Episode 0924

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis, David, and Susan observe Oscar nearby wearing a beret and using a film camera. ("He thinks he's Kubrick or somebody," David comments.) They witness him filming Maria coming out of Big Bird's nest area, running a gamut of emotions as Oscar calls out instructions. The others find out that he decided to make some movies using the old discarded camera he found, and reveals that he's been taking shots of the others while they weren’t looking; the others get excited when they learn they're going to be a part of his movie. He plans to develop the footage soon and have a screening over at Hooper's Store later today.
 	Cartoon 	A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar has set up his projector inside Hooper's Store, but Luis, Susan, Maria, David, and the kids are bothered by Oscar charging to see the viewing. (He claims the money is going towards a Poison Ivy League college fund for some "undeserving Grouch.") Maria turns out the lights, and Oscar’s film begins with him roaring (a la the MGM lion).
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	His visual narrative follows a tin can’s trip from the ground to a sanitation truck to "paradise": the city dump, and the various goings-on there such as seagulls searching for food. "You think the Taj Mahal is beautiful? Look at this!" he exclaims as footage of a bulldozer dumps more garbage over a hill, where it's revealed that Oscar is at the bottom of the pile revelling in the junk. A car is shown being tossed in a trash compactor before the cube is moved into a "parking lot for old cars." After another brief shot of Oscar enjoying the sights, the camera shows the sun setting with Hawaiian music playing as Oscar provides narration: "Now as the sun slowly sinks into the mess - I mean West - we say aloha, goodbye to our fair garbage dump. We hope someday to return to this fairyland of trash, paradise of the rusty nail, the broken umbrella, the broken soda pop bottle of no return, ah yes..."
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	At the end of the movie, very brief shots of Luis, Susan, and David flash before the film runs out. Maria wonders why the movie didn't have any of the footage showing her emotional range. Oscar reveals that he used all the film up at the dump, so there wasn't any film when shooting her scene! Oscar chuckles as everyone else boos and tosses their popcorn at him.
 	Cartoon 	A man jumps up onto an UP.
 	Muppets 	"The Subway"
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	Film 	"Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." (edited)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	What if a frog and a fly switched bodies? What do you think would happen?Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Cartoon 	Capital letter U for up
 	SCENE 3 	Luis and David pitch some horseshoes when a trumpet fanfare plays. Fred the Wonder Horse trots up with a question: "Did it ever occur to you that while you're'a playing horseshoes here that some hoss is runnin' around barefoot?" He recognizes the shoes as belonging to his horse buddy Sunny Jim. He takes them back, but says he'll bring back a pair of old shoes they can use for their game. Instead of old horseshoes, Fred returns with a small pair of workboots for Luis and David to toss around instead.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	I Thought a Thought ... about circles.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Film 	David narrates some films showing the homes of animals.
 	Cartoon 	I Thought a Thought ... about circles. (Spanish)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Muppets 	Grover and Brian show soft and loud.
 	Cartoon 	Olga y la letra O
 	Film 	"Three of These Kids" — Football and Baseball
 	Muppets 	
 	SCENE 4 	Big Bird meets up with Luis on his way to the library, and starts talking to him in a whisper. Luis begins to talk just as softly, and soon Maria, Susan, and David all join in the whispering conversation. David wonders why everyone is speaking so quietly, but the others haven't a clue. They ask Big Bird why he's speaking like that in the first place, and the bird reveals he's just practicing his whispering.
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	Film 	Several people help a man when his car is stuck in the mud.
 	Celebrity 	Luis tells the story of "The Sad Princess". In a faraway land, a beautiful princess (played by guest star Judy Collins) has a number of hard-working, happy subjects. Luis reads in the book that the princess is very happy, but the princess interrupts him. "Don't believe everything you read!" she cries, throwing the book away. "The fact is, I'm sick of being clean. I'm sick of being lovely... and I'm one sad princess." Her subjects insist that she must be happy, because she's a beautiful princess. She sings a sad song, explaining that she's very bored just sitting around and watching them work. She offers to join her subjects in their work. They object that she might tear her dress, or get dirty, but she says that she'd love to get dirty. The subjects are thrilled to have "a beautiful, working princess". Luis shrugs and says that they lived happily ever after, although the subjects point out that that's a generalization -- they have good days and bad days. The princess asks Luis to move so that she can fix his chair.
 	Cartoon 	On a snowy day, a cold man desires firewood. He carries a huge log up the hill multiple times, but it rolls down each time. Using his "wits", he pushes his house down to the bottom of the hill to be closer to the giant log.
 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A ship captain orders the numbers 1-20 into a boat - which promptly sinks.Artist: Harvey Kurtzman
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster goes to the carnival and plays the "test your strength" game. Unbeknownst to him, the carnival barker rigged the game so nobody can win -- until Cookie finds out what the prize is.
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Song 	"Octopus One-Man Band"
 	Muppets / Cast	Maria and David help Grover understand that there can refer to anyplace that you are not, no matter how far away you may be.
 	Animation 	4 red balls minus 1 equals 3.
 	Film 	Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air.
 	Cartoon 	An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO."
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car. (short intro)
 	Cartoon 	"Danny knows the alphabet, and is he proud! If you can follow him, then sing out loud!"
 	Cast 	Bob and Mr. Hooper have a dispute over using a sole coat hanger for their coats. They eventually cooperate and put both their coats on the one hanger.
 	Cartoon 	U for Ugly: A man removes his mask, revealing a hideous monster face.
 	Cartoon 	"Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Heather talk about rhyming.
 	Cartoon 	A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (repeat)
 	Cartoon 	Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / patVoice: Daws Butler
 	SCENE 5 	Maria, David, and the kids look up and see Alphabet Bates write the letter U in the sky . Maria and David joke around about the letter ("It's-a not a me, it's-a U!") as Fred announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 7