| Sesame Street | |||||
| A movie star visits Sesame Street (repeat of 1148) | |||||
| Air date | March 13, 1980 | ||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | As Mr. Hooper sweeps outside the store, a limousine pulls up on the block. A window rolls down and a man pops out, asking if the store makes old-fashioned egg creams. He is ecstatic to hear Mr. Hooper confirm this and hops right out.
As he begins making the egg cream, Mr. Hooper realizes who the man is - famous movie star James Earl Jones. As he begins autographing a paper plate, Big Bird enters and is introduced to Jones, then learns what a movie star is. Before he can sample the egg cream, Maria and Bob rush in, star-struck. They all give him some space as he is about to sip, but now Mr. Hooper stops him. He thinks the egg cream has gone flat now and already has a fresh one prepared. Jones takes a sip and loves it ("Just as I used to drink as a kid," he notes). |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #2 "Seven Circles with Designs" |
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Muppets | Grover the lumberjack thinks he is the first to arrive for supper, but he gets trampled by a gang of French-Canadian lumberjacks who get to the food table before he has a chance to get his snow boots off. By the time he finally gets them off, a grizzly bear grabs the last plate of food. (First: Episode 1343) |
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Animation | First leaf, last leaf (First: Episode 0794) |
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Film | Kids take swimming lessons in a pool. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Telephone — Bert gets his own telephone so he doesn't have to wait for Ernie to finish his call. |
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Cartoon | A man laughs out loud as an alligator uses the telephone to call his wife - then he eats the phone booth. (First: Episode 1113) |
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Film | A man uses a TELEPHONE booth in the city. (First: Episode 0928) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "Quiet Is." (First: Episode 0916) |
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Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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Cartoon | A man uses a wheelbarrow to carry blocks needed to make a staircase. Artist: Tom Gabbay (First: Episode 1335) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster finds a piano and decides to play it. The left half wants to play short notes, while the other half prefers to run his fingers across the keyboard. They decide to cooperate, and both use their notes to play "Chopsticks". (First: Episode 1366) |
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Cartoon | A small man and his assistant, Dudley, attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Film | A pair of hands deal cards marked with the numbers 12 to 1. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Cartoon | A poem about changing seasons. (First: Episode 0962) |
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SCENE 2 | Maureen and Kim help Maria fix a broken wagon at the Fix-It Shop. |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Smart Susie Sunset teach Wrong Way Willie how to dance. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — When Bert can't sleep, Ernie suggests that he imagine himself doing something he likes. Since Bert likes ice skating, he imagines himself doing so. A full-bodied version of Bert is used in the ice skating sequence, in a clip from the Ice Follies show. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cartoon | A hand makes an ocean landscape, then turns it into a bustling city, which surprises a scuba diver. (First: Episode 0940) |
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Film | The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Cartoon | B for butterfly (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | A barbershop quartet sings a song about the letter B. |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar asks Kim to read the sign he's hung from his can: CLOSED. She then closes the lid on him. |
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Cartoon | Small b is a boy with a belly who walks a small d, a dog with a belly turned around. Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1186) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (First: Episode 0245) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #5 (First: Episode 0007) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count to 5. (First: Episode 0125) |
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Cartoon | 5s go through a space-shredder and produce 5 objects. (First: Episode 0864) |
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Insert | Herry has written a song using a pencil that Big Bird has given him. The song is called "I Can't Help It." (First: Episode 0720) |
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Film | Sea Horse Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0183) |
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Cartoon | Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats. (First: Episode 1148) |
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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 | Can you think of words that rhyme with BALL? (voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler). (First: Episode 0773) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird gushes over meeting a movie star today and thinks he can be one too, then starts digging through his costume bin.
Over at Hooper's Store, Mr. Hooper tells his aunt in Chicago, a huge fan of James Earl Jones, about his visit over the phone. Big Bird enters, dressed as though he's a fashionable star and acts with an air of sophistication. The adults play along and act starstruck. Big Bird signs his autograph and makes his way to the door. He thinks his imagination has run away with him when he sees a limousine parked outside, but it turns out to be Jones's; he's returned to get another egg cream (this time, to go). As the adults all head inside with Jones, Big Bird gets in the limo and orders a drive, much to the shock of the driver (Richard Hunt making a cameo). |
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Cartoon | First, Middle, Last (men on horse) (First: Episode 0827) |
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Song | Spanish Food Market Song (First: Episode 1111) |
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Cartoon | A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that chickens don't live in trees. Artist: Jeff Hale |
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Celebrity | The Fonz points out his body parts. (First: Episode 1169) |
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Cartoon | At the beach, the Bee Bee and the Barker family greet each other while saying their names that begin with the letter B. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Hooper packages up the egg creme to go for Mr. Jones and they all bid him farewell. As the limo drives off, Big Bird is seen still sitting in the backseat. Oscar 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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