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| Oscar conducts the Grouch Philharmonic Orchestra (repeat of 0518) | |||||
| Air date | April 29, 1975 | ||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Riding his delivery cart, Mr. Hooper stops in front of Oscar as he begins to conduct an orchestra inside his trash can, the Grouch Philharmonic. Instead of musical instruments, the members of the orchestra make the sounds of a train played by Melbourne, an airplane played by Brisbane, and a fire engine played by Tasmania. |
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Muppets | Kermit explains how a weather calendar works, with Cookie Monster's assistance. Kermit tells Cookie to place them on the right spot on the weather map. After completing the weather map, Cookie decides to produce sounds of the weather. He pours the contents of a watering can for rain, for wind, blew a few blows of air for wind. Kermit asks what sound sunshine makes, Cookie Monster devours the sun symbol. (First: Episode 0619) |
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Film | Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air. (First: Episode 0444) |
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Cartoon | Elephants have 4 legs. (First: Episode 0560) |
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Animation | New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria, Big Bird and some kids are out on the street looking for things that start with the letter S. Big Bird can't think of anything as quickly as the kids are finding them, so he goes his nest where Mr. Snuffleupagus offers to retrieve some things from his cave that start with S. |
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Muppets | "Sammy the Snake" (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 3 | Snuffy brings some giant items back from his cave: a sailboat, a bar of soap, and a suitcase. Snuffy also points out that Snuffleupagus begins with S, so Big Bird asks him to hide so he can surprise Maria. Big Bird brings Maria into his nest area so she can meet Snuffy, but he's nowhere to be seen. Big Bird insists that he's hiding and will come out soon. After Maria scoffs and leaves the nest, Snuffy jumps out and yells, "Surprise!" |
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Cartoon | S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental) (First: Episode 0411) |
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Cartoon | Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Flying Fingers — 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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Cartoon | Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Film | The Great Chango, man of one thousand costumes, puts on outfits of various professions. (First: Episode 0518) |
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Muppets | Big Bird sings "I Just Adore Four" with The Happy Squares. (First: Episode 0734) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300) |
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Celebrity | Mary Lou Williams scats with the kids. |
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Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Grover the Elevator Operator: Only five people are allowed on the elevator at one time, so Grover counts out five passengers. But then he's not allowed on the elevator himself; he would make six. (First: Episode 0462) |
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Film | Marching Band #4 (First: Episode 0529) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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SCENE 4 | The Count stops by the Fix-it Shop to see how his grandfather's clock is doing. Luis says that it's almost fixed and sets it to 4:00 to test it out. The clock chimes four times, as Luis expected. The Count isn't interested in it telling time, so he makes an adjustment in the back and tests it again. Now, the clock chimes continuously so that the Count can continue counting them. |
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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 | George the Farmer demonstrates beginning and end. (First: Episode 0265) |
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Animation | Children's voiceovers (in English and Spanish) dictate how to draw a male's body. (First: Episode 0528) |
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Film | A rhino and her baby (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | "Yo Soy Un ..." (First: Episode 0777) |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger, biggest (strongmen) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria sings "Here Are Some Things" with pictures of clowns and an elephant. |
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Cartoon | A cleaning lady (reminiscent of Carol Burnett's character) wanders into a music rehearsal room, plays each instrument, and puts all the sounds back into the wrong instruments. (First: Episode 0774) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #4 (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird sings "Here Are Some Things" for the kids who sort letters and numbers. |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin finds that Suzetta Something is upset, because Hard Head Henry Harris called her a cantaloupe head. Roosevelt tells her that when you're upset with someone, you should tell them how you feel. He negotiates a peace settlement. (First: Episode 0749) |
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Animation | Sand S/s (First: Episode 0622) |
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Muppets | Japanese Stories: Japan is being victimized by an Evil Prime Minister, who boasts that the only way an emperor (or empress) can be chosen is for someone to show him something unique. Villagers bring flowers, fans and hats, identical to those owned by the prime minister, but a young girl is able to prove that she herself is different from anything else. (First: Episode 0346) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats." (First: Episode 0407) |
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SCENE 7 | Letter S quickies:
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Cartoon | Typewriter: S for spring |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates beginning and end. (First: Episode 0532) |
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SCENE 8 | Big Bird tells the kids it's time to say goodbye and begins playfully fighting over the tire swing with Troy. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign. |
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