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| Oscar hires Cookie Monster to make Grouch food | |||||||
| Air date | February 24, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan notices a "HELP WANTED" sign on Oscar's trash can. Oscar explains that he's not much of a cook, and that he's hired someone to cook Grouch food. To their surprise, the one who responds to the ad is Cookie Monster, dressed in a chef's hat and apron and humming "Whistle While You Work." |
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Cartoon | Letter U salesman (First: Episode 0202) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar observes how Cookie Monster makes dinner as Cookie mixes dough, milk, and other ingredients together. Oscar becomes nauseated when he finds out he's making cookies. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty U” (First: Episode 0036) |
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Cartoon | "That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279) |
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SCENE 3 | Cookie Monster has baked lots and lots of cookies, all boxed up and ready to go. Maria and the kids explain that not everybody likes cookies as much as he does, especially Oscar. Cookie begins to sob, when Tom arrives wanting to take some cookies due to a low supply at Hooper's Store. He offers to trade Oscar a can of sour pickles for a couple of boxes, which perks Oscar up. He fires Cookie Monster on the spot, who decides to eat the rest of the inventory. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie and the Man Who Needs Help — Ernie has trouble understanding Simon Soundman, who's having car trouble. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Celebrity | The stars of Bonanza -- Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, and Dan Blocker -- count up to 20. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 4 | Tom encounters Big Bird trying to fix his door so it doesn't squeak. He brings over his toolbox and Big Bird tries to select the right tool to fix it – which isn't a saw, or a hammer, but an oil can. |
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Cartoon | A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0247) |
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Cast | A voice narrates as:
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Transition | A circle appears on screen, expanding like a balloon until it pops. (First: Episode 0105) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Everybody's Different — Ernie wonders what it would be like if everyone was exactly the same. (First: Episode 0166) |
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Cartoon | A dog learns about U. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan sings "Here Are Some Things" while sorting a group of three pentagons, with the choice of a pentagon or a triangle. |
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Muppets | Herry Monster finds Betty Lou crying: the other kids teased her because she doesn't know the difference between near and far. Herry helps her by placing three little boys in a row: the one who is nearest will get a surprise. When the surprise turns out to be a kiss, the boys start running far away from Herry. Betty Lou thanks Herry and gives him a kiss. (First: Episode 0279) |
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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 | The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Part 1 of 2 The Country Mouse lives peacefully on the farm when his cousin, the City Mouse, comes to visit. The City Mouse is appalled that his cousin lives in a haystack, eats acorns, and listens to birdsong. He invites his cousin to come visit him in the city. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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Muppets | The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Part 2 of 2 The Country Mouse visits the City Mouse's apartment, and finds that his cousin eats pizza, doesn't mind traffic sounds, and listens to groovy music on his stereo. The Country Mouse is startled when he hears a cat. The City Mouse sighs, "Oh, that's just the cat. That means he's hungry, and he wants to catch us and eat us for dinner." Horrified, the Country Mouse goes back to the country, where he's safe. The City Mouse offers the cat a bite of pizza. (First: Episode 0314) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird tells Chris about a friend of his, in the form of a poem. The friend turns out to be a walrus... |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus (First: Episode 0296) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far". (First: Episode 0129) |
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Film | A little horse gets near and far from the camera. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far". (Spanish dub) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Film | A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod (First: Episode 0281) |
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Celebrity | Lorne Greene from Bonanza demonstrates near and far on his horse. (First: Episode 0161) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Near and Far Cookies — Cookie Monster takes Ernie's cookies while he is far away. (First: Episode 0217) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan shows three pictures -- a hospital room, a burning building, and a farmyard -- and identifies the picture of the person (nurse, fireman and farmer) who belongs in each particular scene. |
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Cartoon | A man winds up a toy person and orders it to GO, until the toy snaps back and makes him GO. |
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Cartoon | "Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0283) cut from the Max version |
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SCENE 8 | Maria sings a lullaby in Spanish, which puts Mrs. Aguillo's baby and Oscar to sleep. |
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Film | Joe Raposo: What Babies Are Called (First: Episode 0096) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Transition | Bridge #14 - Hourglass Slow/Fill (First: Episode 0303) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet presents the letter U. Another Muppet repeatedly insists, "That's not a 'me,' that's a U!" (First: Episode 0048) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes is far away, while a monster is near. She gets closer to the monster and accidentally steps on his foot, then ends up in his jaw. (Spanish dub) |
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SCENE 9 | Big Bird hurries over to say goodbye, and Harvey Kneeslapper announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Cookie Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, while Susan and Gordon hold the CTW sign. |
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