| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Winkle's flower nursery | |||||||||
| Air date | May 2, 1980 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | After being bothered by the kids, Oscar meets Winkle (Mary Wickes), a woman from upstate who claims to be in "the dirt business" and is looking to sell her wares in the big city. Oscar is immediately invested and promises to watch her bag of dirt as she gets more of her stuff to set up shop nearby. |
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Cartoon | Capital letter U for up (First: Episode 0401) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie tries to figure out what time it is at night. It's too dark to see the clock, so Ernie has a new solution: he pokes his head out the window and sings some loud, off-key opera ("O SOLE MIO, O SOLE YOU-OH") which causes everyone to wake up and yell at him to stop singing, and even mention what time it is. It's 3:00 AM. (First: Episode 1153) |
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Cartoon | U for uniform. (First: Episode 0702) |
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Muppets | In the park, Harvey Kneeslapper comes up behind a man, asks him, "Wanna see something funny?" and then holds a mirror up. The man sees nothing funny...until he looks at Harvey! (First: Episode 0283) |
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Film | Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach. (First: Episode 1122) |
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Celebrity | Big Bird pretends that James Galway is his grandmother, finding his flute music similar to the way Granny Bird sings to him. |
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Cartoon | Kids guess what two circles drawn onscreen will become. They turn out to be the eye of a friendly monster. (First: Episode 0248) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman has the viewers guess what sound he is making. He makes the sound of a train, car, and a horse. When Simon makes the sound of the horse, a cowboy uses his lasso to capture Simon, mistaking him for a real horse. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Cast | Bob and Maria are spies who meet under a street lamp and greet each other with a recitation of "Hey Diddle Diddle". Once they've confirmed each other's identities, Maria produces a card with shapes and a number while Bob shifts to a rendition of "One of These Things" with a British accent. (alternate take) (First: Episode 0592) |
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Animation | The inhabitants of a farm feel like celebrating when it rains during a hot, dry summer. (First: Episode 1403) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar is appalled to discover Winkle's business is actually a flower nursery. He regrets allowing her to set up by his can and starts thinking of a way out of his predicament. |
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Cartoon | "Magic Pig" Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 0772) |
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Cast | Postman David goes to collect some mail from a mailbox, but finds there's more and more each time he opens it. (First: Episode 0533) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster charms two snakes with his saxophone. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1287) |
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Film | The camera zooms out on an onion as kids guess what it is. (First: Episode 0357) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #2 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0987) |
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Cast | The mailbox is emptied, but how will David get all the mail to the post office? He lets the mail back into the hammerspace-like mailbox, then takes that with him. (First: Episode 0533) |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster appears to Ernie as the Cookie Bunny. (First: Episode 1147) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: DIRTY (First: Episode 1121) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird has caught word of the nursery and comes by looking for babies. Winkle corrects him and teaches him about plant care. She lets him have a seedling to take home with him, and he observes how much plant care is like infant care - "Except you don't have to change his diaper." |
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Film | A boy talks about feeding sheep in the winter. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0786) |
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Cartoon | "Cracks" A girl lying in bed imagines seeing cracks in the wall turning into animals and a monster. (First: Episode 0818) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music writes "Old MacDonald Had a Farm." (First: Episode 0923) |
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Cartoon | Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Film | Russian nesting dolls 1-10 (First: Episode 0540) |
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Animation | Sand S/s (First: Episode 0622) |
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SCENE 4 | Winkle's business has been slow, which means she still hangs around Oscar's can. He brainstorms that the best way to get rid of her is to get business booming. He recruits Barkley to become "a walking billboard." |
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Song | "Doll House" (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and, once returned human, vows to never chop one down again. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count to 20. (First: Episode 0476) |
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Film | Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is trying to write a letter to Mr. Rogers, but finds it difficult when Ernie operates his electric fan right next to him. Bert blows up at Ernie and says he is "hot and bothered," and Ernie has just the thing for that: more cool air! (First: Episode 0544) |
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Cartoon | A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe." (First: Episode 0624) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar and Winkle adorn Barkley with flowers and a sign reading "Winkle's Downtown Nursery - Next to Oscar's Can." Sure enough, he runs around the block and brings in potential customers (Olivia, Mr. Hooper, and Gordon). |
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Cartoon | AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat. (First: Episode 1101) |
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Film | A CERRADO sign spins around. A girl tries opening the door, but it's closed. (First: Episode 0937) |
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Muppets | Baby Rocky performs "Cry" from his crib. (First: Episode 1107) |
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Cartoon | A dog learns about U. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Ernie displays a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it. (First: Episode 0047) |
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SCENE 6 | Winkle has cleaned out her stock. Oscar is glad that she'll be gone, until she states that she'll be coming back as soon as she can get more plants from her upstate home - business in the big city is great! Big Bird announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign. |
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