| Sesame Street | |||||||
| David's niece, Akim, debuts | |||||||
| Air date | December 23, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis checks out Dr. Nobel Price's latest discovery - a creature he's dubbed "the beady-eyed oinky oink." Dr. Price learns that not only is it actually a pig, but the animal happens to be Oscar's pet pig, Spot. Oscar collects his pig and Dr. Price shifts gears to a new animal he's discovered - the tail-wagging arf-arf. |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Christopher talk about what love is. (First: Episode 1484) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Video | Four children roll on a gym mat while The Count counts them (in voice-over). (First: Episode 0908) |
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Cartoon | Two groups of mountain goats try to pass each other on a mountain road. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Cast | Maria and Gordon sort shapes by type and color. (First: Episode 1244) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Captain Breakfast unsuccessfully encourages a little girl to eat breakfast, the most important meal of the day. (First: Episode 1492) |
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Cartoon | Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Celebrity | Lily Tomlin performs "Sing" while signing the lyrics for a pair of deaf children. (First: Episode 0901) |
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Cartoon | "The Noble Ostrich", a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0998) |
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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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Cartoon | A painter pops out of a box and paints a lion, then hangs a "wet paint" sign on it. (First: Episode 1397) |
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Muppets | Some fruits in a bowl sing a "Bilingual Fruit Song" about their Spanish names, and agree that two names are better than one. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1347) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Cookie — Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie. (First: Episode 0472) |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a farm backdrop for the animals. (First: Episode 0925) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird informs Mr. Snuffleupagus that there's someone new in the neighborhood - Akim, David's niece. She's bringing some food from Hooper's Store over and Big Bird is eager for her to meet Snuffy. However, once Akim reaches his door, she goes into a sneezing fit. She doesn't even notice Snuffy as she thrusts the food toward Big Bird and leaves. |
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Cartoon | A boy's friends bring him flowers to cheer him up, not knowing that he's allergic to them. (First: Episode 1524) |
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Film | A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Cartoon | Can a cat bark? (First: Episode 0859) |
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Film | Kids ride horses. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0541) |
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SCENE 3 | Akim, now feeling fine, tells David about what just happened. He suspects that she might be allergic to Big Bird's feathers and recommends she steer clear of him until they consult a doctor. As she goes to bring groceries to Gordon, she runs into Big Bird and tries to stay a safe distance from him. Big Bird is a little disappointed, thinking it might mean they can't be friends, but he jumps at the chance when she suggests he send Snuffy over to the store so they can meet. |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster asks Kimberly to identify geometric shapes. (First: Episode 0899) |
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Cartoon | P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1190) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) |
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Cartoon | P is for Painting (First: Episode 0764) |
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Celebrity | Fonzie and Richie Cunningham relate the ABCs. (First: Episode 1176) |
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Cartoon | A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 4 | Snuffy makes a solo trek to Hooper's, where David and Akim are washing dishes. As he reaches his snuffle into the window, Akim starts sneezing again, unaware of his presence. Snuffy darts back to Big Bird to tell him that his fur makes Akim sneeze, not Big Bird's feathers. Big Bird is disappointed that Snuffy will now have to keep his distance from her, but Snuffy replies he hasn't had a problem being distant from any of Big Bird's friends so far. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R for rabbit (First: Episode 0014) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: P-R Confusable Letters — With the help of his magic wand, Ernie shows Bert how to turn the letter P into the letter R. (First: Episode 1151) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: BINGO (First: Episode 1171) |
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Film | The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings "Wavin' Goodbye to You with My Heart." (First: Episode 1475) |
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Cartoon | A father explains to his son why it is important to wear a seat belt when riding in a car. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1446) |
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Muppets | The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting. (First: Episode 0580) |
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Animation | Sand R/r (First: Episode 0635) |
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SCENE 5 | Akim has seen a doctor, who can't pinpoint a cause for her allergic reactions. Big Bird gets close to prove it's not him to causes her to sneeze. He asserts that it was Snuffy the entire time. David and Akim don't believe him, but find it hard to come up with an alternate cause. Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
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