| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar tries to replace his trash can lid | |||||||
| Air date | May 24, 1978 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan sings "Somebody Special." |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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Film | Kids compare animals and human tools and technology. (First: Episode 0491) |
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Film | The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X. (First: Episode 0456) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Super Grover: Young Willy Nilly is scared to get his hair cut. Super Grover tells Willy that haircuts are scary, but he must be brave. However, Max the barber shows them both that haircuts do not hurt, and soon they are no longer afraid of hair cuts. (First: Episode 0717) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria, David, and the kids play tug-of-war (or "la cabollita" as Maria called it in Puerto Rico) in the yard. |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit explains how to read crosswalk signals in order to cross the street. The sign keeps changing throughout his demonstration, so he gets frustrated and says no one will show how to cross the street. As he leaves, the sign sprouts legs and crosses on its own. (First: Episode 0319) |
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Film / Cast | Gordon joins a class for some exercises. (First: Episode 1098) |
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Cartoon | The letter "k" walks away from the word "walk." (First: Episode 0758) |
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Film | Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: Marcia readies a picnic for herself and Cyrus, when she sees her cheese being absconded by some ants. Turning into Thelma Thumb, she discovers the ants are using it as a sideshow in a carnival. Thelma has some fun, until she finds Cyrus has been eating the carnival (thinking it was their picnic). Artist: John Korty |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar tries to settle down for a nap, but is bothered by sounds involving his trash can lid - Susan placing a heavy box on it, David's softball hitting it, and Maria knocking to ask for some dirt for her flowerpot. Oscar begins to think and compares his lid to the roof of a house. He theorizes that since there are many kinds of roofs made of different materials, he should have a lid that won't be so noisy. |
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Film | Where the buffalo roam ... (First: Episode 0510) |
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Muppets | Ernie begins to erase his Xs from the blackboard. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts while erasing things and people. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster has just showed up again. Ernie threatens to erase him if he doesn't leave. Cookie Monster just laughs, so Ernie tells him to watch the cartoon of the boy with the eraser. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts while erasing things and people. (repeat) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster still won't leave, so Ernie carries through with his threat and erases him. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Smart Susie Sunset solve the case of the midnight voices. Artist: Ray Favata |
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Celebrity | The Deadly Nightshade perform "Keep On the Sunny Side." (First: Episode 0909) |
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Film | Kids climb in and out of a tire. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Muppets | Grover the elevator operator gives a demonstration of in and out which annoys the passengers. (First: Episode 0511) |
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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 4 | Oscar has constructed a new "roof" from newspapers, and heads in the back door for his nap. Maria and David believe someone has dumped newspapers on Oscar's can and almost start removing them. The two, along with Susan, find things of interest within the newspapers instead and hang around to read. Oscar bellows from underneath the papers, "Will you be quiet?! Stop reading my roof!" |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | "Three Waltzing Chickens" Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a cow. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Cartoon | A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1017) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is It — Ernie wants to play tag while Bert reads his book. (First: Episode 1026) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar makes a new roof out of dry grass and hay, which immediately turns into a meal for a Muppet camel (Peter Friedman). "That's the most delicious roof I've ever tasted!" |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Muppets / Cast | Maria sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the motorperson and telephone repairman. |
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Film | A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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Film | A warthog runs around. Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar has read that some people use stones for their roof, so he believes that cement blocks would be an ideal replacement for his old lid. Despite Maria and David's warnings, they proceed to pile the bricks on top of his can. He quickly finds out it's too heavy to move and starts to panic, so the others begin to remove the blocks. |
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Cartoon | A man sees a giant OUT, yells the word, and everyone runs out of it. (First: Episode 0550) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose." (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | A flock of sheep crosses the river. (First: Episode 1165) |
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Muppets | Four Anything Muppet kids cooperate to grow a flower together. One has a flower seed, one has a flowerpot, one has some dirt, and one has a shovel. The rain and sunshine finish the job. (First: Episode 0311) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. (First: Episode 0784) |
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SCENE 7 | Oscar tells Susan that he's resolved not to have a lid on his can at all, which will ensure nobody can mess with it. Susan points out a problem: it won't keep out the rain that has begun to fall. Oscar rushes to get his (broken) umbrella as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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