| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Chez Oscar | |||||||||
| Air date | January 5, 1979 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar the Grouch advertises the new album Great Grouch Sounds, with such tracks as the sounds of drilling, explosions and babies crying. The album spawns one of Oscar's favorite noises - the sound of his neighbors complaining. He adds that this album is not being sold in stores, as he possesses the only copy. |
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Cartoon | A cat makes noise with a telephone, typewriter, trumpet, and piano. When the cat leaves, the devices come to life, and when he comes back, they all sound at once, frightening the cat. (First: Episode 0844) |
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Film | Kids identify broccoli through close-ups. (First: Episode 0357) |
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Cartoon | Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Bip Bippadotta and friends show none, some and all. (crowd sounds removed) (First: Episode 0615) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0136) |
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Film | A young baboon sits on the back of their parent as they cross the plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0299) |
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Cartoon | B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath. (First: Episode 0355) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert asks who Ernie is decorating the room for. It turns out to be the viewer at home. (First: Episode 0352) |
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SCENE 2 | Buffy shows Maria and the kids some various handmade items she's purchased from her recent visits to other reservations. She then sings a traditional Indian song often sung when performing a menial task like corn grinding. |
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Muppets | Pageant: Tooth (First: Episode 1160) |
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Film | The camera zooms out on a pepper as kids guess what it is. (First: Episode 0390) |
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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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Film | Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B." (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | "The UN Family Song" (First: Episode 0155) |
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Cartoon | A boxer explains the letter "B." (Spanish remake) (First: Episode 0355) |
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SCENE 3 | Buffy, Cody, and the kids flip through a book about animals and imitate the sounds each one makes. The book also includes a familiar creature - Cookie Monster. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: TAXI (First: Episode 1136) |
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Film | A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117) |
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Cartoon | A lost man in the desert asks a stranger for directions to the city. He builds a pretend city out of sand to show what it looks like. As it turns out, the stranger is an alien. (First: Episode 0763) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — The Count counts the Three Little Pigs. (First: Episode 0569) |
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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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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | Kids on a bench wait for the bus: "Here comes the bus!" (First: Episode 0632) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird attempts to seesaw with Elissa but can't figure out why his side is stuck down. Buffy tells him they need more weight on the other side and hops on. |
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Cartoon | The IT knows a lot about vacuum cleaners. (First: Episode 1176) |
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Muppets | Ernie finds an apple on a brick wall, and wants to know who it belongs to. Sherlock Hemlock helps solve the mystery, and realizes that Ernie has a brown paper bag with a hole at the bottom, and that Ernie had an apple in the bag, therefore the apple belongs to Ernie. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Film | Spinning Bus Stop sign (First: Episode 0931) |
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Cartoon | "Four Seasons" (First: Episode 0276) |
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Celebrity | Paul Simon performs "St. Judy's Comet." (First: Episode 1055) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452) |
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Muppets | Grover the Salesman: Grover wants to sell Kermit the Frog some earmuffs, but Kermit doesn't have ears, so Grover gives Kermit some big human ears. (First: Episode 0800) |
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Film | People of all ages ride bicycles. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0616) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puppy (First: Episode 0199) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria and David come across Oscar's new sidewalk, French-themed cafe - Chez Oscar. They assume there's some grouchy trick involved but are surprised to find the food he serves is perfectly fit for normal, human consumption. The trick, however, turns out to be the one element missing from the Grouch dining experience - rain, which he activates using an overhead shower (scored to "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"). |
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Film | The walrus (First: Episode 0296) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Maria and David are soaked to the skin, still getting wet from the "rain." Oscar returns with a glass of water for them, which Maria pours over her head instead of drinking. As Oscar announces the sponsors, the accompaniment of "Stormy Weather" transitions to a Muzak version of the "Sesame Street Theme." |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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