Sesame Street 1970 S.2 Ep.131 | Granny Grouch Visits | Zoo Trip | Guy Smiley | Jim Henson Muppets

Sesame Street (November 9, 1970, PBS) Season 2, Episode 131 recorded on VHS from Noggin in late 2002 via Comcast Cable in Eugene, Oregon.
Some detailed info that may or may not be helpful:
SCENE 1 Gordon finds Ernie and Bert arguing over which of them is taller. As a solution, Gordon lifts Ernie up so he's taller than Bert, yet he's outsized by Big Bird.
Celebrity Arte Johnson talks about short and tall.
Cartoon An N-terview with an N
Artist: John Paratore
SCENE 2 After Mr. Hooper spills a glass of milk, Big Bird sings "Everyone Makes Mistakes," followed by a parade of kids, Gordon, Susan, and Bob. Oscar (whose fur is now green) makes two brief cameos. When Big Bird climbs into his nest, he accidentally steps on a letter J, which the cast passes around.
Song Joe Raposo sings "J Jump."
SCENE 3 The cast throws the J from person to person. When it gets to Cookie Monster, he calls it a D. Gordon corrects him, but Cookie declares "D-licious!" and eats the J.
Celebrity Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together.
Film A film of kids riding their bikes to the zoo. The kids look at zoo animals.
When aired on Noggin, the last twenty seconds of this film was cut for time.
Cartoon Q -- that funny looking thing.
Celebrity Arte Johnson talks about Q and U.
Cartoon A dog learns about U.
Artist: John Paratore
Cast Larry and Phyllis try to sing, but Larry can only make a honking sound while Phyllis can only make a beeping sound.
Muppets Ernie & Bert - Ernie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers". To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy.
SCENE 4 Susan and Bob play "One of These Things" with Grover, using circles drawn on Big Bird's doors.
This scene includes a blooper in which Bob accidentally gets Grover's name wrong. After Bob makes a joke of it, the game continues.
Muppets Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles."
Celebrity Arte Johnson pops in for one more word.
Cartoon Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M
Song "Fireman Ready to Go"
Cartoon A polar bear learns what "EXIT" means.
Animation: John and Faith Hubley
Muppets Ernie & Bert - Bert complains that he can't sleep, because Ernie left the faucet dripping. Ernie drowns out the sound of the water dripping with louder noises.
Cartoon A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job.
Celebrity Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose."
Muppets Guy Smiley hosts the game show "What's My Part?". The contestant is Mr. Nose. The panelists -- Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic, and Cookie Monster -- don't know what a nose is, because none of them have noses.
SCENE 5 Bob informs Oscar that his grandmother, Granny Grouch, is coming to visit. Bob is surprised to hear that Oscar has a family just like people do. When Granny arrives, she kisses Oscar on the cheek, since he hates it so much. He offers her a cup of hot mud during her stay.
Celebrity The stars of Bonanza -- Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, and Dan Blocker -- count up to 20.
Muppets Grover, lost in a scary forest, sings "I Whistle a Happy Tune" to keep his spirits up. He bumps into a monster -- but it's Cookie Monster, who happily joins in the song. Then they run into a little boy, and they run away, panicked.
Cartoon K is for kiss.
Animation: John and Faith Hubley
Muppets Ernie opens his lunchbox and finds that half of his chicken salad sandwich is missing. Sherlock Hemlock, the world's greatest detective, investigates this fiendish crime. It turns out that Sherlock himself ate half of Ernie's sandwich.
SCENE 6 The cast waves goodbye. Bob announces the sponsors.
CLOSING SIGNS Bob and Gordon hold up the Sesame Street sign while Susan and Mr. Hooper hold up the CTW sign.