| Sesame Street | |||||
| Returning home from Puerto Rico (repeat of 1321) | |||||
| Air date | February 8, 1982 | ||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria and friends bid farewell to her family as their board their bus back to the airport. Oscar and Osvaldo also part ways, causing Oscar to miss the bus. He chases after it in his can until it stops and Olivia and Luis help him on. Soon, they've reached the airport and take off. |
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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Muppets | This Is Your Lunch — Construction worker Sally Smith must guess the contents of her lunchbox correctly. |
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Cartoon | A mother and child make juice popsicles. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1193) |
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SCENE 2 | The plane makes it way back to New York; Oscar pesters Maria questions the whole way, and he hopes for a bumpy landing. |
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Cartoon | Everything you need to know about cats. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1179) |
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Film | Lions walk down a trail. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0367) |
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Cartoon | A ship captain orders the numbers 1-20 into a boat - which promptly sinks. (First: Episode 0614) |
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SCENE 3 | The gang finally makes it back to Sesame Street, which is seemingly empty. Everyone is immediately taken aback by the freezing weather, a stark contrast to the warmth of Puerto Rico. Gordon, Susan and Bob welcome them all back and have some hot chocolate prepared in Hooper's Store. |
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Muppets | "Honk Around the Clock" |
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Cartoon | The Fox and the Grapes In the classic fable, a famished fox can't reach the grapes, and eventually gives up, assuming they're sour anyway. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Film | A group of kids play follow the leader and go over, around and through various obstacles, but one of them takes a while to catch on. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | Howard Coolsell finds out about exercise. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing Jellybeans — Ernie divides jellybeans among himself and Bert. (First: Episode 0014) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird shows Gordon the various things he's collected from Puerto Rico - seashells, pebbles and postcards. He has seven of each and counts them in Spanish. He explains that he has only seven of each because that's as high as he was able to count in Spanish. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Prince Sleeps — Prince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty and falls asleep. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #2 "Seven Circles with Designs" (First: Episode 1394) |
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Celebrity | Fonzie and Richie Cunningham relate the ABCs. (First: Episode 1176) |
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Cartoon | Snacks on Parade: Peanut Butter Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1301) |
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Film | Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar hangs a "Se Habla Espanol" sign from his can, claiming to have learned a lot of new, Grouchy phrases from Osvaldo. However, Oscar discovers the phrases he's learned are actually nice and friendly ones. Oscar gives the sign over to Maria and Luis for the Fix-It Shop while he learns some actual Grouch Spanish. |
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Cartoon | The 'b' in 'beso' kisses an apple and a duck. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0461) |
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Film | Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0424) |
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Cartoon | A girl sorts everything she finds which is alive and not alive. (First: Episode 1526) |
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Muppets | "The Word Family Song": ET family (First: Episode 0139) |
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Cartoon | Six turtles plus one man equals seven. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1515) |
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Film | Footage of birds swimming, including flamingos, swans and ducks. (First: Episode 0981) |
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Cartoon | F for fire, fountain, face, farmer, etc. (First: Episode 1614) |
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SCENE 6 | Out in the cold, Bob presents the letter F. He asks Big Bird to give some F-words, which he inadvertently does by reacting to the cold. |
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Cartoon | Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (First: Episode 0128) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (First: Episode 0094) |
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Cartoon | An elephant (voiced by Marshall Efron) asks Nesbitt (voiced by Don Arioli) for directions to the zoo, but won't listen to him long enough. Artist: Janet Perlman |
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Muppets | The Martians find a grandfather clock. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Film | Jerry Nelson counts 20 backflips performed by a monkey. (First: Episode 1097) |
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Cartoon | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis finds Oscar wrapping up a snowball in paper with the intention of mailing it to Osvaldo, who's never seen one before. Luis points out that by the time it reaches Puerto Rico, it will have melted and just leave a wet mound of paper...which is just what Oscar intends. |
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Cartoon | F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic. (First: Episode 1102) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Cartoon | A boy and girl fight over the word YO. Luckily, he has a spare. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie and Carrot — Ernie has a plan to keep his cookies safe from Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Cartoon | E for End (First: Episode 0460) |
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SCENE 8 | Luis and Maria bemoan the large workload they have to catch up on in the Fix-It Shop following their trip. Big Bird, needing his radio fixed, perks them up saying, "Just look at all these things that everybody on Sesame Street has brought you; it just shows you how much we all need you!" They start getting to work as Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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