| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar’s home movies | |||||
| Air date | May 27, 1976 | ||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis, David, and Susan observe Oscar nearby wearing a beret and using a film camera. ("He thinks he's Kubrick or somebody," David comments.) They witness him filming Maria coming out of Big Bird's nest area, running a gamut of emotions as Oscar calls out instructions. The others find out that he decided to make some movies using the old discarded camera he found, and reveals that he's been taking shots of the others while they weren’t looking; the others get excited when they learn they're going to be a part of his movie. He plans to develop the footage soon and have a screening over at Hooper's Store later today. |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (First: Episode 0416) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar has set up his projector inside Hooper's Store, but Luis, Susan, Maria, David, and the kids are bothered by Oscar charging to see the viewing. (He claims the money is going towards a Poison Ivy League college fund for some "undeserving Grouch.") Maria turns out the lights, and Oscar’s film begins with him roaring (a la the MGM lion). |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | His visual narrative follows a tin can’s trip from the ground to a sanitation truck to "paradise": the city dump, and the various goings-on there such as seagulls searching for food. "You think the Taj Mahal is beautiful? Look at this!" he exclaims as footage of a bulldozer dumps more garbage over a hill, where it's revealed that Oscar is at the bottom of the pile revelling in the junk. A car is shown being tossed in a trash compactor before the cube is moved into a "parking lot for old cars." After another brief shot of Oscar enjoying the sights, the camera shows the sun setting with Hawaiian music playing as Oscar provides narration: "Now as the sun slowly sinks into the mess - I mean West - we say aloha, goodbye to our fair garbage dump. We hope someday to return to this fairyland of trash, paradise of the rusty nail, the broken umbrella, the broken soda pop bottle of no return, ah yes..." |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | At the end of the movie, very brief shots of Luis, Susan, and David flash before the film runs out. Maria wonders why the movie didn't have any of the footage showing her emotional range. Oscar reveals that he used all the film up at the dump, so there wasn't any film when shooting her scene! Oscar chuckles as everyone else boos and tosses their popcorn at him. |
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Cartoon | A man jumps up onto an UP. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Muppets | "The Subway" (First: Episode 0762) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for UP (First: Episode 0624) |
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Film | "Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." (edited) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0585) |
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Cartoon | What if a frog and a fly switched bodies? What do you think would happen? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Capital letter U for up (First: Episode 0401) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis and David pitch some horseshoes when a trumpet fanfare plays. Fred the Wonder Horse trots up with a question: "Did it ever occur to you that while you're'a playing horseshoes here that some hoss is runnin' around barefoot?" He recognizes the shoes as belonging to his horse buddy Sunny Jim. He takes them back, but says he'll bring back a pair of old shoes they can use for their game. Instead of old horseshoes, Fred returns with a small pair of workboots for Luis and David to toss around instead. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Quiet and Loud — Bert says that he's going to demonstrate quiet by talking quietly to Ernie. (First: Episode 0150) |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about circles. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0247) |
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Film | David narrates some films showing the homes of animals. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about circles. (Spanish) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0434) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Brian show soft and loud. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Cartoon | Olga y la letra O (First: Episode 0338) |
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Film | "Three of These Kids" — Football and Baseball (First: Episode 0536) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, Ernie makes some loud noises while he eats his candy bar and peanuts and drinks his soda. Bert loses his temper and shouts at Ernie to be quiet, at which point the usher enters and throws Bert out. (First: Episode 0536) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird meets up with Luis on his way to the library, and starts talking to him in a whisper. Luis begins to talk just as softly, and soon Maria, Susan, and David all join in the whispering conversation. David wonders why everyone is speaking so quietly, but the others haven't a clue. They ask Big Bird why he's speaking like that in the first place, and the bird reveals he's just practicing his whispering. |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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Film | Several people help a man when his car is stuck in the mud. (First: Episode 0619) |
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Celebrity | Luis tells the story of "The Sad Princess". In a faraway land, a beautiful princess (played by guest star Judy Collins) has a number of hard-working, happy subjects. Luis reads in the book that the princess is very happy, but the princess interrupts him. "Don't believe everything you read!" she cries, throwing the book away. "The fact is, I'm sick of being clean. I'm sick of being lovely... and I'm one sad princess." Her subjects insist that she must be happy, because she's a beautiful princess. She sings a sad song, explaining that she's very bored just sitting around and watching them work. She offers to join her subjects in their work. They object that she might tear her dress, or get dirty, but she says that she'd love to get dirty. The subjects are thrilled to have "a beautiful, working princess". Luis shrugs and says that they lived happily ever after, although the subjects point out that that's a generalization -- they have good days and bad days. The princess asks Luis to move so that she can fix his chair. (First: Episode 0812) |
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Cartoon | On a snowy day, a cold man desires firewood. He carries a huge log up the hill multiple times, but it rolls down each time. Using his "wits", he pushes his house down to the bottom of the hill to be closer to the giant log. (First: Episode 0799) |
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Cartoon | The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rapunzel — Prince Charming attempts to rescue Rapunzel from the tower. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | A ship captain orders the numbers 1-20 into a boat - which promptly sinks. Artist: Harvey Kurtzman (First: Episode 0614) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster goes to the carnival and plays the "test your strength" game. Unbeknownst to him, the carnival barker rigged the game so nobody can win -- until Cookie finds out what the prize is. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) |
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Song | "Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004) |
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Muppets / Cast | Maria and David help Grover understand that there can refer to anyplace that you are not, no matter how far away you may be. (First: Episode 0885) |
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Animation | 4 red balls minus 1 equals 3. (First: Episode 0278) |
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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 | An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO." (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car. (short intro) (First: Episode 0603) |
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Cartoon | "Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!" (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cast | Bob and Mr. Hooper have a dispute over using a sole coat hanger for their coats. They eventually cooperate and put both their coats on the one hanger. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Cartoon | U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Cartoon | "Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Heather talk about rhyming. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (repeat) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria, David, and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates write the letter U in the sky (First: Episode 0036). Maria and David joke around about the letter ("It's-a not a me, it's-a U!") as Fred announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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