Episode 0042

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon overhears Oscar singing in the shower from within his can. Bob, Susan and Mr. Hooper also stop by Oscar's can out of curiosity. He's put up a "NO TRESPASSING" sign and has given notices to stop newspaper and milk delivery for his can. The gang looks at the clues Oscar has left around, and conclude that he must be going on a trip. Oscar comes up dressed in his traveling clothes and reveals that he is going on a trip, to the grouch convention held by the Disagreeable Order of Grouches (D.O.G.). Since it's a grouch convention, it won't be fun, and the weather will hopefully be miserable. Oscar practices his secret greeting: making seven ugly faces, which the gang counts.
 	Film 	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)"
 	SCENE 2 	The gang waves goodbye as Oscar leaves on the bus. Gordon overhears a typewriter inside Ernie and Bert's apartment…
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket falls over.
 	SCENE 3 	Susan wants to be a "nice wifey" and surprise Gordon, but can't decide what to bake. Mary suggests some cookies.
 	Film 	"The Little Baker": A boy imagines that he's a baker.
 	SCENE 3cont'd 	Susan and Mary add that ice cream goes well with the cookies.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: I - ice cream.
 	SCENE 4 	In Hooper's Store, Gordon tells Bob and Mr. Hooper that he just received a postcard from Oscar about his trip, and that on his way to the grouch convention he's gone through states that all start with I -- Iowa, where he ate ice cream; Idaho, where he fell on the ice; and Illinois, where he got poison ivy. Mr. Hooper marks the strange path on a map of the United States, writing an I on each state he visited.
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: The rocket shoots water.
 	Film 	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (repeat)
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird has Gordon play a picture guessing game. Gordon slowly reveals two lines with seven spots in the middle, and tries to figure out what it could be. Big Bird is thrilled when Gordon (a teacher) can't guess what it is; it turns out to be the neck of a giraffe.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Giraffes.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 5cont'd 	Big Bird says that a giraffe has the "most neck" than any other animal, and Gordon introduces Kermit, an expert on "most."
 	Muppets 	Kermit teaches some, more, and most with jellybeans in jars while Cookie Monster eats each jar of jellybeans.
 	Cartoon 	"All right, now that you've eaten everything in sight, would you mind telling me what you plan to have for dessert?"
 	Muppets 	Kermit returns to teach some, more, and most again, but with marbles in jars this time. Cookie Monster eats one jarfull and hurts his mouth.
 	SCENE 6 	Bob has received another postcard from Oscar, detailing his trip through "K" states and cities; Mr. Hooper marks those on the map as well.
 	Cartoon 	K is for kitten.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: K - Key
 	Cartoon 	Rocket countdown: Unlike previous segments, the rocket successfully launches at the right time as everyone celebrates, and the director grins at the camera.
 	SCENE 7 	In the kitchen, Susan and Mary identify the rectangle-shaped sheet in a group of round pans.
 	Film 	"Rectangles"Rectangles in the city and country are shown to a percussion soundtrack.
 	SCENE 8 	Mr. Hooper receives an airmail card from Oscar, who's now going through places that begin with N. How does Mr. Hooper know it's an airmail card? Because Oscar says every time the plane flew over someplace that began with N, it made the letter in the sky (as seen in a film clip usually associated with Alphabet Bates). Mr. Hooper reads all the N places Oscar has visited, and marks them with a big letter N and lines between -- Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, New York. As Mr. Hooper draws the N's and lines connect­ing them across the map, Gordon comments that's a lot of N's.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: N - Nail
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6
 	SCENE 9 	Susan reads the guys Oscar's next postcard about a wonderful place he's staying at. It's not a hotel, but a scrap yard!
 	Film 	A magnetic scrapyard baler is used to lift cars into a compacter.
 	SCENE 9 cont'd	Susan continues reading the postcard, learning that Oscar met a very ungrouchy boy who liked the beach.
 	Film 	"Boy at Beach"A boy walks on the beach, and sees a sandpiper, a crab, a hermit crab, and other animals.
 	SCENE 10 	Gordon talks to Cheri and Chris about friends, and reads a book to them: My Friend John by Charlotte Zolotow. Afterward, he compares the shape of an open book to the middle of a sandwich.
 	Cast 	Buddy and Jim attempt to make a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich; ultimately, Buddy constructs it as a "triple-decker."
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6 (repeat)
 	SCENE 12 	Gordon hears Oscar singing in the shower again, meaning that he has returned from his grouch convention. He tells the gang about the rotten time he had, and complains about the new trash he found when returning home. Gordon signs off, and Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	A group of hippies holds the Sesame Street sign, and Bob and Mr. Hooper hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 1