| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Taking inventory at Hooper's | |||||||
| Air date | May 13, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Akim looks after Hooper's Store while her uncle David steps out for a minute. Bob orders a large meal and Big Bird wants to help Akim prepare the food. They scramble about the limited space behind the counter trying to figure out which things to do, and resolve to split up the work. As they discuss how to divide the work, Bob makes the meal on his own. Big Bird is impressed and makes some lunch orders for Bob to make now. |
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Film | George the Farmer's ladder gets taller and shorter, as does his box of berries. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "Feelin' Good/Feelin' Bad." (First: Episode 1164) |
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Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | A polar bear learns what "EXIT" means. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster uses the EXIT. (First: Episode 0210) |
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SCENE 2 | David shows Nikki the new menu system he's worked out for the store - the menu now has pictures of the different things being served and customers can circle the items they want. Nikki circles a sandwich, apple, and milk. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Oscar appears and notes that the system is fine, but the selections aren't fit for a Grouch. He's prepared his own menu with rotten selections, which people can order by putting a big X over the items they don't want. David finds his offerings repulsive and instructs Nikki to put a giant X over the entire menu. "Some guys just don't know what's good," Oscar complains. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me." (First: Episode 0375) |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0521) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess Chooses a Prince — A princess selects Kermit as her prince. (First: Episode 0859) |
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Film | A rhino and her baby (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird learns about disabilities from Itzhak Perlman and Rafael. (First: Episode 1547) |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin by practicing. (First: Episode 1513) |
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Cartoon | What if a turtle and rabbit switched appearances? (First: Episode 0451) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | The Hungry Family competes on "Family Food," hosted by Richard Dawson. (First: Episode 1640) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob reads the kids a story about seven mice, with some animated mice displaying the story. The tale ends with the mice heading to sleep, and Bob discovers the kids have fallen asleep too (but they're only pretending). |
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Cartoon | Z for Zebu Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1185) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy plays hide-and-seek with three letter Zs, who blend into his porch. (First: Episode 0200) |
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Cast | A king (David) and his knights (Luis, Bob and Maria) assemble for their meeting at the round table, but discover their table is actually a square. They fetch a triangle, then rectangle table before finally getting a round one, which they eat their lunches off of. (First: Episode 0952) |
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Cartoon | Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) |
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SCENE 4 | David tries to make some salami sandwiches for himself and Akim, but can't find any mustard. As he darts off to the supermarket for more, Akim finds two mustard jars he didn't notice. She considers making an inventory of all the items they have, which the Count eagerly assists in doing (since it involves counting). As they start their list, the Count finds a jar of roasted peanuts and, to ensure an accurate inventory, begins counting each individual nut. |
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Cartoon | An alien comes across a pair of tree trunks; one with multi-colored leaves, the other without. He finds and grows leaves to mount on the other tree, then strings a hammock between the two. (First: Episode 1451) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Touch, Hold, Feel." (First: Episode 0504) |
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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 | Animals fight. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0567) |
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SCENE 5 | David returns to find all the contents of the store piled up everywhere, as the Count finishes the extremely-long inventory list. The Count points out one tired niece as well, as Akim has fallen behind the counter amidst the Count's list-making. David points out one more addition - one big mess! The Count asks David to write that down as he heads home to get some rest as well. |
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Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert complains about Ernie having the radio volume on too loud. Ernie pulls the knob off the radio, puts it on Bert's stomach, and turns the volume of Bert's voice up and down. (First: Episode 0241) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0048) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob, David, and Akim see another long list trailing all the way down Sesame Street, along with various bits of trash strewn along the sidewalk. They follow the paper to Oscar's trash can, where the Count is now taking inventory of the contents of the can. They start piling everything back in, to the Count and Oscar's protests. Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
 
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bert and Ernie hold the CTW sign. |
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