| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Oscar opens a Break-It Shop | |||||||||
| Air date | December 13, 1974 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis leaves the Fix-it Shop to deliver a radio and notices a sign on Oscar's trash can that reads: "OSCAR'S BREAK-IT SHOP." Oscar explains that with his new business he intends to break items that already work. He offers Luis a job: to fix things for Oscar to break. ("How's that for cooperation, there?") Luis "considers it" and leaves. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Moments later a deliveryman arrives, lugging a giant piece of rope behind him. Oscar is amazed to see that on the other end of the rope is an actual ocean liner! He wonders if he gets to break it, but the deliveryman hands Oscar a champagne bottle to smash against the bow of the ship. Oscar christens the S.S. Sesame Street, which takes off with the deliveryman in tow. |
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Muppets | Maria reads the story of "The King's Nose." (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes displays a G, for "good." She gets kissed by a monster, who says, "Gee, that was good!" (First: Episode 0279) |
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Animation | Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643) |
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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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Cartoon | Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole! (First: Episode 0090) |
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Cast | Luis looks for the SALIDA in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | A boy passes by various signs before reaching the SALIDA. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Film | A woman asks a boy how a glass of milk was spilled on the table, so the boy offers several outlandish scenarios before telling her the truth: it was him. (First: Episode 0212) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Imaginary Glass of Water — At night, Ernie is thirsty, so he imagines drinking a glass of water. (First: Episode 0459) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan and Gordon go to Oscar's Break-It Shop to have their wooden board broken. Oscar separates the rectangular board, karate-style, into two squares, with one square being divided further into two triangles. Susan thanks Oscar for the help, but Oscar retaliates for the compliment by busting one of the pieces to smithereens. ("I'll shape it into a battleship!" he exclaims.) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds." (First: Episode 0358) |
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Celebrity | Lorne Greene and the Bonanza cast subtract two horses from three horses to equal one horse. (reversed image) (First: Episode 0150) |
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Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106) |
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Cartoon | A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. (First: Episode 0085) |
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Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Statue of Bert — Ernie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose. (First: Episode 0463) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis shows Maria and the kids the trash can-shaped piñata he made to celebrate the Break-It Shop's grand opening. Oscar gets out his baseball bat and Maria blindfolds him, and soon Oscar tears into the piñata, which showers junk and confetti everywhere. |
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Cartoon | A man pushes up a lazy UP. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cartoon | Boy and the UP balloons (First: Episode 0364) |
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Cast | Maria sings "Whipped Cream Pies" (which she eventually gets pelted with). (First: Episode 0637) |
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Cartoon | A boy leads his sister up and down a staircase. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0526) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin has his students stand up and sit down to learn about the opposites. (First: Episode 0518) |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Cartoon | E for Erase (First: Episode 0486) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Who Took Bert's Cookies — Bert accuses Ernie of stealing his cookies, but they soon discover that the culprit is Cookie Monster... dressed as Ernie. (First: Episode 0158) |
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Film | Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357) |
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Cartoon | A girl explains (in poetry) how she failed trying to make a snowman without using snow. (First: Episode 0480) |
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Cast | Bob and Maria are spies who meet under a street lamp and greet each other with a recitation of "Hey Diddle Diddle". Once they've confirmed each others identities, Maria produces a card with shapes and a number while Bob shifts to a rendition of "One of These Things" with a British accent. (First: Episode 0592) |
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Cartoon | E for Eel (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0561) |
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Muppets | Big Bird announces that Grover will demonstrate the number 2 by doing two chin-ups. He does it, but then Big Bird asks him to do two more sets, to make sure the audience gets it. When Big Bird thinks they've got it, he announces that Grover will now demonstrate the number 18! Grover faints. (First: Episode 0547) |
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Film | A gymnast illustrates up and down. (First: Episode 0526) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry asks John-John if he knows the difference between up and down. (First: Episode 0565) |
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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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SCENE 4 | Gordon and Luis ask Oscar how his business is doing when Biff and Sully arrive, placing a heavy boulder over the opening of Oscar's can. Biff wants it broken up for his work nearby, and plans to pick up the pieces following their lunch break. After failing to break it apart with his sledgehammer, Oscar decides to blow it up with dynamite. Gordon and Luis brace themselves as Oscar sets off an explosin, which shoots the rock high into the air and sends the busted pieces falling all over Oscar. Emerging from the rubble, Oscar decides to break one more thing: his Break-it Shop sign, which Luis and Gordon gladly assist him with. |
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Celebrity | The stars of Bonanza appear: Hoss and Mr. Cartwright take turns saying letters of the alphabet; Little Joe rides up in time for Z. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | G for goat (repeat) |
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Film | A scuba diver shows up and down. (First: Episode 0526) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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SCENE 5 | Biff and Sully return with their brooms to clean up the debris as Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bert and Ernie hold the Sesame Street sign, and Roosevelt Franklin and Betty Lou hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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