Sesame Street | |||||||
Oscar disguises himself as a little girl named Melody. | |||||||
Air date | March 6, 1972 | ||||||
Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Snuffleupagus makes a surprise visit to Big Bird, who really hopes to get everyone to finally see that his friend is not imaginary. Instead of bringing people to his nest, he decides to have Snuffy come to them instead. Mr. Snuffleupagus promises to stay put until Big Bird checks to see where everybody is. | |
Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) | |
SCENE 2 | Big Bird finds Luis, Susan, and the kids and eagerly tells him his plan. Though everybody doubts the existence of such an animal that Big Bird describes, they agree to stay put as Big Bird goes to get his supposed friend. Snuffy walks past where the group is sitting, but doesn't know that they've closed their eyes to imagine what Snuffy looks like (even remarking that they hear Snuffy's familiar traveling music)! Big Bird tries to get Snuffy to return, only to find out that he's left once again. | |
Cartoon | S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh. (First: Episode 0134) | |
Muppets | Old West sketches: A couple of cowboy Muppets meet the Alphabet Kid, who claims that he can write the alphabet faster than any man alive. To prove it, he quickly draws his crayon and speedily writes out the whole alphabet. (First: Episode 0307) | |
Cartoon | S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) | |
SCENE 3 | Oscar is tired of seeing the viewer and all the other happy people on Sesame Street, so he disguises himself as a little girl named Melody. Tom encounters “Melody,” who says that Oscar doesn't live there anymore. Tom catches on to Oscar's scheme and plays along, walking away with the ratty sneaker he was going to give to Oscar. Oscar can't resist and becomes himself again and calls Tom over. Tom flip-flops on whether to give the sneaker to Oscar or Melody, causing Oscar to duck in and out of costume over and over until he finally relents and claims the shoe for himself. | |
Song | "1-2-3-4-5!" (First: Episode 0144) | |
Muppets | "Five People in My Family" (First: Episode 0008) | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0323) | |
Film | How milk is made, featuring the song "Hey Cow." (edited) (First: Episode 0001) | |
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) | |
Transition | Bridge #10 – Bricks Bridge A (First: Episode 0286) | |
SCENE 4 | Luis sings “Tu Me Gustas” to a girl. | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: "It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Counting Sheep — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. (First: Episode 0276) | |
Transition | Bridge #11 – Bricks Bridge B (First: Episode 0286) | |
Celebrity | The New York Mets make 14 hits in a row, but miss on the 15th. (First: Episode 0167) | |
Cartoon | Country 5 (repeat) | |
Cast | Gordon demonstrates the different kind of outfit he might wear if were a farmer rather than a school teacher. (First: Episode 0244) | |
Cartoon | Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B. (First: Episode 0277) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "New Life." (First: Episode 0281) | |
Cast | Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting. (First: Episode 0284) | |
Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008) | |
SCENE 5 | At Hooper's Store, Ferris asks Tom for some toy cars or trucks for his friend's birthday. Tom has a range of toy cars and trucks of different sizes and colors, so Ferris narrows down his decision thusly. Tom is about to wrap them up when Ferris reveals that his friend's birthday isn't for three months. | |
Song | Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (First: Episode 0245) | |
Celebrity | The New York Mets make 4 hits in a row, but miss on the 5th. (First: Episode 0161) | |
Muppets | A salesman tries to sell Ernie a piece of pumpkin seed candy for a nickel. Ernie doesn't like pumpkin seed candy, so the salesman offers him a deal--a smaller piece of pumpkin seed candy is better because it will not disgust Ernie as much, and he can have that one for a nickel, too. This continues, until he succeeds in selling Ernie a piece of pumpkin seed candy so small that Ernie can't even see it. (First: Episode 0264) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby animals are fed milk. (First: Episode 0238) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet family arranges themselves in different ways. (First: Episode 0275) | |
Cartoon | A turtle, a bird, and a butterfly demonstrate small, smaller, and smallest. | |
Muppets | "Sammy the Snake" (First: Episode 0278) | |
Cast | Wally and Ralph: Wally tries to put on his new shirt, but can't fit his head through the buttoned opening because he's wearing his hat. Ralph instructs him to make his head smaller by squeezing it, but that doesn't work. Instead, Ralph tears off the entire collar section from the shirt, which makes it fit Wally. | |
Cartoon | S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh. (repeat) | |
SCENE 6 | The kids play in the yard while one of them announces the sponsors in voiceover. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while Tom holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Scene 3 was partially adapted into the 1975 book Oscar's Book.
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