| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Welcoming back Buffy and family | |||||||||
| Air date | December 28, 1979 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria frets to David, Bob, Big Bird, and Olivia that because she's been so busy at the Fix-It Shop, she hasn't had time to prepare dinner for Buffy and her family, who are scheduled to arrive this afternoon at the airport. Everyone agrees to help Maria by bringing something different to the dinner. Big Bird volunteers to make some pineapple upside-down cake to remind the Wolfchilds of Hawaii, though David takes Maria aside and assures her he'll bring ice cream just in case something goes wrong. Everyone splits off and Big Bird wonders what he'll need for his dessert, heading out to make an "upside-down list." |
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Cartoon | A boy says he has a big surprise in his hand. (First: Episode 0557) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie holds a hanky while Bert sneezes -- and Bert's nose comes off in Ernie's hand. Ernie teases Bert by putting his nose back in the wrong places. (First: Episode 0026) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300) |
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Film | "Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command. (First: Episode 0047) |
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Insert | Mr. Hooper has to make a grocery delivery and takes a shortcut through Big Bird's nest, where Big Bird and the kids are playing pretend sailors. Big Bird gets Mr. Hooper to join the crew as they sail. He warns Mr. Hooper not to touch the plug in the bottom of their boat, but Mr. Hooper does anyway, causing them to sink. (First: Episode 1158) |
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Cartoon | A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0247) |
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Film | Stop! (kids dancing) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0681) |
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Cartoon | The IT know all about tricycles. (First: Episode 1158) |
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Muppets | Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes. (First: Episode 0361) |
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SCENE 2 | At his nest, Big Bird sets out the two other things he needs to fully prepare his dessert: an angel food cake and a pineapple. He plops the whole pineapple onto the top of the cake, then the camera rotates 180 degrees, making everything upside-down! |
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Muppets | A woman (Jim Henson) volunteers to assist The Amazing Mumford in his surprise magic trick. Mumford makes her disappear – but when he tries to make her reappear, Herry Monster pops up, saying "SURPRISE!" (First: Episode 0381) |
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Cartoon | The Dog & The Bone (First: Episode 0772) |
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Celebrity | The Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate body parts during their basketball stunts. (First: Episode 0627) |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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Film | "It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | A red armless character is stalked by the letter Z until he eats it. |
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SCENE 3 | David has prepared three different kinds of sandwiches for the dinner, each one a different shape. He has the kids sort the sandwiches on different plates based on whether they're a circle, square, or triangle, then rewards their work with some pickle spears. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Invisible Man — Kermit meets the family of The Invisible Man. (First: Episode 1009) |
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Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | 1-20 Ice Skaters (Maria voiceover) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0451) |
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Cartoon | A STOP sign commands a train to stop. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Muppets | Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Insert | David (in voice-over) spots shapes in and around the Fix-It Shop. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Cartoon | A man juggles until he is told to STOP. Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster learns to use manners while eating with a spoon. |
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Cartoon | A scientist builds a robot that has real feelings, such as sad, happy and afraid. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | Z for Zebu Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1185) |
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SCENE 4 | Up in Maria's apartment, everyone waits for Buffy's family to arrive. Maria finishes a call with the airport, who inform her that the plane is scheduled to land soon but there are several other planes ahead of it. In the meantime, the group points out how hungry they are and propose just snacking a little on the dinner before eventually just digging in. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." (First: Episode 0425) |
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Celebrity | The Harlem Globetrotter demonstrate their skills, ending with a handshake. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on. (First: Episode 0256) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0769) |
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SCENE 5 | It's now one o'clock in the morning and back at the airport, Buffy, Sheldon, and Cody wait at a taxi stand. Oscar pulls up in the Sloppy Jalopy and offers to take them to Sesame Street, knowing they're tired and cranky after their long journey, thus making them the perfect passengers for a Grouch like him. The taxi fails to start, and Oscar asks the group, "How do you like pushing?" |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Touch, Hold, Feel." (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0085) |
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Celebrity | The Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate their skills for a brief moment, ending with another handshake. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #4 (First: Episode 0344) |
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SCENE 6 | The Sloppy Jalopy finally reaches Sesame Street by dawn now that Buffy and Sheldon have been pushing it most of the way. ("I never promised you a rose garden," Oscar asserts.) The Wolfchilds gather their luggage and head upstairs only to find all the food gone and everyone asleep. It turns out they're all pretending and they yell, "Surprise!" They welcome the family with open arms (and wings) as Oscar announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, and Olivia holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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