| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snow β Pretend penguins | |||||||
| Air date | January 27, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | As the kids play in the snow, Bob sings "Snowflakes." |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #2 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0987) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest. (First: Episode 0417) |
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Cartoon | A bear counts bees. (First: Episode 0083) |
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Film | Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo. (First: Episode 0364) |
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Muppets | Ice Follies: Grover and Cookie Monster get into zany antics as they try to play leap frog. (First: Episode 0795) |
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Cartoon | A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him. (First: Episode 0799) |
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Film | A man karate chops 5 boards. (First: Episode 0469) |
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SCENE 2 | Everyone gathers in Big Bird's nest to see some home movies from Zero's trip to Club Flipper. They count 20 penguins as they all go down a big slide into a pool as Zero lists the many friends and relatives seen, with number 20 being his best friend Herman. Big Bird invites Zero to try going down the big slide at the playground, but Zero sheepishly runs off to "see a man about a fish." |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Jack Be Nimble β Jack struggles to make his way over the candlestick. (First: Episode 0723) |
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Film | David narrates some films showing the homes of animals. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: M for magic (First: Episode 0841) |
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Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073) |
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Muppets | Pageant: Seasons β Grover is the stage manager for a play about the four seasons. (First: Episode 1165) |
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Cartoon | A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen! (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Zero divide up the chores - Big Bird will make lunch while Zero does their laundry. He accomplishes this by breaking the ice in the pool inside his igloo, dumping the clothes in the water with detergent, and swimming around in circles. Later, Big Bird has set the table for lunch while Zero brings out the laundry, which is all frozen stiff. Big Bird decides they should swap roles tomorrow. |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift (First: Episode 0207) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot: M and W β Herbert Birdsfoot explains what the letters M and W look like. (First: Episode 0155) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: KISS ME (First: Episode 1136) |
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Cast | Luis and Gordon play roommates. On a chilly night, Luis wants to keep the window CLOSED, but Gordon prefers having it OPEN. Gordon finally agrees to keep it shut, then smashes up the surrounding walls. (beginning edited) (First: Episode 1220) |
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Cartoon | The word SALIDA exits through a white square. (First: Episode 0588) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet man sings about the word "Salida"...and refuses to stop. (First: Episode 1300) |
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Cartoon | A voiceover asks kids to name where a fireman and policewoman work. (First: Episode 1463) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob dresses in his finest tuxedo to sing in a concert. Zero mistakes him for a penguin at first and muses about having some other penguins around to play with. Bob and the kids get lessons on how to act like a penguin from Zero. He leads the kids to Hooper's Store for some raw fish, while Bob heads off to his concert (moving like a penguin would), eliciting strange looks from Maria. |
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Song | "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Puts Toys Into Groups β Bert tells Ernie to put away his toys, and Ernie devises a system of arranging toys. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse. (First: Episode 1020) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about bank tellers and the machines they use. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Insert | Biff and Sully set their toolbox by 123 Sesame Street. They've been instructed to check the pipes under the street to make sure they're not freezing up in this cold weather. Biff reads his instructions, but he wonders out loud how they'll ever find the sewer lid if everything's covered in snow. While he tries to figure it out on his own, Sully has used his measuring tape to find and uncover the lid. Once he's done monologuing, Biff spots the cover and commends himself for finding it. (First: Episode 0837) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I for Island. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Film | Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cartoon | I-Ink (angry bird) (First: Episode 0462) |
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Muppets | An old colonel explorer meets Simon Soundman and describes his world trip to him, dozing off several times in the process due to his lack of sleep. As the colonel talks about the bad weather, Simon provides the appropriate sounds. (First: Episode 1440) |
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Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria asks Olivia where the kids are, having invited them to lunch but none showed up. They check by Big Bird's nest, where Big Bird directs them to Zero's igloo. Zero claims there's no one inside "but us penguins," as the kids emerge acting like penguins. Zero announces the sponsors as Olivia and Maria crawl inside the igloo. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, and Mr. Hooper holds the CTW sign. |
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