| Sesame Street | |||||
| Air date | December 15, 1980 | ||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | SCENE 1 | Big Bird can't stand the mess his nest area is. Susan suggests he throw out items he no longer needs, but Big Bird has a reason for keeping everything. |
 | Cartoon | Psychedelic alphabet (First: Episode 0345) |
 | Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353) |
 | SCENE 2 | An exhausted Susan keeps helping Big Bird find something to throw away, but they picked a single item yet. Big Bird comes across a dented ping pong ball, which he thinks can get thrown out. Taking away the item, Big Bird feels his nest is a vast improvement. |
 | Cartoon | A duck sings about all the reasons why q should be remembered. (First: Episode 0789) |
 | Film | Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places. (First: Episode 0135) |
 | Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) |
 | Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is thirsty, and imagines that he's drinking nice cold water. Irritated, Bert tells him to go get a real glass of water. Ernie does, but then he annoys Bert by saying that now he's hungry. (First: Episode 0459) |
 | Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Scottie read a WET PAINT sign. (First: Episode 0975) |
 | Film | Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0516) |
 | Cartoon | A spring bounces under and over animals. (First: Episode 1236) |
 | Song | "Llama at Dentist Song" (First: Episode 1241) |
 | Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. Producer: Ken Snyder; Music: Billy Taylor (First: Episode 0276) |
 | Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Julia read a WET PAINT sign. (First: Episode 0975) |
 | Muppets | "The Dirtiest Town in the West" |
 | Film | Gibbons make screeching noises. (First: Episode 0276) |
 | Cartoon | A boy imagines staying in the jungle at night when he goes to sleep. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0798) |
 | Film | A bulldozer moves dirt up a construction site. (First: Episode 0799) |
 | Muppets | Some fruits in a bowl sing a "Bilingual Fruit Song" about their Spanish names, and agree that two names are better than one. (First: Episode 1306) |
 | Cartoon | "Mi casa es su casa." (First: Episode 0794) |
 | Insert | Bob sings a "Hello Song" to Linda, who signs along. (First: Episode 1024) |
 | Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440) |
 | Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert asks who Ernie is decorating the room for. It turns out to be the viewer at home. (First: Episode 0352) |
 | Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0048) |
 | Film | A girl gets on, in, and under a blanket in a park. (First: Episode 0406) |
 | Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239) |
 | Celebrity | Helen Reddy sings "Grow." (First: Episode 0774) |
 | Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
 | Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Trey if he's seen a letter Q before. At first Trey denies it, but eventually draws one in the air with his finger. (First: Episode 0440) |
 | Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (First: Episode 0783) |
 | Muppets | Bert says his favorite number is Six. (First: Episode 1289) |
  | SCENE 3 | Susan and the kids find hidden letter Os in a picture and place cut-outs of an O over each one. They're one cut-out short, when Alphabet Bates drops from the sky and provides them with one. Dominique, his driver, pulls up in her motorcycle and drives him off to the airport. |
 | Cartoon | Speech Balloon: O for Open (First: Episode 0014) |
 | Muppets | Mr. Johnson has been served a bowl of soup, but flags down his waiter to make a complaint. He asks Grover to inspect the fly that's in his soup, but Grover looks under; next to; and above the soup before he agrees to bring out a new bowl. The kitchen is all out of what Mr. Johnson ordered, so he brings him Cream of Mosquito. (First: Episode 1134) |
 | Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0793) |
 | Cartoon | A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0660) |
  | Celebrity | Suzanne Farrell takes small and big steps, then has a little lunch and a big lunch. (First: Episode 1422) |
 | Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
 | SCENE 4 | Luis and the kids kick a ball around as Susan announces the sponsors: O, Q, 6 |
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