| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | November 25, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 1 | Bob happens into today's Grouchketeer meeting, where Oscar teaches the members about loud and quiet. At first, they bang pots and pans loudly, then quieter and quieter, then not at all, providing enough quiet for Oscar to loudly tell Bob to scram. |
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Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Frog on the Street: Loud and Soft — Kermit interviews a man on the street. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings a "Pretty Little Song" with a canary, but neither of them can figure out when it ends. (First: Episode 1298) |
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Cartoon | In still photographs, a boy asks his friend what his mother does. The mother's shoes become animated, as she describes what she did today. She turns out to be a policewoman. |
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Cartoon | A man finds and eats five apples, counting the number left after each one. |
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Celebrity | Diana Ross sings "Believe in Yourself" to Big Bird and the kids. |
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Cartoon | A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Film | Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0911) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: The man unscrambles the letters in a HELP sign. (First: Episode 1118) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock tries to figure out why there is a mess outside. He speculates that the Twiddlebugs made a mess after a Twiddlebug dance. (First: Episode 0178) |
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Film | Mad Painter #8 (First: Episode 0326) |
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Cartoon | Eight buttons are counted on a monkey's shirt. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1452) |
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Insert | In voiceover, David sings a song asking the listener to name the game being played while Gordon and Susan help the kids draw a hopscotch on the city asphalt. (First: Episode 1307) |
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Film | A man talks about his working horses. (First: Episode 1466) |
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Cartoon | Don't mess with the Mighty M. Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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Muppets | Grover gets under his blanket, pretending that he is on the moon. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) |
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Film | Kids dancing. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | A pirate gives a girl a treasure map, where X marks the spot. |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird invites Maria and Bob over at his nest for lunch and polite chit-chat. He's prepared some birdseed recipes for them, such as birdseed burgers and birdseed stew, and reminds them of the importance of trying new foods. They each sample some birdseed treats and find that they like it. Big Bird, however, is getting his lunch from Hooper's Store (a hamburger and French fries). |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Cast | Gordon preaches the importance of rain as it starts to do so in his office. |
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Song | Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift (First: Episode 0207) |
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Muppets | Western: Four Anything Muppet cowboys put up a Wanted poster for "the Great Cookie Thief", who's been stealing cookies from all the bakeries in these here parts. Cookie Monster is standing in front of the poster, and the others suspect that he's the Great Cookie Thief -- he has the same googly eyes, the same blue fur, and the same Western hat. They confront Cookie Monster, but he denies the charge: "Not have same mustache!" He shouts, "Look over there!" -- and while they're distracted, he draws a mustache on the poster. They apologize -- but then Cookie Monster takes off his hat, and cookies fall out. The Great Cookie Thief makes his escape. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: A soap box racer loses its front wheel. Thelma comes to the rescue by pulling the racer. (First: Episode 1516) |
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Muppets | Grover and Oscar the Grouch recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0229) |
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Animation | Sand Q/q (First: Episode 0623) |
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Film | "There's a Bird On Me" (Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0416) |
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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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Film | 1-20 Ice Skaters (Maria voiceover) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0451) |
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Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675) |
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Song | "In the Water, Splashing Around" (camera tricks) |
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Cartoon | A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare. (repeat) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob and the kids play a matching game in the yard. They've set out three horns and see who fits in with the group - a Honker or his round, fuzzy friend. The Honker belongs since his nose can honk, while Bob consoles the other creature and explains that his nose can't honk either. The creature happens to be a Dinger, who shows how it can ding with the bell on its head! Everybody starts to honk and ding as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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