O, Y. 3. Number: eight. 4. Song: "One of These Things." 5. Film: "You Can Clean Almost Anything."

1. Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon recite the alphabet. 2. Films: automobile factory, pigs, lion family. 3. Letter: U. 4. Number: nine. 5. Songs: "The Garden," "Same and Different Song."

1. James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. 2. Jim Nabors counts. 3. Letter: O. 4. Films: making a train engine, African animals.

1. Bill Cosby recites the alphabet. 2. Films: on the farm, baker, bridges. 3. Letters: U and O. 4. Number: eleven.

1. Carol Burnett counts. 2. Films: zoo birds, apples, puzzle, 3. Letter: U. 4. Song: "People in Your Neighborhood."

1. Bill Cosby demonstrates over and under. 2. Pat Paulsen recites the alphabet. 3. Letter: E. 4. Films: water, peanut butter factory.

1. "Bonanza" stars Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon teach addition. 2. Big Bird becomes a poet. 3. Song: "Surprise." 4. Film: apes at play.

1. Bill Cosby teaches counting. 2. Sight word: me. 3. Film: a trip through the woods. 4. Oscar joins in a game of "Simon Says" with Bob and the kids. 5. Letter: A.

1. Pat Paulsen counts to twenty. 2. Films: pigs, penguins. 3. Song: "A---You're Adorable." 4. What to wear according to the weather.

1. Peggy Fleming skates the number six. 2. Films: rocks and flowers. 3. A pet bird flies to Big Bird's nest.

1. Arte Johnson describes eyes and noses. 2. Big Bird builds a soapbox scooter. 3. Letter: F. 4. Number: seven.

1. Peggy Fleming skates the number eight. 2. Film: baby reindeer. 3. Song: "Turn Around."

1. Lou Rawls sings an alphabet song. 2. Sight word: bird. 3. Song: "Inchworm." 4. Films: traffic light, triangle and square.

Mr. Hooper helps Big Bird to write poetry.

1. Sight word: bus. 2. Film: rhythm. 3. Songs: "One of These Things," "Up and Down." 4. Counting. 5. Letters: B, E.

1. Burt Lancaster recites the alphabet. 2. Films: how to bake a cake, grasshopper, wheels, and pigs. 3. Letter: N. 4. Songs: "Mad," "All Together Now."

1. Films: bus driver, astronaut, ice-cream factory. 2. Songs: "Everyone Likes Ice Cream," "One of These Things," "The Arm."

1. Films: transportation, apple tree, automobile factory. 2. Number: two. 3. Songs: "How Do You Get from Here to There?" "Someday, Little Children."

Members of the Little Theatre of the Deaf perform "Imagination," "The House That Jack Built," "How I Look and How I Feel." Also: Flip Wilson says the alphabet.

1. Films: koala bear, Indian child, on the farm. 2. Songs: "My Name," "Everyone Makes Mistakes," "Traveling Musicians."

Tom greets the viewer and says there are lots of different ways to get from one place to another. He sings "How Do You Get from Here to There?", and leads the kids in marching (using their feet), riding an imaginary bus, and pretending they're airplanes.

1. Peggy Fleming skates the letter O. 2. Song: "Whistle a Happy Tune." 3. Film: animal homes. 4. A chat about imagination.

Pete Seeger sings "The Ram of Darby," "Mister Rabbit," "Little Sugar," "Animal Song," "Join in the Game," "Three of These Things." Also: patterns, skin, apes.

1. James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. 2. Films: flowers, trip to the zoo.

1. Burt Lancaster counts to ten while doing push-ups. 2. Song: "Alphabet Song." 3. Films: making a train engine, eating. 4. Emotion: surprise. 5. Letter: P.

1. Bill Cosby counts to twenty. 2. Films: apples, fireman. 3. Songs: "Special," "One of These Things." 4. Counting.

1. Flip Wilson counts to twenty. 2. Films: tree kangaroo and baby, playground, peanut-butter factory. 3. Song: "Rubber Duckie."

'Bonanza' stars Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon recite the alphabet; New York Knick Dick Barnett explains big, bigger and biggest.

1. Jim Nabors counts to twenty. 2. Songs: "When You're Smiling," "One of These Things." 3. Emotions: happy, sad.

1. Bill Cosby recites the alphabet. 2. Man-made environments: electromagnetic crane. 3. Films: water, sea horses. 4. Songs: "Surprise," "Inchworm."

1. Pat Paulsen recites the alphabet. 2. Natural environment: clouds. 3. Films: cloud images and traffic light.

1. Jim Nabors sings "The Alphabet Song." 2. Films: lion family, animal movements. 3. A song with English and Spanish words. 4. Classifying by quantity.

