| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar sets up a toll booth | |||||
| Air date | December 18, 1975 | ||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria is surprised to see a strange-looking contraption in front of Oscar's trash can. Oscar explains that it's his toll booth, and everyone who wants to pass by has to give him a jar of mud. Maria warns him that running the device may be more complex than he thinks, but Oscar just believes that Maria is coming up with an excuse not to pay up. She leaves him to his work as Debo arrives with a quart of mud so he can pass through, though Oscar finds lifting the toll arm up just a little tiresome. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty H” (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest. (First: Episode 0417) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Oscar admires all of the jars he's collected, but finds that he needs some help in organization and decides to hire David as the arm operator. David has trouble collecting Joey's jar of mud and working the arm at the same time, so Jay gets on board as a mud storage supervisor. Oscar complains to them when he spots a kid sneak by without paying, though David and Jay defend their actions since it's not part of their job. When the toll arm gets stuck Maria recommends Luis to repair it since he has the tools. Instead of repairing it, Oscar wants Luis to disassemble the booth, figuring it'd be a lot easier just to dig for the mud himself in the park than having to be surrounded by everyone! |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Film | "Doll House" (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | A boy names his own body parts. |
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Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" (First: Episode 0371) |
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Muppets | The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting. (First: Episode 0580) |
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Cartoon | H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | A woman repairs wires for the telephone company. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Muppets | A little boy explains how he can be a son, a brother, a paperboy, a friend, and a grandson all at the same time. (First: Episode 0691) |
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Cartoon | H for hair (First: Episode 0475) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cinderella at the Ball — Kermit interviews Cinderella and Prince Charming at the ball. (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | Howard and Harold think of H words (First: Episode 0284) |
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SCENE 2 | As the clouds grow darker and the wind begins to pick up, Maria, David, and Jay all tell Big Bird to come inside because "it's coming." Big Bird keeps wondering what everybody could be referring to, guessing that it might be something like the circus or Santa Claus. When it finally starts to rain, Big Bird stands outside Hooper's Store and asks the others what he's missing, believing that if he were to go inside he'll miss whatever is coming. |
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Cartoon | Caterpillars Never Wear Brown Boots Artist: Jeff Hale |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert complains when a big letter H appears on the TV screen, so Ernie turns off the set, unplugs it, and takes a bunch of H objects out of the TV (including a hat, a house and a hamster). When he plugs it back in, a big letter I appears on the screen. Ernie wants to try fixing the TV again, but Bert tells him not to -- this is a great show. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | La palabra cerrado (First: Episode 0481) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Muppets | A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be." (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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SCENE 3 | At the Fix-it Shop, Luis and Big Bird play a game of “Three of These Things” using various clocks. Luis tries to hint that the small clock doesn't belong with the three big ones, but Big Bird persists that one of the bigger clocks isn't like the others. He shows what the difference is when the clock strikes twelve, and the little cuckoo bird inside it pops out. "My answer is for birds," Big Bird remarks. |
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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 man spins in circles while riding in his kayak. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0297) |
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Cartoon | H - Horse (First: Episode 0474) |
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Film | Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336) |
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Muppets | Super Grover: A boy is confused -- his mother told him to take a bus home, but he doesn't know where to find the bus. Super Grover arrives, and they soon discover a sign that says "Bus Stop". The boy suggests that they found the answer, but Super Grover insists that his mother told him to take a bus, and not a sign, home. (First: Episode 0708) |
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Cartoon | A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying "Abierto" and "Cerrado." (First: Episode 0771) |
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Animation | Today's Secret Drawing is an astronaut. (First: Episode 0193) |
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Celebrity | Tennis star Arthur Ashe says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0775) |
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Cartoon | With one mighty blow of his baseball bat, a boy knocks several B items (including a basket, bandit, and ball) off of a wall. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0237) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird and the kids want to put their beachball away before going to the movies to see Pinocchio, but Big Bird finds it difficult to put such a big toy into a small box. David helps him figure out how: it doesn’t involve squeezing the ball, stretching the box, or making the ball shrink by saying “Alakazam!” (as well as Joey's suggestion of "A la peanut butter sandwiches!"), but it does involve letting the air out. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0137) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola count fingers. (First: Episode 0464) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - boy (First: Episode 0428) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Insects (instrumental w/ kid VO, same music as "Peacock") (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird shows the kids several H words just by standing there: Maria, Luis, David, and Jay greet him with words that start with the letter H such as "hi," "hello," and "handshake." His favorite one is "hug," which all of the kids give him. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty H” (repeat) |
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Film | "Doll House" (repeat) |
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Celebrity | Tennis star Arthur Ashe demonstrates over and under. |
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Film | Various sporting events involving throwing things are shown from around the world. |
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Cartoon | H for hair (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria and Luis bounce some beachballs around with the kids in the yard as David announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- This episode has another lesson that ties in with the season's bicentennial theme. The opening scene about Oscar opening a toll booth ties in with the lesson concept "Bicentennial - Bureaucratization."
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