Season 6 (1974-1975)

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Sesame Street Season 6 aired from November 4, 1974, to May 2, 1975.
==Overview==
The curriculum for Season 6 focuses on affect behavior, divergent thinking, career awareness, and social interactions,Lewiston Evening Journal: Sesame Street Will Begin Its Sixth Season On Monday as well as creativity.Truglio and Fisch. G is for Growing. p. 31
There are many examples that these lessons are demonstrated throughout this season of Sesame Street. Affect behavior is featured in a segment in which Suzetta Something confides in Roosevelt Franklin when Hardhead Henry Harris calls her a "cantaloupe head." Big Bird demonstrates divergent thinking in Episode 0670 when coming up with solutions in case he needs to find his way back home after getting lost. The song "Women Can Be" explores some of the many career options for women, and Oscar tries to get some peace and quiet in Episode 0698 by taking up different jobs; in a later episode, Maria gets a job on a construction site as a riveter. Creativity is emphasized in Episode 0720, in which the residents of Sesame Street find various uses for pencils.
==Characters and segments==
Several new characters and inserts are seen for the first time during season 6. In the season premiere, viewers are introduced to Rodeo Rosie, a boisterous cowgirl who has a tendency to exaggerate and overreact to situations. Songwriter Don Music, who helps demonstrate creativity and perseverance, is an often-stressed artist who usually ends up rewriting well-known songs or composing ridiculous numbers. The chatty Poco Loco joins his feathered friend Big Bird in several episodes, though Big Bird frustratingly has to put up with the parrot's repetitions. Linda Bove, a performer from the Little Theater of the Deaf, begins to make more appearances with the cast as Linda, eventually becoming a full-time cast member by season 8.
The Typewriter makes frequent appearances demonstrating letters of the alphabet, very much in the same manner as the first season's Speech Balloon series. Segments featuring the Muppet characters from the Ice Follies live shows are also seen, as well as the debut of the always-chaotic episodes of Alphabet Chat, hosted by the almost-dignified Mr. Chatterly. The practice of using comedy duos to demonstrate problem-solving skills (such as Buddy and Jim and Wally and Ralph) is no longer a recurring segment.
==Episodes==
Episodes 0666 - 0795 (130 episodes)
* Episode 0666 -- 6th season premiere; the Count counts streetlights
* Episode 0667 -- David is too sleepy to take care of Hooper's Store
* Episode 0668 -- Oscar the Grouch is delighted by the rainy day outside, until his can blows away
* Episode 0669 -- Sam the Robot tries to act like a grandmother
* Episode 0670 -- Big Bird tries to leave a trail of bread crumbs so he won't get lost
* Episode 0671 -- Oscar invites Bob into his trash can
* Episode 0672 -- Oscar gets his hand stuck in a jar
* Episode 0673 -- Big Bird writes a love note to Maria
* Episode 0674 -- The Amazing Mumford decides that he's all washed up as a magician
* Episode 0675 -- Count von Count helps Big Bird write a poem
* Episode 0676 -- Big Bird imagines that he's living one hundred years ago
* Episode 0677 -- Oscar is afraid of thunder
* Episode 0678 -- Sam the Robot confuses everyone by imitating sounds
* Episode 0679 -- The Count counts things in Oscar's trash can
* Episode 0680 -- Biff and Sully repair underground pipes
* Episode 0681 -- The Count helps Luis by putting away nails and screws
* Episode 0682 -- Big Bird helps David to keep from falling asleep
