| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Oscar goes fishing | |||||||||
| Air date | May 25, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird finishes up a phone call with Oscar, who asks to borrow some string from him. Susan had got a call from him earlier, asking for a safety pin. Gordon arrives with a stick, also requested from Oscar. Big Bird thinks Oscar is going to use them to pop balloons and knock down kites in the park, but Gordon realizes that Oscar wants to go fishing, and uses the objects to make a fishing pole. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar, wearing a fisherman’s hat, announces that he’s going fishing with his friend Melvin Meanie. Gordon asks Oscar if he will use worms for bait, and Oscar says of course not - some of his best friends are worms, especially Slimey! Instead, he won't use any bait. Oscar says that he and Melvin have packed their sandwiches (cauliflower and marshmallow on pumpernickel), and he heads off to the swamp. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Grover tries to show some monsters that they need to be on both sides of a rope in order to have a proper game of tug-o-war. (First: Episode 0261) |
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SCENE 3 | Upon his return Oscar proudly shows off his catch, which doesn't include any fish -- he and Melvin went fishing for junk. Oscar shows off his most prized catch: a wet, stringed collection of rusty tin cans and old shoes. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: X for X-ray (First: Episode 0064) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Bottlecap Collection — Bert shows off his bottlecap collection to Ernie, who remembers that he found a Figgy Fizz bottle cap -- the very one that Bert needed to complete his collection.(First: Episode 0240) |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn invites Grover to dinner, but Grover can't come without Herry, who can't come without Cookie Monster, so Prairie invites all three of them until she learns that they are not cats. (First: Episode 0248) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob encounters Willy, and asks him for two hot dogs – one for him, and one for David. From the window, Susan asks for two for herself and Kim, making four hot dogs total. Mr. Hooper asks for one and Gordon asks for two, now adding up to 7 hot dogs. Bob remembers that Oscar asked for one as well, making a total of 8 hot dogs altogether. Bob specifies the toppings, with Oscar wanting sardine sauce, garlic, sweet and sour sauce, rhubarb... |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles." (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan shows pictures of people and animals in various situations, and has the kids (joined by Oscar) determine which mouth shape has the appropriate expression to go on the illustrated children. |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates happy. (First: Episode 0142) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — During the rain, Ernie stands under an umbrella explaining how the weather makes him feel happy, sad, and mad. Bert has been trying to get under the umbrella with him, telling Ernie that all it has made him feel is wet. Ernie wonders why he doesn't have his umbrella; Bert explains that it's because Ernie is using it. Ernie thanks him and leaves Bert sneezing in the rain. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates sad. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Animation | Today's Secret Drawing is an astronaut. (First: Episode 0193) |
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Film | Jerry Nelson introduces the letters U and N. Other letters join them and become SUN, RUN and FUN. (First: Episode 0230) |
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Film | A film of things that make sounds, including birds and farm animals. Is silence a sound? (edited) (First: Episode 0002) |
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Muppets | "The UN Family Song" (First: Episode 0155) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob talks to the kids about rhythm, and hands out a tambourine, a musical triangle, and a pot to Troy, David, and Cassandra to make percussion rhythms of their own. They end up doing an impromptu performance of "One of These Things." |
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Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids count 20 penguins going down a slide. (First: Episode 0232) |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | A worm declares that the word "worm" is the only important word that begins with "W". A walrus retaliates by dumping a bucket of water on it. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Gordon asks Ernie to put three balls and a balloon into four small boxes. When Ernie learns the trick, he tries to play the game with Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Cartoon | The uses of water (First: Episode 0139) |
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SCENE 7 | Gordon holds up a toy car for Jill and Cassandra, noting that it can’t go over water by itself; it needs a bridge. |
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Film | "Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." Music: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro," The Swingle Singers (First: Episode 0140) |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber. (First: Episode 0045) |
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Celebrity | Flip Wilson shows how his teacher, Miss Johnson, taught the ABCs. (First: Episode 0151) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie has a plate full of cookies that is near him. Ernie walks away from the cookies that is far from him. While Ernie is far, Cookie Monster eats the plate full of cookies. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Film | George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch. (First: Episode 0235) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057) |
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SCENE 8 | Bob and the kids make up a goodbye song with their instruments. More kids join and they play and clap along with the closing music, with Jay conducting. Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan and Oscar hold the Sesame Street sign, and Ernie and Bert hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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