- 6/29/2025
Season 1 (1969-1970)
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00:00Show number four, Sesame Street, show number four.
00:16Sesame Street, show number four.
00:30Sesame Street, show number four.
00:45Sesame Street, show number four.
00:51Sesame Street, the
01:18Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?
01:24Call and play, everything's A-OK.
01:31Friendly neighbors there, that's where we meet.
01:37Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?
01:43How to get to Sesame Street?
01:46How to get to Sesame Street?
01:49Look at that, that's what I call a queen.
01:52That is, that is.
01:55See how we're sticking that stuff up?
01:57That's the way I work, sticking stuff up, yeah.
02:01Hey, hey, Susan, Susan, come here, why don't you look at this?
02:05Look at this.
02:07They're sticking stuff up right there.
02:10I've seen some big ones.
02:12That is one thing, oh, look.
02:14Hey, I think they're going to blast.
02:16Hi, how are you today?
02:17Listen, behind this fence, they're digging a big hole in the ground so they can build a building there.
02:21Want to watch?
02:22Come on, watch.
02:27Yeah, you see the steam shovel?
02:29Look at the steam shovel.
02:30You see it?
02:31Yeah.
02:32Look at it.
02:33Look at it.
02:34Picking up this.
02:35All right, that's picking up a big load of dirt, rocks, stones, and everything.
02:37Yeah.
02:38Oh, it is hard.
02:39Yeah, that's a lot of work.
02:42There's the guy pulling the gears.
02:44See?
02:45You know what he's doing?
02:47Well, if we're pulling back and opening the steam shovel and dropping it and lowering it, he's got at least four gears right there.
02:56Now, watch this scoop.
02:57Watch this scoop.
02:58Look how it digs deep into there.
03:00Now, that's a lot of dirt and stones.
03:03That building is going to be big because that hole is going to be deep.
03:07Look at it.
03:08I don't know.
03:09They're just getting the basement out now.
03:12This is going to be a big job.
03:13Is he going to put him in a truck?
03:14Probably.
03:15Yeah, a dump truck, I guess.
03:16Yeah.
03:17Look at that.
03:18Hold on.
03:19What is that bracket?
03:21What is all that noise?
03:22Hold on.
03:23There's no big problem, Mr. Rupert.
03:24They're just building a building in the ground.
03:26You've got to dig a hole first.
03:28Bulldozers over there and all kinds of stuff.
03:30I don't know how anyone can live with all that noise.
03:33Well, they're not going to take very long, Mr. Rupert.
03:35They'll be finished with this.
03:36Well, I'm finished right now.
03:38I'm going to close the store or go in the park and get some rest.
03:41Oh, come on, Mr. Rupert.
03:43We've got things to buy in the store.
03:45Yeah.
03:46All kinds of stuff.
03:47While a man is entitled to a little peace and quiet,
03:50I'm going to close the store and go in the park.
03:52I haven't got my paper yet, Mr. Rupert.
03:55Wait, wait, wait, wait.
03:56Come on.
03:57I've got an idea.
03:58Look.
03:59Here's what we'll do.
04:00Susan, Bob, and I will take over in shifts, okay?
04:03And take over the store for her.
04:05If he wants to go, let him go, okay?
04:07Right.
04:08And then we can still get the things we need.
04:09Right.
04:10Okay.
04:11Let's drop that on him right now.
04:12Come on.
04:13Let's find out.
04:14You tell him.
04:15Okay.
04:16Wait a minute.
04:17Mr. Rupert.
04:18Mr. Rupert.
04:19Wait, wait, wait.
04:20Mr. Rupert.
04:21Wait, Mr. Rupert.
04:22One second.
04:23We have thought about it, and we've decided you're absolutely right.
04:26A man is entitled to his rest.
04:28You're right.
04:29Okay?
04:30Now, however, what we have decided to do, we've decided to take over the store for you.
04:35We'll be happy to.
04:36Sure.
04:37How's that strike?
04:38It's a good idea.
04:39Well, that's very nice.
04:41Okay.
04:42Now, instead of one storekeeper, you'll have three.
04:46Three.
04:47Three storekeepers.
04:48One.
04:49Two.
04:50Three.
04:51Right.
04:53Have a nice day, Mr. Rupert.
04:55So long.
04:56Three.
04:57Four.
04:58Five.
04:59Six.
05:00Seven.
05:01Eight.
05:02Nine.
05:03Ten.
05:04Ten.
05:05Nine.
05:06Eight.
05:07Seven.
05:08Six.
05:09Five.
05:10Four.
05:11Three.
05:12Three.
05:13Three.
05:14Three.
05:15Three.
05:16Two.
05:17Three.
05:18Three.
05:19Three.
05:20Three.
05:21Three.
05:22Three.
05:32Three.
05:33Three.
05:34Three.
05:39Three.
05:40Three parc Henry's.
05:43One, two, three.
05:44One, two, three!
05:50Three eggs.
05:52One, two, three!
05:57Three little pigs!
06:00One, two, three!
06:04Three birthday cakes!
06:07One, two, three!
06:13And that's the door of three!
06:20You gotta get some more things?
06:21Yeah, okay, now, wait a minute, wait a minute, look.
06:23You gotta get some more business.
06:24Yeah, okay, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
06:25We're taking over the store for Mr. Hooper, right?
06:27Right, right.
06:28Now, how are we gonna get some customers?
06:29That's the first thing we need is customers.
06:30Well, I think the first thing of all,
06:31we've gotta get some signs in these windows.
06:32Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
06:36I have an idea.
06:37Here's what we'll do.
06:39With every one dollar purchase,
06:42we will give away a free lollipop.
06:44Oh, honey, you can't do that.
06:45You can't give away his lollipops.
06:47He had to buy those things.
06:48All right, all right, all right, all right.
