| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar plays awful noises on his tape recorder | |||||||
| Air date | January 9, 1975 | ||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis, Mr. Hooper, Bob, and Maria are startled when they hear the sounds of a car crash, followed by a low-flying jet plane and a train engine. They and the kids follow the sounds of a marching band to Oscar's trash can, where Oscar has been blasting them through his tape recorder, the tapes being presents from his cousin Clarence. Bob temporarily finds a Mozart tune among Oscar's collection (by mistake according to Oscar), but Oscar has Bob change it to racetrack noises at the Indianapolis 500 and trash being crushed. |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) |
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SCENE 2 | At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper, Luis and Maria are further bothered by Oscar’s loud prerecorded sounds, including an explosion, a jackhammer, and a siren. They all go over to his can and tell him to turn it down, explaining the meaning of “noise pollution.” Oscar teases everyone by turning on the sounds of a street cleaner instead and leaving. Maria almost physically attacks Oscar, but Luis has a better idea. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster hangs his head down in sadness. Ernie gives a lengthy speech on how looking up is the key to happiness. While his head's in the clouds, Cookie looks up toward Ernie's cookie box and empties it, making him happier. (First: Episode 0135) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob enters Hooper’s and sees Maria, Luis and Mr. Hooper enjoying the quiet. They show him how they eliminated Oscar’s noise pollution: by giving him a pair of headphones. |
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Cartoon | T for typewriter and toe Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0506) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: T for train (First: Episode 0022) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | Numbers from 1 to 20 line up, but 17 is missing. (First: Episode 0536) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 4 | After observing the kids' drawings of faces, Bob draws a face on his fist, then puppeteers it after he sings "Face Game." |
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Animation | Sand T/t (First: Episode 0636) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Road Runner (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | T es para telefono (First: Episode 0362) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster stars in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee." (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Film | T is for toes. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cartoon | A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Film | The letter T is a very useful letter. (First: Episode 0402) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie tries to count sheep, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. Bert says that Ernie's waking up the whole neighborhood, and tells him to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird finds Luis working on a table outside of the Fix-it Shop since it's too hot indoors. He then visits Mr. Hooper, who complains that nobody is coming to the store for lunch because of all the noise Luis is making. The two confront each other and get into a fight, making Big Bird upset. Mr. Hooper and Luis reassure him that even though they may get angry with each other, they'll still remain friends. They make a compromise where Luis will have lunch at Hooper's, thereby stopping the noise temporarily. |
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Cartoon | A ribbon wraps itself around a woman, then turns itself into an R. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Film | A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: The Count has come to order hot dogs - lots of hot dogs. But when Grover refuses to get more hot dogs because the Count will only count them, and not eat them, the Count uses a hypnotism spell to get more. (First: Episode 0644) |
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Cartoon | A poem filled with T words, including a teacher, toys, Texas, and "turtles with brains". Voice: Bob Arbogast (First: Episode 0024) |
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Muppets | A bridge of teeth come to an employment agency, looking for a job. He's offered jobs in the smelling line and in listening, but he's unqualified for those. Teeth demonstrates his talent in biting and chewing by chomping up the desk. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | A girl named Jennifer visits family friend Mrs. Wilson in the country, and together they pick food from her garden. (First: Episode 0021) |
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Cartoon | Two circles demonstrate "next to" and "away from". (First: Episode 0644) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit the Frog, Shola, and Fanny demonstrate "next to." (First: Episode 0553) |
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SCENE 6 | Luis walks by reading the newspaper, when Maria takes it from him without asking to check the movie listings. Mr. Hooper then takes it from Maria to check the baseball scores, but the two fight over it, crumpling it in the process. Mr. Hooper and Maria realize how rude they have been, and give the tangle of papers back to Luis. |
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357) |
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Film | Kids compare animals and human tools and technology. (First: Episode 0491) |
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Cartoon | A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Bob is approached by an Anything Muppet (Jim Henson) with no face, so he gives him eyes to see what a lovely day it is and a nose to smell a flower. The AM thanks him and leaves to gift the flower to a friend. (First: Episode 0660) |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Muppets | Two children, who can only read some words, resolve their fight over a large book by helping each other and reading alternate words. (First: Episode 0297) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #5: All the dots turn red (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis shares his new newspaper with Mr. Hooper and Maria. They then all take turns announcing the sponsors, with Oscar following with the CTW slogan from within his can. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Luis and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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