| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mumford produces shapes | |||||||
| Air date | December 2, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 1 | Frankie assists the Amazing Mumford in his latest show, where he identifies the shapes that Mumford pulls from his hat. |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Blows a Fuse — Ernie and Bert are watching TV, but Bert gets bored and decides to play a record. (First: Episode 0003) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Me." (First: Episode 0421) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents 9 elephants. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1366) |
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SCENE 2 | The Count laments to Olivia that he can't think of anything else to count. She recommends he take a break from counting to clear his mind and suggests reading a book like she is. He reads a bit of her book and not only enjoys reading, but counting the letters in each word and sentence. He now plans on reading more books, which he can then count. |
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Cartoon | Nine birds land in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1501) |
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Muppets | "There's a Hole in the Bucket" (First: Episode 0838) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Cartoon | An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling. (First: Episode 0555) |
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SCENE 3 | The Two-Headed Monster argues over which direction to go, so Gordon decides to help by teaching them how a coin flip works. Once the monster learns how it works, they decide to stay and play the coin flip game instead! |
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (First: Episode 0158) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts The Weather Show. (First: Episode 0385) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Insert | Bob sings "Can Do" with the kids about all the things they know how to do. (First: Episode 1083) |
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Cartoon | A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him. (First: Episode 0799) |
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Film | Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0187) |
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Muppets | The letter S joins U and N to make the word SUN. Some Anything Muppets appear in beach gear to bask in the sun. (First: Episode 0453) |
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Cartoon | Lots of bunnies are needed to pull the huge carrot from the ground. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1473) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly Monster presents the letter Y, but can't think of any words that it starts. He asks Big Bird if he knows any Y words. "Yes!," replies Big Bird, leading to some "Who's on First?"-style confusion. |
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Cartoon | The life of a Yellow Yahoo (First: Episode 0043) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is It — Ernie wants to play tag while Bert reads his book. (First: Episode 1026) |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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Film | A dolphin walks backwards on the water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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Animation | Sand Y/y (First: Episode 0626) |
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Film | A wall painter on a high-rise spells and paints the word "WET PAINT" in red, but accidentally puts his hand on one of the painted letters and looks at his hand, all painted red, and shouts, "WET PAINT!" (First: Episode 1036) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. Mr. Johnson says that Grover takes too long and asks for two hot dogs and two pickles for lunch. Grover then throws a tantrum in the kitchen. (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob finishes painting a chair and places a "Wet Paint" sign on it while washing the paintbrush. Forgetful Jones happens by and tries to figure out what the sign says as he sits in the chair. Bob points out what Forgetful has done. Forgetful finally realizes what the sign means and places it on himself, since he's now covered in wet paint. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: WET PAINT (First: Episode 1136) |
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Muppets | Mother Goose tries coming up with Little Boy Blue's nursery rhyme. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
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Film | Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Telly sounds out the word COLD and is struck with a snow storm. (First: Episode 1543) |
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SCENE 6 | Mumford performs another trick for the crowd, where he pulls today's sponsors out of his hat. He forgets to mention the CTW slogan, which Bob clarifies him on. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Olivia holds the CTW sign.
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