06:49Cool it, cool it, cool it.
06:51Another idea.
06:52Better idea.
06:53Susan, when you take over the store,
06:56you do it your way.
06:57Well, I'm going to.
06:58Bob, when you take over the store,
06:59you do it your way.
07:01Good idea.
07:02And when I take over the store,
07:03I'm gonna do it my way.
07:04Honey, why don't you start?
07:05Look, you be first,
07:07and Bobby, you be second,
07:08and I'll be third
07:09because I've got some things
07:10to do at home anyway.
07:11Okay, all right.
07:12See you later.
07:13I'm taking over the store.
07:14Don't worry about it.
07:15Don't give away.
07:16Don't give any lollipops.
07:17I won't give,
07:18unless I want to,
07:19because after all, it's my store.
07:20Right now.
07:21And the first thing I'm gonna do
07:22since I'm the storekeeper
07:23is count the money.
07:25And let's check out the pennies first.
07:28How many we have here?
07:29One, two, three, four, five, six.
07:33And for the nickel.
07:35One for the fiddle.
07:37Two for the bow.
07:40Three for the trumpet.
07:43And four to blow.
07:46Five for the drum.
07:49Six for the stick.
07:52Seven for the guitar.
07:54Eight for the pick.
07:57Nine for the piano.
08:00Ten for the hand.
08:03Parade for the octopus.
08:06One man band.
08:15One for the fiddle.
08:17One.
08:18One.
08:19One.
08:20One.
08:21One.
08:22One.
08:23One.
08:24One.
08:25One.
08:26Two for the bow.
08:27Three for the trumpet.
08:28And four to blow.
08:29Five for the drum.
08:30Six for the stick.
08:31Seven for the guitar.
08:32Eight for the pick.
08:33Nine for the piano.
08:34Ten for the hand.
08:35Hooray for the octopus.
08:36One man band.
08:38This weird story of Wanda the Witch
08:41is brought to you courtesy of the letter W.
08:46Wanda the Witch lived somewhere west of Washington.
08:51Around her waist, instead of a belt, she wore a worm.
08:56Wanda had a pet weasel.
08:59Oh, I'm a weasel.
09:01And on her head, a wiry wig.
09:04On Wednesday, in the middle of winter, Wanda walked to the well to get water to wash her wig.
09:14The wheel on the well was worn, and Wanda grew weary.
09:19So, she waved her wand, and her wash tub filled with warm water.
09:26But just as Wanda was about to drop her wig into the warm water,
09:31a wild wind whipped the wig from her hand and blew it away forever.
09:38Which taught Wanda this lesson.
09:40Witches who wash their wigs on windy winter Wednesdays are wacky.
09:45Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
09:48This witch story was brought to you courtesy of the letter W.
09:53Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
09:56No, it's not Wanda the Witch.
09:58It's just good old store-keeping Gordon.
10:00Now, look.
10:01Since I've been in this store, I've found a lot of things that start with the letter W, like witch.
10:06Witch starts with the letter W, right?
10:08Found more things.
10:10Come on with me.
10:11That's a wagon, right?
10:14Wagon starts with the letter W.
10:17Got that?
10:18And...
10:19Got another one for you.
10:21It's a whistle.
10:22Whistle starts with the letter W.
10:25And I bet I can find another one.
10:28Ken, here we are.
10:30That's a wheel.
10:32Wheel starts with the letter W.
10:35Right?
10:36Now, let's grab another one.
10:41That's a plane, but those are the wings.
10:46The word wings starts with the letter W.
10:50Right?
10:51Well, I've found a lot of Ws, but so far I haven't found too many customers.
10:56So there's nothing to do but sit here and wait.
11:00well.
11:01Good morning, everyone.
11:02I am a worm.
11:03Worm begins with this letter W.
11:05It's really the only important thing that does, you know.
11:06Except, of course, for walrus.
11:07And water.
11:10Worm begins with this letter, W.
11:14It's really the only important thing that does, you know.
11:20Except, of course, for walrus.
11:23And water.
11:28This is Chris.
11:35He has a pair of magic glasses.
11:37When Chris hears a noise, he puts his magic glasses on.
11:44When Chris hears a noise, he puts his magic glasses on.
12:07He's so big.
12:09He's so big.
12:10He's so big.
12:11He's so big.
12:12And we're all going on.
12:13I'm so big.
12:14I'm so big.
12:15I'm so big.
12:16You've got this guy.
12:17He's so big.
12:18I'm so big.
12:19Oh, my God.
13:19See if you can make these noises.
13:32Now your turn.
13:42Beep, beep.
13:44Ring.
14:00Ernie?
14:05Ernie?
14:06The telephone's ringing.
14:09Ernie, where'd you put the telephone?
14:10Uh, let's see.
14:12I think it's in the basket here.
14:14In the basket.
14:15Yeah.
14:16Hello?
14:17Hello?
14:18Hello?
14:20Let's see.
14:21Here we go.
14:22Hello?
14:23Hello?
14:23Wrong end.
14:25Hello?
14:25Hello?
14:27Hello?
14:29Ernie?
14:30Hello?
14:31You dodo.
14:32Hello?
14:32Don't you know what a telephone looks like?
14:34Oh, of course I do.
14:36Let's see.
14:37This must be a telephone.
14:39Hello?
14:40That's a banana, you meatball, not a telephone.
14:43Shh.
14:44Hello?
14:45Oh, he's right here.
14:46Well, hold on.
14:47It's for you.
14:51Hello?
14:53Hello?
14:55I'm sorry.
14:56You can't come to the phone now.
14:57No, he's talking on the banana.
14:58One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
15:14One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
15:18Two.
15:20Two.
15:23Two.
15:25Two.
15:25Two.
15:28Two.
15:29Two.
