Episode 0563

	Sesame Street
	Oscar's can-opening device; Big Bird delivers a radio for Luis
Air date	December 26, 1973
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Sponsors	D, W, 7
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Gordon has two kids make large and small Ws out of dowel rods.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Debo if he knows what a W is.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie has six jellybeans, and Bert has seven. Bert thanks Ernie for giving him the extra jellybean. Ernie says that isn't fair - they should have an equal amount. To make it even, Ernie eats the extra jellybean. That's fair, isn't it? (First: Episode 0014)
	Film	A girl named Jennifer visits family friend Mrs. Wilson in the country, and together they pick food from her garden. (First: Episode 0021)
	SCENE 2	Oscar shows Luis and Susan his new can-opening device: a large chain-reaction setup involving a megaphone, a tuba, a balloon, and his pets Slimey and Frank the fly. The contraption works, but Oscar tells them to scram.
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136)
	Muppets	The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433)
	Film	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011)
	Film	Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1) (First: Episode 0491)
	Cast	Wally and Ralph huse a nail in an attempt to hang a picture to a wall. This sketch was a re-shoot of a Buddy and Jim sketch. (First: Episode 0392)
	Film	Stop-motion: in a park, a man reads a newspaper, then shamelessly drops it on the ground. A little girl finds this disgusting, and puts the newspaper in the trash bin. (Part 2) (First: Episode 0491)
	SCENE 3	Luis sings “Show Me How You Feel” with the kids.
	Cartoon	A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Simon Soundman wants a chicken sandwich, which he orders as a "cluck-cluck" sandwich. Grover has trouble figuring out what his customer wants. (First: Episode 0449)
	Cartoon	W for Willamina (First: Episode 0512)
	Cast / Muppets	"The People in Your Neighborhood": Cleaner and Shoemaker (First: Episode 0436)
	Film	A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited) (First: Episode 0032)
	Cast	Postman David goes to collect some mail from a mailbox, but finds there's more and more each time he opens it. (First: Episode 0533)
	Cartoon	I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524)
	Cast	The mailbox is emptied, but how will David get all the mail to the post office? He lets the mail back into the hammerspace-like mailbox, then takes that with him. (First: Episode 0533)
	Cartoon	While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie purchases a straw hat for Bert, and asks Cookie Monster which box the hat will go in. (First: Episode 0438)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird offers to deliver a radio for Luis, but he goes back and forth between Luis and Susan, gathering one piece of information at a time from Luis: who the radio belongs to, where the recipient lives, etc. Luis reveals that the radio needs to be fixed first.
	Film	Lizard! Music: Joe Raposo (same as "birds") (First: Episode 0407)
	Cartoon	Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." (First: Episode 0016)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. (First: Episode 0034)
	Film	A warthog runs around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406)
	Cartoon	A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (First: Episode 0279)
	Film	Some clowns, more clowns
	Animation	Russian nesting dolls 10-1
	SCENE 5	Susan plays a “Here Are Some Things” game with squares.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: W for water (repeat)
	Cartoon	Jazz #7 (repeat)
	Muppets	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts five monkeys, and when he is done, he gets monkey business. (First: Episode 0283)
	Cartoon	A baby cries whenever he gets a beso. (First: Episode 0433)
	Cartoon	"Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001)
	Cartoon	The letters in the word BESO kiss each other. (First: Episode 0433)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — It's a sunny day at the beach, and Bert remembered to bring everything. Ernie, however, only brought an umbrella in case it rains... which it does. (First: Episode 0284)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early (First: Episode 0001)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: D -- Dog (role reversal between man and dog) (First: Episode 0016)
	SCENE 6	The sponsors are announced.