| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 20, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird, Olivia, and the kids flip through her series of photos and identify the different jobs the subjects are doing in each one (shown on-screen in a close-up). After seeing a painter, teacher, vet, and barber, Big Bird reveals a picture he took of someone else at their job: Olivia, the photographer. In response, Olivia takes a snapshot of Big Bird. |
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Film | Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment: Three boys (including Brian Henson) pretend to be steam shovels, playing in the dirt. This segues into footage of real construction vehicles. A parallel is drawn between the machinery and how the boys' arms and mouths work. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Celebrity | The Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate body parts during their basketball stunts. (First: Episode 0627) |
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Cartoon | "Two headlights, two eyes, two schoolbooks, two pies..." (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 1 Counting to 2 is not very exciting. (First: Episode 1156) |
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Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 2 Nobody's favorite number is 2. (First: Episode 1156) |
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Film | A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 3 The huge visual aid falls on Grover. (First: Episode 1156) |
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Film | One of These Things (3 starfish and 1 crab) (First: Episode 0516) |
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Muppets | A little boy explains how he can be a son, a brother, a paperboy, a friend, and a grandson all at the same time. (First: Episode 0691) |
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SCENE 2 | Deena wants to play with Oscar, who promises to play after his package arrives. Deena struggles with patience as they wait, asking every few seconds if the delivery has arrived. A postman (Brian Muehl) finally shows up and gives the dented package to Oscar, who suggests they now play "Post Office." Oscar takes the role of the letter carrier and tells Deena the process of how mail is sent, telling her to wait for her letter... for at least three days. |
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Cartoon | A small man tries to use a seesaw, but can't get his associate (a very large man) to go up. (First: Episode 1121) |
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Cast | Maria, dressed as conductor Hubert von Carryoff, instructs David, Luis and Gordon in a performance of "Concerto for Cigar Box, Washtub and Jug". David should play first, Luis should play next, and Gordon should play last. (First: Episode 1222) |
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Cartoon | Beetle Bailey wants to be first in the chow line, but he ends up last. (First: Episode 0666) |
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Song | "Cow Dog Song" (First: Episode 0783) |
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Celebrity | Madeline Kahn (in limbo) comments on the previous segment. "Well, that's really a hard working dog. I wonder what he gets paid." (First: Episode 1110) |
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Cartoon | Animals who eat crunchy things have nice teeth. |
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Film | A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first." (First: Episode 0290) |
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Muppets | Alphabet Chat: O Mr. Chatterly tries to deliver a lecture about the letter O, but is distracted by several things that don't begin with O, like a rabbit walking with a cow. The Anything Muppet producers decide to cancel the show and take down the set. (First: Episode 0837) |
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Animation | Sand O/o (First: Episode 0621) |
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Insert | Bob sings "Have a Nice Day." (First: Episode 1022) |
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Cartoon | I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170) |
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Muppets | On a boat to Hawaii, a Muppet girl is surprised to see a fish jump out of the water, but a Muppet boy isn't as thrilled and continues to be sad in response to the girl's various emotions. She asks why and he says it's because he was supposed to be on a boat to Alaska. |
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Cartoon | Two giraffes Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1468) |
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Cast | Luis tosses and turns in bed. Gordon hawks a sure-fire method of getting to sleep - counting. Luis orders Gordon to leave the bedroom in ten seconds, then falls asleep after counting. |
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Animation | Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Muppets | Ernie asks Bert, "Do You Like Me?" (First: Episode 1234) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Swinging Gibbon (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. (First: Episode 0545) |
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Cartoon | Adding up five ladybugs and five lizards (First: Episode 0277) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird tells Susan about his problem - he wants to stay on the block to play with the kids, but Barkley keeps pestering him, insisting on playing in the park with him. Big Bird hopes that since Susan's a grown-up, she can come up with a good solution, but she's unable to. Big Bird is about to leave with Barkley when one of the kids proposes that they all can play in the park. They all go, leaving Susan to wonder why she didn't think of that. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me." (First: Episode 0375) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Cookie Disco." (First: Episode 1054) |
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Cartoon | Don't be a Snerd when you sneeze. Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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Celebrity | Accompanied by a drum beat, Richard Pryor asks the viewer to point to parts of their head. (First: Episode 0794) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) |
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Muppets | Grover the lumberjack thinks he is the first to arrive for supper, but he gets trampled by a gang of French-Canadian lumberjacks who get to the food table before he has a chance to get his snow boots off. By the time he finally gets them off, a grizzly bear grabs the last plate of food. (First: Episode 1343) |
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Cartoon | La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes. (First: Episode 0338) |
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Cartoon | A zipper is unzipped across the screen. (First: Episode 0291) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar, carried by Bruno the Trashman, calls out for everyone to participate in a street-wide clean-up. Susan can't believe he wants things clean, then discovers he wants everyone to give him the trash they've picked up. She is about to throw away an old, discarded radio when she turns it on to see if it works. The radio plays a sweet melody, but to Oscar's disgust Bruno likes it and begins to dance to the music. Oscar yells for him to stop as Olivia announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
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