Sesame Street | |||||||
Oscar the Grouch has a sale | |||||||
Air date | December 12, 1977 | ||||||
Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Herry Monster is looking after the Fix-It Shop. Luis phones him from the lumber store, asking Herry to measure the piece of wood on the table for him. Herry first measures using some boxes and a brick, which isn't helpful to Luis as he doesn't know how big the boxes are that Herry's using to measure. Herry then measures one of the boxes with a couple of bricks when Luis asks him to use the measuring stick instead. Herry knocks all the boxes over (completely demolishing them) and measures the wood, sending Luis the precise measurement: one measuring stick and one brick long. | |
Film | In stop-motion, three balls try to match three holes. (First: Episode 0572) | |
Song | "Three of These Kids" (barbells) (First: Episode 0474) | |
Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) | |
Cast | Maria and Luis assemble a fractured letter "a." (First: Episode 0904) | |
Cartoon | A girl explains (in poetry) how she failed trying to make a snowman without using snow. (First: Episode 0480) | |
Muppets | Fred the Wonder Horse bets Marshal Grover that he can't count backwards from ten. Grover tries standing with his back to him and counting up to ten. Since he can't do it, Grover has to let Fred ride on his back. | |
Cartoon | Birds appear around the numerals one through twenty as jazz music plays. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0134) | |
SCENE 2 | As Big Bird mops around his nest area, a shifty-looking salesman slinks his way in and places a letter M on a nearby crate. Big Bird finds it and wonders what he can do with such a letter. The salesman returns and begins to hawk some "M attachments" - dimensional versions of "OP," "UG," and "UD" which he can use to make the words "MOP," "MUG," and "MUD." Big Bird already owns a mop and mug, and wants nothing to do with mud. He goes off, certain he can think of something else he can do with his new M, which he takes with him. The salesman is left with only his "M attachments," and another salesman (Richard Hunt) enters the scene to start hawking his own letter M to him. | |
Muppets | Farley explains things one can do with their mind - he plans on going to the door, he imagines who's knocking at it, he remembers it's not his mother and he hopes there's not a scary monster at the door. Herry Monster surprises him by bursting through the door, frightening Farley away. Herry's sorry Farley ran away; he wanted to play. (First: Episode 0180) | |
Animation | Arthur and Annie look for the letter A, while a shadowy figure observes all the A words they say. Features the voice of Jim Thurman (First: Episode 0781) | |
Muppets | Grover reads "The Cursed Prince" (David turns into Kermit) (First: Episode 0969) | |
Cartoon | What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0422) | |
Film | A boy and his dad build a bookshelf out of wood. (First: Episode 1029) | |
Cast | Linda holds up a "One Way" sign for Damion Brown in front of Big Bird's nest construction doors. Damion reads the word, then learns to sign it. | |
Cartoon | A for Acrobats (First: Episode 0797) | |
Film | A film of camels eating. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0388) | |
Cartoon | An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky. (First: Episode 0770) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Pig's Straw House — Kermit interviews the pig who built the straw house. (First: Episode 0551) | |
Insert | Olivia resents being looked after by her brother Gordon, now that she's a grown-up. She sings "I'm a Big Girl Now", where she explains that even though Gordon helped her a lot when she was younger, she's all grown up and doesn't need it as much. (First: Episode 0973) | |
Film | Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be. (re-recorded music) (First: Episode 0004) | |
Cartoon | A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A. (First: Episode 0781) | |
Film | Five Song (Song of Five) (First: Episode 0006) | |
Cartoon | Two red curtains are dropped to reveal a number 5 covered in colorful dots that vibrate and disperse. (First: Episode 0940) | |
Muppets | Lefty wants to sell Ernie a scale. He uses two pounds of bananas and two pounds of apples to demonstrate how the scale works. Ernie is impressed. He already has a scale at home, but he'd like to buy the apples and bananas. (First: Episode 0449) | |
Film | Things that start with M (First: Episode 0620) | |
SCENE 3 | Maria assists Oscar in pulling out a ratty, old table from his trash can, placing it on the sidewalk in front of them. He tells her he's going to have a sale today, and starts rummaging through his can for things to get rid of. | |
Muppets | Waiter Grover: Hamburger - Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger. The restaurant offers two sizes: the big hamburgers and the small hamburgers. When the small hamburgers are too small, he orders a big one, but because there have been some problems with the big hamburger, Grover tries to convince him to order several small ones. (First: Episode 0705) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola demonstrate "big," "small," "smaller, and "smallest" with four balls. (First: Episode 0544) | |
Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) | |
Cartoon | A lost number 5 looks for his brother. (First: Episode 0934) | |
SCENE 4 | Maria goes over to Hooper's Store and tells Luis and Mr. Hooper about Oscar's sale. They hear Oscar announcing the sale's beginning and come out to see what he's got, joined by Susan and a few kids. To their surprise the sale doesn't consist of worn-out, broken things but of old yet functional items Oscar has had no use for due to their fine condition. Luis almost walks away with a teddy bear for his niece's birthday and offers the price of four dollars, as the bear's tag has a number 4 on it. Oscar clarifies that the numbers on the price tags don't refer to money - they refer to the number of bags of trash he'll take for them. "Imagine comin' to a sale with no trash in your pockets!" Oscar grumbles. | |
Cartoon | Three little men climb up the three flower stems. (First: Episode 0634) | |
Film | George the Farmer counts 20 barrels. (First: Episode 0278) | |
Cartoon | "Mi casa es su casa." (First: Episode 0794) | |
Film | A male frog hops around and bulges his throat. (First: Episode 0469) | |
Cartoon | A man makes a CASA for both him and his dog, who then makes a CASA for a bird. (First: Episode 0586) | |
Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) | |
SCENE 5 | Susan and some kids roll in three tires to exchange for a pair of roller skates. Oscar points out that the tag has a 2 on it, so he's giving her one of the tires to keep for change; she's not too keen on the idea. Oscar begins to count the rest of his loot as Herry announces the sponsors. | |
SCENE 5 | David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Oscar holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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