| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snow — Maria's cousin Mercedes comes to visit | |||||||
| Air date | January 19, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria tells the viewer that her cousin Mercedes is coming to visit all the way from Puerto Rico. She states that the Count was supposed to drive her to the airport, but he instead opted to count the parts of his car. She has also tried to borrow Gordon's car, but it isn't working. Unable to hail a taxi, she comes to realize the only other vehicle around is Oscar's Sloppy Jalopy. He passes at first, but agrees to go when he sees how angry Maria becomes and that she was willing to go down the old, bumpy highway route and get stuck in traffic. He almost rescinds his decision after Maria thanks him with a kiss. |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989) |
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Film | A baker decorates a birthday cake to a jazz percussion beat. (First: Episode 1172) |
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Song | Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cartoon | A trash can in the park dictates a letter about the scenery that surrounds her. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1486) |
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Muppets | Ernie watches the Twiddlebugs, who are about to head for Hooper's Store in the rain, but they notice that they need something to keep themselves dry. Tessie remembers that an umbrella helps, so they take one. (First: Episode 1482) |
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Cartoon | A man laughs out loud as an alligator uses the telephone to call his wife - then he eats the phone booth. (First: Episode 1113) |
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SCENE 2 | As they arrive at the airport, Oscar dreads the ride back, knowing how lovey-dovey Maria and her cousin will be acting once they pick her up. Maria assures him that she'll tone down her good nature and that Mercedes is a nice, quiet, shy individual. Once they arrive, Mercedes launches into a tirade (in Spanish) about her lousy experience so far, including losing her luggage, waiting for a ride and freezing in this new climate. Oscar likes what he sees, until she slips back into sweetness upon receiving her lost luggage. |
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Animation | Where do the Ds fit? |
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Muppets | Super Grover: Grover Kent sees a lost little girl in trouble and tries to find a phone booth to change in, the same one she wants to use to call home. (introduction edited) (First: Episode 0647) |
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Film | A man uses a TELEPHONE booth in the city. (First: Episode 0928) |
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Animation | A roof finds its way to the top of a house. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Animation | A dune buggy is assembled. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cartoon | D-dart (First: Episode 0292) |
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Muppets | Bushman Bill introduces Didi O'Day and the Dew Drops performing "D Duah Duah." (First: Episode 1449) |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho can't dive into the pool of water because of a thirsty elephant, who drinks all the water, illustrating empty and full. (First: Episode 1050) |
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SCENE 3 | The trio arrives back on Sesame Street, where Oscar intends to air out his tires (finding the trip too smooth). Maria takes Mercedes up to her apartment to warm up, where Gordon unfortunately informs her that the heat in the whole building is off and Luis is attempting to fix it. Mercedes hasn't packed anything warmer than her light coat, so the others offer some ways they can help. Big Bird thinks he has just the thing that can solve the problem. |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (First: Episode 0367) |
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Muppets | Game Show: The Addition Game Hosted by Guy Smiley, the contestant has to figure out how to add numbers. The contestant is Herry Monster, who solves all the questions except "3+1=_", so he brings in four cars in the studio. (First: Episode 0960) |
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Cartoon | What if an anteater had the features of a giraffe? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0422) |
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Film | Penguins take a bath. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0233) |
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Animation | Where do the Ds fit? (repeat) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon and Luis return with several coats and sweaters they've borrowed from others. Big Bird comes in with a beak warmer, realizing Maria and Mercedes don't have beaks. He's also brought Mr. Snuffleupagus' giant bunny slippers. |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster shares a sandwich. (First: Episode 1479) |
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Cartoon | A girl tries on big, bigger, and the biggest shoes. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0252) |
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Film | Footage of a leopard in the plain. (First: Episode 0364) |
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Transition | Bridge #2 - Scoring (First: Episode 0291) |
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Film | Two glasses are filled with fluid, but one glass overflows as a hand keeps pouring into it. The same thing happens using salt shakers and bowls of nuts. Finally, the glasses are filled again, only one glass barely fills up as fluid is poured into it. The camera pulls out, revealing the glass is filling into another one below, which overflows as before. (First: Episode 0576) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — It's cold outside, so Bert tries to ask Ernie to play a game with him. Ernie keeps bringing winter equipment into the room, thinking Bert wants to play outside. It turns out he just wants to play a game of checkers. |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger, biggest (strongmen) (First: Episode 0792) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria and Mercedes come outside to find Oscar about to start his WORM-TV Weather Report. Oscar reports an impending snowstorm about to strike the city within the next day. Maria assumes he's just making it all up, when Mr. Hooper shows them the forecast in the paper saying the same thing. "When the news is bad enough, why should I wanna change it?" says Oscar. |
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Cartoon | Two itchy gorillas agree to scratch each other's backs. (First: Episode 1456) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "A Song from Kermit." (First: Episode 0992) |
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Cartoon | "Why Bears Smile" - a story of a bear who learned which body part to cover when sneezing. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1109) |
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Film | Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack. (First: Episode 0968) |
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Animation | Sand K/k (First: Episode 0645) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: K - Key (First: Episode 0040) |
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SCENE 6 | All the grown-ups warm up inside Hooper's Store, where Mr. Hooper provides them with some hot chocolate. As the cold winds blow, Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Richard Hunt performs the WORM-TV camera-grouch Jerry, named after Sesame Street cameraman Jerry Gruen.
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