| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | February 6, 1981 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar, carried by Bruno the Trashman, reports for the Weird World of Grouch Sports, covering a Grouch walking race on Sesame Street. Competitors Gordon, Susan, Luis, Maria, and Mr. Hooper disagree over who will win as Olivia snaps photos. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
The racers take off, as Grundgetta reports from another block nearby as the runners pass her. They make it back to Sesame Street, where Gordon comes in first and Mr. Hooper comes in last. However, since it's a Grouch race, Mr. Hooper is the one who earns the trophy. Mr. Hooper gives a thank you speech causing Oscar to sign off. |
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Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) |
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Muppets | Ernie demonstrates the letter Q with a quart of milk; Cookie Monster drinks the milk. (First: Episode 0047) |
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Animation | Sand Q/q (First: Episode 0623) |
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Film | Building a log cabin (First: Episode 0602) |
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Celebrity | Madeline Kahn plays a pair of twins that take turns counting to 20. (First: Episode 1139) |
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Cartoon | Little Andy doesn't understand why everyone's noses turn pink when he greets them. He comes to realize that he didn't take a bath. (First: Episode 1289) |
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Film | A male frog hops around and bulges his throat. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Muppets | "Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco" |
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Cartoon | Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross. (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 2 | Olivia takes pictures of Maria, Gordon, and the viewer showing different emotions including happy, surprised, angry, and proud. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Olivia has the viewer take a picture of her, Maria, and Gordon. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Lisa discuss love. |
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Cartoon | Krazy Kat proves his love for Ignatz Mouse with a block of cheese. Ignatz carves it into the word "LOVE." (First: Episode 0615) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fast Cleanup — Bert bets his dessert on Ernie's ability to clean up the apartment. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Cartoon | Three owls blink. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1469) |
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Film | Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0108) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) |
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Film | You can't see the wind. (First: Episode 0775) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 3 | A Muppet delivery man (Brian Muehl) delivers a musical message for Big Bird - "The Alphabet Song." The message turns out to be from Alphabet Bates who then flies overhead. Big Bird shouts a thank you to him. |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Muppets | Deena and Pearl pretend they are underwater. (First: Episode 1474) |
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Cartoon | Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool. (First: Episode 0954) |
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Cast | "Theater Without Words" presents Linda enacting the story of "The Farmer and the Seed" with some voice-over by Bob. (First: Episode 1030) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: "Q", Quiet (First: Episode 0768) |
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Film | David (in voice-over) finds rectangles. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Cartoon | A man takes advantage of his television appearance to display his giant ME sign. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Film | David asks the viewer to find a rectangle and two circles in the picture of a doorbell. (First: Episode 0434) |
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Song | "Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429) |
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Insert | Bob and the kids sing "Right in the Middle of My Face." (First: Episode 0892) |
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Cartoon | A boy points to himself and says, "ME." (First: Episode 0857) |
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Film | Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Grover watches Mumford practice a trick, making a rabbit come out of his hat. Mumford has trouble getting a rabbit to come out of the hat, and both are oblivious to the fact that Grover is turning into a rabbit. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | A song about the parts of a boy's body and the sounds they can make. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 0923) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353) |
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Cartoon | A man sees a giant OUT, yells the word, and everyone runs out of it. (First: Episode 0550) |
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Muppets | The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink. (First: Episode 1468) |
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Cast | In speed-induced footage, Maria, Luis and David put together a letter Q. (First: Episode 0467) |
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Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675) |
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Film | Kids climb in and out of a tire. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges! (First: Episode 0192) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates in and out. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Animation | Sand Q/q (repeat) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird and the kids play follow the leader while Gordon jumps rope. Telly Monster announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds both the Sesame Street sign and the CTW sign. |
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