| Sesame Street | |||||
| Plants on the rooftop (repeat of 1482) | |||||
| Air date | February 9, 1983 | ||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Olivia makes her way to the roof of 123 Sesame Street, which is full of various plants. She hears Big Bird talking to somebody nearby, but can't see who; based on the clues she assumes it's Mr. Snuffleupagus. She goes to see for herself and Big Bird reveals he's actually talking to a palm tree to help it grow. |
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Cartoon | Before dinnertime, a boy discovers a worm under a rock and some baby birds in their nest. (First: Episode 1508) |
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Film | A scuba diver collects shells, which some kids count in voice-over. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0474) |
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Cartoon | Five Worms In An Apple Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1502) |
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Cast | The Lovers of Five (David, Luis, Gordon and Bob) sing "Gimme Five." (First: Episode 1137) |
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Film | Lizard! Music: Joe Raposo (same as "birds") (First: Episode 0418) |
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Cartoon | A lost man in the desert asks a stranger for directions to the city. He builds a pretend city out of sand to show what it looks like. As it turns out, the stranger is an alien. (First: Episode 0763) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rumplestiltskin — Kermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name. (First: Episode 0724) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria and Olivia become tired of watering the plants and hope for some rain to help out, but the weather forecast has shown clear skies for the near future. Countess Dahling von Dahling arrives with Masha in tow and they ask her to count so the plants can get rain. She begins to count, but Masha sniffs at the plants and begins to sneeze before she can finish. The Countess thinks her poor dog is coming down with something and thinks having rain will make her condition even worse, so she leaves without providing any rain. |
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Cartoon | "Young MacDonald Went to Town" (First: Episode 0787) |
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Film | A man and a little girl perform small aerobic workouts. (First: Episode 1710) |
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Animation | Can you find the hidden objects in the picture? (First: Episode 1520) |
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Muppets | A shark sings about his "Perfectly Pearl-White Teeth." (First: Episode 1446) |
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Cartoon | A red armless character is stalked by the letter Z until he eats it. (First: Episode 1340) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird volunteers to water some plants for Maria. Deena wants Big Bird to play, so he turns their imaginary tea party into a watering session by pretending the watering can is a teapot and the plants are guests. |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho can't dive into the pool of water because of a thirsty elephant, who drinks all the water, illustrating empty and full. (First: Episode 1050) |
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Film | Two glasses are filled with fluid, but one glass overflows as a hand keeps pouring into it. The same thing happens using salt shakers and bowls of nuts. Finally, the glasses are filled again, only one glass barely fills up as fluid is poured into it. The camera pulls out, revealing the glass is filling into another one below, which overflows as before. (First: Episode 0576) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is Locked Out — Bert speculates on why Ernie has asked him to stay out of the apartment. (First: Episode 0461) |
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Cartoon | Z for zigzag, zero, zoo, and zebra |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates empty and full. (First: Episode 0257) |
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Muppets | Katie and the King (First: Episode 1660) |
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Cartoon | K is for kitten. (First: Episode 0040) |
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Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934) |
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Celebrity | Whitman Mayo recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0886) |
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Cartoon | A lost number 5 looks for his brother. (First: Episode 0934) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Works for The Count — The Count hires Ernie to answer his phone so that he won't be bothered with calls while he is counting. (First: Episode 0539) |
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Cartoon | A young girl's favorite toy is a stick, which she uses for many things, including a magic wand, conductor's baton, and a baseball bat. (First: Episode 0960) |
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Insert | Bob, Linda and Timi show some kids how to say "butterfly" in sign language. They sing a song about it. (First: Episode 1064) |
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Cartoon | A woodpecker drills through a tree to demonstrate entrada and salida. (First: Episode 0808) |
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Film | Building a log cabin (First: Episode 0602) |
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Cartoon | A man finds and eats five apples, counting the number left after each one. (First: Episode 1578) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Run — The monster sounds out the word "run," and starts running. (First: Episode 1446) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria, Olivia, and the kids continue to water plants as Alphabet Bates lands on the roof and draws a letter K, for kite. He helps a young child get their kite to fly by taking it into the air as he ascends. |
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Cartoon | K-kick (First: Episode 0463) |
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Song | Olivia sings "The Riddle." (First: Episode 1721) |
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Cartoon | Thelma Thumb: A beehive is disturbing a little girl in her treehouse, so Thelma convinces the bees to move their hive to another tree surrounded by flowers. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1393) |
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SCENE 5 | Alphabet Bates announces the sponsors as the gang waves to him from below. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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