Episode 0969

	Sesame Street
	Oscar’s can is missing
Air date	January 27, 1977
Season	Season 8 (1976-1977)
Production	September 24, 1976
Sponsors	J, S, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	Muppets	Grover reads "The Cursed Prince" (David turns into Kermit)
	Film	A film shows parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo (First: Episode 0008)
	Celebrity	A montage of kids at various ages are shown practicing tennis, who eventually turn out to be Arthur Ashe. Footage from one of his matches is shown.
	Cartoon	A ship captain orders the numbers 1-20 into a boat - which promptly sinks. Artist: Harvey Kurtzman (First: Episode 0614)
	Film	Footage of a baby learning to walk. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0427)
	SCENE 1	Maria and the kids play a Spanish "Three of These Things" game with three round things and a yield sign.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie talks about what happens next when he throws a rubber ball, a glass and a watermelon over the wall. When he throws the ball, it bounces. When he throws the glass, it breaks. When he throws the watermelon, Cookie Monster catches it in his mouth and thanks Ernie. (First: Episode 0148)
	Cartoon	Three frogs show first, middle and last while hopping over each other. (First: Episode 0411)
	Muppets	Bob is approached by an Anything Muppet (Jim Henson) with no face, so he gives him eyes to see what a lovely day it is and a nose to smell a flower. The AM thanks him and leaves to gift the flower to a friend. (First: Episode 0660)
	Cartoon	A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537)
	Insert	Jerry Nelson narrates three letters coming together to form the word FUN. The letters celebrate with confetti and streamers. (First: Episode 0458)
	Film	Bridge #3 - 4 Corner Bridge A (First: Episode 0282)
	Muppets	Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things. (First: Episode 0134)
	SCENE 2	Oscar the Grouch comes home with some groceries, asking Maria to help him put them into his can – but his can is missing! Where did it go?
	Cartoon	Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410)
	Film	David narrates some films showing the homes of animals. (First: Episode 0452)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Aladdin and His Lamp — Kermit helps Aladdin bring light to the Genie's lamp. (First: Episode 0927)
	Cartoon	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment. (First: Episode 0550)
	SCENE 3	Oscar, Luis and Maria try to figure out what happened to Oscar's can. Suddenly, the sanitation man (Jerry Nelson) arrives with some shiny new trash cans for the block. Luis explains to the garbageman that Oscar would rather have his old can back, but it has unfortunately been melted down already. To make up for this, the garbageman agrees to take Oscar to the dump to get some of his stuff back.
	Muppets	Western: A cowboy comes to see Adam T. Glaser, who is such a jack-of-all-trades that he forgets what a dentist does. (First: Episode 0408)
	Cartoon	A man has a J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231)
	Film	A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first." (First: Episode 0290)
	Insert	Olivia sings "Quiet Is." (First: Episode 0916)
	Cartoon	Rumba pencils (first, last, Crazy Melvin) (First: Episode 0638)
	SCENE 4	The two arrive at the dump, where Oscar (comparing it to a department store) finds more things to add to his trash collection, to the garbageman’s surprise.
	Cartoon	Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0561)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have difficulty scratching their backs, so both help each other scratch their back. While Ernie's itch takes a little too long to scratch, he introduces a film called "Everybody Scratch." After the film, Ernie notices that Bert has stopped scratching his back; Beautiful Day Monster is. (First: Episode 0012)
	Cartoon	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414)
	Film	As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801)
	Animation	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195)
	Cartoon	A disobedient jacket, illustrating words that begin with the letter J, annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (First: Episode 0527)
	SCENE 5	Back at the Fix-it Shop, Maria and Luis work on messing up the shiny new can that got delivered. Oscar is delighted at this, but the garbageman is stupefied.
	Cartoon	Subtracting three mules (First: Episode 0767)
	Celebrity	Tennis player Arthur Ashe counts to twelve. (First: Episode 0750)
	Muppets	Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act (First: Episode 0280)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: J for jump (First: Episode 0772)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — David says he can count to twelve hundred, but Farley would prefer just hearing him count to twelve. (First: Episode 0291)
	Cartoon	"Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges. (First: Episode 0003)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #1 (First: Episode 0001)
	SCENE 6	Maria and Luis load Oscar’s new trash into his new can, managing to wrench out a "thank you" from him. The kids (including John-John) rush over to help as Mumford announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.