| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird watches a nature program on TV; Oscar changes his name to "George the Grouch" | |||||||
| Air date | March 22, 1974 | ||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria is busy putting her laundry on the clothesline from her apartment window. Bob also has a basket of wet clothes ready to be put out to dry, and reminds Maria that today was supposed to be his day to use the line. They try to figure out a way to solve their problem when Big Bird arrives. Maria and Bob decide to split the clothesline half-and-half and share it, but Big Bird attempts to solve the problem by cutting it in half with scissors. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert asks Ernie to share a banana with him. Ernie gets the inside of the banana, and gives Bert the peel. (First: Episode 0464) |
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Cartoon | An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. Voices: Hal Smith (First: Episode 0538) |
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Cartoon | What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0422) |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR". (First: Episode 0601) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis points Oscar to the word AMOR, which is Spanish for “love.” Oscar tries to ignore the word in front of him before wiping it off the screen with a rag. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Lena Horne and the Anything Muppets sing an upbeat version of "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 0575) |
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Film | C is for cars on the highway. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | C - Cake (First: Episode 0153) |
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Muppets | Monsters, including an early Grover, Cookie Monster and Beautiful Day Monster, pass on the message, "See." The wide shot reveals that the monsters were whispering about the Letter C. (First: Episode 0089) |
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Cast | Gordon builds a model airplane. He looks through his box of parts to find two wings that are the same size. After finding the right wings, the airplane sends him soaring towards the sky. (First: Episode 0507) |
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Muppets | Caveperson Days: King Ernie has a problem -- the cavemen write everything on rocks, which are too heavy to carry around. He calls upon the Royal Smart Person to invent something lighter to write on. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417) |
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Animation | A puzzle of a wheel is put together. |
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Animation | A puzzle of a turtle is put together. |
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Cartoon | A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom. (First: Episode 0525) |
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Cast | A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (piano underscore) (First: Episode 0541) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another. (First: Episode 0391) |
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Cartoon | A circle becomes a clock, balloon, sun, etc. (First: Episode 0358) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated by their group, teaching a lesson in counting backwards. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | The Count's bats are upset; he always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats... but there's only one Count. |
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Cartoon | Sally the Spider skates with different combinations of her legs. |
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Film | Luis announces "And now, the octopus!" Music: "Pomp and Circumstance" (First: Episode 0291) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit the Frog, Shola and Fannie have just finished watching the previous film. Shola hugs Kermit, and he comments, "She learned a lot from the octopus ... how to squeeze!" (First: Episode 0534) |
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Animation | Sand C/c |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C - Cap (First: Episode 0154) |
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Muppets | "How Do You Do" (Grover and Lena Horne) (First: Episode 0536) |
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SCENE 3 | After giving Maria a magazine to borrow, Big Bird turns on his TV and sees a nature program he enjoys, Animals of Distinction. The host (Richard Hunt) presents today's unusual guest: Mr. Snuffleupagus! Big Bird calls Maria over to see Snuffy on TV, but when she checks it out the program switches to the on-screen narrator. |
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Film | Marching Band #3 (First: Episode 0517) |
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Song | "Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for UP (First: Episode 0624) |
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Cast | "Sluggo the Great" (David) puts on his baseball gear, but isn't sure which body parts to put them on. (First: Episode 0492) |
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Cartoon | Capital letter U for up (First: Episode 0401) |
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Film | The Great Chango, man of one thousand costumes, puts on outfits of various professions. (First: Episode 0518) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob sees a sign on Oscar's trash can: “George the Grouch.” Oscar explains that he’s changed his name so others will think someone else lives there and not bother him. Since the sign didn't work, he changes it to "Marty the Meanie," only to have Luis drop by wanting to meet Marty. He changes the sign to “Oscar the Grouch” and waits inside his can for someone to bother him, but no one does. He yells about nobody caring that he lives there, then yells at Bob, Maria, and Luis for bothering him as they pass by. |
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Cartoon | A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe." (First: Episode 0624) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #8: Dot can't stop coughing, then leaves (First: Episode 0295) |
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SCENE 5 | Everybody on the now-crowded street (including Debo and Mr. Macintosh) continually say hello to Oscar, driving him bananas. Snuffy announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- Snuffy's CTW announcement was also used at the end of the closing credits to a Japanese broadcast of Episode 1062.
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