| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar disguises himself | |||||||
| Air date | May 11, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis cleans up the Sesame Street sign, reading the word STREET with the viewer. |
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Cartoon | A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: STREET. He sings about it with a boy who wears a crown. (First: Episode 0309) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: To demonstrate "through," Kermit tries to get Cookie Monster to run through a piece of tissue paper. Instead, Cookie offers other alternatives, ultimately choosing to go around it. He helps Kermit with his demonstration by passing the tissue paper through Kermit. (First: Episode 0289) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar is bothered by Luis and the kids playing around his trash can. They move on, but Susan then asks him if he's seen Molly yet. After Gordon stops by asking about the bus, Oscar theorizes that if someone else lived in his trash can, they wouldn't be bothered as much. He gets an idea... |
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Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) |
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SCENE 3 | Susan drops by Oscar's can again, when Oscar pops out wearing a head mirror and stethoscope. He claims that Oscar has moved and that he, a doctor, now occupies the can. He returns inside to tend to his "patients" as Susan leaves, slightly confused. |
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Muppets | "The Question Song" (First: Episode 0378) |
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Transition | Bridge #6 - 4 Corner Bridge D (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis traces the sound of hammering to Oscar's can. Oscar comes out wearing a construction helmet and work gloves, now claiming to be a builder living in the can. He shows off some of his tools to Luis, whom he thinks he has fooled as well. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0048) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Hooper comes to Oscar's can, where Oscar's next disguise is a firefighter hat, hose, and ladder. He says the can is now the firehouse, and he's the chief. He tends to the siren coming from inside the can, while Mr. Hooper leaves, slightly baffled. |
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Cartoon | Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross. (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan, Luis, and Mr. Hooper discuss their encounters with the new "tenants" of Oscar's can. Oscar eavesdrops on them as they loudly reveal all the grouchy items they intended to give him. Susan has some scrunched-up letters Molly had from the dead letter office. Luis talks about his box of junk, including a busted Betsy Ross record and a petrified brownie, and Mr. Hooper has a jar of pickles that's perfect for Oscar's ice cream. Oscar exposes himself and asks for all the stuff. Instead, they celebrate his homecoming until he yells at everybody to go away. |
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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) |
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Transition | Bridge #7 - Rectangle Bridge A (First: Episode 0290) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis asks Willard and Shaun to find the hidden number 9s in a picture. |
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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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Muppets | Japanese Stories: Japan is being victimized by an Evil Prime Minister, who boasts that the only way an emperor (or empress) can be chosen is for someone to show him something unique. Villagers bring flowers, fans and hats, identical to those owned by the prime minister, but a young girl is able to prove that she herself is different from anything else. (First: Episode 0346) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0230) |
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SCENE 8 | Mr. Hooper slurps soda through a straw. Gordon puts a belt around his waist. Finally, Susan opens an umbrella over her head. |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Over, Under, Around and Through." (First: Episode 0258) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes uses a brick wall to demonstrate around, under (by digging under it), and over (by jumping over it, and landing in the gaping mouth of a monster). (First: Episode 0076) |
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Film | Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0318) |
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Insert | David finds shapes in the area surrounding Big Bird's nest entrance and Oscar's trash can. |
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Muppets | Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes. (First: Episode 0361) |
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SCENE 9 | Susan and the kids spot Alphabet Bates writing a Q in the sky (First: Episode 0047). |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie demonstrates the letter Q with a quart of milk; Cookie Monster drinks the milk. (First: Episode 0047) |
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Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 10 | Big Bird hops down the street and recites a poem about the jack rabbit. |
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Film | Jack Rabbit Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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Muppets | "Family" |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about where you get ice cream: from the cow, to the factory, to the ice cream shoppe. (First: Episode 0168) |
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Transition | Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 11 | Susan sings the "Same/Different Song" with the kids using a puppy and kitten. |
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Film | Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0367) |
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Cartoon | "I've Got a Mind" -- bouncing a ball (shown in English, then Spanish) (First: Episode 0279) |
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SCENE 12 | Mr. Hooper passes out caps for Antonio and the other kids, which are all marked with the letter that begins their names. He provides a demanding Oscar with a hat marked with an L - for Loudmouth. |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Film | George the Farmer puts his head through a barrel stave. He also goes through the barn. (First: Episode 0299) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes teaches about through. (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 13 | Oscar denies having fun on the tire swing as he chats with the kids, including Caridad, Antonio, and Brian. He comments that Jay's basketball skills aren't quite like that of Walt Frazier before telling the viewer not to come back. Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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