| Sesame Street | |||||
| Big Bird's insomnia (repeat of 1141) | |||||
| Air date | February 19, 1980 | ||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Grover clean the Fix-It Shop window, both in great pain. When Maria comes out she notices the problem: Grover is hanging upside down cleaning the top part, while Big Bird is squatting down to clean the bottom. Since Big Bird is tall and Grover is short, she recommends that they switch places to make the work easier. Grover's knees give out and he plummets to the ground. |
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Cartoon | An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names. (First: Episode 1301) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Important Note for Bert — Ernie has an important note for Bert, but he can't find it. (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | The celebration of Chinese New Year (First: Episode 0495) |
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Muppets | "High, Middle, Low" (First: Episode 0236) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird and Grover's new plan worked, but since Grover is so short and Big Bird is so tall, the middle of the window is still dirty (leaving Maria, the only middle-sized person around, to finish the job). |
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Cartoon | What would happen if I popped this balloon? (First: Episode 1312) |
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Celebrity | Richie Cunningham sees Fonzie brushing his teeth, even though he hadn't eaten anything. Fonzie explains to Richie the importance of dental care, and then gives Richie a toothbrush of his own. (First: Episode 1185) |
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Cartoon | Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round. (First: Episode 1124) |
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Film | Elephants (African percussion soundtrack) (First: Episode 0389) |
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Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria shows the letters C and G, and expects Cookie Monster to say that the cookie she has starts with C, but he outsmarts her: "It GINGER SNAP!" |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: C-cat (First: Episode 0779) |
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Film | A magnetic scrapyard baler is used to lift cars into a compacter. (First: Episode 0024) |
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Cartoon | Little girl and cat (she imagines role reversal) (First: Episode 0784) |
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Muppets | The Count's bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count. (First: Episode 0625) |
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Cartoon | A can opens to reveal 10 sardines. (First: Episode 1295) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Maria approaches Cookie Monster with a cinnamon cookie, but he outsmarts her again: "It GERMAN cinnamon cookie!" |
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Film | Things that begin with G (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds." (First: Episode 0358) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Cartoon | "Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts four eggs. A chick hatches out of one egg, so he counts the three eggs -- then two, then one. Then he counts the four chickens. (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | This time, Maria brings a cream-filled cookie, which happens to be a girl scout cookie; Cookie Monster eventually gives in (and eats the C). |
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Muppets | A square monster tires to learn the "In and Out" disco dance. (First: Episode 1328) |
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Cartoon | A colorful, rhythmic demonstration of the word IN (First: Episode 0337) |
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Film | A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents 9 elephants. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1366) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover tells Mr. Johnson the menu, which has the items numbered. Number 9 is the special of the day. It turns out to be a real number nine, but Mr. Johnson doesn't want it. (It's medium rare, and he likes his nines well-done.) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird hasn't been able to sleep for days. Bert has heard of his troubles and has brought over a record he thinks might help. The record is of the "Marching Lullaby" and Bert orders Big Bird to march along with the song (to his dismay). |
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Cartoon | "Five Bears in the Bed" get subtracted as they fall off the bed. (First: Episode 1231) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Alphabet Story (remake) — Ernie reads a story for Bert that he's written on his typewriter. (First: Episode 1112) |
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Cartoon | A trainer announces that his talking dog will say YES, but he says NO instead. Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0511) |
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Film | Kids climb in and out of a tire. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | A man walks in an IN. (First: Episode 0511) |
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Song | Three kids dance to a rock version of "Three of These Things" while one of them sits and reads. (First: Episode 0551) |
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Cartoon | Can a cat bark? (First: Episode 0859) |
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Transition | Bridge #4 - 4 Corner Bridge B (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird is getting tired, but Bert still wants him to march. Big Bird sneaks out and finds a quiet spot in the yard to sleep. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the CTW sign. |
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