Episode 0364

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird takes Oscar's place as the resident Grouch
Air date	March 16, 1972
Season	Season 3 (1971-1972)
Sponsors	O, V, 2

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Oscar informs Molly that he's trained somebody to fill in as the resident Grouch on Sesame Street while he goes downtown. He won't say who it is, leaving Molly curious.
	Cartoon	A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011)
	Cartoon	O limerick (First: Episode 0146)
	SCENE 2	Molly is shocked to see Oscar's replacement is...Big Bird! He does a very good job at being grouchy to everyone he meets, but breaks character to ask for his mail. Molly delivers it the way she would for Oscar - by throwing them on the ground, stepping on them, and crumpling them up. Big Bird starts to have doubts about this new role, but wants to do a good job for Oscar.
	Muppets	"Would You Like to Buy an O?"
	SCENE 3	Big Bird grouchily orders some ice cream at Hooper's Store. Since he's a Grouch today, Mr. Hooper doesn't provide him with some strawberry ice cream with birdseed sprinkles. Instead, he tops it with sardines and pickles. Big Bird takes a taste and is disgusted. He admits being a Grouch isn't all it's cracked up to be.
	Song	"Doll House" (First: Episode 0131)
	Cartoon	The Country Fiddler — The Two-Step Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird demands Rafael turn off a radio playing loud, but sweet music. Rafael does so, then provides him with various bits of unfixable junk from the Fix-It Shop. Big Bird has had enough of being a Grouch and resolves to do something about it.
	Cartoon	Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V Artist: John Hubley (First: Episode 0311)
	Animation	4 red balls minus 1 equals 3. (First: Episode 0278)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird calls everyone around to announce he is going to remain himself. Oscar returns from downtown and tells everyone to scram. Rafael remarks that nobody can take Oscar's place.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie brings an umbrella, a flashlight, and Bert's bowling ball to the bathtub, just in case the electricity goes out, the roof leaks, and somebody shows up asking to borrow a bowling ball. Bert thinks that Ernie is being ridiculous -- but everything happens, just as Ernie predicted. (First: Episode 0269)
	Cartoon	A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O. (EKA: Episode 0286)
	Cartoon	Olga y la letra O
	Cartoon	More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294)
	Cartoon	The more a man inflates a balloon, the less room he has. (First: Episode 0294)
	Cast	Mr. Hooper, Bob and Brian help Susan set the table. Now that's what I call cooperation. (First: Episode 0276)
	SCENE 6	Antonio and the kids want to shoot some baskets, but find they can't do it all at once. Rafael instructs them to take turns.
	Muppets	Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball. (First: Episode 0267)
	Film	Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo.
	Animation	4 red balls minus 1 equals 3. (repeat)
	Film	Letter O hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0338)
	Cartoon	La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes. (First: Episode 0338)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on. (First: Episode 0256)
	Celebrity	Flip Wilson counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0147)
	Animation	Counting six red balls (First: Episode 0278)
	Film	New Bridge #1 - Panel Drop (First: Episode 0105)
	SCENE 7	Molly and the kids make animal noises, then she introduces the following...
	Film	Seals make noise. (EKA: Episode 0279)
	Muppets	Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint. (shown in English, then Spanish) (First: Episode 0186)
	Cartoon	A man pushes up a lazy UP. (EKA: Episode 0316)
	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 0265)
	Celebrity	Listen My Brother sings "You Gotta Learn."
	Cartoon	Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0167)
	Animation	6 dots - 1 = 5 dots (EKA: Episode 0302)
	SCENE 8	Rafael gets the kids to clap, segueing to...
	Muppets	Grover, Big Jeffy, and a Lavender girl have fun scatting to handclapping. (First: Episode 0294)
	Cast	Wally and Ralph: Wally figures out to properly sleep in his new sleeping bag.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to go play in the park with him. When Bert says no, Ernie wonders if he isn't feeling well and starts to examine him. (First: Episode 0124)
	Cartoon	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0173)
	SCENE 9	Susan sings the "Classification Song" using some shapes.
	Cartoon	A cowboy tries to lasso a rolling letter O. (repeat)
	Cartoon	Boy and the UP balloons
	Transition	A circle appears on screen, and grows until it covers the whole screen. (First: Episode 0105)
	SCENE 10	Goodbye