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Sesame Street
Oscar's automated Grouch
Air date April 11, 1972
Season Season 3 (1971-1972)
Production February 8, 1972
Sponsors B, S, 9

0382

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0382a
SCENE 1 Susan has a sign with her name on it, which she uses to point out the two letter Ss for the kids.
Sammythesnake
Muppets "Sammy the Snake"
(First: Episode 0278)
Serpiente
Cartoon S - Serpiente
0382b
SCENE 2 Luis sings "Here Are Some Things" in Spanish, classifying either a big or small triangle with the other small shapes.
Film-TouchII
Film Two boys tickle their faces with a flower and feathers.
1041E&Bcookiesinbed
Muppets Ernie & BertBert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead.
(First: Episode 0282)
0382c
SCENE 3 Tom traces noisy building sounds to Oscar's trash can, where Oscar is hard at work on a new invention. Although it's not finished yet, he presents his new creation - an Automatic Grouch that can take his place on the street should he not be present. Tom tests it by asking a question about ice cream and the machine gives him a typical, grouchy reply.
MartianBeauty
Cartoon "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0316)
Bearbicycle
Cartoon B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee.
(First: Episode 0008)
0382d
SCENE 4 Molly, Susan, and Luis experience first-hand how Oscar's automated Grouch functions while he steps out. They are taken aback by the experience, as the machine refuses to take mail from Molly, turns down an invite to lunch from Susan (having already had a motor oil and mud sandwich), and won't take back the radio Luis repaired.
Wateringbstalk
Cartoon Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B.
(First: Episode 0277)
0573za
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentCookie Monster and Genelle count to twenty.
(First: Episode 0289)
0382e
SCENE 5 The adults convene at Hooper's Store to talk about how awful Oscar's automatic Grouch acts, even compared to a Grouch like Oscar. Luis gets an idea and they return to the trash can. When the robot emerges, Luis is able to reprogram it to act nice and kind. The Automatic Grouch even accepts a date to the flower shop with Molly.
HubleyJazzBirds
Cartoon Birds appear around the numerals one through twenty as jazz music plays.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0134)
0382f

0382g
SCENE 6 Oscar returns home and is appalled to hear his creation talking about how lovely his day was. Luis admits to tinkering with the robot. Oscar tries to undo Luis' work by ripping out some wires, which cause it to smoke, pop, and ultimately break down. Oscar isn't deterred, as he now has a new piece of junk to put on his mantle.
0382-Dots
Cartoon Dot Bridge #9: Dot can't stop coughing, and next dot leaves
(First: Episode 0295)
Windy
Muppets Tony sings "Windy" to his girlfriend, Beautiful Day Monster.
(First: Episode 0074)
Dot Bridge 10 kiss
Cartoon Dot Bridge #10: Eighth dot is small, but receives a kiss
(First: Episode 0295)
Kingfireman-bob Muppets Story: Bob reads "The King and the Fireman", a story about a king who becomes so grateful for being saved by a fireman that he decides to make everyone in the kingdom a firefighter... and soon realizes what a mistake he's made.
(First: Episode 0278)
0316 bubbles book
Cast A man with a British accent narrates a limbo sketch in which Gordon and Bob share bubbles and a book.
(First: Episode 0316)
Hubley.stop
Cartoon S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0279)
0382h

0382i
SCENE 7 The cast shows S words. Luis uses his skates. Molly rides on the tire swing. Tom pours salt on his sandwich, but the top of the shaker falls off and covers the whole thing in salt; now, he's sad.
SillySailors
Cartoon A sprightly seal tells the story of six silly sailors who split up on a see-saw.
Artist: Tee Collins
(First: Episode 0002)
NesselrodePhone
Muppets Granny Fanny Nesselrode receives a query from a viewer as to why she never answers their telephone calls. She proves to be very inept at such a simple task.
Film; Cut Outs 2;00
Animation Kids narrate a variety of shapes that come together to form an ice cream cone, a bird, a clown, a mouse, a carriage, a man, a sailboat, a lady, a dog, an umbrella, a cat, a face, a train, a see-saw, and a lollipop.
(First: Episode 0284)
Teachersinyrnbhd

Newsdealerinyrnbhd
Muppets Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with teachers and a newsdealer.
(First: Episode 0276)
2234-SameDifferent
Cartoon Things that are same and different.
(First: Episode 0300)
Ernie and Bert welcome you
Muppets Ernie & BertBert asks who Ernie is decorating the room for. It turns out to be the viewer at home.
(First: Episode 0352)
0382j
SCENE 8 Molly and the kids look at themselves in funhouse mirrors. One mirror gives them long necks, like giraffes...
0316 giraffes
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field.
(First: Episode 0316)
Superman S
Cartoon Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for.
(First: Episode 0136)
Painter9
Film The Mad Painter #9
(First: Episode 0338)
E&B-HELP
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie doesn't want to disturb Bert as he reads the newspaper, so he intends to write down what he needs to say. He interrupts Bert anyhow to ask how to spell the word "HELP," then to make sure his sign is correct. Bert suddenly becomes concerned that Ernie needs his help, but it turns out that Ernie has made a "Help Yourself" sign in regards to a plate of cookies he's prepared.
(First: Episode 0287)
0382k
SCENE 9 Susan and the kids play "One of These Things" using pictures of books of different sizes, then go the library.
Grover HELP Marty
Muppets Grover is carrying the word "HELP", which is very heavy. He asks Marty to help him carry the word. Instead, Marty gives Grover three more "HELP" words to carry.
(First: Episode 0287)
0597.Santa
Cartoon S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh.
(First: Episode 0134)
Cookie-Galletitas
Muppets An Anything Muppet girl adds 4 galletitas (cookies) in Spanish. Cookie Monster interrupts, then eats all the cookies when he learns the Spanish meaning.
(First: Episode 0327)
Bearbicycle
Cartoon B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (repeat)
Hubley.snake
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)
0382l
SCENE 10 The kids play in front of the mirrors as Susan announces the sponsors.
OscarSusanSignS02

0382ctw
CLOSING SIGNS Oscar and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign while Molly and Tom hold the CTW sign.


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