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| Snow — Oscar tries to do something rotten, but ends up helping people | |||||||
| Air date | January 23, 1973 | ||||||
| Season | Season 4 (1972-1973) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | On another snowy day, Big Bird leads David into Hooper's Store because he made a present for him. Inside, they find an American Flyer wagon filled with water, a scarf, some cork pieces and a carrot. Big Bird says he made a snowman, and imagines that the snowman (Luis in a costume) got bored waiting for David and left, leaving some of his items and filling the wagon with water. David explains that the snowman melted, but Big Bird thinks that the leftover things are still better than no present at all. |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Z”: -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0085) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305) |
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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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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Film | George the Farmer puts his head through a barrel stave. He also goes through the barn. (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Bob tries to sneak a bag of cookies home without getting noticed by Cookie Monster. Bob encounters Sherlock Hemlock, who has never seen him before and tries to deduce who Bob is. Sherlock comes to the conclusion that Bob must be Cookie Monster, due to the cookies in the bag. Cookie Monster comes and eats the cookies from the bag, so Sherlock realizes that Bob can't be Cookie Monster. Bob then introduces himself, and Sherlock asks if Bob has cookies left that he may have. As Bob finds another cookie, Cookie Monster comes and takes it. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Cartoon | Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar looks for something rotten to do to someone. He notices a bucket of sand, and proceeds to throw the sand on the street. David points out that sand makes it harder to slip on a snow-covered walkway, which means Oscar is doing a favor for the foot traffic. Oscar is disappointed, but still determined to find something rotten to do. |
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Cartoon | "Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 3 | At the Fix-it Shop, Oscar notices a bucket of sawdust. Luis comes back and sees that Oscar has spread the sawdust on the floor. He thanks Oscar for doing so, because it means that customers won't slip and fall when coming inside out of the snow. Oscar gets desperate to do something rotten, and tosses Luis's sawdust bucket around in frustration. Luis says that's a rotten thing to do, which satisfies Oscar. |
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Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Doctor Ernie — Ernie assumes that Bert is ill when he turns down his invitation to play in the park. (First: Episode 0124) |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Cast | Wally and Ralph drop by the laundromat to wash their clothes, but they all don't fit in the washing machine. They try the other one instead, finding the same result. They realize if they split the loads in half, they can make use of both washers. They proceed to rip all their clothing in half. (First: Episode 0334) |
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Cartoon | Kids narrate a letter 'Z' drawing (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | A voiceover counts nine cars at an intersection. (First: Episode 0424) |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | A bridge of teeth come to an employment agency, looking for a job. He's offered jobs in the smelling line and in listening, but he's unqualified for those. Teeth demonstrates his talent in biting and chewing by chomping up the desk. (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 4 | David sings "One of These Things" with different sized hats. |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Film | The camera zooms out on an onion as kids guess what it is. (First: Episode 0357) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) |
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Muppets | Farley and two other friends are having a party in a treehouse, but they feel sad because the record player is broken. Juanita shows up with her guitar, and shows them how to use tools to make music along with her. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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Muppets | Grover reads a sign that says DANGER and looks around for said danger. He doesn't find it anywhere until he trips and falls on the sign. (First: Episode 0182) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria sings "One of These Things" in Spanish with different sized toy birds. |
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Muppets | "The Zizzy Zoomers" (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | The kids form a triangle and a square. (First: Episode 0300) |
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Animation | Counting six red balls (First: Episode 0278) |
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Muppets | Zs come out of Herry Monster's mouth as he snores. (part two) (First: Episode 0359) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby tells his young friends a story that involves "over" and "under". He mixes the words up, and the kids correct him. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird recites a poem to John-John about the jackrabbit. |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Jack Rabbit Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy and girl have a conversation using the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0273) |
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Film | Kids count 5 racehorses. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Film | Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis finishes making a “DANGER” sign, which he’s going to put by the ice skating pond. He sets it outside, where Big Bird sees it, and wonders where the danger is. He conjures up a scenario where a circus train's doors are left open, causing the elephants to escape and go skiing. When Luis returns, Big Bird panics and warns everybody about the incoming elephants. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: To demonstrate "through", Kermit tries to get Cookie Monster to run through a piece of tissue paper. Instead, Cookie offers other alternatives, ultimately choosing to go around it. He helps Kermit with his demonstration by passing the tissue paper through Kermit. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Cast | Bob comes across a DANGER sign next to a frozen pond. Ignoring the sign, he skates on the ice (via pixillation) until it starts to crack. Bob then concedes the sign is there for good reason. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (repeat) |
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Film | Close-ups of a tomato are shown, as kids try to guess what it is. (First: Episode 0389) |
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SCENE 8 | Luis and David play in the snow with the kids in the yard, as a shivering Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign. |
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