| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 5, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon, on his way to a baseball game, realizes he forgot his bat. He runs into The Amazing Mumford, who says he can magically produce a bat for him immediately, but he accidentally makes a cat, then a hat. Finally, Mumford makes a bat appear – the animal, that is. |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: Thelma rescues all the animals from the pet shop when a nearby shoe store catches on fire. (First: Episode 1507) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster shares a bathtub and help each other get clean. They are discouraged when they are finished and drain the tub, but find joy in drying. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Cartoon | A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Invisible Man — Kermit meets the family of The Invisible Man. (First: Episode 1009) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Forgetful Jones asks Stevie to remind him how to count. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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Muppets | "High, Middle, Low" (First: Episode 0236) |
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Cartoon | Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, a nose and ears. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (hand) (First: Episode 0247) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Touch Your Face — Ernie plays a game of "Touch Your Face" with the viewer. (First: Episode 0869) |
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SCENE 3 | The Count introduces Susan to his baby niece. Susan points out their similarities as the Count counts all ten of them - eleven counting their identical laughter. |
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Cartoon | Pinball #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0988) |
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Muppets | Grover tries to demonstrate first and last by being first in line, but the other monsters keep switching on him. (First: Episode 1332) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I for Island. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster hangs his head down in sadness. Ernie gives a lengthy speech on how looking up is the key to happiness. While his head's in the clouds, Cookie looks up toward Ernie's cookie box and empties it, making him happier. (First: Episode 0135) |
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SCENE 4 | As Snuffy tap dances inside Big Bird's nest area, Mr. MacIntosh overhears it and starts tapping along, thinking it’s Big Bird doing the tapping... that is, until he walks by Big Bird and wonders whose moves he was mimicking. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: Hand (First: Episode 1179) |
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Film | Iguanas Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0047) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot demonstrates "over" and "under" by having Grover lie over a mattress. Then Grover lies under the mattress, and Herbert drives the point home by adding more objects over Grover. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | A boy tries dealing with various leaks in a dike. When plugging and buckets don't work, he fetches an adult who patches up the holes with cement. (First: Episode 1478) |
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Film | Kids at school help make cornbread. (First: Episode 1218) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Johnny Cash sings "Five Feet High and Rising" with some visual assistance from Biff. (First: Episode 0558) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster blows bubbles. |
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Cartoon | U for uniform. (First: Episode 0702) |
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Film | African children play in a village, and in a modern playground. (First: Episode 0159) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for UP (First: Episode 0624) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Lemurs rest on tree branches. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert & Ingrid count backwards from ten to one. (First: Episode 0527) |
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Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (First: Episode 0033) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. MacIntosh watches in disbelief as Big Bird shows him the tap steps he learned from Snuffy. Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the CTW sign. |
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