Episode 1438

Sesame Street
Plot	Firemen on Sesame Street
Air date	May 14, 1980
Season	Season 11 (1979-1980)
Sponsors	L, Q, 4
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird wakes from his nap and catches a whiff of smoke. He guesses there must be a barbecue in the area, then hears the sounds of a siren. He thinks now some policemen and fireman have been invited to it, but as he keeps listening, he deduces there's been a fire on Sesame Street! Big Bird rushes out to the sidewalk, where the adults watch the firemen put out a fire across the street.
	Cartoon	"Have you seen my NO?" (First: Episode 0773)
	Muppets	Herry Monster holds a sign with the word "NO" on it and tells Ernie that he can make him read his sign. Ernie replies "Oh no you can't!", and eventually gets the joke. He tries it on Bert, but the gag backfires when Bert bets he can get Ernie to read the sign. (First: Episode 0416)
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #4 (First: Episode 0984)
	Film	A film of camels eating. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0388)
	Celebrity	Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids. (First: Episode 0176)
	Animation	Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132)
	Film	There Once Was a Hand series: the right hand plays with a ping-pong ball and tricks the left hand into thinking an egg is one. (First: Episode 0668)
	SCENE 2	The firemen continue their job. Big Bird thinks they should help out, but Susan and David point out that it's a hard job and they should let the professionals do it. After footage of the firemen at work, Big Bird grabs various items to be a firefighter - a step ladder, garden hose, a toy helmet and hatchet, and a bucket of water with a ladle. The adults let him down easy and inform him none of those things can truly help a fireman. One of the firemen does make use of Big Bird's bucket of water and ladle - to get a drink from.
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — (Part 1) Bert tells Ernie to clean up the messy apartment. (First: Episode 0010)
	Cartoon	Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — (Part 2) Ernie has finished cleaning up the apartment, but the toy chest is still a mess, so he throws toys all over the place. (First: Episode 0010)
	Cartoon	Filmfair q (1:11)
	Film	Sea Horse Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0183)
	Cartoon	A man chases a runaway "no." (First: Episode 0794)
	Muppets	Anything Muppet cowpokes sing about the difference between here and there. (First: Episode 1384)
	Cartoon	A girl trains her dog on here and there. (First: Episode 0769)
	Film	Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501)
	Muppets	Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball. (First: Episode 0267)
	Video	Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798)
	SCENE 3	Bob and the kids imagine the front wall of 123 Sesame Street is a fire engine that they ride on. One of the real firemen lets them know the fire has been put out and thinks they'll all make good firemen one day.
	Cartoon	A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit interviews Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and a witch -- they are all confused about who they are and what holidays they belong in. (First: Episode 0711)
	Film	A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117)
	Celebrity	The Hines Brothers (Gregory and Maurice) can't agree on a style of dancing to do, when a voice from above suggests they cooperate. (First: Episode 1398)
	Film	Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1) (EKA: Episode 0811)
	Cartoon	The weary traveler asks the Wise Man to demonstrate "here" and "there." He does so by throwing his household items off the cliff. (First: Episode 0769)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie is confused when he sees Bert playing checkers with his pigeon, Bernice. Ernie thinks it's amazing that a pigeon can play checkers, but Bert thinks it is no big deal, because Bernice has only beaten Bert in two out of ten games. (First: Episode 1227)
	Song	"I'm Not a Baby Anymore" (First: Episode 0652)
	Film	Stop-motion: in a park, a man reads a newspaper, then shamelessly drops it on the ground. A little girl finds this disgusting, and puts the newspaper in the trash bin. (Part 2) (EKA: Episode 0811)
	Cartoon	A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1180)
	Insert	Maria and Olivia sing "Walk Proud." (First: Episode 1150)
	Cartoon	Thelma Thumb: At the beach, a man’s hat falls onto a crab, who crawls into a boy’s sandcastle. The man wants to destroy the sandcastle to get his hat back, but instead Thelma asks the crab to return the hat.
	Film	Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting. (First: Episode 0284)
	Cartoon	A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (First: Episode 0046)
	Muppets	Fred the Wonder Horse bets Marshal Grover that he can't count backwards from ten. Grover tries standing with his back to him and counting up to ten. Since he can't do it, Grover has to let Fred ride on his back. (First: Episode 1066)
	Cartoon	Q for Quarter Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 1176)
	SCENE 4	David and Mr. Hooper provide complimentary coffee for the firefighters. Mr. Hooper brags to one firefighter about the many precautions he has in case of a fire in his store, unaware that the toast he has in the toaster is burning.
	Muppets	"The Question Song" (First: Episode 0378)
	Film	Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416)
	Cartoon	A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347)
	Film	Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408)
	Cartoon	L for Lion (First: Episode 0798)
	Cartoon	L es para luz (First: Episode 0373)
	SCENE 5	The fireman shake hands with the street residents while enjoying some coffee and donuts.

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