| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Daily Bird | |||||||
| Air date | April 12, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird sees everyone reading newspapers in Hooper's Store. He asks David about some of the stories in today's paper and is appalled that there's not a single item about Sesame Street. David claims nothing important enough ever happens to make the news, which Big Bird balks at - "Why just yesterday playing jacks, I made elevensies! And you don't think that that's news?!" He resolves to create his own newspaper about Sesame Street and storms off, then asks David how one makes a newspaper. |
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Cartoon | F for fire, fountain, face, farmer, etc. (First: Episode 1614) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (First: Episode 0093) Version 3 |
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Cartoon | A person of short stature tries to get on top of a horse. (First: Episode 1450) |
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Film | A boy pretends a wagon is a bus. His friend tells him it's not a bus, and explains what her father, a real bus driver, does. (First: Episode 0181) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird and Jessica become reporters for their new paper, The Daily Bird. They hit the street looking for a scoop and don't find anything out of the ordinary, until they learn Bob has just purchased a new shirt. As Big Bird asks Bob various questions pertaining to his purchase, he fails to notice a marching band cross by behind him. |
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Cartoon | The Alphabet Song (country, gospel, Mexican) Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1576) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: A Grown-Up Friend's Hand — Ernie gets Bert out of bed so they can practice crossing the street. (First: Episode 1640) |
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Film | Grasshopper (harpsichord 50s-style music) (First: Episode 0084) |
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Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has joined the staff of The Daily Bird as the photographer. The crew finds the Count about to count something he's never counted before - a dozen quail's eggs. Telly accidentally blows his last flash cube ("What would Lou Grant do in a case like this?," wonders Big Bird), but the Count assures him he will have a flash for the photograph. The Count counts the 12 eggs and his trademark lightning provides a flash for Telly's photo. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Red Cookie Hood — Cookie Monster plays Little Red Riding Hood. |
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Film | A garfish swims around. (First: Episode 0254) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird uses the paper in his latest scheme to prove Mr. Snuffleupagus' existence. He plans a big story about Snuffy, complete with a photograph of the two of them. He sets up the camera with a timer so they can both be in the shot, but the final photo only manages to capture a bit of Snuffy's fur and Big Bird's feathers. The two easily recognize the photo as themselves and assume other readers will too, thus considering their plan a success after all. |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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Cartoon | F - Face Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1162) |
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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 | Speech Balloon: F for Fly (First: Episode 0032) |
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Muppets | Muppet and Kid Moments: Grover and Eric observe the differences between fur and skin. (First: Episode 1642) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Cab Calloway sings "Hi De Ho Man." (First: Episode 1540) |
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Cartoon | The story of Aesop's "The Lion and the Mouse." (First: Episode 0773) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and Telly find their next story with the Amazing Mumford, who is working on a new subtraction trick. However, the trick subtracts Telly by making him disappear, thus preventing him from taking a photo. Mumford tries it again and makes himself disappear, but Telly snaps a photo too late. |
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Animation | Carrot subtraction (4-1) (First: Episode 1537) |
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Film | David narrates some films showing the homes of animals. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Cartoon | "The Story of Princess Twelvia". Artist: Irra Verbitsky |
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Muppets | "Honk Around the Clock" (First: Episode 1631) |
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Cartoon | A woman looks at a line-up of shapes to find her purse. (First: Episode 1453) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird has spent the last half-hour hen-pecking his paper on the typewriter, but has only managed to write "Story by Big Bird" (albeit completely misspelled). He wonders how newspaper organizations produce so much every day, when Susan tells him they have a printing process. She offers to type up the paper for him, but he has a better idea and asks her to leave the kids she's brought over. Susan goes outside and tells Bob about this. They go back in to check-up on them and find they're all cooperating by making prints with crayon as Big Bird supervises: "Ben Bradlee, eat your heart out!" |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Film | Spinning Bus Stop sign (First: Episode 0931) |
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Cartoon | Kids on a bench wait for the bus: "Here comes the bus!" (First: Episode 0632) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "If I Were." |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: During a piano recital, a string snaps. Thelma flies inside the grand piano to hold the loose ends together. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1482) |
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Transition | Bridge #13 - Leaf Drop Bridge (First: Episode 0309) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird cries out, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Read the Daily Bird...Sesame Street's own paper!" The kids bring out the printed newspaper, which is rendered on a giant paper board. The adults are impressed by their work and Big Bird asks David to have it placed at the Hooper's Store newsstand with the other periodicals (though it covers up the entire thing). The others ask for copies, though Big Bird wasn't aware he was supposed to make more than one. They all share it instead and continue reading. Telly announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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