| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mumford's School of Magic | |||||||
| Air date | February 22, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Bert is getting ready to play in his marching band, and has all the instruments laid out on the street. The cast, led by Bob, demonstrates each instrument while singing about a "Big Brass Band." (First: Episode 1056) |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: One or More Cookies — Ernie gives Cookie Monster a choice between two different bags of cookies. (First: Episode 1359) |
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Cartoon | Everything you need to know about cats. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1179) |
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Film | A girl puts on her coat all by herself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0622) |
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Muppets | Bruce Stringbean, Clarice and S Street Band perform "Born To Add." (First: Episode 1375) |
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Film | Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people. (First: Episode 0455) |
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Oscar tells David and Luis about a new show airing on WORM-TV, "Call The Count." They turn on the set to watch the show. Telly Monster introduces the premise - folks from all over phone the Count and get a chance to talk with him. However, the Count instead starts counting the rings. He finally answers the call, but delivers a short thank you before hanging up so he can start counting how many people are calling in, frustrating Telly who vows revenge on Oscar. David and Luis dislike the program, ensuring it will be a hit amongst Grouches. |
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Cartoon | V in space (First: Episode 0481) |
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Film | A boy talks about what his little sister can do now that she's not a baby anymore. (First: Episode 1402) |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Manners — The monster learns to use manners while eating with a spoon. (First: Episode 1340) |
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Cartoon | What kind of print does a hand make? (First: Episode 0776) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (First: Episode 0347) |
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Muppets / Cast | Cookie Monster has agreed to help Maria on her lecture on good things to eat. Unbeknownst to Cookie, she has raisins, cucumber spears, carrot sticks and apples. Cookie tries all of them and he likes them. He finishes by eating all the dishes. (First: Episode 1518) |
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Cartoon | Snacks on Parade - The Raisin Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1171) |
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Muppets | Big Bird walks down the street, describing the difference between the actual street and sidewalks. (First: Episode 1256) |
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Cartoon | Look both ways before you cross the street Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1397) |
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Muppets | A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be." (First: Episode 0773) |
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Animation | Carrot subtraction (4-1) (First: Episode 1537) |
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Song | "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Cartoon | A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0247) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis likes to start his day with some relaxing meditation. The Count relaxes by counting, and exasperates Luis as he counts his every meditational move. |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents four lions. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Song | Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?" (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Fred the Wonder Horse bets Marshal Grover that he can't count backwards from ten. Grover tries standing with his back to him and counting up to ten. Since he can't do it, Grover has to let Fred ride on his back. (First: Episode 1066) |
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Cartoon | Four dolphins Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1491) |
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Film | A baker decorates a birthday cake to a jazz percussion beat. (First: Episode 1172) |
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SCENE 3 | The Amazing Mumford greets the students of his new School of Magic. His first lesson is teaching them how to make a letter M appear, then disappear. They all say the magic words and an M appears on Mumford's stand. When they try to make it disappear, the letter is instead situated on Mumford's head. |
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Cartoon | M in space (First: Episode 0516) |
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Muppets / Cast | In a grid, Big Bird, Herry Monster, David, Olivia, Gladys the Cow, The Count and two kids rhyme the word "Hi." (First: Episode 1348) |
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Film | Close-up shots of a car and a frog are shown side-by-side. (First: Episode 1530) |
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SCENE 4 | Mumford and his students try another trick to get the letter M to disappear. Instead, their trick lowers the M through the lid of Oscar's trash can. An irate Oscar throws it right back at them after finding the letter on his piano. Mumford thinks this calls for extreme measures. |
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Cartoon | A man invites an M to dinner. The M is very appreciative, and makes "Mmmmmm" sounds. It eats all of the food at the table, and winds up eating the screen! Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cast | Maria and Gordon sort shapes by type and color. (First: Episode 1244) |
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Cartoon | M for Moon Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1163) |
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SCENE 5 | Mumford has one last trick up his sleeve to make the M disappear. He tells all the kids to close their eyes and say the magic words. While their eyes are closed, Mumford simply tosses the M out of sight. Barkley brings it back to Mumford, who sighs, "I should have been a lawyer." |
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Cartoon | A boy puts together the word "MOM." His own mom comes out to thunderous applause and gives him some milk. Artist: Tom Gabbay (First: Episode 1465) |
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Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | What if I had big feet? (First: Episode 0514) |
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SCENE 6 | Mumford and the kids finally make the M disappear by announcing the sponsors, which changes the M into a V, then into a 4. The number 4 remains until everybody gets it to vanish with one last try. David follows up with the CTW slogan. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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