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Sesame Street
Oscar moves away from 123 Sesame Street and tries to find a new roommate
Air date March 10, 1975
Season Season 6 (1974-1975)
Production November 18, 1974
Sponsors C, Y, 4


Picture Segment Description

SCENE 1 Susan reprimands Oscar for insulting her guests at the party she had last night. When Oscar tells Susan that he's getting tired of people going in and out of 123 Sesame Street, Susan replies that she's getting tired of him. Oscar then decides to move somewhere else and starts going over what he should bring - such as his piano, his statue of Benedict Arnold, and his pet goat Grishmippen. He grabs his tightly-packed suitcase and starts to shove off.
Cartoon Speech Balloon: Y is for Yo-Yo
(First: Episode 0036)
Cartoon A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak".
(First: Episode 0301)
Muppets Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin has his students stand up and sit down to learn about the opposites.
(First: Episode 0518)
Film The Mad Painter #4
(First: Episode 0344)
Animation Sand Y/y
(First: Episode 0626)
Cartoon The life of a Yellow Yahoo
(First: Episode 0043)
Film Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0318)
Muppets Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher."
(First: Episode 0553)
SCENE 2 Luis gets out of the heavy rain back to the Fix-it Shop, finding that Oscar has moved in. Luis demands he get out when the telephone rings, the caller being the same one who's called many times, thinking he's calling Benny's Sandwich Shop. When Oscar threatens to do something drastic unless the caller stops calling, Luis has a change of heart and lets him stay.
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk.
(First: Episode 0169)
Cartoon "Jazz #4"
(First: Episode 0006)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Bert's What Happens Next GameCookie Monster makes a surprise appearance during Bert and Ernie's game about what happens next.
(First: Episode 0056)
Film Examples of people and animals going down.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0406)
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C for carrot
(First: Episode 0203)
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C - Cap
(First: Episode 0154)
Film Pizza is made.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0416)
Cartoon A boy looks for the telephone as it rings.
(First: Episode 0684)
SCENE 3 Luis has trouble fixing a TV set. Oscar suggests the B12 tube, which gets it working again. He explains that Grouches like things broken, so they have to know why things are broken. He points to more and more broken devices, knowing exactly what they need (including the removal of a ham sandwich he stuck in Luis' clock about three years ago). Luis appreciates this, but Oscar can’t stand helping others, so he decides to leave.

Muppets / Cast Bob reads "Yolanda and the Youth", a story about a youth who wins the hand of Princess Yolanda by passing the "Y" test.
(First: Episode 0174)
Cartoon Y for yawn
(First: Episode 0301)
Cartoon What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0212)
Celebrity Burt Lancaster says the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0006)
Cartoon A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y.
(First: Episode 0470)
Film Y, for Yacht
(First: Episode 0471)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Newspaper ExpeditionErnie makes an elaborate plan to go buy a newspaper.
(First: Episode 0093)
Cartoon C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake).
(First: Episode 0203)
SCENE 4 David enters Hooper's Store to get out of the rain, but is shocked when he sees Oscar and his stuff all over the store. Oscar guilt trips him into letting him stay, but David tells him that he can only stay until the rain stops. David is surprised when Luis tells him what a good roommate Oscar is - and when he drops off Grishmippen.
Film Footage of a leopard in the plain.
(First: Episode 0364)
Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: Fortune MachineErnie tells the viewer to watch and listen for Cookie Monster so he won't take his cookie.
Celebrity Burt Lancaster counts while doing pushups.
(First: Episode 0010)
Song Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (tomato)
(First: Episode 0147)
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentErnie, Bert and Shola count fingers.
(First: Episode 0464)
Cartoon A man demonstrates "up" and "down".
(First: Episode 0276)
Muppets Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry asks John-John if he knows the difference between up and down.
(First: Episode 0565)
Film A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0297)
Insert Cookie Monster explains the purpose of a telephone. Then, Maria and Luis tease Cookie by eating the telephone!
(First: Episode 0562)
Insert Piano Bridge #6 - A pianist plays a short tune with glissandos. (alternate take)
(First: Episode 0682)
SCENE 5 "What a revoltin' development this is!" Oscar exclaims as he muses on the day he’s had so far when Susan comes to Hooper’s for a pound of sugar. Oscar thinks it’s too quiet at Hooper's, and Susan thinks it’s "too friendly" at 123 Sesame Street; through casual hints, they seem to agree that Oscar should move back into his can.
Cartoon Four construction workers build a number 4.
(First: Episode 0507)
SCENE 6 Oscar announces the sponsors while supervising everyone moving his items (and Grishmippen) back to the trash can.

CLOSING SIGNS Luis and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the CTW sign.

Notes[]

  • In addition to being part of the episode, the "Count It Higher" song is shown when Luis gets the TV set working again during scene 3.


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