| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird's great ideas | |||||||
| Air date | January 6, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | John Boni | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Nico color together on the ground, when Barkley bounds over and sits on their coloring book. They try moving locations to keep him away, but he does the same thing again. They realize they can put their things on the crate and color there, but Barkley has now assumed a spot on top of the crate. Big Bird: "Barkley, you are making life very, very difficult!" |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie Copies Bert's Picture — Ernie plans on copying Bert's felt board consisting of cookies on a plate in a room with a window. (First: Episode 1439) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0764) |
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Film | A talking tree tells a boy about the difference between here and there. (edited) (First: Episode 0111) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird warns Luis and David that Barkley may give them trouble, even though the dog is taking a nap on the sidewalk. David tosses some boxes over to Luis, who counts them in Spanish with the kids. After the boxes have been stacked, Barkley wakes up and knocks them over. Big Bird gloats, "Don't pay any attention to me! After all, what does a bird know?" |
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Cartoon | "Five Bears in the Bed" get subtracted as they fall off the bed. (First: Episode 1231) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: The Amazing Mumford's pineapple subtraction act (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | La palabra cerrado (First: Episode 0481) |
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Insert | Various things in a kitchen become CERRADO. (Luis voice-over) (First: Episode 1343) |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: Thelma saves an ice fisherman when the ice around him cracks. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1510) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Hooper and David hand Big Bird a banana and apple (respectively) and assert that their respective fruit should be the dessert special today at Hooper's Store. Big Bird tries to chime in with his own idea, but is rebuffed. As they continue their argument, Olivia comes in to order dessert. Big Bird follows, having made a fruit salad with the apple and banana. When Olivia says how delicious it is, Big Bird says maybe he should run the store for awhile. Digressing from their argument, David and Mr. Hooper respond, "Maybe you should!" |
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Film | Some kids observe a woman drawing pictures of a building, and eventually guess that she's an architect. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Muppets | Grover teaches the campers at Camp Wannagohoma about trees. (First: Episode 1486) |
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Cartoon | A crocodile, snake, and kangaroo all cooperate to escape from the zoo and get ice cream. (First: Episode 1577) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Film / Cast | Gordon joins a class for some exercises. (First: Episode 1098) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam is looking for the biggest man in the saloon. The frightened customers point him towards Big Barney, who's cowering under the table. When Sam discovers that Barney is the biggest man there, he gives him a hat: "This ol' hat here don't fit me. I thought maybe you could use it, huh? I'll see you, fellers." Sinister Sam leaves the baffled customers behind. "Now, that's a nice gesture," one says. "He's a little weird, but he's okay after all, isn't he?" (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly, dressed in a derby hat, plays a game with Olivia - she asks him a series of "yes or no" questions and he gives his answer by pointing to her "YES" and "NO" signs. He then asks her some questions regarding spaghetti. She claims one doesn't wear spaghetti, when Telly reveals he's wearing a plate under his hat (he wasn't able to find his lunchbox). |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0988) |
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Celebrity | Victor Borge demonstrates seat belt safety when playing the piano. (First: Episode 1174) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Film | A construction worker yells "Timber" and a tree falls to the ground, but then bounces back up! (First: Episode 0149) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0362) |
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Film | A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0149) |
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Muppets | Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cast | David sings "Name That Game" over scenes of Susan, Gordon and the kids jumping rope. (First: Episode 1537) |
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Film | A film shows parts of an elephant. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0034) |
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Cartoon | A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cast | Mass Communication (Maria, Olivia, Susan and Linda) perform their hit song "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10." (First: Episode 1401) |
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Cartoon | An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise. (First: Episode 1493) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya? (First: Episode 0293) |
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Film | Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | A for Acrobats (First: Episode 0797) |
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Celebrity | The Fonz has a message - "A." (First: Episode 1152) |
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Song | "What to Do Before We Eat?" We wash our hands, not our feet. Animation: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1594) |
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Cartoon | An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky. (First: Episode 0770) |
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Film | A Stool For Me (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and Nico color some more as David and Luis play some one-on-one basketball. David sees Barkley approaching and is certain he'll ruin their game. Big Bird, noting how correct he's been today, suggests they pretend to be asleep and Barkley will do the same. David and Luis go along with it and sure enough, it tricks Barkley into falling asleep...on top of them. "Well, I can't be right all the time," remarks Big Bird, as Olivia announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, & Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign. |
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