| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Maria's blind friend, Sue, pays another visit | |||||||
| Air date | May 3, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria reluctantly allows Forgetful Jones to help her out in a situation - her friend is arriving any minute, but she has some work to do in the Fix-It Shop and needs Forgetful to keep watch. She gives him the important information he needs - her name is Sue, she'll have a guide dog with her (she's blind) that wears a harness, and that she'll wait at the stoop for Maria's return. As usual, Forgetful forgets what he was supposed to remember when Sue (Sue Harden) arrives. He's able to piece together the clues with Sue's help, and Maria meets up with her to get some lunch. |
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Cartoon | Five flies land on a kid's face. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1449) |
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Muppets | Bob reads the story of a king and his three sons, to whom he bestows three, special gifts - a basket that is never emptied of food, a bird that knows all in the land and a horse that can travel anywhere. They each take a separate gift and travel the land, trying to help people. But, when they reunite, they find their separate gifts can't help them completely and realize that by cooperating, they'll know who needs food and a way to get there. |
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Celebrity | Whitman Mayo recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0886) |
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Cartoon | A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler. (First: Episode 0618) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppets (Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson) use a tape measure to figure out how far apart they are from each other. It turns out that thirty-seven feet separate them. (First: Episode 0905) |
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Cartoon | A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (First: Episode 0768) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria and Sue have lunch at Hooper's Store, where Mr. Hooper asks her to look up a friend of his who lives in her town. Herry Monster is amazed to see her write the phone number using braille and being able to identify her coat on the wall. He offers his services of picking up dropped items, such as pianos or washing machines. |
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Cartoon | La letra T es para tigre, tomate, taxi, toro, telefono, televisión, y el terrible tiburon. (First: Episode 0351) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster holds a sign with the word "NO" on it and tells Ernie that he can make him read his sign. Ernie replies "Oh no you can't!", and eventually gets the joke. He tries it on Bert, but the gag backfires when Bert bets he can get Ernie to read the sign. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | T for typewriter and toe Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0506) |
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Film | Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack. (First: Episode 0968) |
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Cast | Maria, Luis, Bob and David, dressed as scarecrows, sing about the ankle, shoulder and knee. (First: Episode 0711) |
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Film | The letter T is a very useful letter. (First: Episode 0402) |
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Film | Folk song: Have You Ever Been To The Farm? (First: Episode 0138) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter has an electric train. (First: Episode 0785) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar sits out in the yard enjoying his oatmeal and chocolate sauce, when Sue and her dog Todd sit down next to him. He doesn't like hearing her speak so positively to Todd and informs her that Grouches prefer dogs that don't follow orders. She points out that since Todd has his harness on, he can only listen to her. So, Oscar begins giving him commands he won't follow (just as a Grouch likes it). |
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Animation | A hand arranges blocks to form benches so a bunny and a chick can have tea. (First: Episode 1488) |
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Muppets | Grover tries to ignore three monsters who look big and scary to him. When they notice him carrying a flute, they grab his attention and ask -- in what appears to be a threatening way -- if Grover wants to play. The three monsters pull out a clarinet, an oboe and a bassoon and begin to play, urging Grover to join in. (ending edited) (First: Episode 1412) |
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Film | To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. (First: Episode 0156) |
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Cartoon | 5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses) (First: Episode 0973) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count five fingers. (First: Episode 0125) |
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Film | Three dolphins jump together. (First: Episode 0222) |
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Cartoon | I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to keep his cookies safe from Cookie Monster by tricking him into eating a carrot instead. (First: Episode 1232) |
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SCENE 4 | The Amazing Mumford mopes about the Fix-It Shop, hoping Maria can help fix his new trick. He places a letter beside his hat and his volunteers will be able to pull items that begin with the letter out. Maria finds some P-word items inside, but Mumford complains the trick is about the letter R. Maria points out his sign is wrong and corrects it, finding R words inside the hat now. "I might not know anything about magic, but I sure know my alphabet," she states. |
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Cartoon | R for Rhinoceros (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1151) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Early in the morning, Ernie sees some pigeons through the window, and wonders if he should wake Bert. (First: Episode 1187) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: KISS ME (First: Episode 1136) |
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Film | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) |
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Cartoon | Which legs belong on the man? |
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Muppets | The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting. (First: Episode 0580) |
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Cartoon | An aviator and his son cooperate to start their plane. (First: Episode 1476) |
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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 | Can a cat bark? (First: Episode 0859) |
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Muppets | "In My Neighborhood" (First: Episode 1323) |
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SCENE 5 | The Count finishes counting all 2,136 leaves on a tree and goes to ask Maria to guess the amount. She happens to guess the right amount correctly, upsetting the Count; he wanted to count her wrong answers. He begs her to give some incorrect guesses and he happily counts them. |
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Cartoon | Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round. (First: Episode 1124) |
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Muppets | Grover and the letter R, which ROLLS, ROCKS, RUNS, and ROCKETS. (First: Episode 0194) |
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Film | A voiceover lists many R words. (First: Episode 0661) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0455) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry (beginning edited) (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria has now been goaded into giving over 600 wrong answers to the Count's question and goes back to work. The Count asks Mr. Hooper how many wrong answers Maria had made, and he too gets it right on the first try. The Count begs him to guess wrong, and Mr. Hooper struggles to come up with a new answer as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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