* Episode 0683 -- Oscar impersonates other people on the Street to avoid being bothered
* Episode 0684 -- Grover the photographer
* Episode 0685 -- Luis becomes an umpire for Oscar's baseball game
* Episode 0686 -- Oscar plants a tree in front of his trash can
* Episode 0687 -- Linda and the Theatre of the Deaf put on a show
* Episode 0688 -- Sam the Machine plays a game with Oscar
* Episode 0689 -- Oscar sets off an explosion in his trash can
* Episode 0690 -- Maria hits her finger with a hammer; Snuffy waits for the bus at Hooper's Store
* Episode 0691 -- Maria imagines that she's a bus driver
* Episode 0692 -- Oscar is expecting a group of Grouches from Cincinnati
* Episode 0693 -- Bert loses his favorite bottlecap
* Episode 0694 -- Oscar dulls his senses
* Episode 0695 -- Oscar opens a Break-It Shop
* Episode 0696 -- Oscar reprograms Sam the Robot
* Episode 0697 -- Big Bird, Gordon and the kids play in a cold playground
* Episode 0698 -- Oscar tries to have peace and quiet
* Episode 0699 -- 
* Episode 0700 -- Maria borrows a cup of sugar from Oscar's kitchen
* Episode 0701 -- David and Big Bird have a misunderstanding
* Episode 0702 -- Maria gets a job as a construction worker
* Episode 0703 -- Big Bird builds an airplane
* Episode 0704 -- Oscar plays the trumpet
* Episode 0705 -- Grover has a bird on him
* Episode 0706 -- David tries to learn Spanish
* Episode 0707 -- Oscar hates his alarm clock
* Episode 0708 -- Mr. Snuffleupagus loses every game that he plays with Big Bird
* Episode 0709 -- Herry Monster makes a mess of Hooper's Store and helps to change a flat tire
* Episode 0710 -- Oscar opens a Grouch school
* Episode 0711 -- Sam the Robot celebrates the day he was wired
* Episode 0712 -- Prince Charming learns about more and less
* Episode 0713 -- Big Bird gives everybody gifts
* Episode 0714 -- Oscar plays awful noises on his tape recorder
* Episode 0715 -- The Count threatens to give up counting
* Episode 0716 -- The Count has a new vehicle, the Countmobile
* Episode 0717 -- Big Bird tries to make sure he gets a good night's sleep
* Episode 0718 -- The Count helps out at Hooper's Store
* Episode 0719 -- Brother Kirk and Ed Lipton visit the Street
* Episode 0720 -- Uses for a pencil. 
* Episode 0721 -- The Count looks for a job
* Episode 0722 -- Oscar buys paintings at the Grouch Fair
* Episode 0723 -- Bad Barney blackmails Big Bird
* Episode 0724 -- Big Bird wants to send flowers to Susan's sick mother
* Episode 0725 -- David leaves Cookie Monster in charge of Hooper's Store
* Episode 0726 -- Big Bird makes birdseed brownies
* Episode 0727 -- Big Bird babysits an egg, which hatches
* Episode 0728 -- Bob and Big Bird discuss which is better to have, a beak or a nose
* Episode 0729 -- Mr. Snuffleupagus practices feelings
* Episode 0730 -- Sam the Robot demonstrates some and more
* Episode 0731 -- Oscar pretends to be a pirate
* Episode 0732 -- A Prince visits the Street to rescue a lady in distress
* Episode 0733 -- The Count promises Luis that he won't count for the whole day
* Episode 0734 -- Big Bird presents "The Number Four Show"
* Episode 0735 -- The Count cries when there's nothing to count
* Episode 0736 -- Herry Monster gets a box of bricks as a gift
* Episode 0737 -- Oscar helps David talk about the letter N
* Episode 0738 -- The Count visits Hooper's Store to find something to count
* Episode 0739 -- Herry shows off how strong he is
* Episode 0740 -- Big Bird tries to be older
* Episode 0741 -- Pete Seeger visits the Street again
* Episode 0742 -- Cookie Monster tries to find a cookie blindfolded