1. Jim Nabors sings "The Alphabet Song." 2. Films: lion family, animal movements. 3. A song with English and Spanish words. 4. Classifying by quantity.

1. Films: animal babies, drawing a policeman. 2. Spanish words: amigo (boy friend) and amiga (girl friend).

1. Film: African animals. 2. Kermit demonstrates his What Happens machine.

1. Bill Cosby shows how to act angry. 2. Films: penguins, drawing an elephant, pottery. 3. Song: "Yellow Submarine." 4. The difference between short and tall.

Films about bears, bees and giraffes; the song "Good Morning, Starshine."

Films on a racing car, zoo birds and a bus driver; the song "It's Not Easy Bein' Green"; a lesson on number 11.

Pat Paulsen counts to 20; films of apes at play.

James Earl Jones counts to 10; the Listen My Brother does "The Alphabet Song"; films about automobiles and feet.

"Bonanza's" Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon count to 20; films about patterns and lizards.

Bill Cosby counts; a film about a fireman.

Members of the New York Mets count as they hit baseballs; a lesson about anger; films on money and baby reindeer.

Peggy Fleming skates the number 6; films show dolphins jumping.

Films show flowers, a supermarket and clouds; a lesson on the letter V, and the Spanish word tienda (store).

Bill Cosby explains the difference between under and over; Peggy Fleming skates the figure 8; films on body parts.

Burt Lancaster recites the alphabet; films explore touch and feel, an ice-cream factory and night sounds.

An ice cream vendor named Moe sets up an ice cream machine on the street, but he soon finds that Mr. Hooper, with his wider variety of flavors, has much better luck selling this popular treat.

Flip Wilson counts to 20; Bill Cosby explains the difference between yesterday and today; films on bees and a grasshopper.

Bill Cosby counts to 20; Theodore Bikel sings "Clarinet Song," "Get Up and Get Out, You Lazy Lout" and "Eternity"; films of pigs.

Films are seen of a pride of lions; songs include "All Together Now"; and there's also a lesson about water.

Gordon is going to the flower shop and asks Oscar to tell anyone who needs him he'll be back soon. Oscar asks why he's buying flowers. Gordon states they're for Susan, and not for any special occasion - he just wants to show her he cares. Oscar asks him to buy a second bunch of flowers for Susan from himself - "Every year or two I do something nice, just to confuse people." Cartoon-"Imagination V" -- A surreal segment involving the Venus de Milo statue, a violin, a vampire, and vigilantes. Artist: Jeff Hale Gordon presents a vase of his flowers to Susan. Oscar then ...

Pete (Cleavon Little) stops by Big Bird's nest, where Big Bird is putting together a rocketship to go to the Moon. Pete is unsure about the prospect of actual space travel, but he and the kids help Big Bird build the rocket by following a diagram. Big Bird realizes he can't go to the Moon just now - Animation "The King of Eight" Big Bird returns with a bag of birdseed, but Pete tells him that the rocket is merely a model and can't actually fly. Big Bird knows this and intends to reach the Moon using his imagination. He envisions himself riding on the rocket through ...

Mr. Hooper has a big tub of ice cream, which he thinks he'll sell to everyone, since everyone likes ice cream - Muppets-Three Anything Muppets sing "Everyone Likes Ice Cream"

Oscar the Grouch wants to borrow string from Big Bird, a safety pin from Susan, and a stick from Gordon. Big Bird thinks Oscar is going to use them to pop balloons and knock down kites in the park. Gordon realizes that Oscar wants to go fishing, and uses the objects to make a fishing pole.

It's nighttime on Sesame Street and Bob asks the kids (off-screen) to listen to the quiet for a minute. Some sounds are heard that the announcer asks them to identify: a cat meowing, Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird snoring, and a fire engine in the distance. "Aren't night sounds interesting?" Henson: Eleven Cheer Robert W. Unimportant projects a film about the small letters d, b, and p (they rotate and turn into one another). SCENE 2- It's now just before dawn now and Bob continues to ask the kids to identify sounds: a bird starting to sing, an alarm clock, Mr. Hooper's...

Cookie Monster Uses Ernie's Phone part 2: Cookie Monster tells his mommy about jumping rope after school and counts the jumps he made.

The kids greet the viewer, when a voice-over introduces a story from Bob and Grover - Muppets-Grover takes part in Bob's story: "Cutie and the Beast." Princess Cutie falls in love with the beast (Grover) and her father, the king, believes that when kissed, he will break whatever spell he's under and turn into a handsome prince. But, before they can be wed, the beast must first undergo "The Ordeal of What-Happens-Next." Part 1