| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 22, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria, Luis, and David set up the yard for Olivia's surprise birthday party. They run home to change and wrap gifts, while Count von Count volunteers to hang around and put the candles on her cake. When Olivia arrives, she's taken aback by the cake, which has 126 candles on it. Maria asks why the Count put that many candles on the cake, and he replies that was as many as he could count before he ran out. |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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Film | A woman repairs wires for the telephone company. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Cartoon | "Presenting -- the vacuum cleaner!" (First: Episode 0607) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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SCENE 2 | After having some of Olivia's birthday cake, Maria, Luis, Big Bird, and the kids play "Estatuas," a game where they spin, then freeze in a pose like a statue and other guess what they look like. Big Bird's turn has him forming a statue of Mr. Snuffleupagus. |
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Cartoon | Subtracting three mules (First: Episode 0767) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "There's a Bird On Me." (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | A farmer plants big, bigger and biggest trees. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Cast | On the rooftop of 123 Sesame Street, Bob sings "Lazy Summer Day" to the kids. (First: Episode 1198) |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Song | "Come into the Garden" |
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Cartoon | An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO." (First: Episode 0787) |
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Film | A garfish swims around. (First: Episode 0254) |
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Cartoon | "Presenting -- the saw!" (First: Episode 0597) |
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Insert | Oscar buys every cleaning item in Hooper's Store so no one on Sesame Street can clean. (First: Episode 1135) |
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Cartoon | "Presenting -- the hammer!" (First: Episode 0574) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Kermit helps Don Music improve "Yankee Doodle.". (First: Episode 0876) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: MONEY (First: Episode 1185) |
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Celebrity | George Benson sings "The Alphabet Song." |
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Cartoon | T for typewriter and toe Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cast | Sleeper (David) tries to wake up in the morning. |
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Film | The letter T is a very useful letter. (First: Episode 0402) |
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Muppets | Three monsters (Billy, Fenwick, and Pamela) demonstrate big, bigger, and biggest. (First: Episode 0474) |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger, biggest (strongmen) (First: Episode 0792) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar is writing a song for the Grouch Follies. He needs help coming up with some of the rhymes and asks Olivia for help. The two sing "A Grouch Ballad" in two halves - Oscar sings a grouchy lyric, and Olivia responds with a pleasant rhyme. Afterwards, she calls the composition cute, much to his disgust. |
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Cartoon | A derby-hatted man identifies animal sounds, ending with a tractor. (First: Episode 0839) |
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Muppets | Grover watches The Amazing Mumford practice a trick, making a rabbit come out of his hat. Mumford has trouble getting a rabbit to come out of the hat, and both are oblivious to the fact that Grover is turning into a rabbit. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | What if my best friend were a gorilla? (First: Episode 0598) |
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Celebrity | George Benson and the kids sing "London Bridge." |
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Cartoon | W for Wilhelmina (First: Episode 0512) |
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Film | Scenes of individuals running from around the world. (First: Episode 0669) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria tells the kids about how Spanish names sound in English and vice versa. Big Bird likes the sound of his Spanish name - "El Pajaro Grande." |
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Film | Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Insert | Michael Christensen and Paul Binder demonstrate high, higher, and highest with their juggling clubs. (First: Episode 1008) |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #14: Dots line up at the same time as some squares who ultimately dominate the board (First: Episode 0297) |
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SCENE 5 | Barkley has fallen asleep in Big Bird's nest. Big Bird sighs and makes an attempt to sleep on a blanket on the ground like Barkley. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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