Episode 0671

Sesame Street
Oscar invites Bob into his trash can
Air date	November 11, 1974
Season	Season 6 (1974-1975)
Written by	Joseph A. Bailey
Production August 20, 1974 Sponsors K, R, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Biff directs Sully while he's driving, causing him to back into the mailbox in front of 123 Sesame Street. The crash prompts Maria to come out and see what happened, but Biff is too busy overcomplicating the mess to explain himself to the "little lady." While Biff admits defeat, deciding he needs an extra crew to come in to clean up, Maria has uprighted the mailbox and tells Sully to clear the vehicle away. Biff is left dumbfounded... and without a ride.
	Muppets	"Family" (First: Episode 0404)
	Cartoon	A lion named Kent gets a Kick out of being King of the forest. (First: Episode 0463)
	Cartoon	K is for Karate (First: Episode 0489)
	Film	A film of camels eating. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0388)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie reads Bert a dramatic story that he's just written. The "story" is actually the alphabet, which Ernie reads in an overwrought manner. (First: Episode 0009)
	Cartoon	I thought a thought ... about circles. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0247)
	Cartoon	A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare. (First: Episode 0486)
	Muppets	Juanita looks for "YO," asking, "¿Esto es yo?" Nope, it's a toy car, and a tomato, and a mirror. Looking in the mirror, she finds herself. "¡Hola, yo!" she cries. (First: Episode 0454)
	Song	"Five Onstage Dancers" (First: Episode 0539)
	SCENE 2	David plays "Here Are Some Things" with the kids while Simon Soundman makes the sounds of a plane, a ship, a motorcycle, a train, and a piano. "David? Did anyone ever tell you that you talk funny?"
	Muppets	Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes. (First: Episode 0361)
	Cartoon	K-kick (First: Episode 0463)
	Cartoon	K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040)
	Film	Things you can carry Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0515)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: "R" – Rabbit (First: Episode 0014)
	Cartoon	R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011)
	Muppets	Ernie tries to find another cookie with a criss-cross of icing. He has trouble matching cookies, but Cookie Monster "matches" them by eating them (putting them all in the same place, his stomach). (First: Episode 0169)
	Cartoon	Footprints move over to the tune of "Here Are Some Things." (First: Episode 0505)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417)
	Cartoon	The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411)
	Film	Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - Kids wait in line at a movie theater. (First: Episode 0411)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Snuffy and Joey say the alphabet.
	Film	Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284)
	Muppets	Betty Lou teaches the meaning of "beginning," "middle," and "end," and introduces two of her friends: Beginning and End. The duo tell a story, but it lacks something in between the beginning and end parts. Beginning and End recruit their pal Middle to fill out the rest of the story. Middle, however, cannot stop telling the exciting part of the story, and the three friends begin a quarrel, forcing Betty Lou to declare the end of the lecture. (First: Episode 0138)
	Film	A trip to the chewing gum factory (First: Episode 0498)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, discovers that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand. (First: Episode 0278)
	Film	Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294)
	Cartoon	A kitten is knittin' a kerchief, a kite, and a polka-dot mitten. (First: Episode 0282)
	Cartoon	Karen the Kangaroo talks about words that start with the letter K. (First: Episode 0142)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about taking a nap. (First: Episode 0537)
	Cartoon	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011)
	Cartoon	Clouds that look like things. (First: Episode 0211)
	Film	Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A woman makes a sandwich. (First: Episode 0387)
	SCENE 3	Oscar stops Bob when he walks by his can cheerfully whistling "What's the Name of That Song?" and suggests they ought to swap places. Bob reluctantly accepts Oscar's invitation inside his trash can where he breaks a vase on the piano, steps in the dining room swamp, gets bitten by his pet Hortense (a dragon), and falls into Oscar's rotten egg collection. Oscar announces that due to Bob's current situation, there won't be anymore cheerful whistling today.
	Animation	Sand K/k (First: Episode 0645)
	Cartoon	K for keyhole, ketchup, and kitten (First: Episode 0489)
	Cartoon	K is for Karate (repeat)
	SCENE 4	Bob slowly emerges from Oscar's can, covered in garbage, and attempts to stealthily make it back to his apartment. He almost makes it when David emerges from Hooper's Store and says hello. Maria announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Luis and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

Notes

• At an Eternal-Con panel in 2019, Bob McGrath reminisced of this storyline, recalling "...I came out of the can looking like I was run over by a bulldozer..." in the final scene.

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