| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Another visit from Arnold Hooper | |||||||
| Air date | December 15, 1982 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird tells the viewer that Mr. Hooper's brother Arnold is visiting today. He watches the two brothers reunite and catch up, with Arnold bringing a surprise present and discussing what their other relatives are up to. Big Bird then imagines having his own brother, Casper, and the two catch up in the same way the Hoopers did (only more bird-centric). |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | After his fantasy, Arnold presents Big Bird with a gift and they catch up as well. "I don't have a brother, but he'll do!" |
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Cartoon | Six turtles plus one man equals seven. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1515) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is having trouble getting to sleep. Ernie suggests singing a lullaby to him. He sings one to the tune of "Brahms' Lullaby" and Bert falls into a deep peaceful sleep. Ernie tells Bert to wake up now; it's Ernie's turn to go to sleep, so it's Bert's turn to sing a lullaby now. (First: Episode 1331) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1312) |
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Cast | In a spoof of the famous Mean Joe Greene Coke commercial, football player Big Murray (Gordon) accepts a number 7 from a young fan, whom he rewards with a towel that also has a 7 on it. (First: Episode 1535) |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger, biggest (balloons and blackbirds). (First: Episode 1393) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin." (First: Episode 0135) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | The kids don capes and monocles to assist the Count in counting to ten. He's impressed by not only their counting, but their ability to summon a large thunder clap afterwards. |
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Cartoon | A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that chickens don't live in trees. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1394) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 1: Harvey Kneeslapper hangs an "OPEN" sign on a closet and has filled it with so many toys that when somebody opens it, all of the toys in the closet will fall on that person. A girl opens the closet, but none of the toys fall out. When Harvey opens it after she leaves, they fall all over him. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Animation | Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 2: Harvey has refilled the closet. A boy tries to open it, but the door is stuck. When the boy has left, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys land on him again. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Cartoon | G is for Goat (First: Episode 0085) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 3: Harvey has refilled the closet again. The boy and girl come by again and open the door. Instead of toys falling, the closet leads to another place. After the two of them have gone through and closed the door behind them, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys fall on him. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue." (First: Episode 0775) |
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Film | A young baboon sits on the back of their parent as they cross the plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0299) |
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SCENE 3 | Arnold tells his brother that he and Oscar have some surprises to play on each other. Oscar is squirted by Arnold's gag flower. Oscar responds with a tin of cookies, which Arnold assumes will have spring-loaded snakes or explode. Instead, it's a plain can of cookies - surprise! Mr. Hooper is astonished that his own brother exhibits Grouch-like tendencies. |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Grover and George sing "Two G Sounds." (First: Episode 0358) |
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Cartoon | A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (First: Episode 0862) |
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Song | "Summer Song" - A singer describes what happens in the summertime. (First: Episode 1304) |
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Cartoon | "Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0771) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. Bert asks Ernie why he's doing that, and Ernie says that he broke a cookie jar. Ernie has to put the cookies somewhere, so he put them in the sugar bowl – and put the sugar in the flowerpot, which meant that he had to put the flower in a milk bottle. He put the milk in the soda bottle, the soda into the fishbowl, and the fish in Bert's cowboy hat. Bert asks, "Now what am I going to wear when I want to play cowboy?" Ernie puts the pot on Bert's head and says, "Ride 'em, cowboy, Bert!" (First: Episode 0305) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: BAD DOG After the man reads the sign, a dog comes in and protests, "I'm not a bad dog! What did I do? What did I do?" (First: Episode 1164) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Hooper has found a box full of things from the Hooper brothers' youth. They show Herry Monster some of the items inside, such as old clothes and photographs. Herry can't believe such small things belonged to such big people and learns how they grew up. They find an old rag doll in the box and argue over who it really belonged to. Since Herry finds it so beautiful, they let him have it. |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts the game show "What's My Part?". The contestant is Mr. Nose. The panelists -- Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Cookie Monster -- don't know what a nose is, because none of them have noses. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | Body part shout-out (First: Episode 0264) |
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Cartoon | B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath. (First: Episode 0355) |
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Film | James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico. (First: Episode 0153) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet lady spells out the word BUG, after which a bug introduces himself. (First: Episode 1423) |
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Song | "B is for Bubble" (First: Episode 0008) |
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SCENE 5 | While Oscar tends to his hungry elephants, Maria reads a crying Irvine the story of "The Princess and the Mattress." In the story, a lonely Grouch prince (Oscar) is tired of arguing with himself and wants a wife. To find the Grouchiest girl in the land, he creates a test - he covers a soft mattress with bricks and since Grouches hate soft things, the perfect girl will be able to notice the soft mattress underneath. A princess arrives (Grundgetta) and heads to the bed for a rest, noticing the soft mattress. The two argue happily ever after. |
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Cartoon | A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird. Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 1616) |
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Film | A Stool For Me (First: Episode 0513) |
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Muppets | Kermit is a casting director, holding auditions for a performance of "The Three Little Pigs". The pigs who initially try out get the part of the three little pigs, but three different wolves of different sizes try out for the part of the Big Bad Wolf. (First: Episode 1283) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0793) |
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SCENE 6 | It's time for Arnold to head for the airport. Oscar offers to take him there in the Sloppy Jalopy, as he's already going there anyhow. Mr. Hooper tries to talk Arnold out of taking Oscar's taxi, but Arnold thinks Oscar could use the money. While the Hooper brothers continue to argue, Oscar drives off without a hitch, leaving the Hoopers stranded and calling for a taxi. The Count announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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