Sesame Street | |||||||
Air date | December 18, 1980 | ||||||
Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar is startled to see the viewer: "I thought you were over in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood!" He lets the viewer in on a trick he's about to pull on Olivia: he has an ordinary pitcher of regular grape juice, but the glass he has is full of holes. Olivia suspects something is up and correctly discovers the glass is rigged. Maria comes by and sips from it, getting juice all over her; she blames Olivia and storms off. Oscar thanks her for the help. | |
Cartoon | Building a dog house is easy if you have a ruler. (First: Episode 0630) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Quiet and Loud — Bert says that he's going to demonstrate quiet by talking quietly to Ernie. (First: Episode 0150) | |
Film | A girl goes to the shoemaker and watches him as he repairs her shoes. (First: Episode 0987) | |
Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Hickory Dickory Dock — Kermit witnesses various animals attempting to run up the clock. (First: Episode 0710) | |
Cartoon | He, She and It - The IT knows all about lightbulbs. (First: Episode 1170) | |
SCENE 2 | Mr. Macintosh does a soft-shoe routine down the street as he recites the alphabet. | |
Cartoon | Five tail feathers are subtracted from a peacock. (First: Episode 1449) | |
Film | Kids paint P-word animals on glass. (First: Episode 0119) | |
Animation | Pieces of fruit make their way out of a basket and arrange themselves into groups. | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet man sings about the word "Salida"...and refuses to stop. (First: Episode 1300) | |
Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) | |
Film | Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0367) | |
SCENE 3 | Big Bird finds Bob in the midst of some carpentry in the yard, complaining about his sore thumb. Big Bird rattles off some silly stories about how he hurt his thumb such as Mr. Snuffleupagus assisting him or Martians in need of help with their spaceship. Bob admits he hammered it by accident, and Big Bird reveals he knew this all along; the stories were to take Bob's mind off the pain. Bob sees that Big Bird's method worked, but then drops the hammer on his foot. Big Bird begins to spin more crazy stories on why Bob's foot hurts, which Bob doesn't find so helpful anymore. | |
Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) | |
Cartoon | The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1312) | |
Film | Sea Horse Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0183) | |
Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "How Do You Get From Here to There?" (First: Episode 0374) | |
Cartoon | Millie and Molly argue over whether to get a pet cat or a dog, so their mom gets them a turtle instead. (First: Episode 1314) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432) | |
Animation | New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777) | |
Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word "Fall" and leaves fall on them. Then, they fall over. (First: Episode 1319) | |
SCENE 4 | Gordon challenges Monica, who is blind, to find the shoe in a group of four that doesn't belong. | |
Cartoon | P is for Pillow (First: Episode 0374) | |
Muppets | Luis reads "The King Banishes the Letter P." (First: Episode 0712) | |
Film | This is the desert. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0514) | |
Cartoon | Bus Stop (First: Episode 1396) | |
Film | "I'm Your Friend," with film of kids playing. (First: Episode 1341) | |
Insert | Luis sings "Como Estas." (First: Episode 1080) | |
Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: P-R Confusable Letters — With the help of his magic wand, Ernie shows Bert how to turn the letter P into the letter R. (First: Episode 1151) | |
Film | George the Farmer demonstrates noisy and quiet. (First: Episode 0241) | |
Celebrity | Kids narrate as they watch the Mummenschanz performers act as an angular being, trying to figure out which piece is actually the head. (First: Episode 1108) | |
Cartoon | P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1190) | |
SCENE 5 | Gordon supervises as Monica, Lateef, Raquel, and Lisa make a body by drawing one part at a time: Monica starts with a round shape for the head and everybody else adds on to it, with Monica adding a smile last. They admire their drawing as Bob announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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