| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Maria and Olivia repair a bike (repeat of 1150) | |||||||
| Air date | February 22, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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Insert | Susan and Gordon sing "There's More Than One Way for a Family to Be." (First: Episode 1002) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: Coffee (First: Episode 1169) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "One Potato" while counting the items vendors are selling. |
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Cartoon | A man blows 7 bubbles. (First: Episode 0639) |
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Film | A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0476) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Here or Not Here — Bert is reading a book when Ernie startles him by asking if he wants to play checkers. (First: Episode 0171) |
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Cartoon | "Egg Chant": A girl skips rope as a boy sits with an egg on his knee. They recite an alphabet poem together. The egg hatches and a dancing lizard emerges. (First: Episode 0003) |
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SCENE 1 | Maria takes a lunch and relaxation break outside the Fix-It Shop. Elsewhere, Olivia needs to get to an appointment but the handlebars of her bicycle are loose. She sees Maria relaxing and visits her, but initially hesitates asking for help when she sees how peaceful Maria is. Maria says it's no problem and gladly helps out, noting to the viewer that it feels good to relax, but feels even better to help out a friend. |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines what would happen if she were a piece of gum. (First: Episode 0519) |
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Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934) |
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Muppets | Some fruits in a bowl sing a "Bilingual Fruit Song" about their Spanish names, and agree that two names are better than one. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances? (First: Episode 0451) |
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Cast | David and Bob play firemen at the fire station. The alarm signals a fire and they rush to get ready. Bob has trouble finding his axe in his messy locker. When he finally does, he notices he's also missing his boots and starts searching through his locker again. (First: Episode 1255) |
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Animation | A scoop of ice cream makes its way to the top of a cone. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Film | Wild geese (to madrigal music) (First: Episode 0935) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird is in a tizzy - he's expecting company soon (Mr. Snuffleupagus to be precise) and has a lot of work to do in cleaning his nest area before he arrives. The Amazing Mumford helps out using some magic, and with a wave of his wand and some magic words he poofs everything away. Big Bird is grateful and invites Mumford to stay and meet Mr. Snuffleupagus, but Mumford passes since he, like the other grown-ups, believes that Snuffy is just Big Bird's imaginary friend. Moments later Snuffy arrives and Big Bird tells him about Mumford; Snuffy finds the idea of a real-life magician ridiculous and compliments Big Bird's great imagination. |
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Film | Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989) |
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Song | "Summer Song" - A singer describes what happens in the summertime. (First: Episode 1304) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Pizza and Grape Juice — Ernie and Bert figure out how to share their pizza and grape juice. (First: Episode 0256) |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow (First: Episode 0374) |
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SCENE 3 | In the yard, Maria holds a letter P and names some P words. A cow saunters in and claims her name starts with P: Peter. Maria points out that "Peter" is a boy's name and she's a female, so the cow changes her name to Polly. Maria claims that "Polly" is a name more associated with parrots and suggests she go with "Penny" instead. The cow sticks with that, happy that she was able to jump in and help with Maria's lesson... though she forgets what her name is almost immediately. |
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Cartoon | Picnic with P foods (carried away by ants) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0764) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Peter Piper — Kermit interviews Peter Piper's family. (First: Episode 1342) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: P for Pencil (First: Episode 0782) |
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Film | Kids paint P-word animals on glass. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Cartoon | The word BUS (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: Bus Stop — Three people wait for a bus. (First: Episode 0189) |
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Film | Spinning Bus Stop sign (First: Episode 0931) |
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Cartoon | Fred, a singer, fails to figure out the words that rhyme with his name in the song he sings. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0977) |
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SCENE 4 | On the stoop, Maria discusses L words when the pesky cow returns. She now claims that her name is Lenny, and since it starts with L she can help Maria again. Maria points out that "Lenny" is a boy's name, so the cow attempts to change her name once more. She can only think of male names until Maria tells her that "Lucky" can be a name for any gender. The cow isn't too keen on it, believing that a more serious and respectable name for someone like her would be "Lance." |
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Film | Field of hay (kid voice-overs) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147) |
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Muppets | The Martians find a radio. (First: Episode 1329) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (First: Episode 0147) |
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Film | Counting eleven eggs and one cookie. (First: Episode 0002) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria has snuck into Big Bird's nest area, hoping to evade the cow that's been annoying her. Instead, the cow pops up still trying out various L names (including "Leadbelly"); a defeated Maria announces the sponsors. "My real name is Gladys," the cow adds. "What's the letter tomorrow?" The credits follow. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Farley and a Muppet girl hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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