Episode 0008

	Sesame Street
	B treasure hunt; Ernie erases Cookie Monster
Air date	November 19, 1969
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Production	October 15, 1969
Sponsors	A, B, X, 4, 5
Syndication	Sesame Street Unpaved

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon and Sally are on a B treasure hunt: they've found a ball and a blue box. Mr. Hooper is stumped.
	Film	Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises
	SCENE 2	Mr. Hooper realizes that Big Bird starts with B. He asks Big Bird to come to his store with him, but redacts once he realizes that he's also holding a banana. When Big Bird feels less important than a banana, Mr. Hooper changes his mind again, pointing out that Big Bird is bigger than a banana.
	Song	"B is for Bubble."
	SCENE 3	Susan has a B word too -- she's bought bread for sandwiches.
	Cast	Buddy and Jim make a sandwich.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 1 — Ernie tries to remember how to write an X while he waits for Bert to show him.
	SCENE 4	Susan and the kids sing "If You're Happy and You Know It".
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 2 — Ernie has conjured a physical X for himself just as Bert returns to tell him about a monster who ate all his bacon.
	Cartoon	"Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges. (First: Episode 0003)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 3 — Ernie erases his chalkboard.
	Cartoon	A boy counts while erasing things and people.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 4 — Ernie warns the monster to get out of here, or he'll erase him.
	Cartoon	A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie's X Part 5 — The monster hasn't left yet, so Ernie makes good on his promise to erase him.
	SCENE 5	Mr. Hooper shows Gordon and Sally the chair that he's built. Gordon points out that it only has three legs.
	Cartoon	Jazz #4 (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 6	Mr. Hooper brings back the chair, this time with four legs. He has also built a wagon, which Gordon notices only has three wheels.
	Cartoon	Jazz #4 (repeat)
	SCENE 7	Mr. Hooper has fixed the wagon. He gives Gordon an apple, which begins with the letter A.
	Cartoon	A man displays a capital and lowercase A and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006)
	SCENE 8	Gordon shows the kids a rabbit. The rabbit is an animal, which also begins with A. He then introduces the next segment to the viewers.
	Film	A wombat scratches its four legs. (Gordon in voiceover counts how many legs the wombat has)
	SCENE 9	Susan plays a game with Arianna in Gordon and Susan's apartment. Arianna closes her eyes, and tries to guess what Susan is doing by listening to the sounds.
	Film	"Noises" A boy named Mark has a pair of magic glasses that helps him listen to the sounds of an ice cream truck, a dog, a horse galloping, a bicycle, and a parrot.
	Cast	Bob sings "5 Fingers on My Left Hand" (to the tune of "5 People in My Family").
	Cartoon	Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0007)
	SCENE 10	Gordon invites the viewer on a trip to the seashore, pointing out that there will be animals to spot. cut from the Noggin version
	Film	"Boy at Beach" A boy walks on the beach, and sees a sandpiper, a crab, a hermit crab, and other animals. cut from the Noggin version
	Cartoon	Jazz #5 (repeat) cut from the Noggin version
	Muppets	"Five People in My Family"
	SCENE 11	Susan and Sally figure out who's short and who's tall; Big Bird shows up and blows them all out of the water. The three of them then take a minute to marvel a flower that Big Bird picked for Susan, to which the latter points out how fun it is to look at one real close, leading to the following segment...
	Film	A film shows different parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Balls and Boxes — Gordon asks Ernie to put three balls and a balloon into four small boxes.
	Cartoon	B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
	SCENE 12	Gordon and Steve pretend to drive various transportation vehicles.
	Film	Transportation (First: Episode 0005)
	SCENE 13	Bob shows the kids a lamb. The kids name it Sesame. Gordon tells the viewers that they need to feed the lamb, and signs off. Susan announces the sponsors (except for 4).
	CLOSING SIGNS	A group of Muppet hippies (including a bearded hippie) holds the Sesame Street and Children's Television Workshop signs.