| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | December 10, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Olivia sings "Takes a Little Time" to Deena, who impatiently wants her sunflower to grow faster. |
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Cartoon | A child learns there's many things one can do with a stick. (First: Episode 0803) |
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Muppets | A Honker counts to 3. Part 1 |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Muppets | The Honker returns with two more and they all count to 3. Part 2 |
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Film | Apples slowly grow on an apple tree. (First: Episode 0093) |
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Muppets | The Honkers count to 3. Part 3 |
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Film | A farmer takes care of baby calves. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro. (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird plays "Follow the Tweeter" with some kids. They pretend to be chickens scratching for worms and preening their feathers, then baby birds as they go into Big Bird's nest to snack on some raisins. Big Bird offers to show them how to lay an egg next week (provided he can learn how before then). |
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Cartoon | Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (First: Episode 0473) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round." (First: Episode 0413) |
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Muppets | For Show-and-Tell, Bert sings a song about his rock. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: M for magic (First: Episode 0841) |
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Film | Kids count ten buses as they drive by. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly Monster stands under the Hooper's Store awning, worried that the current rain shower will never stop. Olivia explains to him why we need rain, and Telly comes to realize how important it is. The rain eventually stops, but now Telly becomes worried that it will never rain again. |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man (First: Episode 0207) |
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Cast / Muppets | Maria reads the story of "Ike and the Ilk." (First: Episode 0464) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Sunset help out Wrong Way Willie, a kid who gets many things wrong (such as wearing a football outfit on the way to play basketball). (First: Episode 1172) |
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Muppets | Same Sound Brown shows Farley that "That's What Reading's All About." (First: Episode 1088) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird reads an ad from the Bunion Shoe Co. that guarantees to make a perfect pair of shoes for anyone based on the outline of their feet. Jessica and Lisa help him by using chalk to draw his footprints, but Luis points out that they should have done the drawing on paper rather than on the pavement to make it easier to mail. "Does anybody have a jackhammer?" Big Bird inquires. |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Miss Muffet — The spider scares Kermit away. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Film | A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up! (First: Episode 0149) |
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Cartoon | A man wants a hat, but the hat shop owner's hats are all the same - except for a ten-gallon hat, which complements the customer's horseback riding nicely. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Film | A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0149) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster discovers Cousin Monster doesn't want cookies and would rather eat Ernie's healthy food. (First: Episode 1240) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar visits the Fix-It Shop and observes Luis having trouble fixing his broken toaster; the bread just springs back out. Oscar likes the toaster and wants it for himself, so he goes back to his can and offers Luis a swap for a good toaster that someone else had thrown out. He lays his disappointment down thickly ("Can you imagine finding that mixed up with my decent trash? Why, talk about your consumer fraud!"), which is enough to convince Luis to trade. |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 1 Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon / Film | Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. (First: Episode 0659) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 2 The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | An N-terview with an N (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 3 The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Film | "Three Song (Song of Three)." (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Luis and Olivia encounter Oscar playing with his new broken toaster inside his trash can, to the yells and jubilations of his Grouch friends. They ask him to close his lid so the bread doesn't just fly onto the street, and Oscar obliges. The Grouches continue their fun as Telly announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Linda holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign. |
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