| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | December 9, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Hooper welcomes the viewer, and is about to explain the word "closed" when Big Bird interrupts him. Big Bird assumes Mr. Hooper is going to talk about the letter L, the alphabet, and rectangles, all of which have to do with the sign on the front door of his store -- but Big Bird can't see the word "closed" until Mr. Hooper points it out. |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola demonstrate "big," "small," "smaller, and "smallest" with four balls. (First: Episode 0544) |
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Film | Body parts song sung in Spanish. (First: Episode 1113) |
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Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) |
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Song | "Here Come the Beans" (First: Episode 0537) |
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Muppets | Leslie Mostly interviews Count von Count from his castle. |
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Film | "It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cast | Linda and a boy sign the word "CLOSED." (First: Episode 1082) |
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Film | The sign CLOSED spins around. (First: Episode 0955) |
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Cartoon | Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter. (First: Episode 0619) |
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Insert | Big Bird narrates as some and more leaves fall on Susan while she reads. (First: Episode 1399) |
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Song | "Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls. (First: Episode 0292) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis sings "Smile" to some kids. |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Film | How a steel drum is made (First: Episode 0828) |
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Cartoon | Two Elephants Artist: Owe Gustafson |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Hamburger - Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger. The restaurant offers two sizes: the big hamburgers and the small hamburgers. When the small hamburgers are too small, he orders a big one, but because there have been some problems with the big hamburger, Grover tries to convince him to order several small ones. (First: Episode 0705) |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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Muppets | Leslie Mostly has a brief interview with the word CASA. |
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Film | Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0108) |
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Celebrity | Ray Barretto and his fellow drummers play together. (First: Episode 0986) |
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Cartoon | Three little men climb up the three flower stems. (First: Episode 0634) |
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Muppets | Farley goes to the hat shop. (short take) (First: Episode 0244) |
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Cartoon | A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar presents a commercial for something truly rotten... |
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Cast | Bob and Maria struggle to wash some dishes, when (the very loud and booming) Captain Cooperation (Luis) shows them how cooperation will ease the process. |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music struggles to write "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (First: Episode 1210) |
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Animation | Sand K/k (First: Episode 0645) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie thinks that he isn't special. Bert tells Ernie to feel his nose -- "That's an Ernie nose!" -- and then feel his hair, and wiggle his fingers. Bert says that nobody else is just like Ernie. Encouraged, Ernie tells the audience to do the same. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cast | Gordon and Olivia try to cooperate under the sun, with voiceover from Bob. (First: Episode 1245) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #2 (First: Episode 0309) |
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Insert | Bob explains to some kids what it means to be deaf, using Linda as an example, and sings "If You Couldn't Hear." (First: Episode 1338) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (First: Episode 0147) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — A tough guy named Tough Eddie accidentally knocks over Bert's sand castle while he's sleeping. Ernie points that out to Eddie, and Eddie tells Ernie, in a threatening tone of voice, that he's "got something" for Bert. It turns out to be an ice cream cone. (First: Episode 0482) |
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Film | Stacy gets an examination at the eye doctor's and receives a new pair of glasses. (First: Episode 1129) |
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Muppets | Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact). (First: Episode 0145) |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149) |
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SCENE 4 | At night, Mr. Hooper closes the store and is about to walk Big Bird home, when Big Bird reminds him to announce 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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