15:30Two.
15:34Two.
15:36Two.
15:43One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
15:47One, two, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
15:55We would like to show you a film on the Unsun Beauty manhole covers.
15:59One, two, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
16:25Joy, one, ten, ten, ten.
16:27I wonder what's down there.
16:30Lockers.
16:35Ready!
16:37I think I should let him out of the ways.
16:46These are the fastest travelers.
16:51Where's the other beetle box?
16:53Not any beetle box.
16:55Oh, oh, a pincher.
16:57Oh, whose pincher is that?
16:59Where's ours?
17:01He went somewhere.
17:25What's the parrot?
17:29Hi, what have you got there?
17:31Hi, Susan.
17:32We have a parrot.
17:33Oh, he's pretty.
17:34Isn't he beautiful?
17:35Hey, listen, is Gordon still helping Mr. Mooper in the store?
17:39Yeah, he is, but I don't think he's having too much luck with customers.
17:43No customers, huh?
17:44No.
17:45Gee, it's almost time for me to take my turn.
17:47Yeah.
17:48Gee, what a big beak.
17:49Isn't that big?
17:50Yeah.
17:51Isn't that big?
17:52Yeah.
17:53He ate it, huh?
17:54Yeah.
17:55He liked it.
17:56So fast?
17:57They use the beaks to crack open nuts.
17:58Yes.
17:59And he also uses it to climb around this cage.
18:01And if they're in trees, they use it to climb trees also.
18:05This is an Amazon parrot.
18:06I suppose he can use his claws.
18:07He's got very long claws on his toes.
18:08Yeah.
18:09They have sort of interesting claws.
18:10He has a big beak.
18:11He has a big beak.
18:12Isn't that big?
18:13Yeah.
18:14He ate it, huh?
18:15Yeah.
18:16He liked it.
18:17So fast?
18:18They use the beaks to crack open nuts.
18:19Yes.
18:20And he also uses it to climb around this cage.
18:22And if they're in trees, they use it to climb trees also.
18:25This is an Amazon parrot.
18:27I suppose he can use his claws.
18:29He's got very long claws on his toes.
18:31Yeah, they have sort of interesting claws.
18:34He has two in the front and two in the back.
18:38Yes.
18:39Makes him a really good climber.
18:41Mm-hmm.
18:42Oh, yeah.
18:43Hello.
18:44Hello.
18:45Hello.
18:46Hello.
18:47He says hello sometimes.
18:48You can teach them, you know, to talk and say words and imitate sounds sometimes.
18:52Mm-hmm.
18:53But you have to spend a lot of time saying it over and over.
18:56Right.
18:57They have to hear it many, many times.
18:59Uh-huh.
19:00Hello.
19:01So you have to be careful what you want to teach them.
19:03You see.
19:04You teach them something naughty, then it's embarrassing.
19:07Right.
19:08Hello.
19:09Hello.
19:10Hello.
19:11Hello.
19:12Hello.
19:13Say hello.
19:14Hello.
19:15But he likes those sunflowers.
19:16He loves sunflowers.
19:17This one comes from South America.
19:19You find these where it's really warm out in South America or Mexico, places like that.
19:25That's probably why his feathers are such pretty colors because the trees and flowers are that
19:32color and he can blend in out in the jungle and you won't even see him.
19:35No?
19:36You'll hear him but you look up in the tree and he'll be the same color as the tree almost.
19:40Well, he's red.
19:41I think he likes to eat paper, too.
19:44I guess he's cleaning his mouth.
19:47There he goes climbing.
19:48Look, let him climb now.
19:49See how he uses his bill?
19:50Oh.
19:51It's a strong bill.
19:55Well, do they have any teeth?
19:58Uh, not really, I don't think, no.
20:01But they...
20:02It's kind of fun to watch them climb and eat.
20:04Yes.
20:05Hey, you know, uh, eat.
20:08That's another E word.
20:11This is the letter E.
20:14It's the first letter in the word elephant.
20:19And the word eat.
20:21Luckily, I have another one.
20:23The letter E is also the first letter of the word eagle.
20:29That wasn't very nice.
20:32And it's the first letter of the word everybody.
20:37And the word empty.
20:40And the word egg.
20:43The letter E.
20:52E is for eat.
20:56E is for eat.
20:58E is also for ear.
21:12E not only sounds like E.
21:16E also sounds like eh.
21:18Like echo, echo, echo, echo.
21:23E is for egg.
21:29E is for eagle.
21:32Hmm.
21:33Eagle eats.
21:34Eagle eats.
21:35E is for eel.
21:49E will eat.
21:51What else starts with E?
21:53E also sounds like eh.
21:58E also sounds like eh.
22:00Like elephant.
22:06E is for elephant.
22:07E is for everything.
22:10E is for everything.
22:11And E is for everything else.
22:13E is for everything else.
22:19Everything.
22:21E is for everything else.
22:23Enough.
22:24E is for enough.
22:25E is also for explode.
22:30And finally, E is for end.
22:33E is for end.
22:35Wow, a lot of words start with E.
22:36Hey, have you noticed how many words there are that start with E right here in Mr. Hooper's store?
22:39Come on, I'll show you some.
22:40E.
22:41E is for E.
22:42E is for end.
22:44Wow, a lot of words start with E.
22:45Hey, have you noticed how many words there are that start with E right here in Mr. Hooper's store?
22:48Come on, I'll show you some.
22:50Envelope.
22:52That starts with E.
22:55And earmuffs to keep warm in the wintertime?
22:59That's another E word.
23:01And earmuffs to keep warm in the wintertime?
23:04That's another E word.
23:06That's another E word.
23:10Eraser.
23:12That starts with E too.
23:14And I think I've got one more over here.
23:19This egg.
23:21That's another E word.
