| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 23, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria shows David the fresh flowers she just picked, and David discusses how well he's doing in law school; Bob joins in the conversation with news of his new shirt. They happen to be situated in front of Oscar's trash can, and of course Oscar can't stand it and demands that everybody knock off the friendly chatter. David believes that Oscar wouldn't be happy unless everybody in the world was a Grouch like him, which sparks Oscar's imagination... |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | In his mind Oscar pictures Maria, David, and Bob all in separate trash cans, each with angry eyes and scuzzy fur. They act equally rotten to each other as Maria the Grouch sniffs her wilted flowers, David the Grouch brags about getting low grades, and Oscar compliments Bob the Grouch's ratty old shirt. Oscar tries to engage the others in some activities, but comes to realize that if everyone is as grouchy as he is, then he won't have anyone to be truly grouchy toward. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Back in reality, Oscar insists that everybody continue being nice, and even throws in a "please" when asking them to get lost. Maria is amazed. |
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Cartoon | Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151) |
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Muppets | Here Is Your Life: A loaf of bread is profiled. (First: Episode 0709) |
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Cartoon | The Carrot Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132) |
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Film | Kids count 5 racehorses. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Cartoon | A baby sees a "danger" sign, which points to several dangerous images. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Cast | Linda helps a boy sign "DON'T WALK." (First: Episode 1061) |
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Cartoon | "The Noble Ostrich", a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0998) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates how a phone booth is used, but it becomes crowded when he receives a call asking for "Monderporg." (First: Episode 0654) |
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Film | Subway Train Empty & Full. (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073) |
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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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Cartoon | A man explains to a girl what a surprise is. Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Buffy and the kids play with sand at the Day Care Center. A group of them use blocks and other toys to make a small city in their sandbox, though Cody enjoys knocking over some of the structures. At another table a few of the other kids use smaller sandboxes to make their own creations. |
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Animation | Sand M/m (First: Episode 0620) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Chocolate Ice Cream — Oscar the Grouch makes an offer after Ernie eats Bert's ice cream. (First: Episode 0213) |
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Cartoon | A nutty dragon blows 5 puffs of smoke, which are blown away by a fan-hatted man. (First: Episode 0980) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose." (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | A cartoon man (voiced by Bob Arbogast) is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings a rock song about his cookie obsession. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!" (First: Episode 0770) |
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SCENE 3 | Buffy is inspired by a drawing the kids made in day care, and she sings "Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan" while playing her mouthbow to lull the kids for naptime. |
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Cartoon | A red-suited man introduces the letter N, for not now. (First: Episode 1328) |
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Cast | David and Luis come across two sets of boxes - a pyramid of 10, and a single box. Numbers appear above, misattributing the value of each set. Instead of correcting the amount of boxes on each side of the screen, they simply remove the 0 from the 10 and move it to the other side. (First: Episode 1281) |
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Cartoon | AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat. (First: Episode 1101) |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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Cartoon | Little girl and cat (she imagines role reversal) (First: Episode 0784) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #2 (First: Episode 0309) |
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Cartoon | N is for nose. (First: Episode 1173) |
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Film | Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo. (First: Episode 0364) |
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Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1180) |
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SCENE 4 | Count von Count presents the viewer with two numeral 2s, and wonders aloud how many things can come in two's. The cast presents them: Sheldon with two bags of groceries and two apples for two kids, David and Maria make two people, and Bob points out the two wheels on his bicycle and his two books. All the pairs makes the Count wish there were two of him to count twice as many things. |
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Film | Footage of birds swimming, including flamingos, swans and ducks. (First: Episode 0981) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest. (First: Episode 0417) |
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Animation | Slide puzzle: Ernie (First: Episode 0403) |
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Cast | Luis and the kids put together a fractured letter "n." (First: Episode 0938) |
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Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) |
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Film | A behind-the-scenes look of Paul Simon recording "Bingo" with his son, and the manufacturing of the record it will be on. (First: Episode 1133) |
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Cartoon | "Why Bears Smile" - a story of a bear who learned which body part to cover when sneezing. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1109) |
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SCENE 5 | Buffy and the kids feed the gerbils at the day care center some sunflower seeds as Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign. |
Gallery[]
Behind the scenes at day care. Pictured: Snooks O'Brien (foreground), Frank Biondo (Camera 1, left), Andy Zarakis (Camera 2, center), Jon Stone, and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
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