| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar looks for a job | |||||||
| Air date | January 2, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob greets the viewer while pushing Debo on the tire swing. He asks the other kids around if they have any older or younger siblings, then gauges how old each of them are (as well as the viewers). He then imagines what it was like when he turned six years old... |
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357) |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Muppets | Grover tells Herry's secret (which is actually the alphabet) to Pamela, who tells Fenwick, who tells Rosemary. Herry says to Grover, "You're very good at reciting the alphabet ... but you're lousy at keeping secrets!" (First: Episode 0360) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan and Mr. Hooper encounter Oscar looking for employment in the want ads; he needs extra money to buy a Malted Mud Machine. Mr. Hooper tells him that he’s got a lot of dirty dishes at his store, and Oscar signs up. |
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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 3 | At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper notices that Oscar is unhappy when washing dishes, because he regrets cleaning off all the gunk and grime that grouches love. With no position at the store that involves making things dirty, Oscar consults the newspaper again and notices a prime position has opened at the city dump. |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar, having scored a job at the city dump, revels in all the trash he’s surrounded by. Rather than dump the contents of his first can onto the pile, he goes through it to find anything he'd like to take home with him. The foreman (Jerry Nelson) at first finds his new employee too slow, but when he later learns of Oscar's true motives, he issues him his pink slip. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Cartoon | C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake). (First: Episode 0203) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan, Mr. Hooper, Luis and Bob meet Oscar, now a construction worker, out on the site. Oscar's job now is to help with the demolition of the buildings in the area and has the honor of detonating the explosives inside (shown as stock footage). The smoke from the wreckage drives his friends away before he gets the chance to blow up a second building. |
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Muppets | The Busby Twins ask the storekeeper for a tie— so the man shows them some neckties. They finish the word, and the man figures out that they're asking for a tire. When he asks them what kind of bicycle they have, they answer, "a...bi-...cyc-...le-...built...for...two." (First: Episode 0367) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of animals moving in different ways. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0098) |
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Cartoon | A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion. (First: Episode 0032) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob sings "Here Are Some Things" with the kids, using big boots and one small hiking shoe. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is painting a portrait of Bert, but paints Bert with curly hair, glasses and a beard. When Bert gets angry about this, Ernie takes him behind the easel and puts curly hair, glasses and a beard on Bert. (First: Episode 0365) |
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Film | Various objects become OPEN. |
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Cartoon | Capital letter U for up (First: Episode 0401) |
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Cast | David goes through a series of doors marked "OPEN." |
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Cartoon | Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on. (First: Episode 0394) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit attempts to demonstrate between with two poles, which are actually mops held by Grover and Herry. (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis, Bob, and Susan demonstrate between with some kids. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit demonstrates between by using a ping-pong ball, a doughnut, and a Beatles record sitting on a table, with the donut between the record and the ball. Beautiful Day Monster comes along and proceeds to eat everything. Kermit fears he will also get eaten, but the monster thanks him with a kiss. (First: Episode 0070) |
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Cartoon | A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Checkerboard transition cartoon (First: Episode 0105) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie imagines what life would be like if he and Bert had their characteristics switched around. (First: Episode 0299) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (repeat) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird recites a poem about the octopus. |
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Film | Luis announces "And now, the octopus!" Music: "Pomp and Circumstance" (First: Episode 0291) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. (repeat) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 9 | Luis sings "Here are Some Things" in Spanish: four small 6s and one large 6. |
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" (repeat) |
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Cartoon | A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. (repeat) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath: Pass On 6 |
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SCENE 10 | The kids play with paddle balls as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon, Roosevelt Franklin and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign. |
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