| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | April 17, 1981 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Dr. Nobel Price describes his latest invention to Mr. Hooper, which sounds remarkably like the toaster they already have in Hooper's Store. However, Dr. Price's toaster is able to talk (voiced by Kathryn Mullen), but burns the toast to a crisp. |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays six marvelous monkeys who do stunts. (First: Episode 1289) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Animation | Can you find the hidden objects in the picture? (First: Episode 1520) |
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Muppets | Old West: A saloon full of horses try to figure out what is making Weepin' Willie cry. (First: Episode 1520) |
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Cartoon | The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events. (First: Episode 1113) |
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Film | A piece of construction equipment and a giraffe are shown side-by-side. |
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Animation | An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Celebrity | Paul Simon plays "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard." (First: Episode 1050) |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: During a baseball game, a kid's baseball falls into a rabbit's hole. Thelma travels through the hole to get it back. (First: Episode 1465) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106) |
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Cartoon | W for Wilhelmina (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers. (First: Episode 0366) |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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Muppets | Big Bird walks down the street, describing the difference between the actual street and sidewalks. (First: Episode 1256) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: HOT DOG (First: Episode 1142) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #1 "Circle with Flower" (First: Episode 1393) |
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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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Film | Ten hats on a hatrack (First: Episode 0439) |
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Film | A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Animation | A kid's father tells him what can be built out of the wheels and things he found. (First: Episode 0268) |
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Film | A rhino and her baby (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | Six pigs Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1472) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word "Fall" and leaves fall on them. Then, they fall over. (First: Episode 1319) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
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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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Animation | Sand R/r (First: Episode 0635) |
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Cast | Linda and a boy sign the word "CLOSED." (First: Episode 1082) |
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Film | The sign CLOSED spins around. (First: Episode 0955) |
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Cartoon | Only one of the two footprints can belong. (First: Episode 0509) |
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Muppets | Pageant: The Four Seasons (First: Episode 1165) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Film | The Great Chango, man of one thousand costumes, puts on outfits of various professions. (First: Episode 0518) |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder snake. (First: Episode 0514) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Hooper demonstrates some of the exercises he does with the kids. Big Bird decides to turn this into a dance and leads everyone in "The Hooper Hop." |
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Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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Muppets / Cast | Cookie Monster has agreed to help Maria on her lecture on good things to eat. Unbeknownst to Cookie, she has raisins, cucumber spears, carrot sticks and apples. Cookie tries all of them and he likes them. He finishes by eating all the dishes. (First: Episode 1518) |
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Cartoon | He, She and It show how a faucet works. (First: Episode 1161) |
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Cast | Big Bird watches the shape dancers form a rectangle. (First: Episode 1276) |
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Cartoon | The profile of a man's face morphs into different faces to the sounds of a Moog synthesizer. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0642) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover informs Mr. Johnson that the restaurant is out of a lot of items that are on the menu. The only thing still at the restaurant is milk... but there are no glasses. (First: Episode 0976) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0764) |
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SCENE 3 | As the "Hooper Hop" continues to play, Mr. Hooper and the kids sweep up the yard. Big Bird announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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