| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar hosts the show | |||||||
| Air date | May 7, 1970 | ||||||
| Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar talks during the opening theme sequence, trying to direct the filmed children elsewhere; nobody seems to be paying attention to Oscar today. He announces that he's taking over the show while Gordon and Susan are at work. Oscar displays the letters P and R on his trash can, and points out the difference between them. He looks up and sees Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter R (First: Episode 0014). |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog is about to talk about the letter R, until Cookie Monster karate chops one of the legs off, turning it into a P. When Kermit threatens to tell the monster's mommy, Cookie reassembles the broken letter back to the letter "R". |
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Film | Kids paint P-word animals on glass. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Lefty the Salesman have an argument over the letters "R" and "P." |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0057) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs. (First: Episode 0103) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar calls the kids over. The kids gather near his can, but Oscar tells them they're too near. Oscar sends the kids far back, but they move too far. The kids continue going back and forth until Oscar demands to know if they understand the difference between near and far. |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057) |
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Muppets | Kermit and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far". |
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SCENE 3 | Now that Oscar is happy with the seating arrangement (not too near, and not too far), he tells the kids the story of the day that Bert lost his nose. |
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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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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Oscar laughs out loud, also recalling the time Ernie lost his nose. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher — Bert and Ernie get closer to the camera to observe "The Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." (First: Episode 0005) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
All that nose swiping gave Oscar an idea for a game... but first, he has the kids blow off steam by running in place. Though initially uncooperative, the kids eventually settle down for a "One of These Things" game. Round one uses pictures of Bert — five with a nose on him, one without. Pictures of Ernie are featured in the second round - five with ears, one without. Ernie's ear is kind of like a circle, which the kids can tell apart from a square... but Buddy and Jim sure can't... |
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Cast | Buddy and Jim struggle with round and square window frames. (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | Hunt for Happiness: Helen Happy tells Harold Happy that she has mud on her sneaker. (First: Episode 0112) |
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Film | "I Am a Letter" - Vocalists sing a song describing the process of how mail is sent. (First: Episode 0120) |
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Muppets | Grandmother Happy suggests that Helen wipe the mud off her sneaker with a rag... but now... there's mud on the rag! (First: Episode 0112) |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cast | Gordon gets Bob unstuck from a large number 9. |
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Celebrity | Ruby Dee counts to 20. |
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Muppets | Grandmother Happy tells Harold to wash the mud off the rag with soap. It works... but now there's mud on the soap! Grandmother Happy gives up. (First: Episode 0112) |
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Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Grocer and Doctor. (First: Episode 0067) |
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SCENE 4 | Speaking of people in the neighborhood, Susan finally comes home from work. She was just taking care of Mrs. Hughes's baby. Oscar isn't too keen on babies. |
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Film | A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0107) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Susan is surprised that Oscar didn't like the babies in the previous segment. She points him to another film with animal babies, but Oscar retreats to his trash can because babies make him sick. Susan spots him poking his head out anyway. |
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Film | Joe Raposo: What Babies Are Called (First: Episode 0096) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows – making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Transition | A circle appears on screen, expanding like a balloon until it pops. (First: Episode 0105) |
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Muppets | Kermit and Professor Hastings discuss the importance of exercise. |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar and Susan say goodbye and announce the sponsors. Oscar holds up the Sesame Street sign (which Susan warns him to put back) and Susan holds up the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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