| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Olivia tries to take a cab | |||||||
| Air date | January 7, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
| Written by | John Glines | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Hooper gives Olivia four dollars to take a cab so she doesn't have to carry a heavy crate, despite her claiming she only needs to go two blocks. She calls for a taxi anyhow and Oscar pulls up in the Sloppy Jalopy. Olivia really doesn't want a taxi now, but Oscar promises to bump off on the cost of the ride. He allows a cheaper and cheaper ride, subtracting a dollar with each offer, until the ride costs zero dollars. Olivia hops in, but the car stalls. "You get what you pay for," says Oscar. |
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Cartoon | A boy tries dealing with various leaks in a dike. When plugging and buckets don't work, he fetches an adult who patches up the holes with cement. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts four eggs. A chick hatches out of one egg, so he counts the three eggs -- then two, then one. Then he counts the four chickens. (First: Episode 0282) |
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SCENE 2 | The Sloppy Jalopy is, as Oscar puts it, "purring so you can hardly hear it." As the taxi silently moves forward, Olivia enters the frame, pushing the vehicle, and her cargo, from behind. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster appears to Ernie as the Cookie Bunny. (First: Episode 1147) |
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Cartoon | A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782) |
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Film | Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0456) |
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Cartoon | The letters H, E, L and P try to arrange themselves to form the word "Help" while stuck on an island. (First: Episode 1176) |
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Muppets | "J Friends" (First: Episode 0339) |
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Muppets | Big Bird sings “Admiral Bird”. (First: Episode 0946) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria plays a game with the kids, instructing them to take a number of giant steps and baby steps either forward or backward. Big Bird commandeers the game and tells the kids to take 791 steps forward, which will take them all to the park. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Picture of Bert — Ernie tells Bert to stand still in front of the camera so that he can trace Bert's face on the screen. (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | A cleaning lady (reminiscent of Carol Burnett's character) wanders into a music rehearsal room, plays each instrument, and puts all the sounds back into the wrong instruments. (First: Episode 0774) |
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Celebrity | Suzanne Farrell takes small and big steps, then has a little lunch and a big lunch. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Here Is Your Life Disguised as a dentist, Guy Smiley surprises a tooth at a dentist's office. The tooth is reunited with healthy food (represented by Carl Carrot and Melvin Milk), his dentist, and toothbrush/toothpaste pair Bristly and Pastey. (First: Episode 1057) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath and his team of kids make a football pass after counting to 1. (First: Episode 0518) |
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Cartoon | An ant is pressured by his peers to finish the anthill all by himself, until he enlists the cooperation of the others. |
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Cast | Bob demonstrates a J word - juggle. (First: Episode 1169) |
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Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) |
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Film | Kids dancing. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath: Pass on 2 (First: Episode 0438) |
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Muppets | Super Grover tries to stop a fight between Sammy and Frankie, who are fighting over an apple. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Film / Cast | Gordon hangs out in a classroom. He joins the kids and the teacher as they play with an elastic rope and get into different shapes. (First: Episode 1068) |
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Cartoon | A boy is drawn, but he doesn't have knees at first. (First: Episode 0954) |
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Film | Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk. (First: Episode 0169) |
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Cartoon | A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying "Abierto" and "Cerrado." (First: Episode 0771) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper practices his Spanish using a recording made by Maria. Big Bird passes by the store and overhears; he becomes shocked when he sees Maria is instead out in the yard reading. He goes back to confirm what he's heard. Mr. Hooper reveals it's only a tape recorder, not Maria. Big Bird goes to report back to Maria, but finds Olivia instead. Baffled by the experience, he goes to his nest to lie down. |
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Muppets | Ernie wants to borrow Herbert Birdsfoot's vacuum cleaner, but he worries about how Herbert will respond. Maybe Herbert's taking a bath, and he'll be so angry at Ernie for interrupting him that he'll tell everyone to never loan Ernie anything ever again! (First: Episode 0181) |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | A little girl imagines what would happen if she dropped her bag of ping pong balls. (First: Episode 0583) |
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Celebrity | Joe Namath tosses a football forward to a kid. The film then runs in reverse to demonstrate backward. (First: Episode 0530) |
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Film | A figure skater illustrates forward and backward. (First: Episode 0439) |
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Cartoon | J family jamboree (First: Episode 0365) |
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Film | A boy talks about feeding sheep in the winter. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0786) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman sings to his date about the "Sounds That Remind Me of You." (First: Episode 1432) |
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Film | Jack Rabbit Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob turns in for the night, but is disturbed by various sounds, like a siren, water dripping, his neighbor playing trumpet, his phone ringing (they had the wrong number), etc. Now with silence, Bob finds himself wide awake. He decides to sit in his chair and read where he finally drifts off to sleep. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Olivia holds the CTW sign. |
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