Sesame Street | |||||||
Big Bird helps Maria with the census | |||||||
Air date | April 15, 1980 | ||||||
Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Maria has been hired to help with this year's census by collecting the information of Sesame Street. She explains the process to Big Bird, who joins her on her trip to Mr. Hooper's apartment. But first, Big Bird practices his counting by counting all the street residents he can think of. | |
Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0673) | |
Film | Counting 20 boxes Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0510) | |
Cartoon | O limerick (First: Episode 0146) | |
Film | A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. (First: Episode 0422) | |
SCENE 2 | Luis, Linda, Gordon, and Mr. Hooper hold up their hands, and ask the kids which one is different. They point out the difference Luis is demonstrating and Linda explains that while three of them were signing "I love you," Luis was signing "I really love you." The kids practice signing the phrases themselves. | |
Cartoon | Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569) | |
SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Maria reach Mr. Hooper's apartment. He recalls filling out the census sheets he was sent, but forgot to mail them. Big Bird "helps" Maria with her questions and makes sure he is counted before they leave. | |
Film | The Mad Painter #2 (First: Episode 0309) | |
Film | Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0318) | |
Film | Marching band cymbal crash #2 (First: Episode 0527) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 1 — When the Count can't sleep, Ernie instructs him to try counting sheep. (First: Episode 0941) | |
Cartoon | Hats (First: Episode 0773) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 2 — The Count stayed up counting sheep all night, much to Ernie's dismay. (First: Episode 0941) | |
Film | Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505) | |
SCENE 4 | Gordon recites poems that give clues about animals the kids must guess. He then shows them a picture of each animal and Linda shows them the sign. Big Bird helps by reciting a poem about birds, then finishes the game with one about Mr. Snuffleupagus. | |
Animation | An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns. (First: Episode 0277) | |
Muppets | Alphabet Chat: O Mr. Chatterly tries to deliver a lecture about the letter O, but is distracted by several things that don't begin with O, like a rabbit walking with a cow. The Anything Muppet producers decide to cancel the show and take down the set. (First: Episode 0837) | |
Cartoon | The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on. (First: Episode 1242) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet man sings about the word "Salida"...and refuses to stop. (First: Episode 1300) | |
Cartoon | SALIDA (train) (First: Episode 0537) | |
Film | Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917) | |
Muppets | A group of Muppets (including Herry Monster) split into two separate teams for a game based on whether they have letters or numbers printed on their shirts. However, one of the small ones points out that they've split into one team of big players and one team of small players. They eventually agree to play Tiddly-Winks. (First: Episode 0298) | |
Insert | Stevie Wonder teaches Grover how to sing short and long. (First: Episode 0514) | |
Cartoon | Four firetrucks, telephones, ships and men file into a large contraption that produces 4s. (First: Episode 0798) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet man arrives at a gas station, hoping to be filled in a short time. Instead, his car takes a long time to fill while the attendant fills other cars in a short time. (First: Episode 0540) | |
Film | A couple makes some bread in stop-motion. (First: Episode 0465) | |
Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) | |
Film | Animals fight. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0567) | |
Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert sing "Imagination." (ending edited) (First: Episode 0493) | |
Cartoon | Five stripes make a circle. (First: Episode 0780) | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0048) | |
SCENE 5 | Maria finishes taking a census poll from Luis, the last one needed for Sesame Street. Big Bird makes sure he is counted in Spanish. Big Bird is then upset to learn that he won't be counted in the census because it's for people, not birds. He feels he is worthless, when Gordon gets an idea to cheer Big Bird up... | |
Cartoon | A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday. (First: Episode 0764) | |
Celebrity | Victor Borge plays a short note, followed by a very long note (that even puts himself to sleep). (First: Episode 1241) | |
Cartoon | A man discovers the letter O has fallen off a HOTEL sign. (First: Episode 1114) | |
SCENE 6 | Gordon brings over Mrs. Forbes (Frances Sternhagen) from the National Audubon Society, who does her own special poll on Big Bird, who enthusiastically answers her questions. As Gordon announces the sponsors, Big Bird has a question for her, much to her bewilderment: does she count Snuffleupaguses? | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign. |
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