Sesame Street
Oscar imagines being alone
Air date	January 19, 1979
Season	Season 10 (1978-1979)
Directed by Robert Myhrum Production September 22, 1978 Sponsors E, F, 8

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	10th Season Intro Still
	SCENE 1	Herry Monster calls everyone over to witness a never-before-seen feat - he will lift a 4,000 ton weight! He struggles immensely to even move it, but with encouragement from his friends, Herry finds the strength to lift the weight.
	Animation	Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288)
	Muppets	The Martians find a telephone. (First: Episode 0398)
	Animation	Sand E/e (First: Episode 0642)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Crystal demonstrate big and little. (First: Episode 0559)
	Film	A group of kids enter a door marked ENTRADA. (First: Episode 0939)
	Muppets	Anything Muppets: Circle — A boy watches a circle around him get bigger and smaller. (First: Episode 0285)
	Cartoon	A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370)
	SCENE 2	Gordon blends together the parts of Barkley's name.
	Cartoon	E for End (First: Episode 0460)
	Insert	Buffy and Fred the Wonder Horse sing "Cripple Creek." (First: Episode 0908)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Pied Piper of Hamelin — Kermit takes over for the Pied Piper. (First: Episode 0519)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002)
	Film	Things you can carry Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0515)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola demonstrate "big," "small," "smaller, and "smallest" with four balls. (First: Episode 0544)
	Cartoon	Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320)
	Celebrity	Richard Pryor recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0779)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird dons some fake facial hair and glasses in an attempt to fool Mr. Snuffleupagus into thinking he's somebody else. Sure enough, when Snuffy arrives, he believes the disguised Big Bird as an entirely different bird. He notes the similarities and differences between the two until Big Bird reveals himself. Snuffy is glad to see his friend - "Things just aren't the same when you're not around."
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #8 (First: Episode 0998)
	Film	The Deadly Nightshade star in a story of "Old MacDonald." The three live in a New York City apartment, but when they get fed up with the noise, they relocate to the country. There, they sing "Old MacDonald" and soon get weary of the noisy animals. (First: Episode 1115)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Life Without Bert — After Bert gets mad at Ernie, Ernie imagines what life would be like without Bert. (First: Episode 1034)
	Cartoon	A woodpecker drills through a tree to demonstrate entrada and salida. (First: Episode 0808)
	Song	"Eight Song (Song of Eight)" (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (First: Episode 0345)
	SCENE 4	Maria sits out on the stoop with her newspaper and a carrot. The Count happens by and starts counting the bites she takes. She asks that he not do this and he conceals himself behind the railing, still able to count the loud crunches. His thunder-and-lightning tips off his location.
	Film	Russian nesting dolls 10-1 (First: Episode 0563)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Chicken Soup — Grover can't guess why Mr. Johnson is unable to eat his soup. (First: Episode 0358)
	Film	Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: E is for Egg — Cookie Monster demonstrates that egg starts with the letter E. (First: Episode 0316)
	Cartoon	E for Erase (First: Episode 0486)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Four Cookies — Ernie eats one of Bert's cookies and doesn't know what to tell him. (First: Episode 0238)
	SCENE 5	Everyone plays ball around Oscar's trash can. Oscar gets upset and wishes he were all alone. He imagines being the only one on Sesame Street and soon finds it's not as appealing as he thought. When his fantasy ends, he's glad his friends are still around so he can tell them to scram.
	Cartoon	F - Face Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1162)
	Insert	Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not. (First: Episode 0463)
	Cartoon	Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335)
	Film	Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0619)
	SCENE 6	Oscar confesses that he likes watching his neighbors play, as long as they're away from his can. He then announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Olivia holds the CTW sign.

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