| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar's air pollution factory | |||||||
| Air date | March 21, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon, Susan, and the kids see a giant pipe next to Oscar's trash can, billowing lots of pungent smoke. Oscar explains that it's for his new business, thinking of how he'll be able to sell what he's making in his factory to all the Grouches. Gordon and the others force him to shut it down due to all the smoke and air pollution he's causing, though Oscar is sad to see his bottled smoke business disappear. | ||
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0158) | ||
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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 | Ernie and Bert: Banana in the Ear Part 1 — Bert asks Ernie if he's aware of the fact that he's got a banana in his ear. (First: Episode 0258) | ||
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) | ||
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Banana in the Ear Part 2 — Ernie claims he still has the banana in his ear to keep the alligators away. (First: Episode 0258) | ||
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) | ||
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Banana in the Ear Part 3 — Ernie announces that he just saw an alligator, so he'd better get a new banana. (First: Episode 0258) | ||
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Cast | Maria, Gordon, and Luis assemble a fractured uppercase B. | ||
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Cartoon | What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances? (First: Episode 0451) | ||
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262) | ||
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SCENE 2 | At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper is about to put a box of pencils away on the top shelf, when Big Bird startles him and causes him to spill them. Mr. Hooper picks them up, commenting that he needs a stepladder to reach the top shelf. Big Bird offers to put the pencils there for him, but he does it with his beak and causes them to spill again. | ||
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) | ||
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Muppets | Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with "knee". Grover guesses the first one (key), but doesn't get the last two (ski and tree) right. (First: Episode 0455) | ||
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper puts the pencils away, now using a stepladder. Once that is done, Big Bird reluctantly asks to buy a pencil. | ||
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) | ||
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Cast | Wally and Ralph huse a nail in an attempt to hang a picture to a wall. This sketch was a re-shoot of a Buddy and Jim sketch. (First: Episode 0392) | ||
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0357) | ||
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SCENE 4 | Kate plays the guitar and sings “Fantastic Man.” | ||
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Muppets | Grover uses his airplane to demonstrate "above" and "below." (First: Episode 0149) | ||
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests. (First: Episode 0449) | ||
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Cartoon | A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him. (First: Episode 0399) | ||
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Cast | Mr. Hooper and Bob build an A. (First: Episode 0083) | ||
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Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (repeat) | ||
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) | ||
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SCENE 5 | Susan sings the “Same/Different Song” as she and the kids compare two director's chairs. | ||
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Cartoon | Clouds that look like things. (First: Episode 0211) | ||
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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 and Bert: Imaginary Baseball Game — While it's raining, Bert encourages Ernie to imagine playing baseball. (First: Episode 0410) | ||
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Film | A lowercase b floats by some boats. (First: Episode 0471) | ||
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Cartoon | The ET family is demonstrated in a story of the zet, a quick-witted bird. (framing sequences cut) (First: Episode 0236) | ||
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures - Kermit watches some live bears do exercises. (First: Episode 0044) | ||
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Cartoon | Pick the right picture (featuring the Zet) (First: Episode 0260) | ||
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Film | 1-20 Ice Skaters Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) | ||
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Cartoon | A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0243) | ||
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Film | A trip to the chewing gum factory | ||
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SCENE 6 | Gordon, Susan, Luis and Mr. Hooper sing “The ET Family Song.” | ||
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Cartoon | Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK. (First: Episode 0369) | ||
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Muppets | Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236) | ||
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Film | The WALK sign flashes in a montage of people (and even dogs) walking in the city. | ||
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" (repeat) | ||
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Film | Footage of a coral reef, showcasing the plant life and the fish. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0466) | ||
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Cartoon | Country 6 (repeat) | ||
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Celebrity | Joe Namath: Pass On 6 (First: Episode 0442) | ||
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280) | ||
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) | ||
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count to 20. (First: Episode 0476) | ||
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Cartoon | A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers. (First: Episode 0416) | ||
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SCENE 7 | Oscar has turned on his smoke factory again, but only so he can get enough to fill a bottle to send to his Granny Grouch. The others complain before he turns it off again as Luis announces the sponsors. | ||
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon and Susan hold the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes
- Scene 1 is a remade version of scene 3 from Episode 0118, and scenes 2 and 3 are remakes of scene 1 from Episode 0124.
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