| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Introducing Ferlinghetti Donizetti | |||||||||
| Air date | December 19, 1980 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird introduces Luis, Linda and Bob, who show different emotions in their own languages. |
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Cartoon | I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170) |
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Muppets | Pearl gets Deena to put away her toys by making a game of it. When the room is clean, Deena wants to play again, so she throws all her toys back on the floor. |
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Cartoon | A boy puts together the word "MOM." His own mom comes out to thunderous applause and gives him some milk. Artist: Tom Gabbay |
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Film | A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them. (First: Episode 0793) |
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Muppets | Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk" The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together. (First: Episode 0452) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob sings "It's All Imagination" to Sheila. |
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Animation | Big, bigger, biggest (oxen pulling rocks) (First: Episode 0764) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam is looking for the biggest man in the saloon. The frightened customers point him towards Big Barney, who's cowering under the table. When Sam discovers that Barney is the biggest man there, he gives him a hat: "This ol' hat here don't fit me. I thought maybe you could use it, huh? I'll see you, fellers." Sinister Sam leaves the baffled customers behind. "Now, that's a nice gesture," one says. "He's a little weird, but he's okay after all, isn't he?" (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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Song | "Train Song" (First: Episode 0423) |
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Cartoon | What would happen if I popped this balloon? (First: Episode 1312) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog uses his "magic finger" to make triangles. (First: Episode 0798) |
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Cartoon | Magical Herman's number trick (First: Episode 0773) |
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SCENE 3 | Deena wants to play with Linda, who has an activity in mind. They put together the parts of the word HUG. Linda then shows her the sign for hug. Finally, the two share a hug. |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: During a baseball game, a kid's baseball falls into a rabbit's hole. Thelma travels through the hole to get it back. |
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Muppets | Clementine finds Forgetful Jones once again in a situation where he has no memory. She has him assess the clues to remember - he's sitting in a great chair for reading, has a lamp for reading and a book. Forgetful finally remembers - Buster was reading him a book. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) |
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Insert | Olivia comes across Big Bird practicing on his toy piano and she remarks how she used to dream of being a concert pianist. She and Big Bird imagine her playing a Sonatina by Muzio Clementi for a live audience in concert. (First: Episode 1349) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Dr. Nobel Price invents golashes. |
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Cartoon | The numbers keep changing from 1 to 20 as corny music plays in the background. |
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Film | Folk song: Have You Ever Been To The Farm? (First: Episode 0138) |
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Celebrity | José Feliciano sings "The Gypsy." (First: Episode 0763) |
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Cartoon | A conductor conducts a choir to hum his music ("My Music"). Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1207) |
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Muppets | Grover watches as Ernie loads various things into a machine that start with M and N. The machine then displays the letter it begins with. Since Grover is a monster, he decides to go in the machine, causing a mess. (First: Episode 1201) |
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Cartoon | N is for nose. (First: Episode 1173) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob meets Ferlinghetti Donizetti, a hep cat who rhymes everything in their conversation. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763) |
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Song | "Me and You," over footage of rhinos in love (First: Episode 0940) |
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Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppet cowpokes sing about the difference between using you and me. (First: Episode 1294) |
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SCENE 5 | Ferlinghetti drives Oscar bananas as he rhymes everything the grouch says. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10. (First: Episode 0328) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty. (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cartoon | A rolling circle becomes a square, then a triangle, and various other shapes. |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar announces the sponsors, which Ferlinghetti finds rhymes for. The credits follow. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign. |
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