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| Big Bird wants to fly | |||||
| Air date | December 11, 1980 | ||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird is upset about being unable to fly. Poco Loco suggests he could flap his wings, but that doesn't work. They look up in the sky at an airplane, and Big Bird suddenly gets inspired and runs off. |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (EKA: Episode 0869) |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Flying." (EKA: Episode 0703) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: U for Umbrella Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 0891) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert decide to use both Bert's canvas and Ernie's paints to paint a picture of something. Bert wants to paint a bowl of oatmeal, but Ernie wants to paint a purple monster. Finally, they decide to paint a purple monster eating a bowl of oatmeal. (EKA: Episode 1446) |
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Animation | In stop-motion, blocks stack and arrange themselves to form zoo cages, arches, and a whole city. Artist: Al Jarnow |
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Film | Counting 1-20 (planes taking off) (EKA: Episode 1012) |
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Cartoon | A baby looks at a DANGER sign and imagines what it means. (EKA: Episode 1020) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird has dressed himself up like an airplane, thinking it will help him fly. Poco yells "Contact!" and Big Bird takes off … but not really. Big Bird loses hope of getting off the ground. |
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Animation | Four airplanes take off one by one. |
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Muppets | Grover uses his airplane to demonstrate "above" and "below." (EKA: Episode 0149) |
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Cartoon | Boy and the UP balloons (EKA: Episode 0798) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Marlina demonstrate what the number 12 looks like. Grover is supposed to send up a balloon with the number 12 on it; however, he sends up balloons with the number 3, 9, a letter "A", and Cookie Monster before he finally gets it right. To celebrate that he sends up another balloon with a drawing of himself, but he doesn't let go of the string, so he floats away with the balloon. (First: Episode 1177) |
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Cartoon | Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (EKA: Episode 0592) |
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SCENE 3 (Insert) | Bob, Linda and Timi show some kids how to say "butterfly" in sign language. They sing a song about it. (EKA: Episode 1064) |
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Cartoon | A large bird munches on rectangle edges, making it the word "BIRD." (EKA: Episode 1190) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppet cheerleaders sound out the word "rocket," then witness a rocket blasting off. (EKA: Episode 1092) |
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Cartoon | A story of a man who hates frogs, until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (EKA: Episode 0407) |
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Film | An osprey flies around. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Cartoon | Richard Bird (from the Sesame comic strip) subtracts two balloons from a group of three. Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Film | Swimming and flying pelicans. (EKA: Episode 0322) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps up onto an UP. (EKA: Episode 0598) |
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Film | Exploring on the ocean rocks (EKA: Episode 1446) |
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SCENE 4 | Some kids hold a dove as Luis sings "La Paloma." At first, Big Bird thinks that pigeons will help lift him off the ground, but one of the kids lets go of her balloon, and Big Bird realizes that maybe a balloon can help him fly. He runs off to prepare for his "big takeoff". |
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Animation | Three rocks use different methods to get across a lake. Artist: Al Jarnow |
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Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (EKA: Episode 1086) |
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Song | Luis sings "Three of These Kids" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one. (EKA: Episode 0807) |
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Cartoon | Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane. Artist: John Korty (EKA: Episode 0796) |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman sells Ernie some air, but when Ernie waves to Bert, wanting to show it to him, he drops it. According to Bert (who didn't know what Ernie had), "It couldn't have vanished into thin air." But Ernie sobs, "Yes, it could, Bert! It could!" (First: Episode 0118) |
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Cartoon | A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors. |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and Maria call everyone over to let them know that they're about to take off in a hot-air balloon. After dropping 3 sandbags, they are airborne. Big Bird sings "I'm Flying." |
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Film | A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0411) |
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Cartoon | Travis Travel demonstrates different methods of transportation. |
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Film | While walking and reading the newspaper, a man nearly avoids DANGER on three occasions, but then gets hit by a revolving door. (EKA: Episode 1199) |
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Cartoon | Clouds that look like things. (EKA: Episode 0876) |
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Film | Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Muppets | Ernie has two bags of cookies, one of which has several cookies, and one that only has one cookie. Ernie asks Cookie Monster which he'd rather have, and Cookie Monster naturally chooses the bag with many cookies. However, Cookie is disappointed that his cookies are very small, while Ernie's one cookie is very big, so Ernie breaks his cookie into several small pieces. |
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Cartoon | What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances? (EKA: Episode 0801) |
| Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985) | |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (repeat) (EKA: Episode 0869) |
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SCENE 6 | The balloon lands, and Big Bird is happy that he flew. Poco announces the sponsors. |
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