* Episode 0743 -- Oscar calls the Grouch Market
* Episode 0744 -- The Count follows an ant in hopes of counting a million ants
* Episode 0745 -- Big Bird's cousin Herman visits
* Episode 0746 -- Snuffleupagus tries to introduce himself to Mr. Hooper
* Episode 0747 -- Big Bird wants to learn about clocks
* Episode 0748 -- The Cookie Touch/Big Bird serves Grover
* Episode 0749 -- Oscar has a symphony orchestra in his trash can
* Episode 0750 -- Oscar doesn't want David to become a lawyer
* Episode 0751 -- The Count celebrates National Counting Day
* Episode 0752 -- Sam the Robot tries to play music for David
* Episode 0753 -- Biff and Sully try to move Gordon's piano
* Episode 0754 -- Oscar makes believe that he has duck pox
* Episode 0755 -- Oscar pretends that it's night
* Episode 0756 -- Oscar moves away from 123 Sesame Street and tries to find a new roommate
* Episode 0757 -- Big Bird presents a rhyming show
* Episode 0758 -- Big Bird is offended by Simon Soundman
* Episode 0759 -- The Count wants to stay awake at night and count stars
* Episode 0760 -- Herry Monster plays games
* Episode 0761 -- Big Bird is locked in Hooper's Store
* Episode 0762 -- Luis' missing shoe
* Episode 0763 -- José Feliciano visits Sesame Street
* Episode 0764 -- Big Bird goes to the store for milk and birdseed
* Episode 0765 -- Herry Monster doesn’t want to eat breakfast
* Episode 0766 -- Snuffy and the kids play London Bridge (repeat)
* Episode 0767 -- Bob sounds out words (repeat)
* Episode 0768 -- Mr. Snuffleupagus brings a Snuffy-sized trash can to Sesame Street (repeat)
* Episode 0769 -- Snuffleupagus drinks soapy water from a bucket (repeat)
* Episode 0770 -- Maria and Big Bird play a rhyming game (repeat)
* Episode 0771 -- Oscar warns everyone that it's going to rain (repeat)
* Episode 0772 -- Big Bird makes his own drum (repeat)
* Episode 0773 -- What's the password? (repeat)
* Episode 0774 -- Big Bird offers to be Luis' songbird (repeat)
* Episode 0775 -- Up and down with Oscar (repeat)
* Episode 0776 -- Luis, Susan, and the kids work together to clean the street (repeat)
* Episode 0777 -- Susan tests Big Bird's memory (repeat)
* Episode 0778 -- Cookie Monster tries to trick David for a box of cookies (repeat)
* Episode 0779 -- Oscar gets a job as a dishwasher (repeat)
* Episode 0780 -- Oscar invents a noise machine (repeat)
* Episode 0781 -- Oscar is tired of people dumping garbage in his can (repeat)
* Episode 0782 -- Luis buys a new hat (repeat)
* Episode 0783 -- Oscar wins the Grouch of the Year Award (repeat)
* Episode 0784 -- Big Bird redecorates Hooper's Store to give it bird appeal (repeat)
* Episode 0785 -- Oscar auditions new Grouches (repeat)
* Episode 0786 -- Mr. Hooper loses his glasses (repeat)
* Episode 0787 -- Oscar builds a hat rack (repeat)
* Episode 0788 -- A rainy day on Sesame Street (repeat)
* Episode 0789 -- David tries to study for a law school exam (repeat)
* Episode 0790 -- Mr. Snuffleupagus does animal imitations (repeat)
* Episode 0791 -- Mr. Hooper finds Snuffleupagus' postcard (repeat)
* Episode 0792 -- Oscar conducts the Grouch Philharmonic Orchestra (repeat)
* Episode 0793 -- Slimey the Worm has disappeared (repeat)
* Episode 0794 -- Mr. Snuffleupagus can't find anyone to play with (repeat)
* Episode 0795 -- 6th season finale; The Count counts water drops and leaves (repeat)
==Notes==
*Sam Pottle replaces Joe Raposo as music director this season.
*Starting this season, Roscoe Orman takes over the role of Gordon.
*This is the last season Jerry Juhl worked on as a writer.
*This is also the final season to have animated opening number sequences.
