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| Renovating the Fix-It Shop — Last day renovating the Fix-It Shop / young Harold Hooper | |||||||
| Air date | April 16, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan, Maria, Mr. Hooper, the kids, and Telly are busy helping Luis get the renovations on the Fix-It Shop done for opening day tomorrow. An Anything Muppet courier (Michael Earl) arrives to deliver something for Luis; Telly signs for it and explains that they're all cooperating today. The order is some new tools that the courier asks Telly to look over on the outside table. The hammer, saw, screwdrivers, and crowbar all belong, but the lunchbox doesn't... it belongs to the courier. He has trouble getting it open, so Telly starts to work on it with the tools provided (to the courier's distress). |
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Cartoon | Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot. (First: Episode 0795) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie tries to count sheep, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. Bert says that Ernie's waking up the whole neighborhood, and tells him to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball turns into a cherry which is devoured by a girl. (First: Episode 0744) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music gets help writing "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 1227) |
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Cartoon | 3 song (butterflies, birthday presents, waving pennants etc.) (First: Episode 0927) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria asks Jodi, Mitchell, and Denise to help put the tools away in their proper place. |
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Film | A boy pretends a wagon is a bus. His friend tells him it's not a bus, and explains what her father, a real bus driver, does. (First: Episode 0181) |
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Cartoon | R for Rhinoceros (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1151) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Who Took Bert's Cookies — Bert accuses Ernie of stealing his cookies, but they soon discover that the culprit is Cookie Monster... dressed as Ernie. (First: Episode 0158) |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper has made some sandwiches for everyone working in the Fix-It Shop, but they're all too busy to stop and eat.
He walks out to the sidewalk and vents to the viewer of the importance of eating during mealtime. He remembers as a kid (played by Daniel Rothman) in the 1920s on a day when he was having so much fun roller-skating that he didn't want to stop to eat. His father (played by Will Lee) had made him lunch, which young Harold eventually became tired enough to eat. As he did, he felt his strength returning to him so that he could continue playing. Back in the present, Mr. Hooper is now determined to get everyone to eat, but when he re-enters the Fix-It Shop, he finds everyone eating the sandwiches... and they haven't left any for him. |
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Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) |
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Celebrity | Suzanne Farrell dances to the music of The Nutcracker. |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Run." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Cast | A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (First: Episode 0541) |
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Cartoon | Triangles are found in various things such as a see-saw, ice cream cone, etc. (First: Episode 0544) |
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Muppets | "The King's Picnic" (First: Episode 0419) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit." (First: Episode 0160) |
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Cast | Maria assembles an R, which is broken in several parts. (First: Episode 0936) |
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Film | Workers in a watch factory work on watches. (First: Episode 1029) |
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Cartoon | A young girl's favorite toy is a stick, which she uses for many things, including a magic wand, conductor's baton, and a baseball bat. (First: Episode 0960) |
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Film | Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk (First: Episode 0169) |
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Muppets | Grover asks Little Jerry and the Monotones (who are tired and don't seem to care about what they are doing) to hold up signs with letters that make up the word "walk". When Grover tells them what it spells, they walk over him. (First: Episode 0221) |
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Cartoon | See the lion walk. (First: Episode 0993) |
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Muppets | Grover walks past the letters that spell "walk" and tells the viewers what the word is. The letters then walk over Grover. (First: Episode 0221) |
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Cartoon | Joe's Lap (limerick) (First: Episode 0617) |
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Insert | The Count counts three children as they rearrange their positions. (First: Episode 1352) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria and Luis exit the Fix-It Shop, resolved to call it a day as soon as they attach the door to the storefront... except it's missing. Maria spots it over near Oscar's trash can and approaches Oscar for an explanation. Oscar admits that he was going to paint it for them since he's been given so much good trash from the recent makeover of the shop: "I may be a Grouch, but I do have a heart." Slightly suspicious of his well-intentioned gesture, Maria says he can go ahead and paint it, and heads back to Luis. |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho goes from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the water tank. (First: Episode 0655) |
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Muppets | Kermit talks about "top" and "bottom" using a stack of boxes Grover carries. (First: Episode 0434) |
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Film | A voiceover lists many R words. (First: Episode 0661) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | The newly-painted door is attached to the Fix-It Shop now, only it's garishly painted in a mess of colors. Oscar is nefariously laughing nearby, so Luis says he actually likes it. Maria catches on to his game and agrees. Oscar is offended that he spent so much time on it; they were supposed to hate it. Maria and Luis further compliment his work, which further annoys the Grouch. Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign. |
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