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| Big Bird shares his nap with Barkley. | |||||||
| Air date | December 13, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | On the roof of 123 Sesame Street, Bob and Jessica see Alphabet Bates parachute down from his airplane. He draws onscreen the letter he was going to write in the sky - the letter O. When his plane circles back, he rises back into the skies. |
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Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to count his balloons. The balloons are arranged in a circle, so he continues counting around the circle, and counts some of them twice. Grover has a solution -- he pops each of the balloons as he counts them. (First: Episode 0133) |
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Cartoon | The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a doughnut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on. (First: Episode 1242) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates on top of. (First: Episode 0242) |
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Cartoon | Fisherman Jones demonstrates in, on and under with the help of a big fishy. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street pageants: Prairie Dawn directs the cast in a pageant about the face. Ernie talks about eyes, Cookie Monster talks about the mouth, Bert and Grover talk about ears, and Herry Monster talks about the nose. At the end of the pageant, they assemble a picture of a face. (First: Episode 0711) |
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SCENE 2 | Willy asks Big Bird to watch over his hot dog stand for a bit and shows the bird how to make a hot dog, demonstrating how the hot dog goes in the bun and the condiments go on afterward. When Willy returns, he finds Big Bird has made several dozen hot dogs. Big Bird apologizes - he didn't get finished, as there were still three left to do. |
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Cartoon | A man discovers the letter O has fallen off a HOTEL sign. (First: Episode 1114) |
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Song | "Fireman Ready to Go" (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog, Pete. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1266) |
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Muppets | The Martians discover a radio. They tune into three different styles of music, none of which they like. Then they tune into some static, which they start joyfully dancing to. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: O for Owl (First: Episode 0837) |
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Film | A girl gets on, in, and under a blanket in a park. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A man makes a CASA for both him and his dog, who then makes a CASA for a bird. (First: Episode 0586) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar cries out for help, claiming to have been robbed. One of his favorite bags of trash is missing, and he points Luis and the kids to the trail of trash leading away from his can. They theorize that Bruno couldn't have done it, so Oscar comes out of his can and they all follow the trail. It leads to the other side of 123 Sesame Street, where they find Barkley playing with the garbage bag in the yard. "I always knew he had a little Grouch in him," Oscar reacts with a smile. |
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Cartoon | "Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0771) |
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Film | Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: What Happened Here — Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. (First: Episode 0030) |
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Animation | Sand O/o (First: Episode 0621) |
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Animation | A man plays a memory game using cards. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Insert | Maria sings "Scream." (First: Episode 1018) |
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Cartoon | A spring bounces under and over animals. (First: Episode 1236) |
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Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" (First: Episode 0371) |
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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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Animation | 4 people, 4 wheels, 4 doors, and 4 windows make a carpool. (First: Episode 0910) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music writes "Drive, Drive, Drive Your Car." (First: Episode 0897) |
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SCENE 4 | Olivia and Luis find Oscar preparing for his role in the Grouch Olympics, taking place in his trash can. They're surprised that Oscar enjoys the positive benefits of exercise, but he prefers the "agony of victory, and the joy of defeat." He darts down to participate in the pole vault event. He flies up and out of his can, then re-enters and bounces around. He proudly declares he's broken a record - plus a lamp, sideboard, and set of dishes. |
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Film | "Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing. (First: Episode 0295) |
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Muppets | Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Film | A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149) |
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Film | Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | Footage of a rattlesnake (First: Episode 0294) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird is ready for his nap, but discovers Barkley is already situated in his nest, fast asleep. Big Bird tries to share the space, but Barkley takes up too much room. He decides to get something to eat from Hooper's Store instead, and upon hearing the word "eat," Barkley gets straignt up in anticipation for a treat. |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (First: Episode 0798) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: World's Greatest Counter — Ernie proclaims himself to be the world's greatest counter, yet he counts very slowly, and starts all over again if Bert interrupts him. (First: Episode 0107) |
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Cartoon | "Mi casa es su casa." (First: Episode 0794) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird and Barkley share the nest and take a nap together as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
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