Episode 0650

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar meets the new sanitation man (played onscreen by Jerry Nelson), who hauls away the trash near his can. The worker almost picks up Oscar's trash can itself, but Oscar protests, saying it's his home – the regular sanitation man knows that. This man is new on the job, however, and it's his orders to empty every can. Oscar attempts to offer him some of his most valuable trash as a gift (to bring home to "the little woman") since it's his first day, including his 1937 Oldsmobile minus the wheels and a piano crushed by a safe. After looking inside Oscar's can and seeing all the things too big for his truck, the stunned sanitation man leaves. An insulted Oscar calls the sanitation department, complaining how the new guy doesn't even like trash.
 	Film 	A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky.
 	Cast 	Gordon demonstrates the different kind of outfit he might wear if he were a carpenter rather than a school teacher.
 	Cartoon 	A man sees if a carpenter knows how to measure with a ruler.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper: Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty U”
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird brings Oscar's attention to Alphabet Bates flying above. Oscar lifts his can lid and uses his rusty telescope to watch Bates skywrite the letter U .
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit comes across the word "Telephone", spells it, and then teaches the word to the viewer. When an Anything Muppet boy who stands too far away says that he can't hear Kermit, Kermit dials the T, and the boy answers with the last E.
 	SCENE 3 	Big Bird calls David at Hooper's Store to order some birdseed, but the phone keeps ringing on the other end. He hangs up and goes over to Hooper's to investigate, and sees that David is cleaning the floor with a loud buffer machine. He tries to get David's attention over the noise, pointing him to the phone. David finally turns off the machine and goes to the phone, but no one's on the line. David chides Big Bird for wasting his time, but Big Bird gets an idea. He does the same thing again, but when David picks up the phone, Big Bird tells him to hang on because someone will be on the line soon. Big Bird rushes back to his nest and places his birdseed order over the phone, though David stammers trying to explain that he could've got the birdseed while he was at the store.
 	Cartoon 	A drummer precedes C.T. Wordsworth who presents today's word: TELEPHONE.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #6
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher."
 	Film 	Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker!
 	Cast 	Luis is dressed for snow, but is stuck at the beach. David dresses for the beach, but finds himself in the snow. They happily switch places.
 	Cartoon 	Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
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 	Cartoon 	A bee looks for a flower.Artist: Bruce Cayard
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 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps up onto an UP.
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 	Cartoon 	Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river.Artist: Abe Levitow
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	"Pig's Love Song" (live-action version)
 	Cartoon 	A boy imagines that if the clouds were cows, it would rain milk.
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird doesn't have anyone to play with today, so he imagines he has a little friend who's a small, blue bird named Tiny. Maria encounters him trying to teach Tiny how to ride a tricycle, and assumes the “imaginary friend” he's playing with is big and brown and furry, and named Mr. Snuffleupagus. Big Bird denies it, and continues playing.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	A ball encounters a black cube, which it imagines as a log cabin in a blizzard.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #6
 	Muppets 	Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for Umbrella
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger.
 	Cartoon 	A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe."
 	SCENE 5 	Maria gets a cup of coffee at Hooper's, and finishes it in a short time before she goes shopping. Big Bird has a birdseed sundae, and eats it for a long time, since he wants to enjoy it as much as possible.
 	Animation 	Sand U/u
 	Muppets 	Ernie demonstrates the letter U with a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it.
 	SCENE 5cont'd	Later in the day, after Maria has done all her shopping and goes to get an evening paper from David, Big Bird is still eating his sundae at Hooper’s.
 	Muppets 	An Anything Muppet man arrives at a gas station, hoping to be filled in a short time. Instead, his car takes a long time to fill while the attendant fills other cars in a short time.
 	Cartoon 	A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
 	Muppets 	"The UN Family Song"
 	Film 	Several people help a man when his car is stuck in the mud.
 	SCENE 6 	At night, Big Bird is still eating his sundae. David is desperate for him to finish, since he has to close the store and study; he ends up falling asleep on his law books.
 	Film 	U, for Underpass
 	SCENE 6cont'd	Big Bird finishes eating his sundae, saving the cherry for last. David temporarily wakes up when Big Bird asks for another sundae. Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria and Bob hold the Sesame Street sign, and Grover and Cookie Monster hold the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 5