| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar warns everyone that it's going to rain | |||||||
| Air date | December 5, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | David finishes painting a chair for Mr. Hooper, and is about to make a "wet paint" sign, when Sam the Robot offers to do it for him. The first sign he generates is way too small, fitting in the palm of David's hand. The next one is too big, measuring several feet long. David shows Sam the kind of size he wants for his sign by writing it on a piece of card. Sam is able to reproduce the correct-sized sign, and David comments how good it turned out, casually saying that he could use a hundred more like that. Sam takes that order to heart, and starts spewing signs all over the place. |
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Film | A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words. (First: Episode 0297) |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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Film | George the Farmer is near when he's on a barrel; he's far when he's on the porch. (First: Episode 0235) |
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Cartoon | "That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar is sick of hearing David, Bob, Susan and the kids playing ball nearby, so he plans on making them think it's going to rain. He gets his umbrella and puts on a rain hat and calls everybody over and warns them, but they don't believe him since there isn't any clouds in the sky. Oscar conjures up another plan ... |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far". (First: Episode 0129) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty H” (First: Episode 0020) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar sets up a drum near his trash can, disguised with a cover. He uses it to make thunder-like sounds, but the gang quickly gets wise to his trick and laugh in his face. He thinks up another plan ... |
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Film | The Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cartoon | Howard and Harold think of H words (First: Episode 0284) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar attaches a watering can to the Sesame Street sign with a string, so when he pulls it, he'll water anyone who gets under the post. This time, David and the gang decide to go along with the trick, pretending they believe Oscar. |
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Cartoon | H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets | A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0243) |
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SCENE 5 | The gang has all dressed up for rainy weather, when it suddenly starts to rain! They all thank Oscar for warning them, which disgusts him. "Some days, a Grouch just can't do anything rotten, no matter how hard he tries," he moans. |
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Film | Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph: Wally borrows Ralph's comically-large pencil, but has trouble writing because he's holding it upside down. (First: Episode 0360) |
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Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe? Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Cast | Maria, Susan, Luis and David put together a fractured letter H. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. Bert says, "I thought maybe you weren't here!" Ernie starts to search to see if he can find himself. (First: Episode 0171) |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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Cartoon | Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole! (First: Episode 0090) |
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Cartoon | H for hola (Spanish soundtrack). (First: Episode 0362) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan plays "Three of These Things" with the kids using a banana and some baseball gear. The banana doesn't belong, and everyone begins a game of baseball. |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock tries to figure out why there is a mess outside. He speculates that the Twiddlebugs made a mess after a Twiddlebug dance. (First: Episode 0178) |
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Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Grover and Oscar recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0229) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Footage of a rattlesnake (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King (repeat) |
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Film | Lemurs rest on tree branches. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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SCENE 7 | Kids demonstrate the word cerrado by closing the door of 123 Sesame Street, the toybox in the yard, and Big Bird's beak. |
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Cartoon | Howard and Harold think of H words (repeat) |
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Film | A little horse gets near and far from the camera. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Celebrity | James Earl Jones counts to 10. (First: Episode 0005) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty H” (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert says that he and Ernie are looking at the "Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." Ernie, disagreeing, walks closer and closer to the camera to see. His face begins to black out the screen...but when he moves back into view, his nose is missing! (First: Episode 0005) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | Letter H hoist (repeat) |
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Film | Peaceful music and seagulls are heard at the docks as a voiceover says "light" and "dark" while the sun sets. (First: Episode 0414) |
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SCENE 8 | Bob, David, and Vanessa play a game of football around the tire swing as Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Oscar holds the Sesame Street sign, and Susan and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- A few of Sam's duplicate signs created during scene 1 would later be recycled for later scenes, including for Episode 0501 and the song "Wet Paint."
- Oscar plays a similar weather trick in Episode 0592, trying to convince everyone it's going to snow; once again, the real weather ends up thwarting his plan. One difference is in this episode, it was a tactic to stop everyone's activity, whereas in 0592, it is played as a prank at their expense.
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