Episode 0731

	Sesame Street
	Oscar pretends to be a pirate.
Air date	February 3, 1975
Season	Season 6 (1974-1975)
Production	October 23, 1974
Sponsors	B, Y, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird is feeding some cabbages to Mr. Snuffleupagus. He runs out, but Snuffy is still hungry, so Big Bird offers to get some more from his friends around the street.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Big Bird finds Gordon and Susan, and asks them for cabbage. They learn it's for the Snuffleupagus and immediately turn him down, saying they can't waste real cabbages on an imaginary friend. The two make it clear to Big Bird that Snuffy isn't real like them; he's imaginary. Big Bird takes their words to heart and goes back to his nest to break the news to Snuffy.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	He returns to the nest, convinced Snuffy is merely a "fig newton" of his imagination, though Snuffy insists he's real. Big Bird starts to break down and cry as he declares the two will be parting ways forever. As he sulks down the street, he runs into a group of kids and explains what's got him down. The kids all believe Snuffy is real and drag him back to the nest where Snuffy is sobbing over his now-broken friendship. Big Bird begins to feel Snuffy and decides he's real after all. They hug and declare themselves best friends forever. Big Bird had previously been convinced that Snuffy was imaginary in Episode 0361.
	Muppets	Anything Muppets sing "How Do You Get From Here to There?" (First: Episode 0374)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: A lobster and a crab. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0317)
	Cartoon	"Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416)
	Film	A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit. (First: Episode 0614)
	Animation	Sand B/b (First: Episode 0627)
	Film	A man makes a shadow puppet of a cow. (First: Episode 0630)
	Cartoon	B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath. (First: Episode 0355)
	Film	A man makes a shadow puppet of a parrot. (First: Episode 0601)
	Muppets	The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. (First: Episode 0545)
	SCENE 2	As Gordon watches the Kids play, he muses about having a child of his own and sings "A Kid Like You."
	Cartoon	Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Swinging Gibbon (First: Episode 0009)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin talks about pride in a story about a duck who had "bad luck to be born a duck." (First: Episode 0592)
	Film	Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. (First: Episode 0008)
	Cartoon	Clouds that look like things. (First: Episode 0211)
	Film	An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (First: Episode 0429)
	Cartoon	A boxer explains the letter "B." (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0237)
	Celebrity	Lorne Greene and the Bonanza cast subtract two horses from three horses to equal one horse. (First: Episode 0150)
	Cartoon	A boxer explains the letter "B." (Spanish remake) (First: Episode 0355)
	Muppets	Grover sees his shadow follow him around, and thinks it's a person following him. However, Herbert Birdsfoot explains what a shadow is. (First: Episode 0221)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: What do birds eat? (First: Episode 0495)
	Celebrity	The stars of Bonanza appear: Hoss and Mr. Cartwright take turns saying letters of the alphabet; Little Joe rides up in time for Z. (First: Episode 0136)
	Insert	Five signs are counted forward and backward as they appear on the stoop, followed by five kids holding the signs. (First: Episode 0417)
	Cartoon	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443)
	Insert	Five kids appear on the stoop, rising up one step each time a new kid is added. They are then counted backwards. (First: Episode 0417)
	Muppets / Cast	Kermit's Lectures: Bob holds an American bullfrog and asks Kermit to talk about frogs. However, due to living a somewhat different life than normal frogs, what Kermit says about frogs is somewhat incorrect; for example, Kermit believes that frogs eat fried chicken and pizza, and live in apartment houses. (First: Episode 0277)
	Cartoon	Before and after: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (First: Episode 0631)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR." (First: Episode 0601)
	Cartoon	Antes y despues: Several kids are sad, but become happy when a fruit vendor appears. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0631)
	Cast	David charms a 1 and a 2 out of their baskets to form a 12. (First: Episode 0504)
	SCENE 3	Maria strolls out of 123 Sesame Street and bangs her shoulder on a plank jutting from the crates by Oscar's trash can. She sees a Jolly Roger flag planted by it and gathers that Oscar is playing pirate. Sure enough, Oscar appears from his can in pirate gear, brandishing a wooden sword, and calling himself "Oswald, King of the Pirates." Maria points out the plank hurt her and asks him to remove it lest it hurt someone else, but "Oswald" refuses to comply. She threatens that he'd better get rid of by the time she gets back or she'll do it herself. Susan and Gordon then happen past and Susan walks right into it. They deliver him a similar threat to remove it, but their words mean nothing to the pirate.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: Y is for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0036)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants to have some cookies. Bert asks Ernie if he knows what "before" means, and Ernie demonstrates by saying that before he can have a cookie, he has to open the lid to a cookie jar, and after he closes the lid, he eats the cookie. He demonstrates a few times, until he loses his appetite for dinner. (First: Episode 0007)
	SCENE 4	Oscar uses his telescope to find the first victim he can submit to walk the plank into the sea of pretend sharks. Count von Count appears and gladly takes part in the game. Oscar pokes him with the sword as the Count counts the pokes and steps until he falls off the plank. He hops right back up to count them again, to Oscar's chagrin. The Count proceeds to walk the plank a third time, as Oscar sighs, "I shoulda keelhauled him instead."
	Cartoon	Today's Secret Drawing is a fireman. (First: Episode 0200)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie to put away his toys, and Ernie devises a system of arranging them. Unfortunately, all the categories he names apply only to his toy fire engine. (First: Episode 0281)
	Cartoon	King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345)
	Film	Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408)
	SCENE 5	Oscar starts sawing the plank, unable to endure any more of the Count's counting. As the Count makes his 29th walk across the plank, it finally snaps loose. Susan announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Oscar and The Count hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.