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| Oscar wants Mr. Hooper's rotten apples; Molly's favorite K word is "kiss" | |||||||
| Air date | December 29, 1971 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar calls Mr. Hooper, asking for some rotten apples. He has a whole crate waiting for Oscar, who hangs up too early when Mr. Hooper tries to tell him that he has to sweep up the store before he can deliver them. |
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Cartoon | K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppet boys are in the park, playing Hide and Seek. One hides while the other says the alphabet. Unfortunately, he doesn't know the whole alphabet, so he asks for help when he gets stuck. The other boy has to come out of his hiding place to help him finish the alphabet. He helps with Z, and then gets caught. (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Hooper has finished sweeping and leaves to deliver the rotten apples to Oscar's trash can. At the same time Oscar, tired of waiting for the apples, walks in his can over to the store; neither of them sees where the other is going. At the store, Oscar encounters David and assumes Mr. Hooper went home without delivering the apples, but David points out that he never does that without closing the store. Oscar then assumes that Mr. Hooper kept the rotten apples for himself, which David says is unlikely. Finally, Mr. Hooper catches up with Oscar and is upset that Oscar wasn't where he said he was going to be. Oscar rectifies this and agrees to go back to his can area, further maddening Mr. Hooper. |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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Film | An osprey flies around. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 3 | David and Antonio find a plate with a half-eaten piece of blueberry pie near several kids playing in the yard. David asks how someone like Sherlock Holmes or Dick Tracy would solve the mystery, and line up the kids to look for clues. By observing the dubious clue of a blueberry smear on one particular girl's face, they see who the pie belongs to. |
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Muppets | Grover uses his airplane to demonstrate "above" and "below." (First: Episode 0149) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: K - Key (First: Episode 0040) |
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SCENE 4 | Molly asks Luis if he knows her favorite word that starts with the letter K. Luis guesses it's "king," but Molly kisses him on the cheek and tells him that the word is "kiss." |
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Cartoon | "K" - Kangaroo - A man (voiced by Gary Owens) explains what a kangaroo is, and ends up in the pouch of one. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Cast | Part 1: Tom has blocks and Gordon has a truck. How can they play on the same table without getting in each other's way? (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0244) |
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Cast | Part 2: Tom and Gordon figure out how to get the truck through the blocks. (First: Episode 0294) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis is taking his alarm clock to be repaired, but Big Bird can't see anything wrong with it. He notes how everything on the outside looks like it should, from the numbers on the face to the buttons on the back. He tries to wind the clock, only to discover that it falls apart when it's wound up. |
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Film | George the Farmer shows embedded shapes using drawing of geometric forms and household objects with the same shape. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Muppets | The Busby Twins buy a candle from the shopkeeper. (First: Episode 0293) |
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SCENE 6 | Molly asks David if he knows her favorite word that starts with the letter K. After David guesses that it's "kid," she kisses him on the cheek and tells him the word is "kiss." |
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Cartoon | "Poverty K" - Karen the Kangaroo talks about words that start with the letter K. Featuring the sped-up voice of Gene Moss. (First: Episode 0142) |
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Muppets | "K" Cheer #2 (First: Episode 0101) |
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Cartoon | A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten. (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis displays a miniature model of a skeleton to the kids. He explains that everybody has bones inside them, and introduces the next film… |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cuppycakes — Cookie Monster keeps stealing the "cuppycakes" that Ernie is trying to photograph. (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 8 | Molly talks with Robin, Nicole, Chris, and Joe about their fears. Molly said she used to be afraid of skeletons (like the model Luis brings over), until she realized that everyone has a skeleton inside them. |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241) |
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Film | Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: K - Key (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | Number 12 quickies:
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin." (First: Episode 0135) |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (repeat) |
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SCENE 10 | Mr. Hooper washes his dishes in two tubs, one for washing and one for rinsing. He explains to Richie that he doesn't use running water so that he conserves clean water. Richie is impressed, and runs out yelling to his mother to stop washing dishes the way she's been doing. |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (repeat) |
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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) |
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SCENE 11 | Big Bird hands Molly a letter with no envelope. Molly explains to Big Bird that all letters that go through the mail must be in an envelope with a stamp and an address on it, and helps him with such. Big Bird then says the letter is actually for her, inviting her to dinner at his nest. |
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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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Cartoon | "K" - Kangaroo (repeat) |
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SCENE 12 | David plays a game where he claps out a rhythm at the head of a line of kids. Each kid passes the rhythm along from person to person until it reaches Mr. Hooper, and see if the rhythm Mr. Hooper claps out is the same one David started with. The youngest kid at the end of the line doesn't quite copy it perfectly, so the others repeat it for Mr. Hooper. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty K" (repeat) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262) |
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Muppets | Ernie finds a big yellow ball, which belongs to Herry Monster. (First: Episode 0191) |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (repeat) |
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SCENE 13 | Molly asks Oscar the same question she asked Luis and David: Does he know her favorite word that begins with the letter K? He guesses "kick," and when she kisses him and tells him the word is "kiss," Oscar is very upset and yells at her for kissing him. |
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Cartoon | A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten. (repeat) |
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Song | Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?" (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 14 | Molly wipes the kiss off of Oscar's cheek. While apologizing, she absent-mindedly kisses him again, and Oscar recoils again back into his can. Molly signs off as she considers blowing kisses instead, and Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar and Molly hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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