Sesame Street | |||||||
Oscar hosts the show | |||||||
Air date | May 7, 1970 | ||||||
Season | Season 1 (1969-1970) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar pops up during the opening theme sequence, trying to direct the filmed children elsewhere. | |
SCENE 1 cont'd |
Oscar gets to his can, and is taking over the show while Gordon and Susan are at work. He displays the letters P and R and points out the difference between them. He looks up and sees Alphabet Bates skywrite the letter R. (First: Episode 0014) | |
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". | |
Film | Kids paint various animals that begin with "P" on a window. (First: Episode 0119) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Lefty the Salesman have an argument over the letters "R" and "P." | |
Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... (new music added) Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) | |
Film | Kids paint a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0057) | |
Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin says his ABCs. (First: Episode 0103) | |
SCENE 2 | Oscar gathers the kids around to tell them a story. The kids sit near his can, but he tells them to move far back. | |
Muppets | Grover demonstrates the difference between "near" and "far" by running away from the camera and back, eventually fainting from exhaustion. (First: Episode 0057) | |
Muppets | Kermit and Tracy demonstrate "close" and "far". | |
SCENE 3 | The kids are now far enough from Oscar's can. Oscar tells them the story of the day Bert lost his nose. | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ Ernie holds a hanky while Bert sneezes -- and Bert's nose comes off in Ernie's hand. Ernie teases Bert by putting his nose back in the wrong places. (First: Episode 0026) | |
SCENE 3 cont'd |
Oscar laughs out loud, also recalling the time Ernie lost his nose. | |
Muppets | Bert says that he and Ernie are looking at the "Mysterious Nose-Snatcher." Ernie, disagreeing, walks closer and closer to the camera to see. His face begins to black out the screen...but when he moves back into view, his nose is missing! (First: Episode 0005) | |
SCENE 3 cont'd |
Oscar plays a "One of These Things" game with the kids, using pictures of Ernie โ three with a nose on him, one without. He plays a second round using three pictures of circles and one of a square. | |
Cast | Buddy and Jim struggle with round and square window frames. (First: Episode 0009) | |
Muppets | Hunt for Happiness: Helen Happy tells Harold Happy that she has mud on her sneaker. (First: Episode 0112) | |
Film | "Where a Letter Goes" -- a film about mail delivery. (First: Episode 0120) | |
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) | |
Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) | |
Cast | The cast assembles a large number 9. | |
Celebrity | Ruby Dee counts to 20. | |
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) | |
Muppets | Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Grocer and Doctor. (First: Episode 0067) | |
SCENE 4 | Susan comes home from work. She was just taking care of Mrs. Hughes's baby. Oscar isn't too keen on babies. | |
Film | A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0096) | |
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. | |
Film | Joe Raposo: What Are Kids Called (First: Episode 0116) | |
Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "Gone with the Wind" to a young woman. During the song, a very strong wind blows โ making the leaves fly off the tree, causing the woman's house to collapse, and finally ripping Guy's clothes off. (First: Episode 0034) | |
Film | Balloon bridge (First: Episode 0105) | |
Muppets | Kermit and Professor Hastings discuss the importance of exercise. | |
SCENE 5 | Susan asks Oscar to say goodbye with her, but he's done enough today. |
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