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| Gordon threatens to stop giving Oscar trash until he learns some manners | |||||||
| Air date | March 28, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Kate plays guitar and sings “All Over Everything” as the kids play different kinds of games in the yard. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert says it's Ernie's turn to go to the laundromat. He puts numerous things in the laundry basket, including storybooks, cookies, his boots, and a radio. Before long, the basket has no room for the laundry, so he decides to go play baseball instead. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) |
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Film | A letter N drives through a neighborhood. (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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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 | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon knocks on Oscar's trash can, and Oscar immediately tells him to go away. Gordon has had enough of Oscar's additude, and threatens to stop providing Oscar with trash until he learns some manners when talking to others. Oscar freaks out at first, but reluctantly says hello to Kate when she walks by. Oscar agrees to Gordon's terms and shakes hands on it, admitting it won't be easy. |
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Cartoon | Eugene wants his talking crow Willis to name some N words, and Willis replies with "no," "nothing," "nobody" and "never." (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0358) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar thinks he's found a loophole in his deal with Gordon, and asks Susan to help him write a letter. He gives her a pencil, paper and an envelope, but Gordon pressures him to tell them directly what he plans on writing, as the letter is intended for them. When Gordon learns it's the same nasty language Oscar was going to write instead of say, he continues his threat of no more trash. Oscar sadly agrees, but gets another idea... |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis assists Oscar in setting up his antique record player so he can play a record, especially for Gordon. The record contains a voice singing “Scram! Beat it! Leave me alone!” and other insults to a piano accompaniment. Gordon gets upset with Oscar, who admits that he wants a way to tell others to stay away from him. Susan and Luis suggest he use words like “please” in his requests, so he peppers his “scrams” and “beat its” with more kindly words. The others give up and leave. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie that if he can clean the messy apartment in fifteen seconds or less, he will give Ernie his dessert, ice cream and cookies. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Elephants in the zoo. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | Eugene wants his talking crow Willis to name some N words, and Willis replies with "no," "nothing," "nobody" and "never." (First: Episode 0101) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph: The duo tries looking out a window covered with snow. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Cartoon | L is for Ladder (First: Episode 0036) |
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Cast | Maria and Gordon add three tricycles. (First: Episode 0477) |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N (Spanish version) Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0477) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock helps Ernie discover how his window got broken. Ernie finds that the only evidence is a baseball, and together with Sherlock Hemlock try to find out how who broke Ernie's window. It turns out that Sherlock Hemlock, who is the number five player of the Sesame Street Sluggers, hit a home-run which caused the baseball to go through the window. (First: Episode 0238) |
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Cartoon | One of these shoe pairs ... |
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SCENE 5 | The kids look up and watch Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter N (First: Episode 0040). |
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Cartoon | A girl runs home to her CASA. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Cartoon | A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play". (First: Episode 0047) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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SCENE 6 | At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper and Luis discuss business, which has been slow for the both of them. Big Bird comes in with his teddy bear Peabody, who has a big hole ripped in his leg. Mr. Hooper offers him a new one, but Luis offers to fix the old one. Big Bird decides to leave his bear with Luis, though when he leaves Mr. Hooper admits to Luis that he's a little miffed about missing a sale. Luis realizes he’ll need to buy some glue and some thread to fix Peabody, so he buys some from Mr. Hooper, helping his business as well. |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat (repeat) |
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Film | A trip to the doctor's office. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0471) |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (repeat) |
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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 7 | Gordon plays “Three of These Things” with pairs of gloves, boots, and socks, and one hat. |
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Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (repeat) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 8 | Luis plays a bilingual “Here Are Some Things” game with the kids using three unicycles and one bicycle. |
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Cartoon | L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147) |
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Film | Kids compete in a speed skating competition. (version one) (First: Episode 0412) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (First: Episode 0147) |
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SCENE 9 | Kate and the kids board a pretend vehicle made from crates and boxes as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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