| Sesame Street | |||||
| Telly asks a question | |||||
| Air date | December 17, 1981 | ||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Poco Loco sits in the tree outside the Fix-It Shop, perfectly able to imitate Luis' voice and everything he says. Luis muses out loud about the salad and juice he intends to order from Hooper's Store right after he puts some things away in the store. Poco flies off to the store and places the order in Luis' voice to David, who is facing the other way and doesn't see who is actually speaking. David prepares the salad, then goes to check on Gordon outside. Poco slips back in and gobbles up the food before leaving. When David returns, Luis enters and orders a salad and juice, to David's confusion. He sets out a second helping and goes back outside, leaving Poco to eat them again. |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Doing Nothing — Bert asks Ernie to help him carry his heavy groceries. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Luis comes back to the store and tells David he's going to have lunch with Maria instead. They hear Luis' voice repeating again and discover Poco's trick. David tells him he now owes the store for two lunches. |
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Cartoon | Adding up five ladybugs and five lizards (First: Episode 0277) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sandbox Game — Ernie gets Bert to engage in a word play game with him. (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Film | Jack Rabbit Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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Cartoon | Eight frogs Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1506) |
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SCENE 2 | As Luis works intensely on something, Telly comes by and wants to know all the answers to every question imaginable, just in case somebody asks him something. Luis breaks it to him that he, nor anybody else, can fulfill this request, but Luis shows Telly the things he already knows the answer to and what he can do when he doesn't know an answer. He asks Telly if he's still worried about his situation... and Telly proudly states that he doesn't know the answer. |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound: V, violin (First: Episode 1157) |
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Muppets | Kermit at Home: Grover comes to Kermit's house to fix his sink. Kermit fills him in on a demonstration of "big, bigger and biggest" when it comes to wrenches. Even so, the sink repair goes awry, and the house floods. (First: Episode 0821) |
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Cartoon | V for Van (live-action/animation hybrid) Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1181) |
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Film | A little girl gets herself a glass of AGUA. (First: Episode 0929) |
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Cartoon | Find the Circle quiz |
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Cast / Celebrity | Olivia and George Benson sing "A Friend for All Seasons." (First: Episode 1314) |
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Cartoon | A boy has fun with his wood plank. (First: Episode 1503) |
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Film | Things you can carry Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: V for Vacuum (First: Episode 0774) |
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Muppets | A boy looks for his V. (First: Episode 1480) |
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Cartoon | V in space (First: Episode 0481) |
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Film | A boy and girl pretend to be the parents of a constantly-crying baby doll. The "father" proceeds to feed the baby and change its diaper. (First: Episode 1388) |
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Cartoon | Violet climbs a vine with V words. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Song | "What to Do Before We Eat?" We wash our hands, not our feet. Animation: Paul Fierlinger |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird tries playing hide-and-seek with Elmo, who doesn't grasp the concept of hiding. Big Bird decides to swap roles and hide while Elmo counts. Elmo also doesn't know how to count, so Big Bird helps him count to 10 with Elmo repeating each number. When Elmo gets to ten, he immediately claims to have found Big Bird. |
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Animation | Counting 1-9 in Spanish |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Prince Charming Looks for Cinderella — A surprising suitor fits Prince Charming's glass slipper. (First: Episode 1233) |
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Cartoon | Todo el mundo necesita agua (First: Episode 0780) |
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Film | Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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Insert | Bert sits outside on the street, pretending to fly a helicopter. Maria sits down with him, and the segment becomes animated as they fly through the air before returning to the Street. (First: Episode 0656) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it. (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | Ernie watches as the Twiddlebugs cut down the pretty flowers in their yard. Once they've realized the environmental mistake they've made, they undo their action by creating giant flowers from wrappers. (First: Episode 1512) |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger, biggest (balloons and blackbirds). (First: Episode 1393) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Lisa shows Grover what big, bigger and biggest are. (First: Episode 1393) |
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Cartoon | A blue triangle looks for his friend in a museum. (First: Episode 1522) |
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Muppets | "City-Country Song" (First: Episode 0681) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly returns to Luis, having found the answer to his earlier question - yes, he is still worried. But now he can't remember what he was originally worried about. Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign. |
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