| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar wants a job that allows him to blast a siren; Big Bird the lion tamer | |||||||
| Air date | January 26, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Luis hear the very loud sound of a siren coming from Oscar's trash can. Sure enough, Oscar is enjoying the sound it makes as he cranks his own personal siren, but everyone insists that he cut out the racket. A police car passes, and Oscar wants to know why policemen can have a siren and he can't. Luis explains the important reasons why, and Oscar decides to become a policeman. |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073) |
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SCENE 2 | Again, the sound of a siren blasts through Sesame Street. When Luis and Gordon come to complain, they discover Oscar (wearing a policeman's cap and badge) happily playing with his siren. If policemen can have sirens, then Oscar will be a policeman -- that is, until Luis and Gordon remind him that policemen have to do nice things for people. This thought destroys Oscar's desire to be a policeman. An ambulance blaring a siren passes by, and Oscar has a new idea. He'll become a doctor! |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift (First: Episode 0207) |
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SCENE 3 | Now wearing a stethoscope and a Red Cross marked on his trash can lid, Oscar continues to crank away at his siren for his new career, until he's reminded that doctors have to help people, and have to be nice, too. Luis has an idea, and begins to confer with Gordon. |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis has the perfect solution to Oscar's siren problem -- they have attached a funnel and a tube to the front of the siren, and connected it with a pair of earphones! Now Oscar can blast away at his siren without disturbing anyone. Oscar has a small problem hearing what's being said when he's wearing the earphones, though. |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and Grover talk about "AN" words. Herbert demonstrates the words themselves, while Grover provides visual aids. The first word they talk about is RAN. While Herbert talks about how to make the word, Grover keeps running around the scene until he tires himself out. (First: Episode 0160) |
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Cartoon | M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) |
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Muppets | Herbert now makes the word "CAN," so Grover makes a stack of them, which he knocks over. (First: Episode 0160) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (Spanish) (First: Episode 0193) |
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Muppets | Finally, Herbert makes the word "FAN." Grover brings in a fan that blows them both away. (First: Episode 0160) |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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Film | Kids narrate a visit to an automobile factory, and watch a taxi being made. (First: Episode 0186) |
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SCENE 5 | Molly plays "Here Are Some Things" with the kids, using pictures of different-sized envelopes. |
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Cartoon | Marvelous Martha knows many words that start with the letter "M". (First: Episode 0013) |
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Celebrity | Pat Paulsen says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0067) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cast | Bob and Gordon assemble a fractured number 10. (First: Episode 0120) |
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Muppets | Old West: The James Twins, who do everything together (even the speaking), arrive at the saloon and demand some "mu" and "sick." The patrons don't understand until they put the two parts together. |
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SCENE 6 | On the stoop, Maria asks Antonio, Big Bird, and the kids if they'd like to hear a record. All say yes, especially Big Bird, who's all set to dance to the music. Maria explains that the record doesn't contain music, but sounds. She puts it on and tells the kids to guess the sounds, which include a train, a dog barking, an airplane, and a lion roaring; Big Bird's answers are silly and all wrong. |
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Cartoon | A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak". (First: Episode 0301) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Genelle count to 20. (First: Episode 0289) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird tries to walk on Sesame Street without stepping on the cracks when he hears the sound of an airplane. Remembering the sound from Maria's records, he thinks he's hearing a lion. He leaves to get his lion tamer equipment. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Y is for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0036) |
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SCENE 8 | Dressed in a safari helmet and wielding a makeshift whip, Big Bird prepares to protect Sesame Street from his imaginary lion. Molly tries to convince Big Bird that there are no lions on Sesame Street. Big Bird hears another plane and mistakes it for a flying lion, but Molly corrects him. He decides to keep his lion tamer outfit anyway, just in case an airplane comes to Sesame Street. |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot thinks that Grover is talking about the letter M whenever he makes an Mmmmm sound, but Grover is only making the sound because he ate peanut butter and got his mouth stuck shut. (First: Episode 0276) |
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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 man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen! Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0276) |
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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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Muppets | A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0243) |
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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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Cartoon | M is for Moo (repeat) |
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Muppets | Bob meets Samuel Snively, a circle salesman who can't tell the difference between a circle, square, and triangle. (First: Episode 0166) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 |
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Cartoon | Marvelous Martha (repeat) |
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Film | Kids count to 5 using groups of animals at the zoo. (First: Episode 0288) |
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SCENE 9 | Maria demonstrates to the kids the difference between in an out with the help of a Jack-in-the-box. She invites Oscar to play but he refuses, though he keeps popping in and out of his can to watch. He's not thrilled when she points out when Oscar's in or out of his can. |
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Muppets | Grover has a box that can make the sound "ding-ding". However Grover can't make it to sound right so he attempts to fix it. When it's fixed and says "ding-ding", Cookie Monster comes because he thinks he heard the dinner bell ring and eats the box. (First: Episode 0286) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates in and out. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #13: A square crosses into the path of the dots, causing them to huddle around it (First: Episode 0299) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Prairie dog Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283) |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn and a Anything Muppet boy named Walter enter an old house. Walter says that it's a haunted house. However, Prairie comforts him by saying it's just an old house. He gets scared by everything that happens while Prairie has an explanation for all of it. When they spot a little mouse Prairie gets scared and runs away, while Walter tells the mouse not to be scared. (First: Episode 0252) |
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Film | Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up! (First: Episode 0149) |
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SCENE 10 | Molly gives a toodaloo to the viewer as she passes the kids playing in the yard. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria and Tom hold the Sesame Street sign, while Molly and Oscar hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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