| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snuffy-sized trash can | |||||||
| Air date | November 24, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Snuffleupagus greets Jay on the street and explains that he was writing the alphabet, but he made a mistake, so he's going to throw his paper away. When he tosses it on the ground, Jay tells him he can't just dispose of it anywhere, it has to go in a trash can. Snuffy realizes what he's done, leaves the trash where it is for now, and leaves to go home and retrieve his trash can. |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy returns with an enormous trash can and asks Jay to pick up the trash for him and throw it away. Jay shoots it in like a basketball and Snuffy awards him two points. Satisfied with the proper disposal of his trash, Snuffy says he's got to be going and leaves the trash can behind. |
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Maria and Mr. Hooper approach the oversized trash can and figure it's the biggest of its kind anyone's ever seen. They wonder how it got there and figure it must have something to do with Oscar the Grouch. They confront Oscar about leaving such a monstrosity right in the middle of Sesame Street, but he claims it's his first time seeing it and says it can stay right where it is; he loves it. Maria and Mr. Hooper disagree; it can't stay there. They can't move it themselves, so they leave to get some help. |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar has been messing around in the large can, declares it for himself, and starts making plans to move all his belongings in. Snuffy returns to bring the can back home and begins to drag it down the street. |
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Cartoon | A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar emerges from his can ready to move in to his new pad, but he's stunned to see that the oversized trash can is gone. Maria and Mr. Hooper return with David, and everyone accuses the other of moving the trash can away. Jay joins them and says the giant receptacle belongs to the Snuffleupagus, but everyone treats the suggestion as fantasy. |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph use various objects trying to keep a newspaper from blowing away next to an open window. (First: Episode 0340) |
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Muppets | "The Question Song" (First: Episode 0378) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird tries to demonstrate some Q words, but the tail falls off, causing a series of misunderstandings. First, David thinks Big Bird is demonstrating a circle, then Maria thinks he's demonstrating the letter O, and finally, Mr. Hooper thinks Big Bird doesn't know where his own tail feathers are. Finally, Big Bird tells off the mischievous tail with one Q word... "QUIT"... which he does. |
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Cartoon | A jar is full of jellybeans. The jar becomes empty, while a hungry boy is full. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0322) |
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SCENE 6 | Mr. Hooper demonstrates a full and empty jar of jellybeans. The tape reverses and fills the jar again. |
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Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 1)" A boy loves jellybeans and comes across a girl who's sad because she lost hers. The boy shares his bag of jellybeans with the girl, but now he has none. Will he get his jellybeans back? Stay tuned... (First: Episode 0016) |
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Film | Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse) |
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SCENE 7 | David the Magnificent empties a hat of ping pong balls without flipping it over; he pulls the hat away and the balls fall out of a hole cut in the hat. |
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Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 2)" The boy who gave his jellybeans away finds the girl again. This time she's afraid of a monster, but the boy assures her that if the monster comes around, he'll be there to help out. Rewarding his kindness, she gives the boy back his jellybeans. All is well until the monster shows up and the girl reveals the reason the monster was bothering her was because he wanted the jellybeans. Now the boy has them, so she's no longer afraid. The monster eats the entire bag of jellybeans and gives the boy a kiss. Our hero is no longer afraid, but he still doesn't have jellybeans. Stay tuned.... (First: Episode 0016) |
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Film | Empty / full playground (time-lapse) |
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SCENE 8 | Maria shows a full glass of milk. She places cardboard over the top, flips it over, and demonstrates that it's still full of milk. |
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Muppets | "The Story of the Boy and the Girl and the Jellybeans (Part 3)" The boy is mad because he has an empty bag and no jellybeans, and the girl is mad because she found her jellybeans, but she doesn't have anything to put them in. They decide to share, and the girl puts her jellybeans in the boy's bag. A happy ending with jellybeans for all! (First: Episode 0016) |
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Film | Empty / full subway car (time-lapse) |
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Celebrity | Pat Paulsen demonstrates the different between a full and an empty wastebasket. (First: Episode 0081) |
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Film | A dolphin walks backwards on the water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 9 | David and the kids play "One of These Things" with pictures of trash cans. |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (repeat) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0362) |
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Cartoon | A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414) |
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Muppets | Ernie is preparing to have a snack but discovers that his milk and cookie keep on vanishing. He eventually catches the culprit, who begins acting affectionately, until Ernie agrees to give him his own milk and cookie. (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345) |
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SCENE 10 | Oscar comments on the previous cartoon and says it would be great to have the ability to touch something and make it disappear. He imagines himself as King Oscar with a crown and a wand that makes Maria, David, and Mr. Hooper vanish when they nicely invite him to do pleasant things. He glisses back to reality and realizes he'd rather have people around to bother him. He calls Maria, David, and Mr. Hooper over and tells them he's really happy to have them around... because they make him sick. |
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Cartoon | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
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Film | Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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Cartoon | Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151) |
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Muppets | Grover reads a sign that says DANGER and looks around for said danger. He doesn't find it anywhere until he trips and falls on the sign. (First: Episode 0182) |
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SCENE 11 | Maria and David sing "Tu Me Gustas." |
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Film | Kids comment over footage of an eagle's view of different kinds of roads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0377) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie reads Bert a dramatic story that he's just written. The "story" is actually the alphabet, which Ernie reads in an overwrought manner. (First: Episode 0009) |
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SCENE 12 | Big Bird reads a very short poem about a hippopotamus. |
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Film | Hippos Music: Joe Raposo |
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Animation | 4 red balls minus 1 equals 3. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting down and reading a book. |
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Cartoon | Number count to 20 (w/ cameo appearance by Cookie Monster), followed by cast list at the end. (First: Episode 0350) |
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SCENE 13 | Maria and David play with the kids in the yard while Big Bird and Oscar announce the sponsors: Q, S, and "rotten" 11. The credits follow. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign. |
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See also[]
- Episode 1911 — Oscar and the Snuffleupagus trashcan
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