| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Maria is interrupted at work | |||||||
| Air date | March 2, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria hastily greets the viewer, as she has a lot of work to do today at the Fix-It Shop. She hopes she doesn't get any interruptions as she heads into the back room and starts sawing. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Bob enters the shop and interrupts Maria, asking if he can use her telephone. He calls to reschedule a music lesson, when Telly arrives. He calls out Maria from the back room. She tells him that she hasn't gotten around to fixing his toaster, but he too requests the use of her phone. He calls up the weather service and finds it's going to rain. Soon after, Big Bird disturbs Maria, looking for Mr. Snuffleupagus (the exterior of the shop is their rendezvous point). He also uses her phone to call Snuffy and leaves to go to his cave instead. After that, a man from the telephone company (Marc Weiner) interrupts Maria, who is ecstatic to see they've installed a new pay phone right outside the shop, meaning no more disruptions. Telly then comes in to deliver the good news to Maria. |
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Cartoon | Seven owls Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1562) |
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Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Film | A zookeeper feeds some polar bears sardines. |
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Cartoon | A vaudeville act of two SAME people (voiced by Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast) ends when one of them falls off the stage. (First: Episode 0778) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Little Things." (First: Episode 0655) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird strolls down the block (singing "ABC-DEF-GHI" to himself) and discovers the new phone booth installed in front of the Fix-It Shop. He wonders if Maria has found out about it and decides to call her; all he needs is a dime. He goes into the store and disrupts her work to get change for the phone. He makes his way back to the booth and calls Maria inside the store to tell her about the new phone. |
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Cartoon | A man blows 7 bubbles. (First: Episode 0639) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, discovers that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (First: Episode 0277) |
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Animation | The story of Dan and Nan, as told with words ending in "an." (First: Episode 0450) |
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Film | The kids form a triangle and a square. (First: Episode 0300) |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria rants about all the interruptions she's had so far. She hopes to avoid any future ones by pouring a bunch of change on the front desk so anyone needing to use the payphone won't need to bother her. As she heads back to work, Bob takes a call on the payphone, but needs a pencil to write down the message. Sure enough, Maria is interrupted again as Bob swipes the pencil from behind her ear. Maria pounds the trash can and whines, "I can't win!" |
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Cartoon | Junior has to jump across the pond to make the frog chorus. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Sesame Street News Flash: Ballerina's Body — Suzanne Farrell drinks a glass of milk.. (First: Episode 1387) |
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Animation | Can you find the hidden objects in the picture? (First: Episode 1520) |
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Film | One of These Things (3 starfish and 1 crab) (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Film | Kids at school help make cornbread. (First: Episode 1218) |
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Muppets | Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes. (First: Episode 0361) |
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Cartoon | Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version) (First: Episode 0140) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover demonstrates high and low by asking Heather to scratch his back. (First: Episode 0732) |
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Film | Silent film: Two men (played by Richard Belzer and Brian Doyle-Murray) are about to share a picnic lunch, but first decide to try rowing a boat on the lake. A brown dog arrives and starts to eat the sandwiches. Panicking, the men try to steer the rowboat back to the shore but they can't direct the boat. Eventually, they realize that to return they must cooperate. They get back just in time to take back the last wrapped sandwich out of the dog's mouth. (First: Episode 1120) |
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Cast | A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (First: Episode 0986) |
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Cartoon | "The Little Letter L: A Poem by Louise" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1526) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert asks Ernie to help him carry his heavy groceries, but Ernie is too busy thinking about all the things he can do as he sits in a chair: breathing, listening, and smelling. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (First: Episode 0733) |
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Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) |
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SCENE 4 | Forgetful Jones happens upon the new payphone, but he can't remember what the sign reads. With no one around to ask, he winds up calling Maria to ask about it. She angrily tells him what the word is and why she's in such a rotten mood. Forgetful responds by suggesting she get back to work instead of talking on the phone. |
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Cartoon | A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho goes from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the water tank. (First: Episode 0655) |
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Muppets | Ernie has a stack of seven cupcakes that he wants to take a picture of, but Cookie Monster keeps stealing cupcakes (which he calls "cuppycakes"). (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria comes up with a way once and for all to get some work done without being interrupted. She changes the Fix-It Shop's front door sign to "CLOSED" and takes the phone off the hook. She only gets a moment of glory before Oscar appears from their trash bin, wanting to witness the foul mood she's in. Maria breaks down crying as Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Barkley holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign. |
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