| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | November 30, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Macintosh needs someone to watch his fruit stand while he runs to the post office. Big Bird volunteers, then suddenly finds he needs to use the restroom. He assigns various others to take his place (including Gordon, Mr. Hooper, David and Maria), but replaces them when he imagines potential problems they might run into. Eventually, Mr. Mac returns and Big Bird asks him to watch the stand while he's gone. |
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Muppets | Honkers attempt to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on their noses. Part 1. (First: Episode 1561) |
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Cartoon | How do frogs make more frogs? The birth and growth of a frog is documented. At the very end, the fully-grown frog hops in the middle of a field and calls out, "Hey, Kermit!" Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1232) |
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Muppets | Honkers attempt to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on their noses. Part 2. (First: Episode 1521) |
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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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Muppets | Honkers attempt to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on their noses. Part 3. (First: Episode 1463) |
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Film | A boy makes fruit salad. (First: Episode 1195) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Going to the Zoo — Ernie and Bert make some late night plans to go to the zoo tomorrow. (First: Episode 0137) |
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SCENE 2 | David shows the kids how to do "The Arm." |
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Cartoon | In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing. (First: Episode 0778) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Jennifer bend their knees. Grover comes out of a hole in the ground, and Jennifer invites him to join them, but Grover remarks, "When you start talking about noses, give me a call." (First: Episode 1166) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film of cows being fed hay during winter. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0787) |
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Cartoon | A man wants a hat, but the hat shop owner's hats are all the same - except for a ten-gallon hat, which complements the customer's horseback riding nicely. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Muppets | Two twin Anything Muppets find they're identical, except for their voices. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | "Birds Count 1-20" Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0134) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Holiday Mix-Up — Kermit interviews a witch, the Easter Bunny, and Santa Claus. (First: Episode 0711) |
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Cartoon | A man in a bowler hat hears different sounds behind each door. (First: Episode 1409) |
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Insert | Oscar orders Michael Christensen and Paul Binder to set up his bowling alley. The two instead start juggling the pins, but struggle to get the sixth one off the ground and into the air. (First: Episode 1026) |
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Animation | Children's voiceovers (in English and Spanish) dictate how to draw a male's body. (First: Episode 0528) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Sad — The monster, after telling itself a joke, reads "SAD" and suddenly gets emotional. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | A girl narrates a poem about the sad time when her goldfish died. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1378) |
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Insert | David names some J words, which Linda then acts out with her hands. (First: Episode 1410) |
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Cartoon | Kids on a bench wait for the bus: "Here comes the bus!" (First: Episode 0632) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Robin Hood's Merry Men — Ernie (playing Robin Hood) auditions Anything Muppets to be his Merry Men. (First: Episode 0480) |
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Cartoon | A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (First: Episode 0527) |
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Film | Spinning Bus Stop sign (First: Episode 0931) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria sounds out the word "COW," cueing an appearance by Gladys the Cow. She then sounds out "CAR," as Gladys returns, pretending to be a car (claiming the real car is in for repairs). Gladys turns up again when Maria sounds out "CAT," claiming the cat is also nowhere to be seen. A Muppet cat (Cheryl Blaylock) appears and Gladys argues with it. |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989) |
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Film | Gibbons make screeching noises. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cuppycakes — Cookie Monster keeps stealing the "cuppycakes" that Ernie is trying to photograph. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | Seven Starfish Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1473) |
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Muppets | "Fat Cat" (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | K for Kite (First: Episode 0489) |
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Muppets | Kermit draws the letter K on the screen with his "magic finger." (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | K - Kangaroo Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1160) |
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Muppets | An old colonel explorer meets Simon Soundman and describes his world trip to him, dozing off several times in the process due to his lack of sleep. As the colonel talks about the bad weather, Simon provides the appropriate sounds. (First: Episode 1440) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird comes across Maurice Monster, who is in the midst of his daily exercises. Big Bird is supposed to sign off, but can't remember today's number and asks Maurice for a clue. Maurice illustrates the number (seven) by doing seven of various exercises until Big Bird finally catches on. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign. |
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