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.
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.