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| Oscar and the sanitation worker; Big Bird tries to order birdseed; Big Bird eats his birdseed sundae for a long time | |||||||||
| Air date | April 26, 1974 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 5 (1973-1974) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar meets the new sanitation man (played onscreen by Jerry Nelson), who hauls away the trash near his can. The worker almost picks up Oscar's trash can itself, but Oscar protests, saying it's his home – the regular sanitation man knows that. This man is new on the job, however, and it's his orders to empty every can. Oscar attempts to offer him some of his most valuable trash as a gift (to bring home to "the little woman") since it's his first day, including his 1937 Oldsmobile minus the wheels and a piano crushed by a safe. After looking inside Oscar's can and seeing all the things too big for his truck, the stunned sanitation man leaves. An insulted Oscar calls the sanitation department, complaining how the new guy doesn't even like trash. |
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Film | A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Cast | Gordon demonstrates the different kind of outfit he might wear if he were a carpenter rather than a school teacher. |
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Cartoon | A man sees if a carpenter knows how to measure with a ruler. (First: Episode 0550) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty U” (First: Episode 0036) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird brings Oscar's attention to Alphabet Bates flying above. Oscar lifts his can lid and uses his rusty telescope to watch Bates skywrite the letter U (First: Episode 0036). |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit comes across the word "Telephone", spells it, and then teaches the word to the viewer. When an Anything Muppet boy who stands too far away says that he can't hear Kermit, Kermit dials the T, and the boy answers with the last E. (First: Episode 0314) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird calls David at Hooper's Store to order some birdseed, but the phone keeps ringing on the other end. He hangs up and goes over to Hooper's to investigate, and sees that David is cleaning the floor with a loud buffer machine. He tries to get David's attention over the noise, pointing him to the phone. David finally turns off the machine and goes to the phone, but no one's on the line. David chides Big Bird for wasting his time, but Big Bird gets an idea. He does the same thing again, but when David picks up the phone, Big Bird tells him to hang on because someone will be on the line soon. Big Bird rushes back to his nest and places his birdseed order over the phone, though David stammers trying to explain that he could've got the birdseed while he was at the store. |
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Cartoon | A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: TELEPHONE. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher." (First: Episode 0553) |
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Film | Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker! (First: Episode 0437) |
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Cast | Luis is dressed for snow, but is stuck at the beach. David dresses for the beach, but finds himself in the snow. They happily switch places. (First: Episode 0497) |
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Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster Uses Ernie's Phone part 1: Ernie expects a call from Bert, but lets Cookie Monster make a phone call to his mommy, provided it's short. He proceeds to tell her about show and tell at school. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | A bee looks for a flower. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster Uses Ernie's Phone part 2: Cookie Monster tells his mommy about jumping rope after school and counts the jumps he made. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for UP (First: Episode 0624) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps up onto an UP. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster Uses Ernie's Phone part 3: Cookie Monster has counted up to 4,614 by now and asks how his brother Fred is. Ernie offers him a box of cookies to get off the phone. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Cartoon | Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0561) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster Uses Ernie's Phone part 4: Cookie Monster finally gets off the phone, and then eats it. When Bert calls, Ernie has to talk to him through Cookie Monster's mouth. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Film | "Pig's Love Song" (live-action version) (First: Episode 0572) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines that if the clouds were cows, it would rain milk. |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird doesn't have anyone to play with today, so he imagines he has a little friend who's a small, blue bird named Tiny. Maria encounters him trying to teach Tiny how to ride a tricycle, and assumes the “imaginary friend” he's playing with is big and brown and furry, and named Mr. Snuffleupagus. Big Bird denies it, and continues playing. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is sad, because it's raining and he can't play baseball. Bert encourages him to imagine that he's playing instead. In Ernie's imagination, he hits a high fly ball that lands in the ocean. Bert tells Ernie that the sun is out, and he can go out and play now. Ernie says that he can't play -- his ball fell in the ocean. (First: Episode 0410) |
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Animation | A ball encounters a black cube, which it imagines as a log cabin in a blizzard. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0038) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger. (First: Episode 0440) |
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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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SCENE 5 | Maria gets a cup of coffee at Hooper's, and finishes it in a short time before she goes shopping. Big Bird has a birdseed sundae, and eats it for a long time, since he wants to enjoy it as much as possible. |
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Animation | Sand U/u (First: Episode 0624) |
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Muppets | Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it. (First: Episode 0047) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
Later in the day, after Maria has done all her shopping and goes to get an evening paper from David, Big Bird is still eating his sundae at Hooper’s. |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet man arrives at a gas station, hoping to be filled in a short time. Instead, his car takes a long time to fill while the attendant fills other cars in a short time. (First: Episode 0540) |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | "The UN Family Song" (First: Episode 0155) |
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Film | Several people help a man when his car is stuck in the mud. (First: Episode 0619) |
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SCENE 6 | At night, Big Bird is still eating his sundae. David is desperate for him to finish, since he has to close the store and study; he ends up falling asleep on his law books. |
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Film | U, for Underpass (First: Episode 0494) |
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SCENE 6 cont'd |
Big Bird finishes eating his sundae, saving the cherry for last. David temporarily wakes up when Big Bird asks for another sundae. Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, and Grover and Cookie Monster hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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