| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | December 31, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria watches as Oscar, Grundgetta, and the Grouchketeers try a few dances for an upcoming Grouch dance contest. First, Oscar calls out a square dance while Grundgetta plays an out-of-tune fiddle. Then they attempt a polka, with Grundgetta on a dust-spewing accordion, but the Grouches aren't enthralled with either dance. Oscar brings up a can of musical instruments, which Maria discovers are castanets. She gives some to the Grouchketeers and shows them how a flamenco dance works. The Grouches like the snapping and stamping and think it'll make them instant winners. |
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Cartoon | Three little men climb up the three flower stems. (First: Episode 0634) |
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Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse (First: Episode 1167) |
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Muppets | What is It? — Panelists Grover, Biff, and Prairie Dawn must guess what mysterious object Little Sammy Pottle has brought into the studio. (First: Episode 1042) |
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Cartoon | H for hair (First: Episode 0475) |
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SCENE 2 | "Bird on the Street" reporter Big Bird interviews Eggberta, a live chicken who intends to cross the road to get to the other side. The only issue is that she is too young to cross on her own. Big Bird ropes in Olivia, who immediately becomes camera hungry (though slightly indignant she has to share the spotlight with a chicken), to help Eggberta cross the street. |
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Animation | Three balls try to match three holes. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Celebrity | Richard Pryor plays all the parts in a scenario of two kids meeting a new kid who wants to play. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Cartoon | Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground come from. (First: Episode 1029) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Cookie Disco." (First: Episode 1054) |
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Cartoon | Goldilocks' bath is first too HOT, then too COLD, then just right. (First: Episode 1232) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob is tired of Oscar's insults and wishes he would say something nice for a change. When Oscar asks for an example, Bob compliments Maria's hair as she goes by. Oscar takes this to heart and delivers the same compliment to Gordon: "I love what you did with your hair... By the way, what did you do with your hair?" |
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Cartoon | Seven animals in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1530) |
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Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934) |
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Cartoon | First, Middle, Last (men on horse) (First: Episode 0827) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup, roast beef, and peach pie, wanting them in that order (one at a time). Grover doesn't understand the order and keeps bringing the wrong item. Upon being brought the pie twice, Johnson explains that he wants that after "everything else," prompting Grover to bring everything else on the menu. (First: Episode 1307) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0048) |
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Film | A young baboon sits on the back of their parent as they cross the plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0299) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: "Q", Quiet (First: Episode 0768) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Shape Sides — Ernie lies in bed and offers up some observations about shapes and how many sides they have. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Big Bird and the kids sing about riding on a "Tugboat." (First: Episode 0946) |
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Song | "Sawmill" - Folk singers detail how lumber is made into usable wood. (beginning edited) (First: Episode 0657) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster stars in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee." (First: Episode 0516) |
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Film | A very busy man is asked by a voice what "forwards" and "backwards" means, but the man doesn't have time to listen. Instead, he is shown what "backwards" means by watching everything around him go in reverse motion! (First: Episode 0166) |
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Cast | "David the Daring" does his famous forwards and backwards trick. (First: Episode 0439) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — The Count counts the Three Little Pigs. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Cartoon | Round and angled pegs fit into their respective holes. (First: Episode 1452) |
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Cast | Bob, Linda and Luis assemble a lowercase h. (First: Episode 1056) |
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Muppets | Baby Breeze participates in Headball at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium. His question: what would you do if your ball rolled into the street? (First: Episode 0877) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | Harold and Howard think of H words. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it. (First: Episode 0601) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria, Bob, Gordon, and the kids play "Simon Says." Olivia announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Barkley holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign. |
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