| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | March 24, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Telly Monster sings "If Buses Didn't Run" as he watches Gordon at the bus stop. Once the bus actually arrives and Gordon gets on, Telly's worry shifts to whether Gordon got on the right bus or if he'll ever return. |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #9 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1032) |
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Muppets | The Count croons "Count Up to Nine." (First: Episode 1134) |
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Film | Elephants (African percussion soundtrack) (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert & Ingrid count backwards from ten to one. (First: Episode 0527) |
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Cartoon | Two men work at a manhole; one is tired of the same day-in-day-out routine of it. The other says the boss has planned a surprise for them. A jack-in-the-box pops from the manhole. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Cartoon | Nine penguins slide down a hill. Artist: Owe Gustafson |
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SCENE 2 | Telly comes to Hooper's Store with the idea that it might rain, so he orders some hot soup to keep warm. Mr. Hooper is certain it won't rain, leading Telly to think it'll snow instead, so he switches his order to hot chocolate. Seeing the sun shining, Telly thinks a heat wave will come instead and orders lemonade. Mr. Hooper, flummoxed and frustrated, assures Telly that today will be a perfectly fine day; Telly cancels all his orders now. |
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Cartoon | Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1485) |
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Animation | Sand T/t (First: Episode 0636) |
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Muppets | "Do the Wash" (First: Episode 1309) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter has an electric train. (First: Episode 0785) |
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Film | T is for toes. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on. (First: Episode 0256) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly studies a picture of an owl, but worries because there's something else in there as well that he can't see. Susan and the kids identify the letter V embedded within as the owl's beak, which is now all Telly can see and he wonders where the owl went. |
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Cartoon | Violet climbs a vine with V words. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Song | "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty — Kermit doesn't help Humpty Dumpty's situation. (First: Episode 0657) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | "Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command. (First: Episode 0047) |
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Muppets | Game Show: "Say the Word" (First: Episode 1373) |
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Cast | Linda helps a boy sign "DON'T WALK." (First: Episode 1061) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: DON'T WALK (First: Episode 1162) |
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Film | Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack. (First: Episode 0968) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert cooperate to make Ernie's bed. Ernie notices that on his bed, which Bert is preparing, there is one side where the blanket is shorter than the other. Bert suggests that Ernie and him cooperate while making the blanket even on both sides, in the process the blanket is shorter at one side than the other. (First: Episode 1388) |
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Cartoon | He, She and It: The IT knows about locks and keys. (First: Episode 1172) |
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SCENE 4 | Forgetful Jones tries to set up one of the topics being discussed today, but can't recall what it is. With some encouragement from Clementine, he manages to remember the topic - remembering! |
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Cartoon | On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Film | A conductor yells "STOP" to his off-key violinist trying to play Vittorio Monti's "Czardas". (First: Episode 0516) |
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Muppets | Captain Breakfast unsuccessfully encourages a little girl to eat breakfast, the most important meal of the day. (First: Episode 1492) |
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Cartoon | An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names. (First: Episode 1301) |
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Film | A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0476) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird sees Susan carrying tons of groceries back from the store. She is very annoyed because Gordon was supposed to help her, but he was nowhere to be found. Big Bird knows where he is and spots Gordon coming in from the other way, having gone to a separate grocery store. Gordon tries carrying his own heavy load of groceries inside and doesn't see Susan, but echoes the same frustrations. |
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Cartoon | T for Turtle Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1146) |
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Muppets | "City-Country Song" (First: Episode 0681) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: T for train (First: Episode 0022) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Susan and Gordon both realize they've made an error and wonder what to do with their huge load of groceries. They decide to invite Big Bird and Mr. Hooper (as well as Barkley) over for a big meal. Forgetful Jones announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Puppeteer Michael Earl makes an onscreen cameo as the bus driver during scene 1.
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