| Sesame Street | |||||
| Mr. Hooper accuses Oscar of littering all over the street | |||||
| Air date | January 6, 1976 | ||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Hooper angrily eyes the big mess in front of Oscar's trash can. He accuses Oscar of littering all over Sesame Street knowing how much a Grouch like him loves making a mess, but Oscar claims that he's being falsely accused. He tells Mr. Hooper to imagine as he explains what really happened... |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | In the imagined sequence, David gives Oscar a box of rusty cans, but spills them as he rushes to answer the phone at Hooper's Store. Afterward, Maria gives him a box of dirt leftover from planting a tree, but the bottom of the box breaks, so she leaves to fetch a shovel. Finally, Gordon goes to give some old newspapers to Oscar, but drops them with the rest of the stuff when he has to get his roast out of the oven. The wind begins to pick up and spread everything around as Oscar looks on. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Back in the present, Mr. Hooper finds the story a bit far-fetched until David, Maria, and Gordon return to clean up their messes. Mr. Hooper realizes his assumption was wrong and apologizes as Oscar agonizes over the loss of a perfectly good mess. |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | Topi antelopes nod "yes." Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Still, We Like Each Other". (First: Episode 0395) |
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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 | Letter R hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0315) |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count to 20. (First: Episode 0476) |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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SCENE 2 | After watching the kids color in the yard, Gordon sings what he'd do as a father if he had "A Kid Like You." |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0765) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | A Muppet father and son switch roles in the forest. The father climbs trees and asks questions, while the son explains things. (First: Episode 0089) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria plays a "Three of These Things" game using a rock, a wad of cotton, a sheet of paper, and a white feather. After showing that the rock is heavy and the other things are light, she lugs the big rock over to Oscar's can and drops it in for Oscar to admire. |
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Cartoon | Five purple konkers disappear one by one, until two of them have a yellow honker together. (First: Episode 0775) |
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Film | Footage of a leopard in the plain. (First: Episode 0364) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Mirror, Mirror — Kermit is declared the fairest of them all. (First: Episode 0685) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates "beginning" and "end". (First: Episode 0265) |
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Cartoon | A man shows the viewers his "YES" machine. |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates beginning and end. (First: Episode 0532) |
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Cartoon | Is snow cold? Yes! |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A man paints a picture. (First: Episode 0411) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0455) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A barber gives a boy a hair cut. (First: Episode 0387) |
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SCENE 4 | David invites Big Bird to play a game with him, Maria, Gordon, and the kids, but Big Bird doesn't want to play and claims that he always loses whatever game he's playing. He gives it a try anyway, and David starts a game of “Hot Potato” using a hat; whoever's stuck with the hat after David stops playing his music is out of the game. Big Bird watches as the others get eliminated one by one and has so much fun he doesn’t mind coming in second place, and wants to play again. |
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357) |
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Celebrity | Pat Paulsen says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0067) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman tries to buy a saw at Sam's General Store. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Film | "Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | Kids draw various things on a blackboard. The drawings animate themselves and make their respective sounds. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Big Sneeze — When Bert's nose comes off from a sneeze, Ernie teases him by re-attaching it in the wrong places. (First: Episode 0026) |
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Cartoon | Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0614) |
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Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird stops by Hooper's Store and asks if he can come with David and Maria to the movies, but they say the late movie he wants to see will be past his bedtime. He then asks Mr. Hooper for a birdseed cupcake, but Mr. Hooper doesn't want to give him one before his dinner (since he’s only a kid). Gordon, on the other hand, is having an early dinner because he’s taking his car to the shop to get fixed. Big Bird wants to drive along, but he can’t come along since he’s not old enough to drive. Big Bird leaves and goes to play jumprope with some kids instead, but all of the grown-ups are too busy to join in his game. Seeing how none of the grown-ups have the time to play, Big Bird is happy that he's a kid. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R for rabbit (First: Episode 0014) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to keep an eye on his pyramid of blocks. The Count walks by, and counts the blocks, moving them out of the pyramid shape. Then he counts them again, putting them back into the pyramid. Bert yells at the Count for moving Ernie's blocks, so the Count counts the blocks again, taking the pyramid apart. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | A voiceover lists many R words. (First: Episode 0661) |
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Muppets | Jerry Nelson narrates a story about a green Muppet hand that learns to spin a top. (First: Episode 0362) |
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Cartoon | A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be. (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 6 | Mr. Hooper sets the outdoor tables for some nighttime customers as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David and Maria hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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