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Sesame Street
Oscar is afraid of thunder
Air date November 19, 1974
Season Season 6 (1974-1975)
Production August 13, 1974
Sponsors C, U, 2

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Big Bird tells Susan, Gordon and Luis that he is about to leave for a vacation, but Luis notices that his suitcase is empty. (Big Bird: "Whoever heard of going on vacation without a suitcase?") Big Bird says he doesn't need anything but a rest, so they start listing things he may want to pack: his pajamas, his beakbrush (instead of a toothbrush), his bathing suit, his sailboat, and so on. He goes over the list while returning to his nest to get the necessities, forgetting his suitcase. Luis returns it only to find that Big Bird is so tired from planning he's already asleep.
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Muppets Ernie & Bert — At the movies, a lady with a tall hat sits in front of Ernie and Bert. She block's Ernie's view, so he asks her if she'd mind taking it off. When she places the hat on the seat next to her, Bert's view is now obstructed.
(First: Episode 0538)
C- Cap
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C - Cap
(First: Episode 0154)
Helloscale
Song "Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight.
(First: Episode 0578)
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Cartoon A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0616)
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Film C is for cars on the highway.
(First: Episode 0469)
Orange-Opera
Animation An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns.
(First: Episode 0277)
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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.
(First: Episode 0089)
BabyAlice-BrickWall
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes uses a brick wall to demonstrate around, under (by digging under it), and over (by jumping over it, and landing in the gaping mouth of a monster).
(First: Episode 0076)
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SCENE 2 As they do the laundry, Luis is above Leah, and Leah is below Luis.
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Cartoon Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes.
Artist: Abe Levitow
(First: Episode 0528)
SimpleSimonAnimals
Cartoon Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around.
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0540)
Grover's mom night
Muppets At night, Grover thinks he hears noises in the dark. When he sees a shadow on the wall, he cowers under the covers - but the shadow turns out to be his Mommy.
(First: Episode 0397)
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Cartoon Do you know what it's like to be scared?
(First: Episode 0547)
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SCENE 3 At Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper gets on a ladder and goes above Big Bird. Big Bird stands below Mr. Hooper, waiting for him to get a box down from the top of the shelf, but he accidentally tips the box and ping pong balls rain down on Big Bird. "Do I hear a moose laughing?" Big Bird asks.
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Muppets The Miss Muffet Play
(First: Episode 0280)
Toon-Nelly10
Cartoon "Nelly 1-10 / 10-1": Kids count numbers in a parade, which are interrupted by other participants.
Artist: Harvey Kurtzman
(First: Episode 0629)
Marchingband2
Film Marching band cymbal crash #2
(First: Episode 0527)
Cartoontwoeyes
Cartoon A man counts two ears, two eyes, and two arms. He picks up each leg to count two legs, and then falls down.
Animation by Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0406)
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SCENE 4 Gordon is in the window above Susan; he waters the plants... and onto Susan below.
2train
Cartoon Train #2
(First: Episode 0353)
1091-21
Song Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me."
(First: Episode 0375)
0573d
Cartoon C - Cake
(First: Episode 0153)
WhoYouLookinAtTiger
Song David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?"
(First: Episode 0371)
David Maria above below bridge
Cast Maria and David look for each other in the park, but have trouble finding one another. The concepts of above and below are demonstrated.
(First: Episode 0567)
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Cartoon Do you know what it's like to be scared? (repeat)
2headedsnake
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Most animals have two eyes, ears, etc. ... but some snakes have two heads.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0287)
Ernie's Bert Sculpture
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose, so he pulls Bert's nose off and puts it on the statue.
(First: Episode 0463)
SpeedoSkato-V1
Film Kids compete in a speed skating competition. (version one)
(First: Episode 0412)
0779-Sand
Animation Sand C/c
(First: Episode 0625)
David Maria wedding 01
Cast Part 1: Bob presides over David and Maria's wedding. After the couple says "I do", the minister instructs the groom to place the ring on the bride's finger. David looks confused, so Bob tells him it's the round thing in his pocket. After some searching, David produces a pizza: it's round and it was in his pocket. Bob clarifies that it also has to have a hole in it, so David pulls out an inflated bicycle tube. Bob adds an additional caveat: it has to be much smaller than that. David next finds a doughnut in his pocket, but Bob says it has to be smaller still.
(First: Episode 0456)
HarveyC
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)
David Maria wedding 02
Cast Part 2: Our wedding party is much older now, graying and visibly worn. The chapel is also filled with several more round things with holes in them: truck tires, trash can lids, a crown, hulu-hoops, etc. David notes that his wife is still "pretty as a picture" after all these years, and attempts to seal the deal with a Motown record.
(First: Episode 0456)
BeeFilm
Film A bumble bee
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0082)
David Maria wedding 03
Cast Part 3: So much time has now passed that the chapel is covered in cobwebs, and everyone's hair has become much grayer (the men sport beards that touch the floor). David, very frail now, is convinced he's finally found the ring, but all he's got is a lifebuoy. Maria, also shaking with age, says that she's had it after 73 years and announces she's leaving him. Affording him one more chance, David finds a wedding band on the floor and places it on Maria's finger. Bob announces the couple married just as they all collapse from geriatric fatigue.
(First: Episode 0456)
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Cartoon Madrigal Alphabet
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0615)
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Cartoon A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers.
(First: Episode 0416)
Cisforcookie
Muppets Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie."
(First: Episode 0372)
Beso
Cartoon A baby cries whenever he gets a beso.
(First: Episode 0433)
Cups and Saucers
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie stacks cups and saucers in order to count them, making Bert quite nervous. Luckily, they're glued together.
(First: Episode 0586)
SSCast-Sacks
Cast Maria and David find two sets of sacks, which have incorrect numerical labels.
(First: Episode 0505)
Utrain
Cartoon A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
(First: Episode 0624)
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SCENE 5 Oscar flinches when he hears thunder, and tries to hide in his can. Luis tells him it's just a sound and can't hurt anyone, comparing it to the sound of a jet plane soaring above and Mr. Macintosh's fruit wagon wheeling past. Oscar is no longer afraid of thunder, and Luis Leaves. When Mr. Hooper carries some deliveries and notices the incoming rainstorm, Oscar tries to pass the lesson onto him. He grabs one of Mr. Hooper's suspenders in order to get his attention and comfort him, but Mr. Hooper frantically tries to leave as it starts to rain on him.
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Cartoon C - Cake (repeat)
Toon.BESOletters
Cartoon The letters in the word BESO kiss each other.
(First: Episode 0433)
2423-Sprout
Film Time-lapse of seeds growing.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0416)
C- Cap
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C - Cap (repeat)
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SCENE 6 Oscar finally lets go of a drenched Mr. Hooper's suspender after having talked with him for ten minutes. Mr. Hooper springs forward, dropping all of his groceries. Oscar comments, "Thunder and rain are such beautiful things."
Speechballoon.Up
Cartoon Speech Balloon: U for UP
(First: Episode 0624)
MarchingBand20
Film A marching band counts from 1 to 20.
(First: Episode 0504)
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SCENE 7 Oscar continues to muse about the rain, which finally subsides. The kids come out from under the garage steps to continue their roller skating, and Mr. Hooper sticks his tongue out at Oscar while making his way back to the store, drying himself off with a towel. Luis announces the sponsors.
ClosingSign-LuisSS-0677

0744 CTW sign
CLOSING SIGNS Luis holds the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper, the Count, and Susan hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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