| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Oscar imagines no one lives on Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | May 11, 1973 (season finale) | ||||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||||
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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. |
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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) |
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Film | A kid narrates footage of a termite colony. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie and the Man Who Needs Help — Ernie has trouble understanding Simon Soundman, who's having car trouble. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) |
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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. |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Muppets | The creature returns to subtract one more whistle, leaving 3. |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Muppets | Again, the creature appears to remove another whistle, leaving 2. |
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Cartoon | Kids narrate a Letter 'Z' Drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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Muppets | Another whistle is subtracted, thus leaving only 1. |
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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) |
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Muppets | The creature takes away the last whistle, leaving 0. |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird sings "ABC-DEF-GHI" with the alphabet signs plastered around the street. The song ends with Big Bird crashing offscreen. |
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Film | Ten Song (Song of Ten) (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookie Reminder — Ernie explains to Bert that he placed a cookie on the table as a reminder. (First: Episode 0095) |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Film | Counting the circus clowns. (First: Episode 0501) |
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Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | The 'b' in 'beso' kisses an apple and a duck. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0461) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big 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) |
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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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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Purple Hand — Bert can't go to the beach with Ernie because his hand has purple paint on it. (First: Episode 0386) |
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Cartoon | A baby cries whenever he gets a beso. (First: Episode 0433) |
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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. |
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Cartoon | The letters in the word BESO kiss each other. (First: Episode 0433) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. (repeat) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Cast | The Kids try to spell the word "BUS" in the right way. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Muppets | "The AN Family Song" (First: Episode 0181) |
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Cartoon | Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) |
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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. |
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Muppets | Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part one) (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" (repeat) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. (First: Episode 0368) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit." (First: Episode 0160) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin demonstrates high and low. |
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Transition | Bridge #2 - Scoring (First: Episode 0291) |
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Film | Hippos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0415) |
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Transition | Bridge #3 - 4 Corner Bridge A (First: Episode 0282) |
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Muppets | "The Zizzy Zoomers" (First: Episode 0359) |
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Transition | Bridge #4 - 4 Corner Bridge B (First: Episode 0282) |
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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. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon and Susan hold the CTW sign. |
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