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Sesame Street
Oscar pretends to be guard animals
Air date November 17, 1972
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Written by Ray Sipherd
Directed by Jon Stone
Production September 5, 1972
Sponsors G, R, 6

0410

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0410a
SCENE 1 Susan meets with Big Bird, who is waiting for the bus as he stands next to Hooper's Store. Susan tells him that the bus doesn't stop there, but instead at the bus stop sign. He reads the sign to make sure it's correct, concentrating so hard on reading the word "bus" that he ends up missing it and runs to try and catch up.
1285-BUS
Cartoon The word BUS
(First: Episode 0277)
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)
Toon.R.Robber
Cartoon R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...
Artist: Fred Calvert
(First: Episode 0011)
0410b
SCENE 2 Gordon and the kids observe Brian's pet dog Heidi; Gordon has her do a couple of tricks. Oscar, trying to take his nap, thinks dogs are too nice and sweet. However, he becomes inspired when he learns about watchdogs from Gordon, who explains how they bark to keep others away. Since Oscar doesn't care for dogs, he thinks of another kind of animal that would keep people away from his trash can.
1095d
Cartoon "I'm six years old today!"
(First: Episode 0357)
0410c

0410d
SCENE 3 Oscar acts as a "watch-chicken" by practicing clucking. As he goes inside his can, Big Bird passes by with a bag of birdseed. He hears the clucking and assumes Oscar has a new chicken, so he pours some of the contents of the bag into the can. Oscar, now covered in birdseed, thinks his idea needs work, and considers a bigger, louder animal to pretend to be.
Emperorsnewgong
Muppets "The Emperor's New Gong" — The Emperor is dissatisfied with the sound his gong makes. He calls the imperial gong delivery man, who presents different gongs for his approval. They're either too loud or too soft, however, until the imperial gong delivery man uses his own head as a gong.
JasperLostElbow
Cartoon Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
0410e
SCENE 4 David drops by the can, where Oscar is now acting as a "watch-cow," complete with a disguise. David doesn't think cows are very scary, though. He goes on to say he needed eggs, having heard from Big Bird that there's a chicken in the can. Since there's only a "cow," David asks for some milk instead, which sends Oscar groaning back into his can.
Toon.Dogonchair
Cartoon Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair.
(First: Episode 0369)
GforGiggle
Cartoon G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
(First: Episode 0357)
0410f
SCENE 5 Gordon and Susan come over to check on Oscar's progress. He has instead opted to fend off annoyances with a real animal - Stinky the skunk. Disgusted, Gordon and Susan retreat to Big Bird's nest.
Telaviv.anythingfamily
Muppets "Family"
(First: Episode 0404)
0597-AntiqueCars
Film Joe Raposo counts 20 antique cars.
1736n
Cartoon A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
1707i
Film Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock")
0410g
SCENE 6 Luis sings "One of These Things" with the kids using pictures of different-sized ants.
No6b
Film "Six Song (Song of Six)."
(First: Episode 0011)
KermTwiddBugParty
Muppets Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party.
(First: Episode 0280)
Toon-BalloonPopping
Cartoon A girl wonders what would happen if she popped her balloon. She imagines it would scare her sister, who would end up breaking a vase and getting in trouble.
(First: Episode 0280)
0410h

0410i

0410j
SCENE 7 The cast come up with some rhymes: Luis pulls a hat off of a cat, David gives a flower a rain shower, and Big Bird takes a rest in his nest.
Wally Ralph toothpaste
Cast Wally and Ralph navigate a tube of toothpaste.
(First: Episode 0378)
Wheredoesgarbagego
Song "Where the Garbage Goes," a song film which explains what happens to garbage after it gets thrown away.
Music by Peter Schickele
(First: Episode 0077)
Playball
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie is sad, because it's raining and he can't play baseball. Bert encourages him to imagine that he's playing instead. In Ernie's imagination, he hits a high fly ball that lands in the ocean. Bert tells Ernie that the sun is out, and he can go out and play now. Ernie says that he can't play -- his ball fell in the ocean.
Gorilla toon2
Cartoon Speech Balloon: G for gorilla (in man suit).
(First: Episode 0085)
0410k
SCENE 8 Oscar hires Luis to tinker with his doorbell, saying it's too loud. Luis adjusts it so it's quieter and quieter, pointing out that if it were any quieter it wouldn't make any sound. Oscar agrees: "You think I wanna know when someone's ringing my doorbell?" Luis pulls the doorbell's cords out rendering it completely inaudible, just as Oscar likes it.
0573r
Film Counting six oryx
Music: Joe Raposo
RememberingGame-Contestants
Muppets Guy Smiley hosts "The Remembering Game", a game show in which the contestants must match pictures based on memory. The winner gets whatever item was in the pictures he matched, and the other contestant wins the item from the remaining two pictures as a consolation prize. Bill Smith wins a cookie, and Cookie Monster wins a jet plane. Disappointed, Cookie Monster suggests that they switch prizes.
(First: Episode 0310)
0410l
SCENE 9 Big Bird recites a poem about the crocodile.
Crocky
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Crocodile
Music: Joe Raposo
RCollection
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie has a collection of Rs in a box. He shows Bert, who says that Ernie will be the laughingstock of Sesame Street if anyone else finds out. Ernie sadly throws away his Rs, and Bert asks to have the box for his J collection.
(First: Episode 0014)
RunRun
Cartoon Men in boxes sound out the word RUN.
(First: Episode 0369)
0410m
SCENE 10 Luis presents items in his toolbox that begin with the letter R to Debo and Chris. One such item is a folder ruler, which he folds into the shape of an R.
1736s
Cartoon A wizard turns into R things.
(First: Episode 0369)
Film-CountingTrainCars
Video Counting train cars
Music: Joe Raposo
0410n
SCENE 10 cont'd Luis now uses the ruler to measure how tall Chris and Debo are. It's much too short to measure Big Bird, however.
Pillow
Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: During Ernie's naptime, Cookie Monster tries to steal and eat Ernie's pillow by distracting him with a bell.
(First: Episode 0035)
SB-Rabbit
Cartoon Speech Balloon: R for rabbit
(First: Episode 0014)
JasperLostElbow
Cartoon Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. (repeat)
No6b
Film "Six Song (Song of Six)." (repeat)
Episode410closingscene
SCENE 11 The kids play in the yard as Susan announces the sponsors and the credits roll.
Season4closingSusan

Oscarsign1
CLOSING SIGNS Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign.

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