| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar's elevator | |||||||
| Air date | December 23, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | SCENE 1 | Big Bird watches Mr. Snuffleupagus take his morning jog through Sesame Street, somehow avoiding the view of all the other adults up at the hour. |
 | Cartoon | Small letter b (ball/bat) (First: Episode 1131) |
| | Cast | The cast puts together a fractured letter B. (First: Episode 0922) |
 | Cartoon | These Are Your Parts: The host interviews a hand. (First: Episode 1359) |
 | Muppets | Kermit and the word "taxi." (First: Episode 0312) |
 | Cartoon | Sign Man: TAXI (First: Episode 1136) |
 | Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie won't stop saying how thirsty he is, no matter how many glasses of water Bert brings him. Even after he's finished, he still won't stop saying "Boy, was I thirsty." (First: Episode 1144) |
 | Film | Paper-cut triangles fade into live-action shots of triangle-shaped things. (First: Episode 0538) |
 | Film | A couple makes some bread in stop-motion. (First: Episode 0465) |
 | Cartoon | B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath. (First: Episode 0355) |
| | SCENE 2 | Olivia finds Oscar and Osvaldo, el Gruñón in the midst of an argument over whether the moon is made of marshmallows. She intervenes and points out that Osvaldo is correct in saying that it's made of rocks and dust, citing the astronauts who have visited. Oscar and Osvaldo now argue over whether or not they'll have any more arguments today. |
 | Song | "B is for Bubble" (First: Episode 0008) |
 | Muppets | "Sing After Me" by Grover and Madeline Kahn. (First: Episode 1112) |
 | Cartoon | B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1147) |
| | Muppets | Leslie Mostly interviews Guy Smiley, whose home life very much resembles his game shows. (First: Episode 1436) |
 | Cartoon | Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much. (First: Episode 0268) |
 | Film | Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
 | Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
 | Film | Body part shout-out (First: Episode 0264) |
 | Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is confused when he sees Bert playing checkers with his pigeon, Bernice. Ernie thinks it's amazing that a pigeon can play checkers, but Bert thinks it is no big deal, because Bernice has only beaten Bert in two out of ten games. (First: Episode 1227) |
| | Insert | Bob sings "I Get a Nice Feeling" to Linda. (First: Episode 1016) |
 | Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
 | Film | Lobster fisherman (First: Episode 0966) |
 | Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985) |
 | Muppets | Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it. (First: Episode 0601) |
 | Cartoon | Children and animals numbered 1-12 race in a marathon. The #9 runner wins. (First: Episode 0926) |
 | Film | A film of camels eating. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0388) |
 | Cartoon | "Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0771) |
 | Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert and David display their mad and happy faces. (First: Episode 0343) |
 | Film | A group of kids enter a door marked ENTRADA. (First: Episode 0939) |
 | Cartoon | The word entrada tries to run through a wall, then runs through the entrance. (First: Episode 0939) |
 | Muppets | A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return. (First: Episode 0698) |
 | Film | Examples of people and animals going down. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
| | SCENE 3 | Oscar has built an elevator in his trash can to take him up and down. Olivia notes that it moves very slowly. Oscar sets it to fast, sending him flying up out of the can. |
 | Film | A man bounces a ball up the steps, and then it falls down the steps. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0435) |
 | Celebrity | Victor Borge demonstrates high and low notes. (First: Episode 1186) |
 | Animation | An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns. (First: Episode 0277) |
 | Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash Kermit the Frog climbs the famous beanstalk and passes Jack on the way who warns him not to go up. He breaches the clouds and meets a giant (played by Jerry Nelson in a cameo). (First: Episode 1162) |
| | Cartoon | Countdown #9 (0:19) (First: Episode 0148) |
| | Transition | Bridge #14 Hour Glass Slow Fill (0:16) |
| | SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper is in a rush to the dentist, but no cabs will stop to pick him up. Olivia recommends taking the Sloppy Jalopy and they try summoning Oscar. He slowly rises to the surface on his elevator, but slowly goes back down to retrieve his diver's license. |
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