| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| A Honker has laryngitis | |||||||||
| Air date | December 31, 1982 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Shivers play big and little cowboys. They sing a song about the two opposites. |
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Cartoon | A large blob shoves a tiny one out of the way and declares, "I'm big!" The tiny one thinks for a moment and declares, "I'm me!" Artist: Janet Perlman (First: Episode 1637) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Hamburger - Mr. Johnson wants a hamburger. The restaurant offers two sizes: the big hamburgers and the small hamburgers. When the small hamburgers are too small, he orders a big one, but because there have been some problems with the big hamburger, Grover tries to convince him to order several small ones. (First: Episode 0705) |
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Cartoon | A mysterious little box on a tightrope entraps a bird, a train, and a cat, which can still be heard. A large frog eats the box, and makes all of the sounds inside. (First: Episode 1518) |
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Film | A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0096) |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Reading the Newspaper — Ernie has a question but decides to wait until Bert is done reading the newspaper to ask. (First: Episode 0042) |
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Cartoon | Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much. (First: Episode 0268) |
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Cast | Big Bird talks about noses and beaks, and what his beak can do. He tells Olivia, "I'm awful sorry about your nose." (music button changed) (First: Episode 1246) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989) |
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Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Film | A flock of sheep crosses the river. (First: Episode 1165) |
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Cast / Celebrity | Bob tries to sing "Es lebt' eine Vilja, ein Waldmägdelein" from Die lustige Witwe, accompanied by Victor Borge. (First: Episode 1175) |
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Film | Footage of a sunflower seed factory, where birdseed bells are manufactured. (First: Episode 1181) |
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Cartoon | AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat. (First: Episode 1101) |
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SCENE 2 | While working at the Fix-It Shop, Maria and Luis hear a loud honk coming from Big Bird's nest. Big Bird explains to them (with a flashback) that two Honkers came by his nest earlier, and one of them had a sore nose. He tried to find something that the sick Honker could use to honk, including a bell, a rattle, and other things that didn't work … until Snuffy came by and offered the use of his (giant) tricycle horn, which is where the loud honk came from. Maria and Luis find it hard to believe that Big Bird's "imaginary friend" has such a bike horn until they meet with the Honkers at the nest and see (and hear) it for themselves. |
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Cartoon | A father explains to his son why it is important to wear a seat belt when riding in a car. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1446) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog performs "Disco Frog." (First: Episode 1407) |
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Cartoon | Triangles are found in various things such as a see-saw, ice cream cone, etc. (First: Episode 0544) |
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Film | Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0911) |
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Cartoon | F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic. (First: Episode 1102) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 1) (First: Episode 0092) |
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Film | With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names. |
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Cartoon | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (version 1) (Spanish) (First: Episode 0387) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "Children of the World." (First: Episode 1012) |
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Cartoon | Three scribbles exercise. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1579) |
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Film | What do birds eat? (First: Episode 0495) |
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Muppets | Ernie watches the Twiddlebugs, who are about to head for Hooper's Store in the rain, but they notice that they need something to keep themselves dry. Tessie remembers that an umbrella helps, so they take one. (First: Episode 1482) |
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Cartoon | A girl runs home to her CASA. (First: Episode 0503) |
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Film | Baby animals nurse. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0546) |
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Cartoon | Poverty F (First: Episode 0128) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria helps Aristotle look around the Fix-It Shop for things he can put in his letter F collection. She gives him a feather from Big Bird, a vase with flowers, and a paper fan, but Ari says he's already got plenty of those. Aristotle then feels around with his fingers, and finds Oscar's frowning furry face! Oscar doesn't want to be a part of Ari's "F" collection, but changes his mind when Ari says he's also got some fungus and fish heads. |
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Cartoon | F - Face Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1162) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie buys a newspaper after hearing the newsboy yell out the headline: "Four People Fooled!" Ernie reads the paper, but finds no such news in the paper, making him the fifth person fooled. (First: Episode 1164) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | K is for Karate (First: Episode 0489) |
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Muppets | The Amazing Mumford sounds out the word MAGIC, then makes himself disappear. (First: Episode 1075) |
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Cartoon | K-kick (First: Episode 0463) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar tells Maria what a fun time he had with Aristotle just now, and that Ari's going to return with something from his "K" collection. Ari arrives with a live kitten, which Oscar finds yucchy. He gives Maria and the kitty another K word - a kiss, as Oscar recoils in disgust. Luis announces the sponsors and as the credits follow, Aristotle asks Oscar if he wants a kiss, too. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Ernie and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Oscar holds the CTW sign. |
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