| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Luis tries to write | |||||||
| Air date | April 13, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts Here Is Your Life, surprising Oak Tree with the story of his life. The guests include Granny Fanny Nesselrode, who planted the tree as an acorn, Cloud and Sun, who gave the tree rain and sunshine, and Marty Table and Sarah Chair, who were made from the tree's friends. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Insert | Olivia and Susan hear beautiful piano music (Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu") coming from Oscar's trash can. He admits that he's only just started practicing, but his teacher has assured him that with more practice, he'll be sounding awful in no time. (First: Episode 1290) |
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Film | A young girl paints a picture of her ranch. (First: Episode 1460) |
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Cartoon | Fleas have fun in fur! Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0630) |
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Insert | Oscar's playing has begun to take a turn for the worse (to his delight). (First: Episode 1290) |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Film | Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336) |
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Insert | Oscar's practice is paying off and sounds even worse than before. (First: Episode 1290) |
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Cartoon | F for fire, fountain, face, farmer, etc. (First: Episode 1614) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Statue of Bert — Ernie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing is a policeman. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Celebrity | Big Bird pretends that James Galway is his grandmother, finding his flute music similar to the way Granny Bird sings to him. (First: Episode 1430) |
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Cartoon | A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and once returned human, vows to never chop one down again. (First: Episode 0572) |
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Film | Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0318) |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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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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Cartoon | A nutty dragon blows 5 puffs of smoke, which are blown away by a fan-hatted man. (First: Episode 0980) |
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SCENE 1 | At night, Telly observes the street is empty, then notices the lights on in the Fix-It Shop and assumes Luis must be working late. He leads the viewer to the shop so they can keep him company. Once inside, Luis states that he's not fixing anything and confesses something - he's always wanted to be a writer, so he's spending some time alone to do some writing. He then explains what a writer does to Telly, who realizes Luis can't write and talk at the same time. Telly grabs the phone and starts calling everyone to ensure they leave Luis alone. |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit. (First: Episode 0614) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet man visits the bus station's lost and found, having lost his friend Harvey. He describes Harvey to the clerk - he has two eyes, a nose, two teeth, two horns, and is covered in blue fur. The clerk turns the man away, finding his request ridiculous...until a monster who fits that description comes by looking for his friend. (First: Episode 1308) |
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Cartoon | SALIDA (train) (First: Episode 0537) |
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SCENE 2 | The Count rushes to the shop so he can count all the words Luis has typed up so far, but Luis hasn't gotten any ideas, so his sheet is blank. The Count is disappointed, but then begins counting the blank sheets of paper. |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster charms two snakes with his saxophone. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1287) |
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Muppets | A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0243) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis types away, when the sounds of loud drilling outside rattle him. He finds Biff and Sully on the night shift, trying to find a pipe in the ground. Luis points out the noise problem, but Biff has a solution - noise mufflers, which he and Sully wear to keep the noise of Luis' typing from distracting them. |
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Animation | Sand H/h (First: Episode 0630) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Watching Fish — Ernie wants to go outside and play catch, but Bert gets him interested in watching his goldfish. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 4 | Biff and Sully have moved on, but now Luis is bothered by Barkley, who can't decide if he wants to be inside or outside. The experience gives Luis some much-needed inspiration. |
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Muppets | Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things. (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cartoon | Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (First: Episode 0128) |
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Film | A male voiceover and his friend Myrtle observe a macaw in a tree. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird in a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen. (First: Episode 0565) |
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SCENE 5 | Gladys the Cow and her horse friend (Jerry Nelson) have caught word about Luis' story, about a rancher named Rudy, and offer to help. They come up with their own plots to go along with Luis', but he doesn't care for their ideas. The animals decide to write the story themselves and start using Luis' typewriter. |
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Cartoon | The word SALIDA exits through a white square. (First: Episode 0718) |
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Muppets | Grover the lumberjack thinks he is the first to arrive for supper, but he gets trampled by a gang of French-Canadian lumberjacks who get to the food table before he has a chance to get his snow boots off. By the time he finally gets them off, a grizzly bear grabs the last plate of food. (First: Episode 1343) |
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Cartoon | Two Farm Animals Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1447) |
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SCENE 6 | The sun rises on a new day, where Luis is still typing. He smells breakfast coming from Hooper's Store, but is intent on finishing his work before he must open the shop. Mr. Hooper brings him a tray of breakfast, then announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds both the Sesame Street and CTW signs. |
Notes[]
- Though he claims Telly is the first to know his secret, Luis' writing hobby was previously referenced in Episode 1668, which was taped the day after this episode was recorded.
- In the script, the horse is identified as Fred the Wonder Horse. While Jerry Nelson utilizes the same voice and personality, a different horse puppet is used instead.
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