| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Barkley goes to the vet | |||||||
| Air date | April 20, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Buffy plays a guessing game with Grover. (First: Episode 0849) |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Baby Cousin — Ernie helps Cookie Monster feed his baby cousin lunch. (First: Episode 1240) |
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Cartoon | "Two headlights, two eyes, two schoolbooks, two pies..." (First: Episode 0926) |
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Film | The walrus (First: Episode 0296) |
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Cartoon | A bee looks for a flower. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Film | A CERRADO sign spins around. A girl tries opening the door, but it's closed. (First: Episode 0937) |
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Cast | David struggles to keep a door CERRADO, as it keeps opening itself. He slams it shut, shattering the wall behind it. (First: Episode 1511) |
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Animation | The mountains make a snack for a bird, but he forgets to brush his teeth afterward. (First: Episode 1429) |
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SCENE 1 | Olivia sees Big Bird and Barkley at the curb near the bus stop. Big Bird says he's bringing Barkley to the vet for a check-up, and Olivia reminds Big Bird that he shouldn't cross the street without the help of a grown-up. She pulls him away when a bus comes by, but Big Bird explains that he was supposed to take that bus to the vet's, but since it's gone he'll have to walk. He then asks Olivia to help him cross the street. |
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Cartoon | Two giraffes Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1468) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me." (First: Episode 0375) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty K" - Karen the Kangaroo talks about words that start with the letter K. Featuring the sped-up voice of Gene Moss. (First: Episode 0142) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookie Reminder — Ernie explains to Bert that he placed a cookie on the table as a reminder. (First: Episode 0095) |
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Cartoon | A lion named Kent gets a Kick out of being King of the forest. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Film | A woman repairs wires for the telephone company. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Cartoon | The story of sheep, or where wool comes from. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1524) |
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Muppets | Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song." (First: Episode 0735) |
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Cartoon | K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040) |
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SCENE 2 | The trio returns from the vet, where Barkley has had a positive check-up. Olivia reiterates what the doctor told him: give him plenty of exercise, and don't feed him too much. Big Bird goes off to get some food for Barkley, when Luis calls him over from the Fix-it Shop for some supper. Barkley chows down, then moments later Maria calls him over to the stoop. She's not sure if he's been fed, but she provides him food anyhow. Barkley is a little reluctant to eat, but gobbles up the food anyway. Big Bird finally returns and sets out a third bowl for Barkley, which the dog looks at sickeningly. |
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Cartoon | X in EXIT: Animals sing as they exit a building. (First: Episode 1184) |
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Film | Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0367) |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music tries to write "Mary Had a Little Lamb." (First: Episode 0698) |
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Cartoon | "I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | A boy and his dad build a bookshelf out of wood. (First: Episode 1029) |
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Cartoon | A vaudeville act of two SAME people (voiced by Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast) ends when one of them falls off the stage. (First: Episode 0778) |
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Muppets | Twin Anything Muppets find they're identical, except for their voices. (First: Episode 0277) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis sings "Everyone Has Feelings." |
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Cartoon | The Fox and the Grapes In the classic fable, a famished fox can't reach the grapes, and eventually gives up, assuming they're sour anyway. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl exercises in preparation for coaching her team as they play. The team turns out to be three string musicians and she's their conductor. (First: Episode 1510) |
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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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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again." (First: Episode 0631) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: X Marks the Spot! (First: Episode 0456) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis notes that Sesame Street is also being brought to you today by the word "cerrado." He demonstrates the Spanish word by closing the door to the Fix-It Shop... and locking himself out. |
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Cartoon | La palabra cerrado (First: Episode 0481) |
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Muppets | Mystery Guest — Cookie Monster, Don Music, and Sherlock Hemlock wear blindfolds while they try to identify the guest. (First: Episode 1447) |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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Animation | A kerosene lamp assembles itself in stop-motion. (First: Episode 1473) |
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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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Film | David narrates some films showing the homes of animals. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Transition | Bridge #5 - 4 Corner Bridge C (First: Episode 0282) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Finger String — Ernie has a piece of string on each finger, in order to remind himself that they're all out of string. (First: Episode 0163) |
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Cartoon | Two giraffes (Swedish animation) (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis joins Marlena on the tire swing as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Olivia holds the CTW sign. |
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