| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Firemen on Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | May 14, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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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 firemen 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. |
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Cartoon | "Have you seen my NO?" (First: Episode 0773) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Herry's NO Sign — Herry Monster holds a sign with the word "NO" on it, and tells Ernie that he can make him read his sign. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #4 (First: Episode 0984) |
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Film | A film of camels eating. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0388) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids. (First: Episode 0176) |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132) |
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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) |
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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 hatchet, and a pot 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 fire officers does make use of Big Bird's bucket of water and ladle - to get a drink from. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Cleans Up Part 1 — Bert demands that Ernie cleans up, or he's moving out. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Cleans Up Part 2 — Ernie has made the place spotless, as promised, but he still has his toybox to go through. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Cartoon | A duck sings about all the reasons why q should be remembered. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Film | Sea Horse Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0183) |
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Cartoon | A man chases a runaway "no." (First: Episode 0794) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppet cowpokes sing about the difference between using you and me. (First: Episode 1294) |
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Cartoon | A girl trains her dog on here and there. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) |
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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) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob and the kids arrange the bench and some boxes in the yard to make an imaginary fire engine. The fire officer they met before lets them know that the real fire has been put out and thinks they'll all make good firemen one day, even bestowing Janice with his helmet. |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Holiday Mix-Up — Kermit interviews a witch, the Easter Bunny, and Santa Claus. (First: Episode 0711) |
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Film | A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117) |
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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) |
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Film | Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1) (First: Episode 0491) |
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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) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Song | "I'm Not a Baby Anymore" (First: Episode 0652) |
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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) (First: Episode 0491) |
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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) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "Walk Proud" to the kids. (First: Episode 1150) |
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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. |
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Film | Two kids cooperate on putting on smocks for painting. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (First: Episode 0046) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) |
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SCENE 4 | David and Mr. Hooper provide complimentary coffee for the firefighters. Mr. Hooper brags to the fire officer 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. |
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Muppets | "The Question Song" (First: Episode 0378) |
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Film | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Film | Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (First: Episode 0798) |
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Cartoon | L es para luz (First: Episode 0373) |
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SCENE 5 | The firemen shake hands with the street residents while enjoying some coffee and donuts. Oscar the Grouch announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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