Sesame Street | |||||||
Air date | January 5, 1981 | ||||||
Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Susan greets Big Bird walking down Sesame Street in a slump because he wanted to talk to Luis's grandmother on the phone in New Mexico, but he couldn't think of anything to say. He's told that he was just shy, and she sings to him "Everyone Feels a Little Shy Sometimes". (First: Episode 0964) | |
Cartoon | W for Wilhelmina (First: Episode 0512) | |
Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. (First: Episode 0395) | |
Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) | |
Film | Various sporting events involving throwing things are shown from around the world. (First: Episode 0809) | |
Cartoon | A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of. | |
Muppets | Grover gets under his blanket, pretending that he is on the moon. (First: Episode 1309) | |
Cartoon | A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom. (First: Episode 0525) | |
Muppets | Happening upon the ice cream man, Ernie wants to buy a chocolate - strawberry - peach - vanilla - banana - pistachio - peppermint - lemon - orange - butterscotch ice cream cone, but the ice cream vendor instead gives him a butterscotch - orange - lemon - peppermint - pistachio - banana - vanilla - peach - strawberry - chocolate ice cream cone. (First: Episode 0133) | |
Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho goes from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the water tank. (First: Episode 0655) | |
SCENE 1 | Oscar performs "The Loudest Soft Shoe in the World." | |
Cartoon | Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground come from. (First: Episode 1029) | |
Film | Kids take swimming lessons in a pool. (First: Episode 1232) | |
Cartoon | The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feet of ten brown bears. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1336) | |
Muppets | Ice Follies: Oscar blows his whistle, then goes into hiding, causing the other Muppets (Big Bird, Bert, Betty Lou, Grover, Cookie Monster and the Count) to find the source. (First: Episode 0939) | |
Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) | |
Cast | Maria and Luis play castaways on an island, when Bob shows up as a new friend. | |
Cartoon | A man shows the viewers his "YES" machine. (First: Episode 0822) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Biff and Sully recruit Judy Collins into their singing group - YES and they sing the group's theme song. (First: Episode 0961) | |
Cartoon | The word "YES" follows a man. (First: Episode 0875) | |
Film | Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack. (First: Episode 0968) | |
Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #3 "Six Colored Circles" (First: Episode 1395) | |
Film | The walrus (First: Episode 0296) | |
Cartoon | T for typewriter and toe Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0506) | |
Song | "Brothers Song" | |
Muppets / Cast | Maria and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood" — painter and milkman. (ending edited) (First: Episode 1173) | |
Cartoon | A woman identifies farm animals by their sounds. | |
Film | Counting the circus clowns (First: Episode 0501) | |
Celebrity | Oscar can't get an energetic Slimey to go down for his nap. James Galway plays a jig on his flute, which Slimey dances to until he gets too tired and falls asleep. "You sure have a way with worms," Oscar notes. (First: Episode 1426) | |
Film | Russian nesting dolls 1-10 (First: Episode 0540) | |
Cartoon | An aviator and his son cooperate to start their plane. | |
Film | Where the buffalo roam ... (First: Episode 0510) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what happened. Ernie has a drawing of an empty bird cage with an open door (the bird flew away), and a man lying on the ground with a banana peel next to him (he slipped on it). Then Ernie shows Bert an empty page. The answer to that one is that there was a cow eating grass, but the grass is all eaten now and the cow went home. (First: Episode 0030) | |
Cartoon | Stop-frame animation of a girl on a beach, reading a book containing pictures of various sea creatures that come to life as she comes to their pages. (First: Episode 1434) | |
Cast | A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (First: Episode 0541) | |
Film | A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0476) | |
Cartoon | W is for Worm (First: Episode 0001) | |
Film | "Listen ..." to various sounds, including the ocean, a heart beating, a clock ticking, a horse galloping, crickets chirping, a passing train, and others. (First: Episode 0951) | |
Cartoon | A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers. (First: Episode 0416) | |
SCENE 2 | Bob and Luis prep some kids to wheel around the street, as Maria announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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