| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar decides to move his trash can | |||||||
| Air date | March 6, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster stars in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee." (First: Episode 0516) |
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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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SCENE 1 | The kids look up and see Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter Z. (Unlike the other skywriter segments, the Z is actually telestrated over an image of the sky rather than film footage of the real thing.) |
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Cartoon | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy plays hide-and-seek with three letter Zs, who blend into his porch. (First: Episode 0200) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) |
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SCENE 2 | After quietly pondering, Oscar exclaims that he is bored and tired of his trash can being in one place all the time. He tells the viewer that the next time you see him, he and his can will be gone. |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar has set up his can at the top of the steps in front of 123 Sesame Street. Gordon bumps into him, and warns Oscar that he could've tripped and fallen down the stairs. Oscar sees no problem with this until Gordon points out that the same thing could happen to him and his can if he stays there. Oscar agrees to move somewhere else. |
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Film | "Two Song (Song of Two)" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination". (First: Episode 0493) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Elephant (instrumental). (First: Episode 0034) |
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SCENE 4 | David opens up Hooper's Store and discovers a trash can perched on top of one of the stools. Of course, it belongs to Oscar who now thinks that the store is a better place to put his can. David warns him that he'll be around a lot of ice cream and treats, which Grouches hate. Oscar agrees to move again before flatly telling David that he never liked him. |
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Film | Marching band cymbal crash #2 (First: Episode 0527) |
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Animation | Drawing a chicken (child V/O in English and Spanish) (First: Episode 0451) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher — Bert and Ernie get closer to the camera to observe "The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." (First: Episode 0005) |
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Film | Apes play at the zoo. (edited) (First: Episode 0045) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan goes to visit Big Bird, and is flabbergasted when she finds Oscar's can inside Big Bird's nest. She tells him that trash cans don't belong in nests, but Oscar is sick of moving and refuses to leave. Susan thinks this may be a problem. |
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Cartoon | A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird on a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen. (First: Episode 0565) |
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SCENE 6 | With Oscar's old spot vacated, Susan, David, and Gordon pretend to argue with each other over who needs the spot more. Susan plans to build a new nest for Big Bird, while David wants to install an ice cream parlor and Gordon wants to add a ramp to 123 Sesame Street. When Oscar witnesses this, he realizes he’d rather have his old spot and moves back, telling everyone to get away from his home. |
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Film | A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between here and there, near and far, and close and next to. ("near and far" section only) (First: Episode 0111) |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines she's a rock, which becomes a statue. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. (repeat) |
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Muppets | "The Zizzy Zoomers" (First: Episode 0359) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (repeat) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit talks with Chris about teaching his little sister, Stephanie, to talk. Chris practices the alphabet. (First: Episode 0495) |
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SCENE 7 | Susan, Gordon, and David sing "Stop!" as the kids follow along. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Newspaper Expedition — Ernie makes an elaborate plan to go buy a newspaper. (First: Episode 0093) |
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Cartoon | SALIDA (train) (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | "That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Big Bird announces that Grover will demonstrate the number 2 by doing two chin-ups. He does it, but then Big Bird asks him to do two more sets, to make sure the audience gets it. When Big Bird thinks they've got it, he announces that Grover will now demonstrate the number 18! Grover faints. (First: Episode 0547) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Muppets | Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part two) (First: Episode 0359) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (repeat) |
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SCENE 8 | David plays a silent, music-only version of “One of These Things” at Hooper's with different-sized pencils. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids comment over footage of an eagle's view of different kinds of roads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0377) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Prince Sleeps — Prince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty and falls asleep. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | A little girl imagines what would happen if she dropped her bag of ping pong balls. (First: Episode 0583) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates close to and away from. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (repeat) |
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SCENE 9 | David and the others take turns signing a girl's cast as Oscar announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Susan holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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