| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird learns the xylophone | |||||||
| Air date | December 24, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird shows "close to" by calling Barkley over. He then tries to demonstrate "away from" by putting distance between himself and Barkley, but the dog would much rather be close to his feathered friend and follows him. Big Bird tries to get away from him again by entering Gordon and Susan's apartment and peering from the window, but Barkley quickly follows him from the outside. Big Bird quietly exits 123 Sesame Street in hopes of getting away from Barkley. Instead, the big dog pops his head out of Oscar's trash can! Big Bird gives in and stays close to his fuzzy friend. |
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Muppets | Salesman Harvey Kneeslapper asks Tony if he gets attacked by monsters and run over by crowds. Herry Monster attacks him and a crowd walks all over him, so the answer is yes. Harvey has a simple solution for Tony: AWAY FROM! The next time those things happen to Tony, he can get AWAY FROM them. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | A bee looks for a flower. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Song | "Cow Dog Song" (First: Episode 0783) |
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Cartoon | A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1017) |
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Cast | Susan, Bob, and Maria give a lesson on addition and subtraction. (First: Episode 0633) |
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Cartoon | I've got a mind: squares make a box. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0191) |
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Muppets | "The Ten Commandments of Health" (First: Episode 1139) |
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SCENE 2 | The word "AMOR" hovers around Oscar before landing in front of him. He asks Olivia and the kids what the word means, and they show him by showering Oscar with hugs and kisses, as it means "love" in Spanish. Oscar shoos the pesky word away, calling it one of the worst experiences of his life. |
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Cartoon | Two green martians fight over a flower, until they see a monolith crumble to form the word AMOR. (First: Episode 0821) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music gets help writing "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 1227) |
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Animation | Sand I/i (First: Episode 0619) |
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Film | Swimming and flying pelicans. (First: Episode 0322) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feats of ten brown bears. Artist: Jeff Hale |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count to 10. (First: Episode 0120) |
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Cartoon | Clouds that look like things. (First: Episode 0211) |
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SCENE 3 | On the roof of 123 Sesame Street, David and the kids observe Alphabet Bates floating down via parachute, dumped once again by his plane. He makes a lowercase I with his finger for the kids to guess before ascending back up to his plane. |
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Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite." (Spanish version) (First: Episode 1212) |
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Muppets | Lefty sells Ernie an invisible ice cream cone; Ernie pays for it with an invisible nickel. (First: Episode 0687) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: DIRTY (First: Episode 1121) |
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Film | A dented car door is repaired and repainted at an auto body shop. (First: Episode 1112) |
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Film | Russian nesting dolls 1-10 (First: Episode 0540) |
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Celebrity | Paul Simon sings "El Condor Pasa." (First: Episode 1036) |
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Film | An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (First: Episode 1077) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert asks Ernie to share a banana with him. Ernie gets the inside of the banana, and gives Bert the peel. (First: Episode 0464) |
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Cartoon | I for idea (First: Episode 1077) |
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Cast | Luis serves as the announcer for a ping pong match between Maria and David, who can't find his paddle. Once they're ready to go, they're pelted by several dozen ping pong balls. (First: Episode 0683) |
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Cartoon | Pinball #10 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0990) |
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Film | "Sometimes, when you want to get somewhere, you need a bridge." Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0585) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | Some fruits in a bowl sing a "Bilingual Fruit Song" about their Spanish names, and agree that two names are better than one. (First: Episode 1306) |
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SCENE 4 | After Bob finishes giving Kim a flute lesson at his apartment, Big Bird arrives with a piccolo in the hopes that Bob can teach him to play it. Bob notes that Big Bird doesn't have lips, thus won't be able to play it. Big Bird chooses a guitar instead, but doesn't quite have the hands for it. He fears he won't be able to play anything until Bob introduces him to a xylophone (which Big Bird first mistakes for a charcoal grill). Bob teaches him how to play the first few notes of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and soon has Big Bird practicing the tune himself. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203) |
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Film | Geese and their goslings swim in the water. (First: Episode 0388) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR." (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird has been practicing for three hours now, a weary Bob observes. Big Bird assures him that he won't get tired, and wants to keep practicing and not move on to the next part ("I'd rather stick with a sure thing."). Bob intervenes and plays a tune of his own - the closing theme, which inspires Big Bird to announce the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign. |
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