23:23Did you know that all birds, even that parrot we had a little while ago, and chickens come from eggs?
23:32I'll show you what I mean.
23:33Now here's the picture of a mother hen.
23:39And she lays an egg.
23:48Now inside this egg, the baby starts to grow, whether it's the baby chicken or the baby bird.
23:54And it would get, when it gets big, it starts to crack open the shell.
24:02See the shell starting to crack here?
24:05And sometimes the little bird inside helps to crack open the shell with its beak.
24:11With its beak.
24:14There's the baby coming out.
24:21And there's the baby chicken.
24:26And when she grows up, she'll be a big mother hen too.
24:30Hey, did you know that, uh, inside some eggs, there are some real surprises?
24:37No surprises.
24:44E. Egg.
24:52Moo. E.
24:54Ah, hiya there.
24:57My name is Kermit, and today I'm going to talk about the difference between more and less.
25:02Now you will notice that I have two glasses of milk here, and that there is less milk in this glass than there is in that glass.
25:10Which means there...
25:11Hey, listen. What are you going to do with that?
25:28Well, let's do it this way then.
25:30You will notice now that there is more milk in this glass than there is in that glass,
25:36which means that there is less milk in this glass over here than there is in this glass
25:40because there is more in here than there is in over here.
25:44And, uh, hey.
25:47Hey, look, you.
25:54Hey, now, listen, you. I've had enough of that.
25:57Now, I'm trying to talk about the difference between more and less, and you keep drinking the milk.
26:01I'm going to explain it just one more time, and I want you to sit still and pay attention and don't interrupt me.
26:07Now, you got that straight?
26:09Now, not a peep out of you, Sonny, or I'm going to teach you a lesson that you'll, you'll, uh, uh, uh, well, uh,
26:19uh, well, let's, let's think of it this way, uh, more and less.
26:24Uh, you will notice now that there are more monsters than frogs here, uh, which means that there are less frogs than monsters.
26:33Uh, which means that you're going to see more and more of them and less and less of me.
26:39Hey, Jim! I'm home!
26:49Okay, buddy, come on in. But don't slam...
26:52The door!
26:53The door!
26:56Hey, Jim.
26:57Look what you've done now. You knocked my girlfriend's picture off the wall.
27:02I just got here.
27:03When you slammed the door, my girlfriend's picture fell down.
27:07Oh, I'm sorry, Jim.
27:08Never mind that. You just put that picture back where it came from.
27:11Right. Oh.
27:12Oh.
27:20Hey, Jim. I forgot where it was.
27:23You can't do anything right. Now I'll have to figure this problem out all by myself.
27:29Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, I think I got it.
27:34Yeah. Boy, she really brightens up the old room there, Jim.
27:38There's your girlfriend.
27:40Buddy, what's that in your hand?
27:42This is your girlfriend, Hugh.
27:44Mm.
27:48That wasn't such a good idea, was it?
27:49Of course it wasn't.
27:52Now I've got an idea.
27:53Yeah.
27:54Hey, come on, Jim!
27:56If I take this picture down...
27:58Yeah?
27:59...and I'll take this picture all the way over here...
28:01Yeah.
28:02...and I'll put that picture here.
28:03Yeah.
28:04But then I'll have to take this picture down...
28:07...and bring that picture all the way over to that picture.
28:11Or maybe I'll take all my girlfriend's pictures down...
28:13Hey, Jim.
28:14...and I'll put them all on that wall.
28:16Hey, Jim.
28:17Maybe I can...
28:18Hey, Jim.
28:19What is it?
28:20I've got an idea.
28:24Let's break for lunch.
28:27For once in your life, you've had a good idea.
28:30Ha-ha.
28:31That's a wonderful idea.
28:32Thanks, Jim.
28:33We'll go get a sandwich...
28:34...then we can come back to this problem...
28:36...with a brand new energy.
28:38Yeah.
28:39Let's go into the kitchen.
28:40Jim?
28:41Let's go into the kitchen.
28:42Right into the kitchen.
28:43Here we go.
28:44Hold it, buddy.
28:45Don't take my girlfriend's picture into the kitchen.
28:48You might spill something on her.
28:50Oh, yeah.
28:52Well, Jim, what do you want me to do with the picture?
28:55I don't care.
28:56Just put it anywhere until after we've had our lunch.
28:59All right.
29:00Good.
29:01Just put it anywhere until after we've had our lunch.
29:02Anywhere at all.
29:03That's right.
29:04All right.
29:05Hey, Jim.
29:06Boy, we've got a tough problem today.
29:07Don't worry about our problem.
29:08I have all afternoon to figure this one out.
29:09You can do it, Jim.
29:10Of course I can.
29:11One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
29:14about our problem, I have all afternoon to figure this one out. You can do it, Jim. Of course, I can.
29:29One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
29:36One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Two.
29:40Two, two, two. Two, two, two. Two, two, two, two, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
30:10This is Julio.
30:28He has a pair of magic glasses.
30:33When Julio hears a noise, he puts his magic glasses on.
30:40He says,
30:42He says,
30:43He says,
30:56I don't know what to do.
31:26The End
31:56See if you can make these noises
32:10Clickety-clickety-clickety-clickety
32:13Clickety-clickety-clickety-clickety
32:16Now it's your turn
32:18Meow
32:19Meow
32:23Meow
32:26Hi, how's it going?
32:42Oh, hi, Susan
32:42Oh, I hope you had better luck than I did today here
32:46No customers, huh?
32:47One
32:48You?
32:49Yeah, no, one other besides that
32:51But poor Mr. Hooper
32:52We're just not doing too well for him, I'm afraid
32:54Well, I came up with an idea for an S-sale
32:57An S-sale?
32:59Mm-hmm
32:59What's that?
