Episode 0179
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| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Big Bird spells LOVE; Ernie performs "The Magic Apple" |
| Air date | January 14, 1971 |
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) |
| Sponsors | A, 7 |
| Syndication | |
| DVD | |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | | Miguel won't waste a second; he reveals a letter A. |
 | | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
 | | A is for ape. (First: Episode 0006) |
 | | Monsters look at a big A. (First: Episode 0083) |
 | | Susan and the kids sing a slow version of The Alphabet Song, while the alphabet is displayed on the front of 123 Sesame Street. |
 | | James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0002) |
 | | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. |
 | | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
 | | A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. (EKA: Episode 0158) |
  | | On the front wall of 123, Big Bird attempts to spell LOVE, but, as Susan points out, he has made OVEL. |
 | | The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters ask it to stop. (EKA: Episode 0162) |
 | | Lefty tries to sell Ernie a STOP sign. |
 | | Joe Raposo: Animals with tails. (First: Episode 0017) |
 | | The uses of water |
 | | The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. Some of this footage is used in I Love Being a Pig, but in a different order. |
  | | Bob reads a story which is acted out by Ernie, Bert and three Anything Muppets. Ernie plays a "poor but honest farm boy" who would like to marry a princess and live in a palace with Rubber Duckies and banana milkshakes. A fairy godmother grants him that wish, but only if he can pick a magic apple from a tree. A farmer attempts to help him get the apple, but doesn't succeed. Finally, Ernie rests under the tree until the apple falls into his mouth! Just then, a king arrives and chooses Ernie to marry his daughter, "the lovely Princess Gwendolinda" (Bert in drag!). |
 | | Miguel invites the viewers to take a close look at a tire. |
 | | Joe Raposo sings "Here's A Little Something". The object is a tire. |
  | | "Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (First: Episode 0024) |
 | | "Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004) |
 | | Tim Conway says, "One more time!" |
| | | "Octopus One-Man Band" (repeat) |
 | | Susan, Miguel, Bob and Mr. Hooper make four, and having only three apples means Mr. Hooper gets none. |
 | | "Jazz #7" (First: Episode 0012) |
 | | Roosevelt Franklin shows that he knows the "Days of the Week". (First: Episode 0107) |
| | | Jazz #7 (repeat) |
 | | A fairy godmother turns Cookie Monster into a handsome prince. He thinks it's ugly, and uses the wand to change her into her original form, Herry Monster wearing a wig. As monsters, they fall in love. |
 | | Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole! (First: Episode 0090) Released on Old School: Volume 1 |
| | | A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. (repeat) |
| | | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (repeat) |
| | | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (repeat) |
 | | During Ernie's naptime, Cookie Monster tries to steal and eat Ernie's pillow by distracting him with a bell. (First: Episode 0035) |
| | | A is for ape. (repeat) |
| | | A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A. (repeat) |
 | | Mr. Hooper sings Three of These Groups with groups of candy. |
 | | Charlie, an Anything Muppet, is lost and finds a policeman. It's his Uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman. |
  | | The cast tells what they use boxes for. Bob uses one to store his tools, Oscar uses one for a table, and Susan uses one to store her trash. A kid uses the toybox in the Courtyard to play in, and Little Bird eats out of a birdseed box. Mr. Hooper has a box to keep his boxes in. |
| | | "Octopus One-Man Band" (repeat) |
| | | Jazz #7 (repeat) |
| | | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (repeat) |
  | | With the kids, Susan plays basketball and Bob and Miguel play with blocks. Little Bird announces the sponsors. |
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