| Sesame Street | |
| Air date | January 16, 1980 |
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) |
| Sponsors | D, R, 9 |
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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 | SCENE 1 | Oscar is in the midst of his annual "Spring mess-up." He overhears Buffy talking with Susan about how messy Cody can be at home, so he brings Cody into the can to help out. However, Susan and Buffy don't notice this and wonder where Cody has gone. |
 | Film | Two kids help an old Chinese man get his dragon kite in the air. (First: Episode 0806) |
| | Transition | Bridge #16 (0:10) |
 | Muppets | Three polyester-clad Anything Muppets sing "Disco D." (First: Episode 1186) |
 | Animation | Sand D/d (First: Episode 0640) |
 | Cartoon | A girl talks about imagination. (First: Episode 0353) |
 | Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup, roast beef, and peach pie, wants them to be presented in that order (one at a time). Grover doesn't understand the order, keeps bringing wrong item. Upon seeing pie (twice), explains he after "everything else," prompting bring everything else on menu. (First: Episode 1318) |
| | SCENE 2 | Buffy and Susan search frantically for Cody, who then emerges from Oscar's trash can as Oscar explains. Oscar gleefully details the fine work Cody has done and has offered him a regular gig messing up his place on a weekly basis. |
 | Film | Kids with special needs do gymnastics at the Mamaroneck Co-Op Camp. (First: Episode 0953) |
 | Cartoon | A child voice-over counts backwards from 10 to 1, then back up to 10. (EKA: Episode 0599) |
 | Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts The Weather Show. (First: Episode 0337) |
 | Animation | Shape organization, part 1 (First: Episode 0419) |
 | Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
 | Video | Four children roll on a gym mat while The Count counts them (in voice-over). (First: Episode 0908) |
 | Cartoon | The Typewriter: D - Daisy (First: Episode 0766) |
 | 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) |
 | Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
 | Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Heather talk about rhyming. (First: Episode 0789) |
 | Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
 | Film | Folk song: Have You Ever Been To The Farm? (First: Episode 0138) |
 | Animation | Shape organization, part 2 (First: Episode 0419) |
 | Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
 | Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) |
| | SCENE 3 | A child helps Luis in the Fix-It Shop, but Luis prevents them from lifting a heavy peace of wood. Seeing their disappoint look, Luis sings "Sometimes It's Nice to Be Little" to them. |
 | Animation | Shape organization, part 3 (First: Episode 0419) |
 | Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
 | Cartoon | Sign Cartoons: Hand (First: Episode 1179) |
 | Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934) |
 | 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) |
| | Cartoon | Dot Bridge #5 (1:03) |
| | SCENE 4 | Maria and Luis explain to Big Bird about the Spanish practice of adding "ito" or "ita" to someone's name as a term of endearment. |
| | Cartoon | Dot Bridge #6 (0:56) |
 | Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Melody subtract cookies. (First: Episode 0425) |
 | Cartoon | I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0624) |
| | Cartoon | Dot Bridge #7 (0:34) |
 | Celebrity | Richard Pryor recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0779) |
 | Cartoon | An elevator fills up with 10 passengers, but quickly breaks when the mouse gets on. (First: Episode 0003) |
 | 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) |
 | Insert | Olivia sings "Children of the World." (First: Episode 1012) |
 | Cartoon | A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird on a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen. (EKA: Episode 0814) |
 | Film | Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left. (First: Episode 0589) |
 | Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #9 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1032) |
 | 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) |
 | Cartoon | A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410) |
| | SCENE 5 | Buffy and the kids dance to some electronic music. |
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