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Sesame Street
Oscar imagines no one lives on Sesame Street
Air date May 11, 1973
(season finale)
Season Season 4 (1972-1973)
Directed by Joost Van Rees
Production January 25, 1973
Sponsors X, Z, 10

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0535a

0535b
SCENE 1 Oscar feels bothered by his neighbors playing basketball nearby. He threatens to get rid of all the buildings, but everybody brushes it off. Oscar proceeds to imagine all of Sesame Street has vanished, save for him and his trash can, leaving it in a dull, gray void. Alone at last, Oscar decides to blare his siren, but stops when he realizes it's no fun to bother people if nobody's around. He snaps back to reality and enjoys the aggravation he can really cause everyone. Eventually, they allow Oscar to use his siren as long as he lets them play basketball.
PovertyZ
Cartoon "Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0085)
Film-Termites
Film A kid narrates footage of a termite colony.
(First: Episode 0408)
2040e
Cartoon "Ten Turtles"
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0425)
Phone
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Ernie and the Man Who Needs HelpErnie has trouble understanding Simon Soundman, who's having car trouble.
(First: Episode 0132)
Toon.Zinspace
Cartoon Z In Space
(First: Episode 0509)
Snitch-Whistle01
Muppets A furry, purple creature whooshes in and counts five whistles set out on the workbench outside the Fix-It Shop. He subtracts one, blows it, then whooshes away again.
CowboyX
Cartoon The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd
(First: Episode 0325)
Snitch-Whistle02
Muppets The creature returns to subtract one more whistle, leaving 3.
Bugsbigandsmall
Cartoon Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever.
(First: Episode 0320)
Snitch-Whistle03
Muppets Again, the creature appears to remove another whistle, leaving 2.
359-Z-Drawing
Cartoon Kids narrate a Letter 'Z' Drawing
(First: Episode 0359)
Snitch-Whistle04
Muppets Another whistle is subtracted, thus leaving only 1.
Footprints
Cartoon A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0247)
Snitch-Whistle05
Muppets The creature takes away the last whistle, leaving 0.
1041Zebra
Cartoon Z for zebra and zoo
(First: Episode 0281)
ABCDEFGHI-0535
SCENE 2 Big Bird sings "ABC-DEF-GHI" with the alphabet signs plastered around the street. The song ends with Big Bird crashing offscreen.
Baker
Film Ten Song (Song of Ten) (revised version)
(First: Episode 0021)
E&BCookieReminder
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Cookie ReminderErnie explains to Bert that he placed a cookie on the table as a reminder.
(First: Episode 0095)
Toon.Z.climbers
Cartoon Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it.
(First: Episode 0281)
1836i
Film Counting the circus clowns.
(First: Episode 0501)
Toon.ZigZag
Cartoon zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo.
(First: Episode 0359)
WallyRalph0331
Cast Wally and Ralph: Ralph is standing between two trees, playing with a long piece of rope like a cowboy. Along comes Wally carrying a wet shirt. Together, they solve the problem of where to hang the wet shirt to dry. They tie the ends of the rope around their chests, stretch it, and hang the shirt between them.
(First: Episode 0331)
Toon-B-Beso
Cartoon The 'b' in 'beso' kisses an apple and a duck.
Artist: John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0461)
Imlittleyourebig
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentBig Bird tells Shola that he's been having some trouble figuring out big and little. Shola says that she's little and Big Bird is big. Big Bird says, "Oh! That must be why they call me Big Bird." Shola answers, "Yeah! You're Big Bird. I'm Shola."
(First: Episode 0306)
Toon.Froghater
Cartoon A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies.
(First: Episode 0387)
Bert purple hand
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Bert's Purple HandBert can't go to the beach with Ernie because his hand has purple paint on it.
(First: Episode 0386)
Beso
Cartoon A baby cries whenever he gets a beso.
(First: Episode 0433)
0535c
SCENE 3 Big Bird answers the phone in Hooper's Store and responds "Yes, it is!" When David asks who it was, Big Bird says it was a lady who said, "Long distance from Mexico City."

In the original script treatment, the scene plays out differently. Big Bird and a friend are watching the store for David. While they're there, they decide to play a game of listening to the different sounds on Sesame Street.
Toon.BESOletters
Cartoon The letters in the word BESO kiss each other.
(First: Episode 0433)
Charlie and Louie
Muppets Charlie is lost and finds a policeman. It's his Uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman.
(First: Episode 0135)
PovertyZ
Cartoon "Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. (repeat)
Painter10
Film The Mad Painter #10
(First: Episode 0328)
Kids.BUS
Cast The Kids try to spell the word "BUS" in the right way.
(First: Episode 0469)
Xnightsky
Cartoon The letter X
(First: Episode 0482)
FamilySong-AN
Muppets "The AN Family Song"
(First: Episode 0181)
ZforZipper
Cartoon Z for zipper
(First: Episode 0025)
0535d
SCENE 4 After arm-wrestling with Maria, Jay brings in a delivery of containers of milk: four quarts and one half-gallon. David uses them to play "Here Are Some Things" with the kids.
HerryZzz-PartOne
Muppets Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part one)
(First: Episode 0281)
2040e
Cartoon "Ten Turtles" (repeat)
I'mCold
Muppets An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard.
(First: Episode 0368)
Song.LittleBit02
Song Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit."
(First: Episode 0160)
RFES-HighLow
Muppets Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin demonstrates high and low.
0485-triangle
Transition Bridge #2 - Scoring
(First: Episode 0291)
Film.hippo
Film Hippos
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0415)
0535-4CornerBridgeA
Transition Bridge #3 - 4 Corner Bridge A
(First: Episode 0282)
ZizzyZoomers2
Muppets "The Zizzy Zoomers"
(First: Episode 0359)
0282-Bridge4-4CornersB
Transition Bridge #4 - 4 Corner Bridge B
(First: Episode 0282)
0535e
SCENE 5 David, Gordon, Maria, and Jay continue playing basketball, as Luis announces the sponsors and the credits roll. So ends the 4th season of Sesame Street.
DavidMariaS04sign

GordonSusanCTWS04
CLOSING SIGNS David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon and Susan hold the CTW sign.


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