33:00Well, I'm going to sell things that start with S
33:02Like sandwiches
33:03Mm-hmm
33:04Sardines
33:05Soda
33:06Mm-hmm
33:07Stationery
33:08And silly stories
33:11Hi, I'm a seal
33:21I'm a seal
33:21Seal begins with a letter S
33:25Can you say S?
33:30Try it
33:31S
33:32Oh, very good
33:36Now I want you to listen to a little story
33:40There are a lot of words in it that begin with a letter S
33:44Listen for them
33:46Six silly sailors came skating down our street
33:53They passed a smiling snowman wearing sneakers on his feet
34:00Then they spied a schoolyard
34:04Suddenly took turns on the slide
34:07And all played on the seesaw
34:10Three sailors on each side
34:13Hey, great!
34:16Isn't S a swinging letter, though?
34:18Oh, you bet it is
34:20Well, see you later
34:22I'm going to go have a sandwich
34:25Another nifty S word
34:32Hi, hi, how's it going?
34:40Not so good
34:41You mean your S sale isn't making it?
34:43No, I haven't sold anything
34:45Oh, come on, Susan
34:46You got to do this for Mr. Hooper
34:47Now, he's got a lot of things
34:48We promised him we'd take care of the store
34:51I didn't do too well
34:52Bob didn't do too well
34:53It's all up to you, right?
34:54Well, why don't you buy a soda from me?
34:56I'll buy a soda from you later
34:57I really will
34:58But right now, you really got to get in there and pitch and sell, okay?
35:01You can do it
35:02Keep a smile on your face
35:03Don't worry about it
35:04In the meantime, I've got a story for you
35:06You're going to love it
35:07This story is called Stevie
35:11Stevie is a little boy
35:12Who comes to visit a little boy named Robert
35:16And Robert tells the story
35:18Here's how Robert tells it
35:20He says
35:21One day, my mama told me
35:24You know, you're going to have a little friend come stay with you
35:27And I said
35:29Who is it?
35:31And she said
35:32You know my friend Mrs. Mack?
35:34Well, she has to work all week
35:36And I'm going to keep her little boy
35:37I asked
35:38For how long?
35:41She said
35:42He'll stay all week
35:43And his mother will come pick him up on Saturdays
35:46The next day
35:48The doorbell rang
35:49It was a lady
35:50And a kid
35:51He was smaller than me
35:53I ran to my mother
35:54Is that them?
35:56They went in the kitchen
35:57But I stayed out in the hall to listen
35:59The little boy's name
36:03Was Steven
36:04But his mother kept calling him Stevie
36:07My name is Robert
36:09But my mama don't call me Robertie
36:11And so Steve moved in
36:13With his old crybaby self
36:15He always had to have his way
36:17And he was greedy too
36:19Everything he sees he wants
36:21Could I have some of that?
36:23Give me this
36:24Man
36:24Since he was littler than me
36:26While I went to school
36:28He used to stay home and play with my toys
36:30I wished his mother would bring some of his toys over here to break up
36:34I used to get so mad at my mother
36:37When I came home after school
36:39Mama, can't you watch him and tell him to leave my stuff alone?
36:43Then he used to like to get up on my bed
36:47To look out the window
36:48And leave his dirty footprints all over my bed
36:52And my mama never said nothing to him
36:55And on Saturdays
36:57When his mother comes to pick him up
36:59He always tries to act cute
37:01Just cause his mother's there
37:02He picked up my airplane
37:05And I told him not to bother
37:06He thought I wouldn't say nothing to him in front of his mother
37:09I could never go anywhere without my mother saying
37:13Take Stevie with you now
37:16But why gotta take him everywhere I go, I'd say
37:19Now if you were staying with someone
37:21You wouldn't want them to treat you mean
37:23My mother told me
37:24Why don't you and Stevie try to play nice?
37:28Yeah, but I've always been nice to him with his old spoiled self
37:32He's always gotta have his way anyway
37:34I had to take him out to play with me and my friends
37:38Is that your brother Bobby that asked me?
37:41No
37:41Is that your cousin?
37:44No, he's just my friend
37:45And he's staying in my house
37:47And my mother made me bring him
37:49Ha ha, you gotta babysit
37:51Bobby the babysitter
37:53Oh, be quiet
37:54Come on, Steve
37:55See, why you gotta make all my friends laugh for him?
38:00Ha ha, Bobby the babysitter
38:01My friend said
38:03Hey, come on, y'all
38:04Let's go play in the park
38:05You coming, Bobby?
38:06One of my friends said
38:07No, my mama said he can't go in the park
38:10Cause the last time he went
38:12He fell and hurt his knee with his old stupid self
38:15And then they left
38:17You see?
38:18You see?
38:19I can't even play with my friends
38:21Man, come on
38:23I'm sorry, Robert
38:25You don't like me, Robert?
