Episode 0578

	Sesame Street
	A witch curses Oscar with a nose
Air date	January 16, 1974
Season	Season 5 (1973-1974)
Production	August 20, 1973
Sponsors	H, I, 11

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Oscar the Grouch points a water pistol at the viewer and proclaims that today he's going to be as rotten as he has ever been. When he sees someone approaching, he crouches down in his trash can to await his victim. When she's within range, Oscar springs up and shouts, "Hey, Granny! Have a bath!" and proceeds to shoot her in the face with water. When he refuses to let up, the woman (Jerry Nelson) identifies herself as the Wicked Witch of the South Bronx and warns him that she'll put an evil spell on him. Oscar keeps delivering insults and blasting her in the face, so the witch conjurs her magicks and produces a proboscis on Oscar's normally noseless face. He's horrified, but she explains there's only one way to break the spell: he has to do something nice.
	Film	A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478)
	Cartoon	H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020)
	Film	Kids ride horses. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0541)
	Muppets	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count It Higher." (First: Episode 0553)
	Cartoon	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020)
	Cartoon	One of These Footprints says "excuse me." (First: Episode 0487)
	SCENE 2	Oscar is self-conscious of everyone staring at the nose he was curse with. In an attempt to do something nice to be rid of it, he plays a sorting song with the kids. When "Here Are Some Things" starts playing, he shouts overhead that he doesn't need any music, so the soundtrack sours and wears down. He starts to explain the rules to the kids, but says it will be too hard for them to figure out and they'll never get it. Gordon exits from the front door of 123 Sesame Street and points out that the way he's playing the game isn't very nice at all, and proceeds to sing "Here Are Some Things" followed by the kids properly sorting the desserts on the board. Oscar screams, "It's not easy being nice!" and slams back down into his trash can.
	Insert	Jerry Nelson narrates three letters coming together to form the word FUN. The letters celebrate with confetti and streamers. (First: Episode 0458)
	Cartoon	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408)
	Muppets	Old West: Doc Holiday — Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. (First: Episode 0318)
	Cartoon	A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: STREET. He sings about it with a boy who wears a crown. (First: Episode 0309)
	Cartoon	A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: H on TV — Ernie attempts to fix the TV after Bert complains there's a big H on it.
	Film	A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first." (First: Episode 0290)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Who Took Bert's Cookies — Bert accuses Ernie of stealing his cookies, but they soon discover that the culprit is Cookie Monster... dressed as Ernie. (First: Episode 0158)
	Celebrity	Jim Nabors sings The Alphabet Song. (First: Episode 0176)
	SCENE 3	Sam the Robot asks if the viewer can find circles on his body; a superimposed circle shows where each one is located afterward. Oscar comes by and offers to oil him up because it would be a nice thing to do (and might lift his curse). Upon close inspection, Oscar finds that Sam's brakes are exposed and notes that if he oiled them, it wouldn't be nice, but it would be funny. Sam begins to leave and immediately panics when he can't stop. After a loud crash off-screen, Oscar says he's going to be stuck with the nose for a bit longer, but it was worth it.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." (First: Episode 0425)
	Song	One of These Things (3 starfish and a crab) (First: Episode 0516)
	Film	The kids form a capital I. (First: Episode 0462)
	Cartoon	A man instructs someone on how to use a wrench to tighten a pipe. (First: Episode 0530)
	Film	The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster shows David a sign that says STREET. (First: Episode 0423)
	SCENE 4	Oscar overhears Maria complaining to David that the new record she bought has a scratch in it, so she's going to have to go out of her way to return it. She leaves it behind and Oscar takes it on himself to buff the scratch out using sandpaper, thinking he's doing her a favor. When they return, David and Maria chastise him for rendering the record unreturnable. Oscar laments over how difficult it is for a grouch to be nice.
	Film	Counting 20 boxes Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0510)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Finger String — Ernie has a piece of string on each finger, in order to remind himself that they're all out of string. (First: Episode 0163)
	Song	"Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight.
	Muppets	The Remembering Game — Cookie Monster and Bill Smith match pictures. (First: Episode 0310)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080)
	Film	Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336)
	SCENE 5	Susan comes home from work after taking care of patients all day and says it would be nice if someone asked her how she was feeling for a change. Gordon, Maria, and David say they've got just the person to be nice to her when Oscar pops up and pleasantly asks her about her day. In a puff of smoke, his nose disappears, and he starts shooting everyone with a water pistol right away. He exclaims how nice it is being rotten, just as the nose returns to his face again.
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Christopher Columbus — Kermit catches Christopher Columbus before his historic voyage.
	Cartoon	"I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368)
	Film	Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people. (First: Episode 0455)
	Muppets	Pageant: Flower — The Sesame Street Little Theater presents "A Flower Grows."
	Cartoon	H for hello (repeat)
	SCENE 6	Oscar looks in a mirror and says it looks like he was punched in the face by Primo Carnera; in fact, he looks like Primo Carnera. Stuck on having to do something nice to get rid of his nose, he tries to announce the sponsors as pleasantly as he can, but he keeps telling the viewer to scram and go away.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.