| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Missing Snuffy | |||||||
| Air date | March 4, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Herry Monster plays a game with a boy named Eric, who closes his eyes and guesses what Herry hands him (a ball, a feather, and his head). (First: Episode 1613) |
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Cartoon | Small letter b (ball/bat) (First: Episode 1131) |
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Muppets | A barbershop quartet sings a song about the letter B. (First: Episode 1394) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: B for Ball (First: Episode 0829) |
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Cast | Olivia sings "Everything Grows." (First: Episode 0998) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Pie — Ernie has two slices of apple pie. He takes the big piece and gives Bert the small piece. (First: Episode 1166) |
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Cartoon | A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over. (First: Episode 0010) |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon, Susan and Mr. Hooper have been invited to Big Bird's nest for a tea party and to finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus, or so they believe. While they wait for Big Bird they try to guess what kind of excuse will keep them from meeting whom they think is Big Bird's imaginary friend. Big Bird returns with Snuffy's giant tea cup and wonders what's keeping Snuffy so long, when he receives a large snuffle-upagram from another Snuffleupagus (whom the others don't see outside the construction doors). The snuffle-upagram tells Big Bird that Snuffy and his family are off visiting Uncle Fred in Hawaii for the week. The grown-ups offer some imaginary snacks while Big Bird sadly wonders what he'll do all week without his best friend... |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you know where I wanna be?" The man says he doesn't know. Harvey says, "I wanna B -- right here!" and slaps a letter B on the man's sweater. Harvey runs off, laughing. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Film | Stop! (kids dancing) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0681) |
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Cartoon | The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters ask it to stop. (First: Episode 0149) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob finds Big Bird sulking out on the stoop, missing Snuffy. Bob sings to him about feeling happy and sad. Big Bird realizes he can call Snuffy on the phone and asks to borrow a dime. |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie and the Man Who Needs Help — Ernie has trouble understanding Simon Soundman, who's having car trouble. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0158) |
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Muppets / Cast | Maria and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood" — painter and milkman. (First: Episode 1173) |
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Cartoon | A man nearly falls down a chasm, but the word HELP saves him and helps him across. (First: Episode 0788) |
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Muppets | Biff and Sully move a piano. Biff tries to play a scale and talks about practice. While Biff is away, Sully plays a full concert piece. (First: Episode 0911) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Animation | Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Film | Mad Painter #3 (First: Episode 0343) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon and the kids discuss times when they missed someone they loved. Big Bird asserts that Snuffy will return in a week. The kids cheer for his eventual return, puzzling Gordon. |
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Film | Marching Band #3 (First: Episode 0517) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Attracting Birds — Ernie and Bert notice Mona pretending to be a tree in order to attract birds. |
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SCENE 4 | As Big Bird writes a letter to Snuffy, Gladys the Cow approaches him and asks if he wants to play. Big Bird would rather play with Snuffy, but Gladys is willing to act like a Snuffleupagus if they can nail down the part. Big Bird tells Gladys how Snuffy moves and how he says, "Oh dear..." He also drapes a dark towel over her and sticks a brown sock on her nose to resemble a Snuffleupagus more. Big Bird sees this as a fine solution and the two go off to play, befuddling Gordon and Bob as they pass by. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: STOP. After the man reads the sign, two cars screech to a stop, one on each side of him. (First: Episode 1163) |
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Film | Letters Make Words: the letter B (First: Episode 1512) |
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Cartoon | A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Song | "Windy Day" (First: Episode 1645) |
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Cartoon | A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1452) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon, Susan and Bob check on Big Bird, who's just received a giant postcard from Snuffy, saying he misses Big Bird too. The grown-ups assume Big Bird made this himself, even though the card has a photo of Snuffy's hotel with a mark over the room he's staying in. Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Two-Headed Monster holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 15 as Episode 1898, omitting scene 1 due to the death of Mr. Hooper.
- In scene 4, Bob, Gordon, and even Big Bird refer to Gladys only as "Cow," despite the character already meeting them many times before.
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