38:28I'm sorry, Stevie said
38:29Oh, be quiet
38:32That's okay, I told him
38:34One time
38:37When my daddy was having company
38:39I was just sitting behind the couch
38:41Just listening to them talk
38:43And make jokes and drink beer
38:45And I wasn't making no noise
38:47They didn't even know I was there
38:49Then here comes Stevie
38:51With his old loud self
38:52Then when my father heard him
38:54He yelled at me
38:55And told me to go upstairs
38:57Just cause of Stevie
38:59Sometimes people get on your nerves
39:02And they don't mean it or nothing
39:03But they just bother you
39:05I gotta put up with him
39:07My mama only had one kid
39:10I used to have a lot of fun
39:12Before old stupid
39:13Came to live with us
39:14One Saturday
39:16Steve's mother and father
39:17Came to my house
39:18To pick him up
39:19Like always
39:20But they said
39:21That they were gonna move away
39:23And that Stevie
39:24Wasn't gonna come back
39:25Anymore
39:26So then he left
39:28The next morning
39:29I got up to watch cartoons
39:32And I fixed
39:33Two bowls of cornflakes
39:35Then I just remembered
39:37That Stevie wasn't here
39:38Sometimes we had a lot of fun
39:41Running in and out of the house
39:43Well I guess my bed
39:45Will stay clean from now on
39:47But that wasn't so bad
39:49He couldn't help it
39:50Cause he was stupid
39:51I remember the time
39:53I ate the last piece of cake
39:55In the bread box
39:56And I blamed it on him
39:59We used to play
40:01Cowboys and Indians
40:02On the stoop
40:03I remember
40:06When I was doing my homework
40:07I used to write
40:08I used to try to teach him
40:10What I learned
40:11He could write his name
40:13Pretty good for his age
40:14I remember the time
40:15We played boogeyman
40:17And we hid under the covers
40:18With daddy's flashlight
40:19And that time
40:21We was playing in the park
40:22Under the bushes
40:23And we found these
40:24Two dead rats
40:25And one was brown
40:26And one was black
40:27And him and me
40:28And my friends
40:29Used to cook mickeys
40:30Or marshmallows
40:31In the park
40:32We used to have some
40:34Good times together
40:35I think he liked
40:37My mama better than his own
40:39Cause he used to call
40:40His mother
40:40Mother
40:41And he called my mama
40:43Mommy
40:44Oh no man
40:47I let my cornflakes
40:49Get soggy
40:49Thinking about him
40:50He was a
40:52Nice little guy
40:54He was kind of like
40:56A little brother
40:57Little Stevie
40:59I like that story
41:03I think we'll read it again
41:05Soon
41:06Triangle
41:13Triangle
41:14Triangle
41:15Triangle
41:16Triangle
41:17Triangle
41:18Triangle
41:19Triangle
41:20Square
41:21Square
41:22Square
41:24Tree
41:25A fine tree
41:26Christmas tree
41:27Yeah
41:28Yeah
41:29Yeah
41:30If he was taking him away
41:31Yeah
41:32Cause he wants to make up
41:33I think
41:34Oh I know what he's gonna make
41:36I think
41:37Uh
41:38Uh
41:39Ah
41:40That doesn't look right
41:41He he he he
41:42Whatever it is
41:43Square
41:44Inside the square
41:45I know
41:46He's gonna do some notes
41:48Triangle
41:50Square
41:51Square
41:52Square
41:53Triangle
41:54Triangle
41:55Triangle
41:56Triangle
41:57Triangle
41:58Triangle
41:59You know it's gonna be don't ya
42:00What?
42:01A house
42:02Oh
42:03A house
42:04Nuh uh
42:05I don't think so
42:06I don't know what it is
42:09I think
42:10He he he squares
42:12Look funny
42:13Rectangle
42:14Rectangle
42:15Rectangle
42:16Rectangle
42:17Rectangle
42:18Rectangle
42:19Rectangle
42:20Rectangle
42:21Rectangle
42:22Rectangle
42:23Rectangle
42:24Rectangle
42:25Rectangle
42:26Rectangle
42:27Rectangle
42:28Rectangle
42:29Rectangle
42:30Rectangle
42:31Rectangle
42:32Rectangle
42:33Rectangle
42:34Rectangle
42:35Rectangle
42:36Rectangle
42:37Rectangle
42:38Rectangle
42:39Rectangle
42:40Rectangle
42:41Rectangle
42:42Rectangle
42:43Rectangle
42:44Rectangle
42:45Rectangle
42:46it may it could be a pinwheel pinwheel I know a flower yeah a flower a pretty beauty flower
43:16now we've got to be very quiet because guinea pigs don't like to be disturbed when they're eating
43:21you know that and these two guinea pigs are two greatest guinea pigs alive you know why because
43:29they're here on Sesame Street that's why and you should really never disturb any animal when it's
43:35eating that's right dogs or cats they don't like that no but this one I've got one that's eating a
43:41carrot yeah yeah and they eat lots of vegetables they berries they lettuce they cabbage kale mustard
43:50greens oh yeah do you know where they come from Bob no I I really don't so is it South America yeah up
44:02around the place is called the Guyanas yeah yeah British Guiana Dutch Guiana French Guiana
44:10and these are these guinea pigs are domesticated they're tame you know how you can tell because
44:19there are three colors this one's white brown and black and so is yours yeah this one Carlos
44:27am I talking to him yes I'm talking to you yeah yeah and uh the wild ones I'll tell you about the wild
44:38ones you want to find out about the wild ones because they're all tied up in that the wild ones
44:42are all one solid color so they can blend in their own environment and hey how do they change how do
44:47they change well they change with a lot of fun and if you think guinea pigs are fun wait do you see
44:52what a kitten can do this is my kitten dusty the first day I got him we played together for a little while in
45:12a living room
45:12so
45:30Then my mommy called me, so I left him alone.
45:44Dusty is a funny kitten. He thinks he's all kinds of things.
46:09When he started looking around the room, he first thought he was a lumberjack.
46:13You know, a man that chops down threes.
46:23Then he pretended he was a miner, down in a deep hole.
46:38When he sawed Timmy, my goldfish, Dusty thought he was a goldfish too.
46:45When Timmy didn't want to play with him, he decided to be a lion in the jungle.
46:52When Timmy didn't want to play with him, he decided to be a lion in the jungle.
47:01When Timmy didn't want to play with him, he decided to be a lion in the jungle.
47:13But then he found some of mommy's knitting yarn and decided to be just a kitten after all.
47:20And that's when I like him best.
47:32And that's when I like him best.
47:39And that's when I like him best.
47:46While fishing for dinner one day, a boy caught a big letter A.
48:01He then caught a B, a C, D, and E, and an F, G, H, I, J, and K.
