Sesame Street | |||||||
Snow — Big Bird pretends to be a penguin | |||||||
Air date | January 26, 1982 | ||||||
Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
Written by | Tom Dunsmuir | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Zero has made himself an igloo near Big Bird's nest and everyone listens closely to his stories of the Antarctic life, paying no attention to Big Bird. He tries various things to get them to notice him, but with no luck. He thinks becoming a penguin might help and darts off. | |
Film | A man (Barry Simpson) puts on snowshoes to bring his trash out. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0281) | |
Muppets | Grover the Elevator Operator: Grover's elevator holds five people. (First: Episode 0462) | |
Cartoon | An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling. (First: Episode 0555) | |
SCENE 2 | Big Bird wears a tuxedo dickey and claims he's now "Freezo the Penguin." He introduces himself to Maria and Mr. Hooper, who see through his guise. They give him a message to pass along to Big Bird, saying that they still love him even if they pay a little more attention to Zero sometimes. Big Bird sheds his disguise and they hug him, then they all practice waddling like a penguin. | |
Cartoon | These Are Your Parts: The host interviews a hand. (First: Episode 1359) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Surprise Present — Bert has wrapped a surprise present which Ernie thinks is for him. (First: Episode 0165) | |
Cartoon | Two men work at a manhole; one is tired of the same day-in-day-out routine of it. The other says the boss has planned a surprise for them. A jack-in-the-box pops from the manhole. (First: Episode 0780) | |
Film | Three dolphins jump together. (First: Episode 0222) | |
Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates what a surprised face looks like. (First: Episode 0138) | |
Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. (First: Episode 0409) | |
Cartoon | The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events. (First: Episode 1113) | |
SCENE 3 | It's time for Maria's cousin Mercedes to fly back to Puerto Rico, with Gordon taking her to the airport in his car. Oscar is especially going to miss her and her constant tirades about the cold weather, even instigating a few more before she leaves. Mercedes hugs everyone goodbye, and wishes everybody could come back with her to Puerto Rico. She talks with Maria, who declares that Mercedes has decided to stay on Sesame Street for another day! | |
Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985) | |
Muppets | Count von Count sings about what hands can do. (First: Episode 1392) | |
Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) | |
Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) | |
Cast | Linda signs the word "snow," and David gets caught in the snow. (First: Episode 1325) | |
Film | "It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) | |
Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) | |
Film | What do birds eat? (First: Episode 0495) | |
Cartoon | Two scribbles are hesitant to let a tall green one join them, until it protects them from the rain. (First: Episode 1477) | |
Cast | Bob demonstrates a J word - juggle. (First: Episode 1169) | |
Cartoon | A man has a J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231) | |
SCENE 4 | Telly and Zero dine together at Hooper's Store, but can't make up their minds on what to eat because Telly is too cold and Zero is too warm. Mr. Hooper whips up the perfect item for each - hot soup for Telly and cold ice cream for Zero. The two would rather have each other's dishes, with Zero requesting some ice cubes for his soup and Telly asking to heat up his ice cream. | |
Cartoon | 'j' minuscula (First: Episode 0475) | |
Muppets | "The Ten Commandments of Health" (First: Episode 1139) | |
Film | George the Farmer uses barrels to count to ten. (First: Episode 0293) | |
Cartoon | Various renderings of the word DANGER. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0151) | |
Film | While walking and reading the newspaper, a man barely avoids DANGER on three occasions, but then gets hit by a revolving door. (First: Episode 0656) | |
Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster builds a Two-Headed Snowman. It's missing noses; they fight over a carrot which breaks in half, solving the problem. | |
Cartoon | Fisherman Jones demonstrates in, on and under with the help of a big fishy. (First: Episode 0370) | |
Insert | The Count greets Bob while he's talking to the audience about near and far. He's a little sad and comments on how there are no footprints in the freshly fallen snow yet. Bob excuses himself to continue the lesson, but the Count offers to help. Once he's shown that he's "near" Bob, he asks him to walk away from him to demonstrate "far." They repeat this a few times until the Count says that should be enough. When Bob asks what he means, the Count explains that he now has plenty of footprints in the snow to count. (First: Episode 0837) | |
Cartoon | An elevator fills up with 10 passengers, but quickly breaks when the mouse gets on. (First: Episode 0003) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, a lady with a tall hat sits in front of Ernie and Bert. She block's Ernie's view, so he asks her if she'd mind taking it off. When she places the hat on the seat next to her, Bert's view is now obstructed. (First: Episode 0538) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: G for gorilla (in man suit). (First: Episode 0085) | |
Film | A man writes the word ME in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) | |
Animation | Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643) | |
Film | Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0516) | |
Cartoon | A spring bounces under and over animals. (First: Episode 1236) | |
SCENE 5 | Zero, Big Bird (back in his penguin guise) and others walk like penguins as Olivia announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Mercedes, Maria, and Luis hold the Sesame Street sign, while Telly holds the CTW sign. |
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