| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird watches Mr. Macintosh's cart | |||||||
| Air date | December 29, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Macintosh has to go downtown, but needs someone to look after his produce cart. After seeing that everyone on the street is busy, Big Bird volunteers, although he has no idea what he's supposed to do. |
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Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy and girl have a conversation using the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0273) |
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Cartoon | Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round. (First: Episode 1124) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Cartoon | A bear counts bees. (First: Episode 0083) |
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Muppets | Leslie Mostly interviews The Amazing Mumford from his home. He shows her a trick that turns him into a giant rabbit, which is easily is able to rectify. As he disappears, Leslie discovers she's been turned into a rabbit. (First: Episode 1447) |
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Cartoon | A nutty dragon blows 5 puffs of smoke, which are blown away by a fan-hatted man. (First: Episode 0980) |
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SCENE 2 | Olivia helps Big Bird by pretending to be a potential customer, Mrs. Schmertz, despite needing to return to her photography shoot. Big Bird wastes her time by making idle chit-chat with her, neglecting to ask what kind of produce she'd like to buy. |
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Film | A boy climbs up a tree to gather coconuts. (First: Episode 1125) |
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Cartoon | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Tortoise and the Hare — Kermit wins the race between tortoise and the hare. (First: Episode 0477) |
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Film | A gemsbok runs fast, then faster. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Super Grover When a boy has trouble finding the gate in a fence, Super Grover attempts to bend the pickets. But eventually, the boy finds an EXIT sign. (First: Episode 0746) |
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Cartoon | The word EXIT walks out of the room. (First: Episode 0635) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates fast and slow by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | A white boy hangs out with his Latino friend. |
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SCENE 3 | Deena whizzes over to Big Bird, begging him to play. He insists that he can't when Deena spots a cantaloupe and thinks it's a ball. Big Bird sets her straight on what it actually is, only now Deena thinks "cantaloupe" is a kind of game. |
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Cartoon | Two guys row their oars in different directions, until they decide to cooperate and row together. (First: Episode 0510) |
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Muppets | Game Show: "Dialing for Prizes Movie": Guy Smiley gives the lucky caller a group of monsters as a prize. (First: Episode 0629) |
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Cartoon | F - Face Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1162) |
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Celebrity | Mary Lou Williams scats with the kids. (First: Episode 0792) |
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Song | Marilyn Sokol sings "Pockets" over a montage of different types of pockets. (First: Episode 0764) |
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SCENE 4 | Deena sees that a cantaloupe is actually something one eats, and gives it a try. She finds it delicious, but now thinks a tomato is a ball and a zucchini is a green baseball bat. Big Bird gets flustered with Deena further when she tries to look for a real baseball bat (Big Bird: "I wish I had one!"). |
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Film | A dented car door is repaired and repainted at an auto body shop. (First: Episode 1112) |
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Cartoon | A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454) |
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Cast | The Lovers of Five (David, Luis, Gordon and Bob) sing "Gimme Five." (First: Episode 1137) |
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Cartoon | Jasper and Julius: Apple. (First: Episode 0485) |
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Film | Five Song (Song of Five) (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | A stick describes the meals it eats throughout the day to become a thicker stick, followed by nine hours of sleep to become a boy. |
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Insert | Maria lounges on the fire escape when she invites the viewer to pretend they’re up with her to look at Sesame Street from her angle. She sees Mr. Macintosh selling fruits, waves at David, sees Bob at his window, and chats with Big Bird. (First: Episode 1008) |
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Cartoon | Five butterflies (number tag cut) Artist: Owe Gustafson |
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Film | James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico. (First: Episode 0153) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #5 (First: Episode 0991) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie decides to set up an apple-selling stand, and has everything he needs, leaving out the apples. (First: Episode 1219) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: F for Fly (First: Episode 0781) |
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Cast | Luis looks for the exit in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Animation | An opened egg is put back together. (First: Episode 1454) |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Mac returns, allowing Big Bird time to play with Deena. She no longer wants to play ball, though, and instead wants to play pretend fruit stand while using various balls and bats as fruits and vegetables. Olivia announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign. |
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