48:08Unhappy, the boy sat and thought, I can't eat these letters I caught.
48:15I must catch some fish to fill up my dish or my whole afternoon is for naught.
48:21But as soon as his hook hit the C, he caught L, M, N, O, and P, and Q, R, S, T, and a U, and a V, and a W, X, Y, and Z.
48:34Now hungry, he stared at the group.
48:37And he said, I can't eat these letters I caught.
48:40I can't eat these letters I caught.
48:42I can't eat these letters I caught.
48:44I must catch some fish to fill up my dish or my whole afternoon is for naught.
48:49Now hungry, he stared at the group.
48:52Then suddenly, grabbing a scoop,
48:55he had a bright notion
48:57and cooked up a potion
48:59and feasted on alphabet soup.
49:05Hey, I wonder what sort of a day Susan's had.
49:07I don't know, because I had a rotten day when I felt...
49:09Hey, Susan.
49:10Oh, come on, what's the matter?
49:11How'd it go?
49:12How'd you make out?
49:13Twenty cents.
49:14Twenty cents?
49:15That's all you got?
49:16Twenty cents!
49:17I did.
49:18I sold two packs of gum for twelve cents.
49:21Yeah, well, I only got fifteen cents myself.
49:23All day long?
49:24All we took in was thirty-seven cents?
49:26How are we gonna tell Mr. Hooper?
49:28I don't know.
49:29We'll tell Hooper something.
49:30What would you tell Mr. Hooper?
49:32How's business?
49:33Oh, well, uh...
49:34Mr. Hooper, we only took in thirty-seven cents.
49:39Thirty-seven cents?
49:41Why, that's the best day I've had this year.
49:44You're kidding.
49:45Oh, come on.
49:46Are you kidding?
49:47Come on.
49:48Yes, I'm kidding.
49:49But I really enjoyed my day off.
49:51Did you?
49:52You had a good time, huh?
49:53And thanks to all of you.
49:55Oh, you're welcome.
49:56Any time.
49:57Now, I want you to come into the store and have a Hooper's Special.
50:00A Hooper's Special?
50:01Oh, really?
50:02Free.
50:03Oh, thank you.
50:04That's great.
50:05Thanks a lot.
50:06Chocolate soda.
50:07Soda.
50:08Soda.
50:09That's an S word.
50:10What's that?
50:13That's a something.
50:15Something starts with S.
50:16That's an S.
50:18And that's a snake.
50:20And snake starts with S.
50:22I am a snake.
50:24My name is Sam.
50:25And Sam starts with S.
50:27Lookie there, the snake is smiling.
50:29Smiling starts with S.
50:31Sam the snake sees several skunks.
50:33Skunk start with S.
50:35I'm a skunk.
50:37My name is Sissy.
50:38Sissy starts with S.
50:40Sometimes skunks are sort of smelly.
50:43Smelly starts with S.
50:46Sam and Sissy see a seesaw.
50:48Seesaw starts with S.
50:50Sam and Sissy saw a seesaw.
50:53Saw starts with S.
50:56Sam and Sissy build a slide.
50:59Slide starts with S.
51:01Sam and Sissy see some soldiers.
51:04Soldiers start with S.
51:06I am a soldier.
51:07My name is Sanford.
51:09Sanford starts with S.
51:11The other soldiers make a snowman.
51:13Snowman starts with S.
51:15I am a snowman.
51:17My name's Hubert.
51:19Hubert?
51:20That doesn't start with S.
51:23Now that was beautiful.
51:26I love that ice cream soda.
51:28That was chocolate ice cream soda.
51:30Oh!
51:31Big Bird!
51:32Oh!
51:33Oh!
51:34Get down here quick.
51:36Big Bird!
51:37Big Bird!
51:38You alright?
51:39You alright?
51:40You alright?
51:41You okay?
51:42I'm getting so clumsy.
51:43I bumped into the doors again.
51:44Oh!
51:45Come on, Big Bird.
51:46Don't worry, man.
51:47It's just an accident.
51:48Don't worry.
51:49Oh, I'm so clumsy.
51:50No, Big Bird.
51:51Look, I'll tell you what.
51:52We'll take you down to Mr. Hooper's store,
51:54buy you chocolate ice cream soda.
51:55Oh, really?
51:56On up.
51:57Sure, come on.
51:58Come on down.
51:59That's a great idea.
52:00Chocolate ice cream soda.
52:01They're really great.
52:02Oh!
52:03Big Bird!
52:04Big Bird!
52:05Big Bird!
52:06Big Bird!
52:07You okay?
52:08Did you hurt yourself?
52:09You see?
52:10I'm so clumsy.
52:11I'm a born loser.
52:12Oh, that's not true, Big Bird.
52:13Come on, Big Bird.
52:14Look, you're a bird.
52:15There are lots of things a bird can do,
52:17people can't do.
52:18Look, you can fly.
52:19We can't fly.
52:20Right.
52:21Yeah, you can fly.
52:22I can't fly.
52:23You can't fly.
52:24Oh, man.
52:25Oh, well, I'm sure you can sing.
52:27I mean, all birds can sing.
52:28Oh, yeah?
52:29Chirp for us, baby.
52:30Come on.
52:31Sing.
52:32Sing for you.
52:33I'm only a bird in the gilded day.
52:38Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
52:39I have another idea.
52:40Let's have a contest.
52:41Oh, no, no, no.
52:42I never win contests.
52:43Oh, but you're going to win this one, I'm sure.
52:45Just line right up here, and we'll line up next to you.
52:48Right.
52:49Okay.
52:50Because we're going to have a contest to see who has the biggest feet on Sesame Street.
52:53Okay.
52:54Gordon, why don't you be the judge?
52:55I'll be the judge.