*This season introduces a practice in which episodes that aired two seasons before are recycled and combined with a different set of inserts to create whole new episodes.
==Cast==
;Cast
:Northern Calloway, Emilio Delgado, Will Lee, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman
;Jim Henson's Muppets
:Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Fran Brill (uncredited)
;Guest Stars
:Arthur Ashe, José Feliciano, Rosey Grier, Richie Havens, Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Ed Lipton, Whitman Mayo, Zero Mostel,Lewiston Evening Journal: Sesame Street Will Begin Its Sixth Season On Monday The Pointer Sisters, Richard Pryor, Helen Reddy, Pete Seeger, Mary Lou Williams
===Characters===
;Humans
:David, Luis, Mr. Hooper, Susan, Maria, Bob, Gordon
;Muppets
:The Amazing Mumford, Anything Muppets, Bad Barney, Bad Bart, Bert, Betty Lou, Biff, Big Bird, Mr. Chatterly, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Don Music, Ernie, Farley, Frazzle, Fred the Wonder Horse, Gladys the Cow, Grover, Guy Smiley, The Happy Squares, Hard Head Henry Harris, Harvey Kneeslapper, Herry Monster, Mr. Johnson, Kermit the Frog, Lefty the Salesman, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats, Little Jerry and the Monotones, Oscar the Grouch, Poco Loco, Prairie Dawn, Rodeo Rosie, Roosevelt Franklin, Rhymin' Lyman, Sam the Robot, Sherlock Hemlock, Simon Soundman, Slimey, Smart Tina, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sully, Suzetta, The Twiddlebugs
==Credits==
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*Executive Producer: Jon Stone
*Producer: Dulcy Singer
*Directors: Robert Myhrum, Stan Lathan, Jimmy Baylor, Jon StoneDocuments provided by trusted source
*Writers: Norman Stiles, and Ray Sipherd, Emily Perl Kingsley, Joseph A. Bailey, David Korr, Paul D. Zimmerman
*Special Muppet Material by: Jerry Juhl
*Music Director: Sam Pottle
*Puppets and Costumes: Donald Sahlin, Kermit Love, Caroly Wilcox, John Lovelady
*Supervising Film Producer: Edith Zornow
*Associate Producer: Lisa Simonhttps://www.retrojunk.com/content/child/credits/page/4528/sesame-street#/content/child/credits/7058/show
*Director of Operations: Ronald L. Weaver
*Production Supervisor: Lynn Klugman
*Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
*Assistant Music Director: Dave Conner
*Film Production: Madeline Anderson
*Post Production Supervisors: Ozzie Alfonso, Selvin Evans
*Associate Director: Emily Squires
*Assistants to the Producer: Shelley Herman, Amy Hutchings
*Production Assistants: Selvin Evans, Judy Freudberg, Jane L. Delgado
*Art Director: Alan J. Compton
*Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
*Stage Managers: Jimmy Baylor, Lisa Simon
*Property Coordinator: Nat Mongioi
*Costume Designer: Domingo Rodriguez
*Graphics: Gerri Brioso
*Illustrations: Janice Carden
*Senior Scenic Artist: Victor DiNapoli
*Unit Manager: Glenda Jones
*Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
*Technical Supervisor: Walt Rauffer
*Lighting Director: George Riesenberger
*Sound Effects: Barbara Wood
*Audio: Bryan Keen
*Video: Bob Squittieri
*Videotape Editors: Vincent Sims, John Hutchison, Richard C. Pepperman
*Make-Up: Phyllis Grens Sternick
*Hair Stylist: Mickey Lawrence
*Wardrobe: Grisha Mynova
*Curriculum Coordinator: Robert Emerick
*Vice President of Research: Edward L. Palmer, Ph.D.
*Associate Director of Research: Patricia Hayes
*Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald Lesser, Ph.D.
*Vice President for Production: David D. Connell
*Recorded at Teletape 81 st. Studio
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