Sesame Street

Sesame Street

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

Genre: AdventureComedyFamily

Cast:Jim HensonFrank OzCaroll SpinneyJerry NelsonMartin P. RobinsonSonia ManzanoKevin ClashRoscoe OrmanEmilio DelgadoBob McGrathFran BrillDavid RudmanLoretta LongRichard HuntNorthern CallowayJoey MazzarinoAlison BartlettLinda Bove


1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Episode 131

Mon, Nov 9, 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.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Gordon shows the number 4, sizes, and money

Tue, Nov 10, 1970

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

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ If Me Had That Wand 2

Wed, Nov 11, 1970

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.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Leon Bibb sings about trains

Thu, Nov 12, 1970

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

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Big Bird wants to say "adios"

Fri, Nov 13, 1970

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).

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Oscar has a cold

Mon, Nov 16, 1970

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

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Oscar Gets Angry

Tue, Nov 17, 1970

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.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Who Owns the Garage?

Wed, Nov 18, 1970

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."

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Big Bird's "Next" poem

Thu, Nov 19, 1970

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

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Oscar and Ernie

Fri, Nov 20, 1970

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.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Two of Everything

Mon, Nov 23, 1970

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

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Oscar tries being different

Tue, Nov 24, 1970

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

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Picking up papers

Wed, Nov 25, 1970

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

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Watch Out Big Bird

Thu, Nov 26, 1970

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

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Gordon doesn't open Susan's package

Fri, Nov 27, 1970

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

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Whose ribbon?

Mon, Nov 30, 1970

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

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Gordon explains parts

Tue, Dec 1, 1970

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

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Ziggles Count To 10

Wed, Dec 2, 1970

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

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Explaining money

Thu, Dec 3, 1970

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).

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Episode 150

Fri, Dec 4, 1970

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."

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Oscar's poem-writing machine

Mon, Dec 7, 1970

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 rained from the sky). Ernie wants an empty box, but doesn't have any money. However, Bert brings a box of cookies, and Ernie throws the cookies out so he can catch jellybeans from the sky.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Big Bird dusts chairs

Tue, Dec 8, 1970

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."

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Learning Espanol

Wed, Dec 9, 1970

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

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Oscar's Odds and Ends Store

Thu, Dec 10, 1970

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

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ New York Knicks Time

Fri, Dec 11, 1970

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

26Season 2

S2.E26 ∙ Don't be Sad

Mon, Dec 14, 1970

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.

27Season 2

S2.E27 ∙ Gordon paints a chest

Wed, Dec 16, 1970

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).

28Season 2

S2.E28 ∙ Oscar puts up a "Wet Paint" sign

Wed, Dec 16, 1970

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.

29Season 2

S2.E29 ∙ Building a box

Thu, Dec 17, 1970

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."

30Season 2

S2.E30 ∙ The New York Mets on Sesame Street

Fri, Dec 18, 1970

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.

31Season 2

S2.E31 ∙ Episode 161

Mon, Dec 21, 1970

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

32Season 2

S2.E32 ∙ Oscar puts up stop signs around Sesame Street

Tue, Dec 22, 1970

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

33Season 2

S2.E33 ∙ Episode #2.33

Wed, Dec 23, 1970

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.

34Season 2

S2.E34 ∙ Episode #2.34

Thu, Dec 24, 1970

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

35Season 2

S2.E35 ∙ Episode #2.35

Fri, Dec 25, 1970

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).

36Season 2

S2.E36 ∙ Episode #2.36

Mon, Dec 28, 1970

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

37Season 2

S2.E37 ∙ The Alphabet with B.B. King

Tue, Dec 29, 1970

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.

38Season 2

S2.E38 ∙ Episode #2.38

Wed, Dec 30, 1970

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

39Season 2

S2.E39 ∙ Episode #2.39

Thu, Dec 31, 1970

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.

40Season 2

S2.E40 ∙ Episode 170

Fri, Jan 1, 1971

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.

41Season 2

S2.E41 ∙ Episode 171

Mon, Jan 4, 1971

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

42Season 2

S2.E42 ∙ Episode 172

Tue, Jan 5, 1971

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.

43Season 2

S2.E43 ∙ Episode #2.43

Wed, Jan 6, 1971

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.

44Season 2

S2.E44 ∙ Episode #2.44

Thu, Jan 7, 1971

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

45Season 2

S2.E45 ∙ Episode #2.45

Fri, Jan 8, 1971

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

46Season 2

S2.E46 ∙ Sesame Street with Flip Wilson

Mon, Jan 11, 1971

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.

47Season 2

S2.E47 ∙ Episode #2.47

Tue, Jan 12, 1971

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.

48Season 2

S2.E48 ∙ Episode #2.48

Wed, Jan 13, 1971

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.

49Season 2

S2.E49 ∙ Episode #2.49

Thu, Jan 14, 1971

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.

50Season 2

S2.E50 ∙ Miguel and Big Bird Make a Sign

Fri, Jan 15, 1971

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."