| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 15, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria and her cousin Mercedes are about to do some work in the back room of the Fix-It Shop, when Buffy emerges from the shop's trash can. She explains that Oscar threw a big party in Oscar's trash can last night and she never got any sleep. She hopes to take a nap in the shop, believing it will be quieter than Oscar's place, but the sounds of the buzzsaw prove to be just as loud. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Buffy exits the shop, where Big Bird wants to show her something a friend of his from the airport gave him. Buffy is too preoccupied with finding a place to sleep. She starts to rest on the workbench, when two Anything Muppets construction workers (Richard Hunt and Michael Earl) appear to start jackhammering away, forcing Buffy to move again. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Buffy blows off Big Bird again to seek refuge in Hooper's Store. Unfortunately, the basement has flooded, and David's noisy milkshake maker proves too noisy to sleep above ground. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | After going through the yard full of noisy children, Buffy is ready to give up. Big Bird finally shows Buffy the item he was given - special headphones to drown out the sounds of the airplanes. Buffy borrows them and falls asleep on the 123 Sesame Street banister. |
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Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a horse. (First: Episode 0908) |
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Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675) |
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Muppets | The dark-bearded half of the Two-Headed Monster wakes up to argue with itself over whether to go to the zoo or the playground. The two both end up taking naps instead. (First: Episode 1475) |
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Cartoon | An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise. (First: Episode 1493) |
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Muppets | A Muppet cowpoke gives a musical warning about the "Danger Sign." (First: Episode 1295) |
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Cartoon | A Middle Eastern man narrowly avoids various forms of danger, then trips and falls in a hole. (First: Episode 1387) |
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Cartoon | A trash can in the park dictates a letter about the scenery that surrounds her. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1486) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Film | Kids watch a silent movie with a man resting on the train tracks with an oncoming trolley - DANGER! (First: Episode 0480) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | David brings the kids some slices of pizza, which turns into a game of "One of These Things" to find which one is different (three are regular, triangle-shaped, one is a rectangular Sicilian slice). David produces an extra slice for himself, but gives it to another kid who shows up late. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to play a game where they take turns counting and then saying "Q". Ernie goes first with "1 Q", and Bert follows with "2 Q". The game continues, until Bert gets to "10 Q". "You're welcome, Bert!" Ernie says. (First: Episode 0440) |
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Video | Triangle in space (David voiceover) |
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Film | Two men, Big and Little, travel around playing the tuba and violin. Even though they’re different (Big has dark skin, and Little has light skin), together they make beautiful music. (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Farley goes to the hat shop. (short take) (First: Episode 0244) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Crocodile Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Big Bird and Shola demonstrate a big stick versus a little stick. (First: Episode 0306) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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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 | King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons (First: Episode 0345) |
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Film | A male voice instructs three kids in stretching exercises. (First: Episode 1013) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #4 (First: Episode 0984) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel (First: Episode 0593) |
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SCENE 3 | Buffy sings "Down in the Valley" with Gladys the Cow and Fred the Wonder Horse (performed here by Michael Earl). |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie won't let Bert into the apartment. Bert thinks he might be sad, and then Bert thinks Ernie might be hiding something from Bert, which makes him mad and demand to be let in. He comes in, and Ernie has thrown him a surprise party. Guests at the party include Roosevelt Franklin, Herbert Birdsfoot, Prairie Dawn, Sherlock Hemlock, Grover, Guy Smiley, and a mailman. (First: Episode 0461) |
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Cartoon | An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky. (First: Episode 0770) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are playing policeman, but the other one is playing fireman. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | Four dolphins Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1491) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper tells a man that "stickys" are really useful. The man asks, "What's a sticky for?". Then Harvey slaps a number 4 on the man's chest and says, "This is sticky, and it's a four!" (First: Episode 0668) |
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Film | A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to keep his cookies safe from Cookie Monster by tricking him into eating a carrot instead. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Film | Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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Muppets | Kermit and Grover draw a Q on-screen. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Cartoon | Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin." (First: Episode 0135) |
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Cartoon | A duck sings about all the reasons why q should be remembered. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Film | A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky. (First: Episode 0493) |
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SCENE 4 | Mercedes sings "El Coqui" to everyone on the stoop. Oscar attempts to stop the proceedings, when Buffy points that since Oscar threw a party last night, she gets to throw one tonight! Everyone begins piling into the can, to Oscar's dismay. Big Bird announces the sponsors ("Party time!"). |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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