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Sesame Street
Oscar's crush on Matilda the bus driver
Air date March 28, 1972
Season Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production January 24, 1972
Sponsors A, C, 10

0372 00

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0372 01
SCENE 1 Big Bird rushes to the Fix-It Shop, gives Luis a piece of aluminum pipe, and asks him to bend it so that it looks like a letter C.
C Clipper
Cartoon C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake).
(First: Episode 0203)
0573d
Cartoon C - Cake
(First: Episode 0153)
0573e
Muppets Monsters, including an early Grover, Cookie Monster and Beautiful Day Monster, pass on the message, "See." The wide shot reveals that the monsters were whispering about the Letter C.
(Caroll Spinney performs Cookie Monster here.)
(First: Episode 0089)
0372 02
SCENE 2 Oscar the Grouch visits Hooper's Store to pick up some Eau D'Onion aftershave lotion and a bottle of greasy old hair tonic. Tom wonders what he's up to.
Henson Scanimate 10
Insert Scanimate Films #10
(First: Episode 0134)
Painter10
Film The Mad Painter #10
(First: Episode 0328)
0372 03
SCENE 3 Lillian (Vinnette Carroll) notices a grungy "BUS STOP" sign beside Oscar's trash can, which makes her curious. Oscar, all dressed up (or rather, messed up), reveals that he is all set to go on a date with a new bus driver he has a crush on, and the sign is near his can so that the Rocky Road Grouch Line bus she drives will stop there. The bus does stop there, and the driver, a grouch named Matilda, picks him up, but suddenly the bus motor dies down because it's jammed with mud. Matilda is determined to fix the motor once she gets some tools, and Lillian suggests she see Luis and Rafael.
Letter C toon
Cartoon A man gets a letter C in the mail.
(First: Episode 0294)
Cosby-Counting
Celebrity Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin."
(First: Episode 0135)
0372 04
SCENE 4 At the Fix-it Shop, Luis helps Matilda figure out which tool she'll need to fix her clogged frammix. Oscar suggests that the saw or pliers would work, but Matilda and Luis don't think they'll do much good. Matilda notices a hammer, and uses it to bash out the mud. Once it's fixed, she and Oscar (whom she affectionately calls "shovel-face") head out to the bus.
Ernie barber 01
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Part 1: Ernie, having set up shop as a barber, gives Bert a haircut, but he ends up removing all of his hair.
(First: Episode 0068)
2529-Turtle
Film A turtle swims in a tank.
Music: Joe Raposo
Seasonssong
Cartoon "Four Seasons"
(First: Episode 0276)
Ernie barber 02
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Part 2: Ernie tries to disguise Bert until his hair grows back, but a monster (later known as Grover) mistakes Bert for his father and lugs him away.
(First: Episode 0068)
Dot Bridge 14 squares dominate
Cartoon Dot Bridge #14: Dots line up at the same time as some squares who ultimately dominate the board.
(First: Episode 0297)
Gordon Bob assemble C
Cast Gordon and Bob assemble a letter C.
(First: Episode 0153)
Ernie barber 03
Muppets Ernie & Bert — Part 3: Bert has quickly grown his hair back, but his brief time amongst monsters has resulted in his speaking like Cookie Monster.
(First: Episode 0068)
0372 05
SCENE 5 At Hooper's Store, Oscar orders ten egg salad sandwiches. He and Tom count them out as Tom puts them into a box, wondering if Oscar plans to have a party or something. Oscar explains that the sandwiches are all for him for the next several days. Tom warns that they will spoil if he doesn't eat them soon enough, but Oscar doesn't mind; that's how he likes them.
Jazz10
Cartoon Jazz #10 (Spanish)
(First: Episode 0306)
C- Cap
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C - Cap
(First: Episode 0154)
Cisforcookie
Muppets Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie."
0372 06
SCENE 6 Luis, Jay, and the kids are playing basketball in the yard when Big Bird hears Mrs. Anguilla's baby crying. Luis gives it a bottle assuming that it's hungry, and Big Bird asks for other reasons why babies might cry because he wants to be a babysitter someday. Luis lists some of them and points out that baby animals also need similar care, introducing the next segment …
1257-Animals
Film Baby animals are fed milk.
(First: Episode 0238)
0372 07a

0372 07b
SCENE 7 Big Bird walks over to Lillian with a small baby carriage, pretending to be a babysitter using Pamela's doll. Remembering what he learned earlier about why babies cry, Big Bird fetches a hot dog from the hot dog vendor to feed her, a giant fleece blanket to keep her warm and dry, and a baseball bat for the pretend baby to play with. Lillian corrects him on each of these, pointing out that a real baby would prefer a bottle of milk, a small blanket, and a rattle. Big Bird figures that a babysitter isn't the kind of job for him, and abruptly decides to become a fireman.
BeforeAndAfter-S2
Muppets / Cast The Anything Muppets sing "Before and After." (retaped version)
(First: Episode 0188)
Cast water tap 01
Cast Part 1: In limbo, and without dialogue save for a voiceover, Tom, Rafael, Gordon, and Bob all try to get a drink of water from the same tap, but they keep arguing and bumping into each other when they all reach for it at the same time. The result is that no one gets a drink of water.
(First: Episode 0292)
Batman Penguin
Cartoon Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty.
(First: Episode 0099)
Cast water tap 02
Cast Part 2: The four men circle the water tap eyeing one another while the voiceover wonders what they will do. One of them holds the tap while the other gets a drink. The voiceover declares that some things are easy when you cooperate.
(First: Episode 0292)
WeaverBird
Song Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird."
0372 08
SCENE 8 Susan and some kids play "Three of These Things" with pictures of a comb, soap, a toothbrush, and a fried egg.
AMs-BusStop
Muppets Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it.
(First: Episode 0189)
1285-BUS
Cartoon The word BUS
(First: Episode 0277)
1836m
Song Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Run."
Paintaround
Cartoon A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0227)
0316 cast before after
Cast Before and after in splitscreen: Tom with a sandwich, Luis giving Bob a haircut, and Susan with a potted plant.
(First: Episode 0316)
Clip
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. Ernie has a drawing of an empty bird cage with an open door (the bird flew away), and a man lying on the ground with a banana peel next to him (he slipped on it). Then, Ernie shows Bert an empty page. The answer to that one is that there was a cow eating grass, but the grass is all eaten now and the cow went home. (First: Episode 0030)
0372 09
SCENE 9 Luis demonstrates the use of a coping saw, and displays some wooden letters of the alphabet he's just made. Susan joins him to sing "The Alphabet Song."
2485d
Cartoon An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
(First: Episode 0293)
Meyosong
Muppets Two Anything Muppets sing "Me" in both English and Spanish.
Henson Scanimate 10
Insert Scanimate Films #10 (repeat)
(First: Episode 0120)
1927-Circles
Cartoon A circle becomes a clock, balloon, sun, etc.
(First: Episode 0358)
C Clipper
Cartoon C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake). (repeat)
HarveyC
Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him.
(First: Episode 0294)
0372 10
SCENE 10 The kids play in the yard as Susan announces the sponsors.
Season4closingSusan

0372ctw
CLOSING SIGNS Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Tom holds the CTW sign.


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