| Sesame Street | |||||||
| A visit from David's grandmother | |||||||
| Air date | February 7, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
| Written by | John Glines | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | In Hooper's Store, David has discovered some broken eggshells sitting on the counter. He wonders who could've left them behind, when Sherlock Hemlock arrives to solve the mystery. David finds more clues - a used bus ticket, a photo of himself as a child, and a hat with feathers in it. While Sherlock believes this is the doing of a traveling circus chicken (going so far as to assume David's mother was a chicken), David realizes that all the clues point to his grandmother Grace is here to visit. The two share a hug in the front window, while Sherlock ponders what happened to the chicken. |
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Cartoon | Monster in the dark (finding a light switch). (First: Episode 0493) |
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Muppets | Biff sings "This Is My J." (First: Episode 1169) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound: J, jaguar (First: Episode 1144) |
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Cartoon | Stop-motion NUTS (First: Episode 1178) |
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Cartoon | The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events. (First: Episode 1113) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. Bert sees Ernie holding a fork in one hand and a napkin with some chocolate on it in the other--and in front of him is a plate full of chocolate-cake crumbs. When Bert accuses Ernie of eating the cake, Ernie tells Bert that a monster came in, ate Bert's cake, and framed Ernie. Bert doesn't believe Ernie's lie. But when Bert leaves the room, Beautiful Day Monster comes in and does exactly what Ernie told Bert happened to the first piece. Ernie tries to explain, but Bert says, "I don't want to talk about it." (First: Episode 0119) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him. (First: Episode 0071) |
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SCENE 2 | Grace has brought a present for Oscar - a nice straw hat. Oscar is repulsed, until Grace tosses it on the ground and stomps on it before giving him it. |
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Film | Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cartoon | The letter J Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0133) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Pretty Baby." (First: Episode 0040) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie's doctor comes over. Ernie keeps trying to tell the doctor why he called him, but the doctor is too occupied with checking on Ernie, hardly allowing him to get a word in edgewise. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Cartoon | 'j' minuscula (First: Episode 0475) |
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Film | Ten zebras walk slow, while 10 other zebras walk fast. (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover demonstrates high and low by asking Heather to scratch his back. (First: Episode 0732) |
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Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Film | Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are. (First: Episode 0326) |
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SCENE 3 | Grace finds Big Bird in a state of sadness - Radar has lost an eye due to Herry Monster's rough playing with him. She pulls out some old buttons from her purse and finds the right one to sew onto the bear. |
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Muppets | Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon". (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | A red PELI and an explosive green GRO form the word PELIGRO. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Film | Animals fight. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0567) |
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Cartoon | A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin deals with an unruly "Don't Walk / Walk" signal. (First: Episode 1166) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: DON'T WALK (First: Episode 1162) |
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SCENE 4 | Grace gives an exercise class for David, Big Bird, Mr. Macintosh and the kids. She then lets Big Bird take over when she remembers another appointment with a friend, and Big Bird starts leading the crew in some avian exercises. |
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Cartoon | A little boy has trouble trying to ride on a coin-operated horse. A man cooperates by inserting the coin after the boy gets on top of the horse. (First: Episode 1286) |
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Film | A scuba diver shows up and down. (First: Episode 0526) |
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Cast | Luis comes across a table with only three legs, yet still stands up fine. He searches in his box of junk for a proper leg. (First: Episode 1033) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Muppets | Grover the Elevator Operator: Only five people are allowed on the elevator at one time, so Grover counts out five passengers. But then he's not allowed on the elevator himself; he would make six. (First: Episode 0462) |
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SCENE 5 | David is in a bit of a grumpy mood, so Grace and Mr. Macintosh cheer him up by having them all do a soft-shoe dance routine in their seats. |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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Film | One of These Things (3 starfish and 1 crab) (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: L for lion (First: Episode 0762) |
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Celebrity | Victor Borge demonstrates high and low notes. (First: Episode 1186) |
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Cartoon | Various demonstrations of DOWN and UP (First: Episode 0847) |
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Animation | Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #5: All the dots turn red (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | David says goodbye to his grandmother as her bus approaches. Big Bird gives her some birdseed to snack on during the trip. David admits he doesn't have a gift, but Grace assures him visiting him is enough of a gift. As her bus passes down a city street, Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, and two kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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