| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | December 21, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Donning a cape, Big Bird declares himself "Helping Bird," the bird who helps those in need. Nobody seems to need his help until he sees Gordon has twisted his ankle while jogging. Helping Bird insists on aiding him, so he tries finding a walking stick. When he can't find an appropriately-sized one, he allows Gordon to lean on him as they go down the block. Maria sees this and recalls twisting her ankle and having no one to aid her. Gordon tells Helping Bird he feels fine now, so the bird takes Maria under his wing in case she twists her ankle soon. |
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Film | "Body Song" (First: Episode 0264) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl (Kathryn Mullen) imagines she's a doctor, movie director or firefighter. (First: Episode 1454) |
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Cartoon | A horse falls apart into a jigsaw puzzle. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Film | Hippos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cartoon | A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror. (First: Episode 0800) |
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SCENE 2 | At Hooper's Store, David sees Telly fully engrossed in a book - Taking Care of Your Cold. David assumes Telly himself has a cold and describes the various ways to take care of a cold, which Telly also sees in his book. He corrects David that he doesn't have a cold; he's just being prepared and no longer needs the book thanks to David's advice. He proceeds to read his next book - What to Do When You Don't Have a Cold. |
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Muppets | At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies! (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cartoon | Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V Artist: John Hubley (First: Episode 0311) |
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Film | A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first." (First: Episode 0290) |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end. (First: Episode 0337) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of an elephant. (First: Episode 0593) |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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Film | The crosswalk light says WALK. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Grover the lumberjack thinks he is the first to arrive for supper, but he gets trampled by a gang of French-Canadian lumberjacks who get to the food table before he has a chance to get his snow boots off. By the time he finally gets them off, a grizzly bear grabs the last plate of food. (First: Episode 1343) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria takes the kids over to see if Oscar can identify the number she's holding - 11. He wants no part in her game, when Charles the Robot wants to give it a shot. He guesses 8,420 at first and makes several more guesses of decreasing value, despite Oscar's threats of leaving him in the rain and cutting off his oil supply. Oscar demands that Charles doesn't say another word; Charles instead whizzes and shakes precisely 11 bolts off of him, confirming the right answer. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: W, Wall (First: Episode 0790) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess Chooses a Prince — A princess selects Kermit as her prince. (First: Episode 0859) |
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Cartoon | A girl sorts everything she finds which is alive and not alive. (First: Episode 1526) |
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Celebrity | A Mummenschanz performer acts out being a frog. (First: Episode 1108) |
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Animation | A scoop of ice cream makes its way to the top of a cone. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Film | A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0690) |
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Film | Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0424) |
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Cast | Linda holds up a "One Way" sign for Damion Brown in front of Big Bird's nest construction doors. Damion reads the word, then learns to sign it. (First: Episode 1066) |
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Cartoon | A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Song | "Do the Wash" (First: Episode 1423) |
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Muppets | The Hands count to 11. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon sings "Animal Sounds," a musical guessing game. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Cartoon | Cars WALK. (First: Episode 0556) |
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Film | A film of camels eating. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0388) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin notices a short thread on Luis' tuxedo, which becomes long as he pulls it, unraveling Luis's trousers! (First: Episode 1042) |
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Cartoon | A kid travels through an extra-dimensional map inside a mono-wheeled box while a narrator reads a series of One Way signs. (First: Episode 1172) |
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Muppets | Old West: A saloon full of horses try to figure out what is making Weepin' Willie cry. (First: Episode 1520) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a cow. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Celebrity | The Fonz walks out of the "Guys" room and points to the "W" flag, reminding him of a W word he forgot before leaving the bathroom... (First: Episode 1182) |
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Cartoon | W for Wilhelmina (First: Episode 0512) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria and Olivia have some trouble getting Barkley to take his bath. David appears in a fine three-piece suit to tend to some business downtown and insists he can help, even though it may cause potential harm to his suit. He can't get near Barkley and his pool nor risk his suit getting wet or soapy, so he resolves to cooperate by standing out of the way. |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. (First: Episode 0395) |
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SCENE 6 | Barkley's bath is done, and David offers to take him for a walk. Barkley drags him around the yard, where David lets go of the leash and ends up falling into the pool of water, where he sheepishly announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
Note[]
- The original, shaggier Barkley puppet is used for scene 5 and looks slightly different than the then-current one used for the following scene. Olivia and Maria account for the difference by remarking how Barkley seems slightly bigger, and that he may have grown overnight.
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