| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 7, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar has bought an old victrola from the annual Grouch Junk Festival. He thinks it's junky because with no electric plug or batteries, it won't work at all. However, Mr. Hooper points out that this record player works by using a crank and starts turning it, playing "The Varsity Drag." Soon, he and Maria start dancing to it while Oscar hopes for a refund. |
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Cartoon | 9 Ants Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1485) |
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Film | Nine Song (Song of Nine) (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | Wrong Way Willie, treasurer of his club, has lost the club's funds. Billy Jo Jive and Susie look for where it may be and discover Willie's had it in his hat the entire time. (First: Episode 1235) |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppet babies sing "A Baby's Life." (First: Episode 1423) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: BAD DOG After the man reads the sign, a dog comes in and protests, "I'm not a bad dog! What did I do? What did I do?" (First: Episode 1164) |
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Celebrity | The Deadly Nightshade: "One, Two, Three" (First: Episode 0884) |
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Cartoon | Before dinnertime, a boy discovers a worm under a rock and some baby birds in their nest. (First: Episode 1508) |
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Muppets | Grover tries to demonstrate first and last by being first in line, but the other monsters keep switching on him. (First: Episode 1332) |
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Cartoon | A man uses a wheelbarrow to carry blocks needed to make a staircase. Artist: Tom Gabbay (First: Episode 1335) |
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Film | Jack Rabbit Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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Muppets | "Just Around the Corner" (First: Episode 1036) |
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Animation | Sand Y/y (First: Episode 0626) |
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SCENE 2 | An Anything Muppet named Luli approaches Telly Monster, speaking Spanish. Telly fears he's lost the ability to understand people, when Luis explains the situation. Telly doesn't think he could learn two languages, but quickly masters the Spanish phrase Luis teaches him - "Buenos dias." Telly then says it to Mr. Hooper, letting him know that he was speaking Spanish and that he can learn to speak it too. |
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Cartoon | "Five Bears in the Bed" get subtracted as they fall off the bed. (First: Episode 1231) |
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Film | Exploring on the ocean rocks (First: Episode 1414) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wakes up and tells Bert it's time to get up, but notices that Bert isn't in his bed. He slowly ponders what happened to his best friend, coming to the conclusion that maybe some Martians took him away in their spaceship. As it turns out, Bert just got up early to fix some oatmeal. Ernie is relieved... until a real spaceship lands and the Martians enter the room. (First: Episode 1208) |
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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 3 | Telly takes it upon himself to teach Luli how to say "good night" in English. Luis teaches him the Spanish phrase ("buenas noches") so Telly can properly communicate. After practicing it a few times, Telly tries to compliment how well she did by saying "good," and Luli responds with "night." This repeats until Luli falls asleep. Telly calls for Luis, now asking how to say "wake up" in Spanish. |
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Cartoon | C is for Candle (the candle blows back) (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | Kids take swimming lessons in a pool. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Cartoon | C is for Canary (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | The Count has built a rocket with the help of Dr. Reinbrein and plans to launch it from inside his castle. The two count down from the computer console, but the rocket doesn't take off. Indeed, Count never intended for lift-off; he plans on counting down again and again. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts 10 stairs as he climbs them with his sack of toys. (First: Episode 0997) |
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Film | This is the desert. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0514) |
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SCENE 4 | Buffy sings "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" to Cody and the kids. |
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Cartoon | "Wash Your Hands Before You Eat" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1523) |
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Celebrity | Michael Christensen and Paul Binder demonstrate high, higher, and highest with their juggling clubs. (First: Episode 1008) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - boy (First: Episode 0428) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to draw the letter Y. (First: Episode 1288) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Swinging Gibbon (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: RUN (First: Episode 1446) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar enjoys hearing the loud snores of his elephants sleeping. Buffy, however, cannot get Cody to go to sleep, so Oscar dons a pilgrim's hat and reads selections from his book of "Mother Grouch" nursery rhymes, including "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Can," "Grouch Be Nimble," and "Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake, Junkyard Man." The rhymes don't work as well on Cody as they do on Oscar's elephants. |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman tries to buy a saw at Sam's General Store. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and once returned human, vows to never chop one down again. (First: Episode 0572) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar reads "To Junkyard" (a Grouch version of "To Market") and discovers the nursery rhymes have instead put Buffy to sleep. Telly announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign, and Olivia holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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