52:56First, we'll dig Bob's feet.
52:58Right.
52:59And his are pretty reasonable size.
53:01Mine are next, about the same size.
53:03Susan's a little smaller, but...
53:05Mm-hmm.
53:06Big bird.
53:07Oh, wow.
53:08Look at those.
53:09Big bird.
53:10Look at those.
53:11Feet.
53:12Hey, he's the winner, huh?
53:13Feet.
53:14Big bird.
53:15They are?
53:16Sure.
53:17You mean I won?
53:18Oh, you won that one, hands down.
53:19Terrific.
53:20Good feet.
53:21Look, look.
53:22We'll have a contest about feathers.
53:23I think...
53:24Oh, look.
53:25Hands down, you win the feathers.
53:26Bob, you got any feathers?
53:27I haven't got one.
53:28Gordon, you got any feathers?
53:29I'm a little short on feathers.
53:30Well, I don't have any feathers, and look at you.
53:31You have all these beautiful feathers, so I'm sure you win that.
53:34That's too far.
53:35That's too far.
53:36That's too far.
53:37Well, let's have a contest on who's the tallest.
53:38No.
53:39Stand up straight, big bird.
53:40All right.
53:41Bobby, why don't you be the judge?
53:42Who's tall?
53:43Stand up straight, Gordon.
53:44Let's see.
53:45First of all, Gordon's a little taller than I am, and Susan's shorter than Gordon.
53:49Yes.
53:50Yes.
53:51Yes.
53:52And...
53:53Oh, look at big bird.
53:54He's...
53:55He's that much taller than...
53:56Even than Gordon.
53:57You're the parent winner again.
53:58Big bird, that's three.
53:59That's three.
54:00That's three.
54:01You won a three big bird.
54:02Yeah.
54:03Well, let's check out the beaks.
54:04Check out the beaks.
54:05Now, let's see who has the beaks.
54:06Beaks.
54:07Beaks.
54:08Well, let's see.
54:09Gordon, look at the beaks.
54:10That's a pretty good beak.
54:11That's a good beak.
54:12That's a good beak.
54:13That's a good beak.
54:14That's a good beak.
54:15That's a good beak.
54:16That's a good beak.
54:17That's a good beak.
54:18But, you know, nothing outstanding.
54:20But look at that beak.
54:21Look at that beak.
54:22Look at that beak.
54:23That's a fantastic beak.
54:24Big bird, that is the best big bird beak I've ever seen.
54:28Oh, hell.
54:29You mean, I won again?
54:31I told you.
54:32I told you, Big Bird, you're awfully special.
54:35Oh, well, that means that I'm the featheriest.
54:39I'm the tallest.
54:41I'm the biggest fetish.
54:43I'm also the clumsiest.
54:52One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
55:03Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
55:08One, two, three, three, three, three, let's sing among our three.
55:17How many is three?
55:21Three balls.
55:22Three balls.
55:24One, two, three.
55:26Three peas.
55:28One, two, three.
55:31Three peas.
55:34One, two, three.
55:35Three crocodiles.
55:40Three parconyles!
55:44One, two, three!
55:50Three eggs.
55:52One, two, three!
55:57Three little pigs!
56:00One, two, three!
56:04Three birthday cakes!
56:10One, two, three!
56:13And I'm the dog of three!
56:20A good day, everyone.
56:22I am a worm.
56:24Worm begins with this letter.
56:27W.
56:28It's really the only important thing that does, you know.
56:33Except, of course, for walrus.
56:36And water!
56:39One of these things is not like the other.
56:47One of these things just doesn't belong.
56:51Can you tell which thing is not like the other before I finish my song?
56:58Hmm.
56:59Now look very carefully because one of these things just doesn't belong here.
57:06Is it the apple?
57:07Is it the apple?
57:08Or the, uh, the ice cream cone?
57:10Or the mitten?
57:11Or the hamburger?
57:12Well, if you guessed this thing is not like the other.
57:18If you guessed this thing just doesn't belong.
57:22If you guessed this thing just doesn't belong.
57:23If you guessed this thing is not like the other.
57:27Well, then, you're absolutely correct.
57:32Because all of these things, the apple, the ice cream cone, and the hamburger are things you can eat.
57:40But, uh, did you ever try eating a mitten?
57:45Hey, we're always here on Sesame Street.
57:47We're always here on Sesame Street.
57:49Yeah.
57:50So, why don't you come back and join us whenever you can, okay?
57:53Why don't you not come back so I can get some sleep?
57:56Excuse me.
57:58Yeah?
57:59Oscar, would you mind cooling it, please?
58:01I'm trying to talk.
58:02Not cooling, cooling.
58:03Yeah.
58:04Try to talk.
58:05Can I talk?
58:06Talk, talk, talk.
58:07Sure, talk.
58:08You're the only one who's allowed to talk around here.
58:10Never mind, Oscar.
58:11Listen.
58:12Goodbye.
58:13Come back and see us soon, okay?
58:14Yeah, come back.
58:15Yeah.
58:16Sesame Street has been brought to you today
58:18by the letters W, E, and S,
58:23and by the numbers 2 and 3.
58:272 and 3?
58:28I hate twos and threes.
58:29Oscar, Oscar, Oscar.
58:30What?
58:31Just for a second.
58:32I have to say this.
58:33Stevie, the book Stevie, was written by John Steptoe,
58:36published by Harper & Row, copyright 1969.
58:40Sesame Street is a production of the Children's Television Workshop.
58:45You call this a production?
58:48It looks like it was produced by Big Bird.
58:50Talk about eggs.
58:52Boy.
58:53T-t-tick.
58:54Oh, boy.
58:55T-tick.
58:56Oh, boy.
58:57T-tick.
58:58T-tick.
58:59T-tick.
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59:06T-tick.
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