| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Gordon and Susan have Oscar and Kate over for dinner | |||||||
| Air date | February 21, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan welcomes the viewer from their home as she prepares for a dinner visit from Oscar and Kate. She's about to start making a cake in the kitchen when The Count appears, having finished counting her silverware. He's in need of something else to count, so Susan lets him count the 8 eggs she cracks open. |
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Song | "Eight Song (Song of Eight)” (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Muppets | Western: A cowboy comes to see Adam T. Glaser, who is such a jack-of-all-trades that he forgets what a dentist does. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first." (First: Episode 0290) |
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Cartoon | A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "P Is My Favorite Letter." (First: Episode 0322) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon comes home with some groceries after a rough trip at the supermarket, but realizes he forgot the sugar. He and Susan have an argument about it as Gordon refuses to go back. Susan is about to head to the market herself when Gordon stops her, admitting to having a bad day, and the two make up before Gordon leaves to get the sugar. |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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Muppets | Two boys notice that the number 8 looks the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #8 (First: Episode 0326) |
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Muppets | Ernie is a coach for his baseball team of three balls. In front of him are three small caps and a huge cap. Each of the balls tries on the big cap and gets completely covered up. Ernie puts the small caps on them, and they're ready to start. As Ernie wonders where that huge cap came from, a basketball named Big Bill (captain of the opposing team) bounces in, demanding his cap back. Ernie ends up postponing the game once he sees the competition. |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar and Kate have arrived, and Kate observes Gordon using the sink. She remembers what it was like when she was a little girl on a farm, back when there was no running water – only outdoor pumps. She uses her sketchpad to draw a water pump as she describes the process to Oscar. He doesn’t think it’s such an inconvenience to fetch water from outside, but the others disagree with him citing the ways they use water. In an attempt to prove them wrong, Oscar proceeds to fetch some water from his trash can. |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow (First: Episode 0374) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Oscar comes back lugging a bucket of water. Susan uses it to wash her hands, but says she needs more water for cooking, and Oscar obliges. |
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Cartoon | Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane. Artist: John Korty |
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Cartoon | P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar comes back with another bucket of water, noticeably worn out. He still remains stubborn on how difficult Kate described pumping and carrying water earlier, but doesn't want to get more water when Susan asks him to. "I'm exhausted, and besides, my swimming pool's half empty already!" he complains. |
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Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph buy a large jar of glue. The jar was unlabeled, so they get a label reading "Glue." But they cannot figure out how to get the label to stick to the jar. At one point, they accidentally spill some glue on the table; they use the label to wipe it up. Still with no solution, they decide to go out to dinner. So they put the label somewhere (on the jar!) and leave. (First: Episode 0390) |
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Animation | A 3 looks for its house. (First: Episode 0304) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "How Do You Get From Here to There?" (First: Episode 0374) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: P - pin (First: Episode 0054) |
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Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cast | Captain Bligh (David) orders his crew (Luis, Maria, and Gordon) to bring him the biggest treasure chest, which is filled with rubber duckies. |
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Muppets | Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Jack Rabbit Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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Film | A letter N drives through a neighborhood. (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040) |
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Muppets | Bert wants to know why there is a cookie lying on the table. Ernie explains that he put it there to remind himself. (First: Episode 0095) |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | Everyone has finished their dinner. Kate plays the guitar and sings "The New Restaurant." |
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Cartoon | "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (First: Episode 0345) |
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Film | A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, discovers that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand. (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 6 | After dessert (the cake), Oscar plays a “One of These Things” game with the dishes. Three of them are empty, but one still has a cake slice on it. That one is Oscar’s, since Grouches hate cake. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Brian talk about colors. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Cartoon | Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks. |
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Cartoon | A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (First: Episode 0387) |
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SCENE 7 | Oscar has already left, and Kate offers to take Gordon and Susan to the restaurant she sang about next time. She leaves as Gordon and Susan embrace, and the Count announces the sponsors (eliciting thunder and lightning with the mention of the number 8). |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign, and Kate holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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