Episode 0129

	Sesame Street
	Oscar hosts the show
Air date	May 7, 1970
Season	Season 1 (1969-1970)
Sponsors	P, R, 9
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Oscar pops up during the opening theme sequence, trying to direct the filmed children elsewhere.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Oscar gets to his can, and is taking over the show while Gordon and Susan are at work. He displays the letters P and R and points out the difference between them. He looks up and sees Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter R. (First: Episode 0014)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog is about to talk about the letter R, until Cookie Monster karate chops one of the legs off, turning it into a P. When Kermit threatens to tell the monster's mommy, Cookie reassembles the broken letter back to the letter "R".
	Film	Kids paint various animals that begin with "P" on a window. (First: Episode 0119)
	Muppets	Ernie and Lefty the Salesman have an argument over the letters "R" and "P."
	Cartoon	R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... (new music added) Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011)
	Film	Kids paint a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0057)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs. (First: Episode 0103)
	SCENE 2	Oscar gathers the kids around to tell them a story. The kids sit near his can, but he tells them to move far back.
	Muppets	Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057)
	Muppets	Kermit and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far".
	SCENE 3	The kids are now far enough from Oscar's can. Oscar tells them the story of the day Bert lost his nose.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie holds a hanky while Bert sneezes -- and Bert's nose comes off in Ernie's hand. Ernie teases Bert by putting his nose back in the wrong places. (First: Episode 0026)
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Oscar laughs out loud, also recalling the time Ernie lost his nose.
	Muppets	Bert says that he and Ernie are looking at the "Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." Ernie, disagreeing, walks closer and closer to the camera to see. His face begins to black out the screen...but when he moves back into view, his nose is missing! (First: Episode 0005)
	SCENE 3 cont'd	Oscar plays a "One of These Things" game with the kids, using pictures of Ernie — three with a nose on him, one without. He plays a second round using three pictures of circles and one of a square.
	Cast	Buddy and Jim struggle with round and square window frames. (First: Episode 0009)
	Muppets	Hunt for Happiness: Helen Happy tells Harold Happy that she has mud on her sneaker. (First: Episode 0112)
	Film	"Where a Letter Goes" -- a film about mail delivery. (First: Episode 0120)
	Muppets	Grandmother Happy suggests that Helen wipe the mud off her sneaker with a rag... but now... there's mud on the rag! (First: Episode 0112)
	Film	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016)
	Cast	The cast assembles a large number 9.
	Celebrity	Ruby Dee counts to 20.
	Muppets	Grandmother Happy tells Harold to wash the mud off the rag with soap. It works... but now there's mud on the soap! Grandmother Happy gives up. (First: Episode 0112)
	Muppets	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Grocer and Doctor. (First: Episode 0067)
	SCENE 4	Susan comes home from work. She was just taking care of Mrs. Hughes's baby. Oscar isn't too keen on babies.
	Film	A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0096)
	SCENE 4 cont'd	Susan is surprised that Oscar didn't like the babies in the previous segment. She points him to another film, with animal babies.
	Film	Joe Raposo: What Babies Are Called (First: Episode 0116)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. (First: Episode 0034)
	Film	Balloon bridge (First: Episode 0105)
	Muppets	Kermit and Professor Hastings discuss the importance of exercise.
	SCENE 5	Susan asks Oscar to say goodbye with her, but he's done enough today.