| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Oscar pretends that it's night | |||||||||
| Air date | March 7, 1975 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | In the morning, Oscar is annoyed by the daily hustle-and-bustle he hears from everyone outside. He shouts at them to be quiet so he can take his nap, but Maria tells him that's just how it is in the daytime. Maria also points out that the only time the street is really quiet and empty is when it's nighttime. Oscar gets an idea... |
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Transition | Bridge #10 - Bricks Bridge A (First: Episode 0286) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Hooper, Luis, Maria, and Bob hear the sound of a night owl coming from Oscar's trash can. Oscar comes out wearing a nightcap and clutching a pillow, trying to convince the others that it's nighttime. He plays a sour version of "Rock-a-bye Baby," but the others tell him otherwise since it's 9 in the morning and the sun is out, not the moon and the stars. Defeated, Oscar plots his next move. |
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Transition | Bridge #11 - Bricks Bridge B (First: Episode 0286) |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | C for canary (role reversal) (First: Episode 0703) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar hangs a huge black cloth behind his trash can to simulate a night sky, with a cut-out moon (or two moons, rather - he means business) and stars attached to the cloth. The cast and the kids decide to humor him and pretend it's really night... by falling asleep around him. |
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Cartoon | C for Candle (blows man away) (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | Western: Four Anything Muppet cowboys put up a Wanted poster for "the Great Cookie Thief", who's been stealing cookies from all the bakeries in these here parts. Cookie Monster is standing in front of the poster, and the others suspect that he's the Great Cookie Thief -- he has the same googly eyes, the same blue fur, and the same Western hat. They confront Cookie Monster, but he denies the charge: "Not have same mustache!" He shouts, "Look over there!" -- and while they're distracted, he draws a mustache on the poster. They apologize -- but then Cookie Monster takes off his hat, and cookies fall out. The Great Cookie Thief makes his escape. (First: Episode 0276) |
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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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Song | "Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | A caterpillar escapes a hungry bird by turning into a butterfly. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0639) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to count his balloons. The balloons are arranged in a circle, so he continues counting around the circle, and counts some of them twice. Grover has a solution -- he pops each of the balloons as he counts them. (First: Episode 0133) |
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Cartoon | Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Film | Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | C - Cake (First: Episode 0153) |
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SCENE 4 | “C” quickies:
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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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Cartoon | C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie says that he has "flying fingers," and tries to find ten different things that his fingers can do. (First: Episode 0617) |
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Film | "Three Song (Song of Three)." (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | A man weighs himself to demonstrate how a scale works. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Film | A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. (First: Episode 0422) |
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Cartoon | A man (voice of Bob Arbogast) talks about his favorite letter, C, which is for cat. He opens a door to reveal a lion. (First: Episode 0032) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR". (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | There Once Was a Hand: Skip Hinnant narrates the story of an unhappy hand that wishes he could make a noise. (First: Episode 0007) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob tries explaining to Debo that he should be getting ready to transition from his tricycle to a bicycle, but Debo insists there's another possibility. Bob is unable to fathom what that might be when a unicyclist (Caroll Spinney) stops to ask directions to 101st street. |
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Cartoon | U for uniform. (First: Episode 0702) |
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Muppets | Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0188) |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Ernie wants to show Bert his ice-cube collection. The ice cubes were so cold that he had to put them in a box covered with an electric blanket. Much to Ernie's surprise, the ice cubes have disappeared. Since they were replaced with water, Ernie suspects that a fish might have stolen them. Bert tells him that it's because they've melted. Ernie, however, is now convinced that a fish melted the ice cubes, and angrily walks out the door to "tear him fin-from-fin." (First: Episode 0033) |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho goes from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the water tank. (First: Episode 0655) |
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Muppets | Kermit talks about "top" and "bottom" using a stack of boxes Grover carries. (First: Episode 0434) |
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Song | A girl invites the listener to "Swing Up High." Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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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: C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Prairie dog Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy (repeat) |
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Cartoon | C for canary (role reversal) (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | The unicyclist passes the kids playing in the yard as Bob announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Sherlock Hemlock holds the CTW sign. |
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