| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar's crush on Matilda the bus driver | |||||||
| Air date | March 28, 1972 | ||||||
| Season | Season 3 (1971-1972) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird rushes to the Fix-It Shop, gives Luis a piece of aluminum pipe, and asks him to bend it so that it looks like a letter C. |
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Cartoon | C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake). (First: Episode 0203) |
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Cartoon | C - Cake (First: Episode 0153) |
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Muppets | Monsters, including an early Grover, Cookie Monster and Beautiful Day Monster, pass on the message, "See." The wide shot reveals that the monsters were whispering about the Letter C. (Caroll Spinney performs Cookie Monster here.) (First: Episode 0089) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar the Grouch visits Hooper's Store to pick up some Eau D'Onion aftershave lotion and a bottle of greasy old hair tonic. Tom wonders what he's up to. |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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SCENE 3 | Lillian (Vinnette Carroll) notices a grungy "BUS STOP" sign beside Oscar's trash can, which makes her curious. Oscar, all dressed up (or rather, messed up), reveals that he is all set to go on a date with a new bus driver he has a crush on, and the sign is near his can so that the Rocky Road Grouch Line bus she drives will stop there. The bus does stop there, and the driver, a grouch named Matilda, picks him up, but suddenly the bus motor dies down because it's jammed with mud. Matilda is determined to fix the motor once she gets some tools, and Lillian suggests she see Luis and Rafael. |
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Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin." (First: Episode 0135) |
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SCENE 4 | At the Fix-it Shop, Luis helps Matilda figure out which tool she'll need to fix her clogged frammix. Oscar suggests that the saw or pliers would work, but Matilda and Luis don't think they'll do much good. Matilda notices a hammer, and uses it to bash out the mud. Once it's fixed, she and Oscar (whom she affectionately calls "shovel-face") head out to the bus. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Barber Shop Part 1 — Ernie gives Bert a haircut, but he ends up removing all of his hair. (First: Episode 0068) |
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Film | A turtle swims in a tank. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Cartoon | "Four Seasons" (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Barber Shop Part 2 — Ernie tries to disguise Bert until his hair grows back. (First: Episode 0068) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #14: Dots line up at the same time as some squares who ultimately dominate the board. (First: Episode 0297) |
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Cast | Gordon and Bob assemble a letter C. (First: Episode 0153) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Barber Shop Part 3 — Bert has quickly grown his hair back. (First: Episode 0068) |
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SCENE 5 | At Hooper's Store, Oscar orders ten egg salad sandwiches. He and Tom count them out as Tom puts them into a box, wondering if Oscar plans to have a party or something. Oscar explains that the sandwiches are all for him for the next several days. Tom warns that they will spoil if he doesn't eat them soon enough, but Oscar doesn't mind; that's how he likes them. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (Spanish) (First: Episode 0306) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C - Cap (First: Episode 0154) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie." |
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SCENE 6 | Luis, Jay, and the kids are playing basketball in the yard when Big Bird hears Mrs. Anguilla's baby crying. Luis gives it a bottle assuming that it's hungry, and Big Bird asks for other reasons why babies might cry because he wants to be a babysitter someday. Luis lists some of them and points out that baby animals also need similar care, introducing the next segment … |
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Film | Baby animals are fed milk. (First: Episode 0238) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird walks over to Lillian with a small baby carriage, pretending to be a babysitter using Pamela's doll. Remembering what he learned earlier about why babies cry, Big Bird fetches a hot dog from the hot dog vendor to feed her, a giant fleece blanket to keep her warm and dry, and a baseball bat for the pretend baby to play with. Lillian corrects him on each of these, pointing out that a real baby would prefer a bottle of milk, a small blanket, and a rattle. Big Bird figures that a babysitter isn't the kind of job for him, and abruptly decides to become a fireman. |
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Muppets / Cast | The Anything Muppets sing "Before and After." (retaped version) (First: Episode 0188) |
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Cast | Part 1: In limbo, and without dialogue save for a voiceover, Tom, Rafael, Gordon, and Bob all try to get a drink of water from the same tap, but they keep arguing and bumping into each other when they all reach for it at the same time. The result is that no one gets a drink of water. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty. (First: Episode 0099) |
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Cast | Part 2: The four men circle the water tap eyeing one another while the voiceover wonders what they will do. One of them holds the tap while the other gets a drink. The voiceover declares that some things are easy when you cooperate. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." |
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SCENE 8 | Susan and some kids play "Three of These Things" with pictures of a comb, soap, a toothbrush, and a fried egg. |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppets (including Farley) wait for a bus at a bus stop. To their surprise, the bus is very small, and two small Muppets get off of it. (First: Episode 0189) |
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Cartoon | The word BUS (First: Episode 0277) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Run." |
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Cartoon | A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0227) |
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Cast | Before and after in splitscreen: Tom with a sandwich, Luis giving Bob a haircut, and Susan with a potted plant. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: What Happened Here — Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. (First: Episode 0030) |
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SCENE 9 | Luis demonstrates the use of a coping saw, and displays some wooden letters of the alphabet he's just made. Susan joins him to sing "The Alphabet Song." |
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Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppets sing "Me" in both English and Spanish. |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (repeat) (First: Episode 0120) |
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Cartoon | A circle becomes a clock, balloon, sun, etc. (First: Episode 0358) |
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Cartoon | C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake). (repeat) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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SCENE 10 | The kids play in the yard as Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Tom holds the CTW sign. |
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