Does anyone remember a scene in Mr. Hooper's store where a guitarist wrote a song about a HUGE sandwich they built? Season 5 or so.
In this scene, a male guitarist, probably a guest star, sat at the far-right side of the counter. Behind the counter was either Tom (more likely) or Mr. Hooper. Also in the scene was Oscar. Someone, possibly the guitarist, suggests singing a song about making a sandwich. So they take this submarine roll that's at least 3 feet long. The counter person removes the top, and spreads butter about the whole inside. This is done as the musician sings and plays on guitar -- gently, folk-music style:
Let's make a sandwich. And we'll have a butter sandwich. We'll have a butter sandwich. On hee-ro bread.
Then someone suggests adding ham. The counter person liberally adds ham slices while the guitar man sings:
Let's make a sandwich. And we'll have a ham and butter sandwich. A ham and butter sandwich. On hero bread.
Then someone suggests adding cheese. Again, the counter person adds cheese slices while the guitar man sings:
Let's make a sandwich. And we'll have a cheese ham butter sandwich. A cheese ham butter sandwich. On hero bread.
More and more items are added; for each item, the guitar man sings and plays a verse in a cumulative song. Oscar, in addition to the occasional annoyed comment, suggested some items of his own, such as sour pickles. (I wanna say sauerkraut was his suggestion as well, but I might be conflating that with the time Tom made up catering plates for Oscar's party that had a "pickle roast".) Later on, though, Oscar had some ridiculous suggestions such as whipped cream, and nuts on top of that -- foods that are not unappetizing per se, but they don't exactly belong on that kind of a sandwich. I think the guitar man uttered a begrudging "OK Oscar" before singing at least one of the verses with said items. At some point Tabasco sauce was added (or was it Worcestershire sauce… or maybe both were in there!)
The final verse was interesting, as it suggested they somehow ran out of bread. (Huh?) It went"
Send for the baker. (x2?)
We made a Tabasco sauce-whipped cream-sour pickle (etcetera-etcetera) cheese-ham-butter sandwich.
A Tabasco sauce-whipped cream-sour pickle (etcetera-etcetera) cheese ham butter sandwich.
But we need more bread.
At this point the adults are uncertain what to do with this gastronomic monstrosity. Unsurprisingly, Oscar is only too happy to consume this ridiculous Dagwood sandwich. We see him put the flimsy top back on the roll and start to haul it away, but unlike CM and Ernie, do we ever actually see Oscar eat?
Note: If they did add Tabasco sauce, it would be a rare case of the show using a brand name. For Tabasco is one of those "generic trademarks" like Kleenex, Xerox, or Band-Aid -- often used generically, but still a private label.