Sesame Street – “Circles Become Cat and Mouse”

Jun 14, 2021

Original Air Date: circa early 1970s

Synopsis: A pink circle becomes a cat who chases a mouse made from a blue circle.

Cartoon Cat: The circle divides in two and becomes a cat who preens itself.

Sesame Street - Circles Become Mouse and Cat - pink cat made of divided circle
Sesame Street - Circles Become Mouse and Cat - pink cat made of divided circle preening

A small blue ball is bouncing nearby and the cat plays with it.

Sesame Street - Circles Become Mouse and Cat - pink cat made of divided circle playing with blue ball

The ball then splits in two and becomes a mouse. The cat tickles its chin before taking chase.

Sesame Street - Circles Become Mouse and Cat - pink cat made of divided circle watching blue ball divide
Sesame Street - Circles Become Mouse and Cat - pink cat approaching blue mouse made of divided circles
Sesame Street - Circles Become Mouse and Cat - pink cat tickling chin of blue mouse made of divided circles
Sesame Street - Circles Become Mouse and Cat - pink cat chasing blue mouse made of divided circles

The cat catches and eats the mouse. When they turn back into circles, the blue ball is inside the pink ball.

Sesame Street - Circles Become Mouse and Cat - pink cat after eating blue mouse made of divided circles

Final Mewsings: Cats dig geometry.

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