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Sesame Street
Big Bird watches a nature program on TV; Oscar changes his name to "George the Grouch"
Air date March 21, 1974
Season Season 5 (1973-1974)
Directed by Jon Stone
Sponsors C, U, 3

SSShowID-0625

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0625a
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.
Bananashare
Muppets Ernie & BertBert asks Ernie to share a banana with him. Ernie gets the inside of the banana, and gives Bert the peel.
(First: Episode 0464)
ElephantBearBridge
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)
Anteatergiraffe
Cartoon What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0422)
Girlcar
Cartoon A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims.
(First: Episode 0513)
Cookiema
Muppets Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR".
(First: Episode 0601)
0625b
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.
Lena Horne ABC song
Muppets / Celebrity Lena Horne and the Anything Muppets sing an upbeat version of "The Alphabet Song."
(First: Episode 0575)
0573f
Film C is for cars on the highway.
(First: Episode 0469)
0573d
Cartoon C - Cake
(First: Episode 0153)
0573e
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)
GordonModelAirplane
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)
InventionofPaper
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)
Jazzyspies3
Cartoon "Jazz #3"
(First: Episode 0002)
3956l
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0299)
Ssnews.princesscookie
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the CookieCookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses.
(First: Episode 0417)
Puzzler-Wheel
Animation A puzzle of a wheel is put together.
Puzzler-Turtle
Animation A puzzle of a turtle is put together.
Girlguitarcartoon
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)
Toon.TopBottom
Cartoon A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom.
(First: Episode 0525)
MariaChaplin.ShirtsTowels
Cast A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (piano underscore)
(First: Episode 0541)
Film-WidowBird
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another.
(First: Episode 0391)
1927-Circles
Cartoon A circle becomes a clock, balloon, sun, etc.
(First: Episode 0358)
Raposo.Eating
Song Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat.
(First: Episode 0106)
WaiterGroverBaconEggs
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)
10Greeblies
Cartoon Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated by their group, teaching a lesson in counting backwards.
(First: Episode 0006)
1092-08
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.
SallySpider
Cartoon Sally the Spider skates with different combinations of her legs.
Andnowtheoctopus
Film Luis announces "And now, the octopus!"
Music: "Pomp and Circumstance"
(First: Episode 0291)
SholahugsKermit
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentKermit 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)
0625-SandC
Animation Sand C/c
C- Cap
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C - Cap
(First: Episode 0154)
HorneGrover536
Muppets "How Do You Do" (Grover and Lena Horne)
(First: Episode 0536)
0625c

0625d
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.
MarchingBand-3
Film Marching Band #3
(First: Episode 0517)
Raposo-3isMyFavoriteNumber
Song "Three Is My Favorite Number"
(First: Episode 0429)
Speechballoon.Up
Cartoon Speech Balloon: U for UP
(First: Episode 0624)
100017
Cast "Sluggo the Great" (David) puts on his baseball gear, but isn't sure which body parts to put them on.
(First: Episode 0492)
1396g
Cartoon Capital letter U for up
(First: Episode 0401)
Film-Chango
Film The Great Chango, man of one thousand costumes, puts on outfits of various professions.
(First: Episode 0518)
0625e

0625-CanInt
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.
Utrain
Cartoon A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
(First: Episode 0624)
Dot Bridge 08 cough
Cartoon Dot Bridge #8: Dot can't stop coughing, then leaves
(First: Episode 0295)
0625f
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.
ClosingSign-MariaSS-0625

ClosingSign-LuisCTW-0625
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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