| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | February 5, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis awaits the arrival of Dr. Nobel Price, who has another new invention to show off. Dr. Price, however, feels his latest project is already a failure. ("It's no good, a clinker - to use the scientific word, a 'boo-boo.'") He unveils his creation - "woodies," a bunch of wooden objects of different shapes. The kids recognize them as blocks and play with them. Dr. Price, however, can't see their value as playthings and considers carving them into toothpicks instead. |
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Cartoon | A rolling circle becomes a square, then a triangle, and various other shapes. (First: Episode 1465) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, a lady with a tall hat sits in front of Ernie and Bert. She blocks Ernie's view, so he asks her if she'd mind taking it off. When she places the hat on the seat next to her, Bert's view is now obstructed. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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Animation | A set of blocks reveal a square, a triangle, and a circle. (First: Episode 1184) |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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SCENE 2 | Forgetful Jones tries to play catch, but none of the balls he pitches come back to him. Luis helps him figure out that he has forgotten the most important thing - someone to throw the ball to. Forgetful asks Luis to play catch with him, and tosses all of his baseballs back at the same time. |
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Cartoon | Two Elephants Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1457) |
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Muppets | Lena Horne sings "How Do You Do?" to Grover. (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) |
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Film | There Once Was a Hand series: The hands try to communicate each other by makings sounds from the opposite sides of a wall. (First: Episode 0649) |
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Cartoon | Two Farm Animals Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1447) |
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Insert | Maria lounges on her 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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Film | "Two Song (Song of Two)" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | The Wise Man tries to illustrate "between". (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | "I'm Between" (First: Episode 1233) |
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Cartoon | The IT knows a lot about vacuum cleaners. (First: Episode 1176) |
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Cast | A king (David) and his knights (Luis, Bob and Maria) assemble for their meeting at the round table, but discover their table is actually a square. They fetch a triangle, then rectangle table before finally getting a round one, which they eat their lunches off of. (First: Episode 0952) |
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Cartoon | What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly Monster delivers a weather report on WORM-TV, but can't recognize the word "COLD" on the map. Oscar gives him clues about the word using a wind machine, a block of ice and some snow. Telly finally catches on and Oscar teases tomorrow's weather report on the "H-O-T" forecast. |
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Cartoon | The uses of water (First: Episode 0139) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — The Count counts the Three Little Pigs. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Animation | Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638) |
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Film | A boy talks about what his little sister can do now that she's not a baby anymore. (First: Episode 1402) |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Cast | Maria plays a TV huckster in an advertisement for the word COLD. |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. (First: Episode 0368) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Cast | Big Bird talks about noses and beaks, and what his beak can do. He tells Olivia, "I'm awful sorry about your nose." (First: Episode 1246) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates between. (First: Episode 0542) |
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Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Film | Two birds Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0295) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to go play in the park with him. When Bert says no, Ernie wonders if he isn't feeling well and starts to examine him. (First: Episode 0124) |
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Cartoon | Everything you need to know about cats. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1179) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar teaches Telly how to close the show and announce the sponsors, though he intentionally stalls just to make Telly suffer. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while the Count holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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