Episode 0262

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Sesame Street
Plot	Sesame Street holds a Pet Show.
Air date	May 11, 1971
Season	Season 2 (1970-1971)
Sponsors	H, 11
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• Tom introduces the ET family.

• The Anything Muppets sing "The Word Family Song" about the "ET" sound.

• There's a Pet Show on Sesame Street, and everybody proudly shows off their pets -- including Oscar the Grouch, who enters his pet, Slimey the Worm.

• Cartoon: What if a dog and a bird switched bodies?

• Cartoon: A woman explains the letter H and its use in "horseshoe", when a horse comes to reclaim his shoe and starts tickling the woman. (First: Episode 0020)

• Little Bird plays an imagination game on the Street.

• Ernie and Bert: Ernie eats the cake that Bert was planning to eat. Bert sees some icing on Ernie's mouth, a bib around his neck, and a fork and knife in Ernie's hand, and Ernie tells Bert that a monster came in, ate Bert's cake, and put the evidence on Ernie. Bert doesn't believe Ernie's lie and gets another piece of cake, but when he leaves the room, Beautiful Day Monster comes in and does exactly what Ernie told Bert happened to the first piece. Ernie tries to explain, but Bert doesn't believe him. (First: Episode 0119)

• Gordon and Tom cooperate to stack blocks.

• Cartoon: "Poverty H" -- an orange figure tries to talk about the letter H, but a yellow figure keeps listing H words. (First: Episode 0020)

• Cartoon: A man (voiced by Gary Owens) explains how H starts the word "Hello", which is then demonstrated by people calling him and asking for someone named Harold. (First: Episode 0020)

• Speech Balloon: "H" -- Hole (First: Episode 0080)

• Tom explains the difference between capital and small "H".

• Hubley animation: "H"

• Ernie and Bert: Lefty the Salesman sells Ernie some air. When Ernie wants to show it to Bert, Bert accidentally causes Ernie to drop it. According to Bert (who didn't know what Ernie had), "It's not like it dropped into thin air". But Ernie insists that it did. (First: Episode 0118)

• Sesame Street Animal Films: Animal tails. (First: Episode 0017)

• Three Muppet hands count to 11.

• An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down.

• Susan and the Kids talk about things that make them feel proud.

• Kermit sings "Bein' Green". (First: Episode 0087)

• Cartoon: A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor.

• Gordon shows the difference between "above" and "below".

• George the Farmer demonstrates "above" and "below" on his farm.

• The Anything Muppets sing Up, Up and Away. (First: Episode 0049)

• Roosevelt Franklin knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0103)

• Film: A boy uses his wagon as a pretend bus, and explains to his friend that his dad is a real bus driver. Footage of his father working shows what a bus driver does.

• Animation: BUS STOP

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