| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 16, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar is in the midst of his annual "mess-up time," where he spends the day redecorating his trash can with new dust and grime. "It's hard to keep a respectable place messy," he states. He overhears Buffy talking with Susan on the stoop about how messy Cody can be at home, so he decides to invite Cody into the can to help out. However, Susan and Buffy don't notice this and wonder where Cody has gone. |
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Film | Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air. (First: Episode 0444) |
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Transition | Bridge #16 - Hourglass Slow/Empty (First: Episode 0360) |
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Muppets | Three polyester-clad Anything Muppets sing "Disco D." (First: Episode 1148) |
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Animation | Sand D/d (First: Episode 0640) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about imagination. (First: Episode 0353) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup, roast beef, and peach pie, wanting them in that order (one at a time). Grover doesn't understand the order and keeps bringing the wrong item. Upon being brought the pie twice, Johnson explains that he wants that after "everything else," prompting Grover to bring everything else on the menu. (First: Episode 1307) |
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SCENE 2 | Buffy and Susan search frantically for Cody, who emerges from Oscar's trash can all filthy from his work. Oscar gleefully details the fine work Cody has done and has offered him a regular gig messing up his place on a weekly basis. ("That kid has a great career ahead of him! And he does windows.") |
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Film | Kids with special needs do gymnastics at the Mamaroneck Co-Op Camp. (First: Episode 0953) |
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Cartoon | Kids count from 1 to 10, then 10 to 1, as the numbers are displayed over colored lights. (First: Episode 0931) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts The Weather Show. (First: Episode 0385) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 1 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Video | Four children roll on a gym mat while The Count counts them (in voice-over). (First: Episode 0908) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: D - Daisy (First: Episode 0795) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, discovers that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Heather talk about rhyming. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Folk song: Have You Ever Been To The Farm? (First: Episode 0138) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 2 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) |
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SCENE 3 | Walter tries to help Luis at the Fix-It Shop, but is unable to lift a heavy piece of wood. Luis says that it's okay, and sings "Sometimes It's Nice to Be Little" to him. |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 3 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: Hand (First: Episode 1179) |
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Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934) |
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Muppets | Little Bird plays an imagination game, closing his eyes and imagining he hears sounds. At the end of the game, he imagines that he hears a scary monster -- and when he opens his eyes, Herry Monster is there, growling at him. (First: Episode 0148) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #4: Third dot wants to be red (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria plays a clapping game with Big Bird and the kids when Luis arrives. Big Bird hears Maria call him "Luisito," and they explain to him about the Spanish practice of adding "ito" or "ita" to someone's name as a term of endearment. |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #5: All the dots turn red (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Melody subtract cookies. (First: Episode 0425) |
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Cartoon | I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0624) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry (First: Episode 0001) |
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Celebrity | Richard Pryor recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Cartoon | An elevator fills up with 10 passengers, but quickly breaks when the mouse gets on. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree, which he says is a picture of four elephants. Ernie doesn't see the four elephants, so Lefty offers to show him the elephants if Ernie will buy the picture for a nickel. Lefty points out the elephants, which are actually spaces in the tree's branches. Ernie shells out for the picture. Ernie wants to pull the same trick on Bert, but Bert notices the elephants right away. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "Children of the World." (First: Episode 1012) |
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Animation | Marco had a flower. When it wilted, he called his grandpa and told him exactly what the flower looked like. Grandpa told him to water the flower, and it grew again. (First: Episode 0555) |
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Film | Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left. (First: Episode 0589) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #9 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1032) |
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Muppets | Four Anything Muppet kids cooperate to grow a flower together. One has a flower seed, one has a flowerpot, one has some dirt, and one has a shovel. The rain and sunshine finish the job. (First: Episode 0311) |
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Cartoon | A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 5 | Buffy and the kids pretend to be "star children," moving to some electronic music as they picture themselves floating in the sky. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob and Linda hold the CTW sign. |
Supporting cast[]
- The Kids: Marlena Attinasi, Kelly Cordero, Walter Stehle, Malika Bryant, Jamal Bryant
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