Episode 0550

	Sesame Street
	Oscar enters the Trash Can Derby
Air date	December 7, 1973
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Directed by	Robert Myhrum
Production	May 21, 1973
Sponsors	A, B, 5

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Maria puts on a floppy cowboy-esque hat and chants an introduction to words that rhyme with grand... Luis displays his hand in a box. Bob leads a band on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street. Big Bird dumps a bucket of sand on Maria. “Understand?” Maria asks.
	Cartoon	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola demonstrate happy, sad, scared and mad. (First: Episode 0469)
	SCENE 2	Maria does another chant to introduce words that rhyme with doze... Bob displays a rose. Luis points to his mask's nose. Big Bird sprays Maria with a hose. “I see how it goes,” Maria comments.
	Cartoon	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293)
	Film	Counting the circus clowns. (First: Episode 0501)
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0323)
	SCENE 3	Maria does one more chant for words that rhyme with cane... Luis pulls a long chain from a small box. Bob has a Great Dane, who drags him offscreen. Big Bird plays with a toy plane, narrowly missing Maria. A deep voice (David) bellows, "Rain," and Maria gets caught in a shower.
	Animation	It's a Circle!
	Muppets	Anything Muppets: Witches Cooperate — Three witches attempt their own individual spells. (First: Episode 0407)
	Cartoon	Children describe how to draw an elephant. (First: Episode 0052)
	Film	Kids climb in and out of a tire. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450)
	Cartoon	A man sees if a carpenter knows how to measure with a ruler.
	Song	"B is for Bubble." (First: Episode 0008)
	SCENE 4	Oscar asks David to help him put a number 5 on the back of his racing jacket, because he’s entering the Trash Can Derby today. Oscar thinks 5 is his lucky number, because his alarm rang at 5:00 today, his phone rang 5 times during his mud bath, he broke 5 rotten eggs, and 5 people dropped trash on his head. The race takes place inside Oscar's trash can, and instead of cars, the Grouches race with elephants. David watches in excitement as the race announcer (Jerry Nelson) gives color commentary. At the climax of the race, Oscar comes in 5th place.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Banana in the Ear Part 1 — Bert asks Ernie if he's aware of the fact that he's got a banana in his ear. (First: Episode 0258)
	Cartoon	Willie Wimple: Land Pollution (litter). (First: Episode 0527)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Banana in the Ear Part 2 — Ernie claims he still has the banana in his ear to keep the alligators away. (First: Episode 0258)
	Cartoon	A man talks about the word AGUA, which springs many leaks.
	Celebrity	Actor James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0002)
	Cartoon	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.
	Muppets	Kermit Lecture: Five Blocks — Grover helps Kermit show the number 5 using blocks. (First: Episode 0475)
	Song	"Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004)
	Film	Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: A for Agua (First: Episode 0510)
	Muppets	Monsters, including the puppet who would become Grover, Flute-Snatcher, Cookie Monster, Beautiful Day Monster, and Scudge, are looking at something. Billy appears, and is reprimanded with "Eyy!" After a few times, Fred's son turns toward the viewer and yells "A!", revealing that the group is staring at the letter A. (First: Episode 0083)
	Film	A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0476)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin tells the story of an old king named Morty Moot Mope, from the kingdom of Boebitty Bope, who loves to hear words that sound the same. Morty has trouble finding words that rhyme with his name, so he calls upon Same Sound Brown to do it. (First: Episode 0534)
	Film	One of These Things (3 starfish and 1 crab) (First: Episode 0516)
	Cast	Kids comment as Bob's legs, torso, and head move into place. (First: Episode 0489)
	Cartoon	A man sees a giant OUT, yells the word, and everyone runs out of it.
	SCENE 5	Maria, Luis, and Oscar each play a guessing game with the viewer, asking them to guess what they're thinking of while a telestrator draws something above their head. Maria thinks of a house. Luis thinks of someone looking over a fence. Oscar thinks of a “GO AWAY” sign.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count five fingers. (First: Episode 0125)
	Cartoon	"The Story of A" (repeat)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs rest on tree branches. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390)
	Cartoon	Country 5 (repeat)
	Film	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent movie of a girl who is stuck IN the quicksand. (First: Episode 0511)
	Insert	Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting down and reading a book. (First: Episode 0415)
	Cartoon	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (repeat)
	Film	Through close-ups, children identify mushrooms. (First: Episode 0357)
	Cartoon	A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. (First: Episode 0513)
	Film	The camera zooms out on an onion as kids guess what it is. (First: Episode 0357)
	Cartoon	A man walks in an IN. (First: Episode 0511)
	SCENE 6	John-John helps David crank the awning of Hooper's Store as Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the CTW sign.