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| Maria gets surprised | |||||||
| Air date | February 21, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | The Yesman sings a song about how he always responds to questions with the word YES. The rest of the cast is seen in quick scenes during the musical number, illustrating the various questions. |
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Cartoon | A man shows the viewers his "YES" machine. (First: Episode 0822) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Prince Charming Looks for Cinderella — A surprising suitor fits Prince Charming's glass slipper. (First: Episode 1233) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) |
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Insert | The Count (in voiceover) counts three kids who arrange themselves in different configurations with three boxes. (First: Episode 1352) |
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Cartoon | A girl tries on big, bigger, and the biggest shoes. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0252) |
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Muppets | Backed by the Monster Mountain Band, Cookie Monster sings "Handful of Crumbs". (First: Episode 1702) |
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Cartoon | A boy builds a house out of blocks, and when the girl builds a Victorian house, the boy calls her a copycat. (First: Episode 0780) |
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SCENE 2 | Clementine helps Forgetful Jones make a call by pointing out the pay phone outside the Fix-It Shop. He's written down the number, but can't remember whose it is, so Clementine tries to clue Forgetful in that the phone number happens to belong to her. |
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Celebrity | Rosey Grier and a kid both enter phone booths and with their unique sizes, they each help the other retrieve their dropped dime. (First: Episode 0886) |
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Film | A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0690) |
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Cartoon | The One Two Three Dogs do circus stunts. (First: Episode 1480) |
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Muppets | "The Rhymies at Sea" - Larry, Mary and Barry sail on a ship, which sinks. (First: Episode 1149) |
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Film | A saxophone is made in a factory, while a solo saxophone underscores the process. (First: Episode 1446) |
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Cartoon | Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster builds a Two-Headed Snowman. It's missing noses; they fight over a carrot which breaks in half, solving the problem. (First: Episode 1622) |
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Cartoon | Is snow cold? Yes! (First: Episode 0822) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "Children of the World." (First: Episode 1012) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Grover watches as Ernie loads various things into a machine that start with M and N. The machine then displays the letter it begins with. Since Grover is a monster, he decides to go in the machine, causing a mess. (First: Episode 1201) |
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Cartoon | A painter paints a Number Nine, then hangs it. (First: Episode 1488) |
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Film | A man shows a boy how to make a wheelbarrow. (First: Episode 1488) |
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Cartoon | A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing" ... and promptly wiggle around. Artist: James Rizzi (First: Episode 0787) |
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Cast | At City Island, Maria and Bob ask Oscar to take their photo. He tells them to step back further and further until they fall off the dock. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Cartoon / Film | Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. (First: Episode 0659) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss tells Lefty the plan for what to do with the Golden AN, which they have just stolen. Lefty is to put it in the tan van and give it to Dan, who will take it to Fran. However, Lefty can't remember the plan very well and has to repeat it, which results in a police officer named Stan hearing the plan and giving him "ten days in the can for stealing the Golden AN." (First: Episode 0523) |
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Cartoon | Fred, a singer, fails to figure out the words that rhyme with his name in the song he sings. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0977) |
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Film | Kids dancing. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger and biggest elephants (first part only) (First: Episode 0389) |
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Cast | Captain Nasty (Gordon) commands his pirate crew (Olivia, Bob and Mr. Hooper) to bring him not the big or the bigger, but the biggest treasure chest. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!" (First: Episode 0770) |
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SCENE 3 | As Maria eats her lunch, she gets surprised when Big Bird pops by to say "hi." He apologizes for startling her and thinks of a way he can prevent such a surprise in the future. His solution is to bang a large drum (wheeled in by Geoffry), alerting her of his arrival from all the way down the block. However, the loud sound of drumming surprises her too. He concludes the only way she can eat her lunch without a surprise is to finish eating quickly. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Erik surprise each other. (First: Episode 1689) |
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Cartoon | A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Film | Two birds Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0295) |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. Bert says, "I thought maybe you weren't here!" Ernie starts to search to see if he can find himself. (First: Episode 0171) |
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Cartoon | An aviator and his son cooperate to start their plane. (First: Episode 1476) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria brings her empty potato chip bag to Oscar, who has learned of her previous situation with Big Bird and assumed he was the only one who can give surprises to everyone. Maria believes he's pulled so many tricks, everyone is used to the types of surprises he has, such as spring-loaded snakes in a can. He gives her a can to open and nothing happens, which does come as a surprise. He then asks her mail an envelope for him and snakes spring out from the mailbox! Maria begins to berate Oscar as Luis announces the sponsors in English and the CTW slogan in Spanish. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign. |
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