| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Snuffman radio | |||||||
| Air date | February 23, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
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Cast / Muppets | Olivia reads the story of "How the King Got His Kazoo." In the story, a king wants to have a party and asks his subjects to bring the royal kazoo. The subjects don't listen and instead bring the royal canoe, then shampoo and finally, zoo. One little girl tries listening and successfully brings him his kazoo. He appoints her the Royal Listener, who will listen to the king and tell the rest his requests. |
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Animation | Sand E/e (First: Episode 0642) |
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Film | A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117) |
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Cartoon | E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002) |
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SCENE 1 | David plays a game of "Simon Says" with the kids, but Simon Soundman tells them that he plays it differently. He makes sounds and David and the kids must imitate it back. Simon hears a dog barking, which isn't coming from him. It turns out to be Barkley and they all copy his sounds instead, while Simon wonders where he lost control of the game. |
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Animation | Five firefighters put out a flaming 5. (First: Episode 1614) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Video | Four children roll on a gym mat while The Count counts them (in voice-over). (First: Episode 0908) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: GROW (First: Episode 1120) |
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Film | Kids count 5 racehorses. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Muppets | Oscar holds a musical rally in Central Park to bring awareness to the Grouch "Bill of Gripes." (First: Episode 1262) |
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Cartoon | A photographer shows off his first picture of cows, his next picture of ducks, and his last picture of a pig. (First: Episode 1245) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Waiting in Line — Kermit finds himself first and last in line at a sports stadium. (First: Episode 1327) |
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Cartoon | A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Film | A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon. (First: Episode 0522) |
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Cartoon | An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way. All voices by Hal Smith. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Muppets | "Do the Wash" (First: Episode 1309) |
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Cartoon | Three scribbles exercise. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1579) |
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SCENE 2 | Biff goes underground to do some blasting and asks Sully to stay on the surface and listen for the lunch break whistle. Sully enjoys listening to the sounds of the city, none of which are the whistle. Biff gets blasted up to the street, when the whistle finally blows. Sully remains transfixed on the sounds of the birds and Biff decides to join him. |
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Cartoon | A witch turns a little girl into a variety of things, but the girl insists "I'm still ME!" (First: Episode 0793) |
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Film | Voiceovers count to 5 using groups of animals at the zoo. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413) |
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Cast | Bob and Mr. Hooper have a dispute over using a sole coat hanger for their coats. They eventually cooperate and put both their coats on the one hanger. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Cartoon | A boy points to himself and says, "ME." (First: Episode 0857) |
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Muppets | The Martians discover a radio. They tune into three different styles of music, none of which they like. Then they tune into some static, which they start joyfully dancing to. (First: Episode 1329) |
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Film | People of all ages ride bicycles. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0616) |
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Cartoon | Find the Square quiz (First: Episode 1602) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird sees David and Maria are sharing some headphones while listening to music, unable to hear Big Bird. He manages to flag down their attention and tells them Mr. Snuffleupagus is coming with his own portable radio soon, but he isn't believed yet again. Snuffy comes dancing down the street with his "Snuffman" radio and giant headphones. However, not only can nobody hear Big Bird's cries with their headphones on, but Maria and David are too busy dancing to notice Snuffy, whose eyes are closed and doesn't see them either. |
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Cartoon | As night falls, five house lights are counted as they turn on and off. (First: Episode 1538) |
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Muppets | Kermit tests two blindfolded monsters and asks them which number they're feeling. Herry Monster minus his blindfold describes how he knew the number was a five and in the process breaks the five into pieces. Cookie Monster attempts to feel the number and Kermit tells him that he can't since its broken. Cookie Monster devours the pieces and tells Kermit it tastes like a five. (First: Episode 1200) |
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Cartoon | Five Swans Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1460) |
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Film | Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk. (First: Episode 0169) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is preparing to give his nephew Brad a bath, but Ernie chastises him for not providing any bath toys. He brings so many toys that Bert feels there is no longer room for Brad. So as not to waste the water, Ernie hops into the tub. (First: Episode 1134) |
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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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SCENE 4 | Snuffy dances to his radio some more over at Big Bird's nest. Big Bird turns one of the headphones his way so he can groove too. The WSNF DJ (Jerry Nelson) segues to another song, when it comes time for Snuffy's favorite program - Snuffle Fortune Phone. The station will call one lucky Snuffleupagus and if they answer today's question, they win a big prize. Sure enough, Big Bird's phone rings with a call from the show! The DJ posits the question - "What was the color of George Washington's white horse?" The two think for a moment until Big Bird realizes the right answer. Snuffy's prize is a new Snuffman portable radio, and Snuffy decides to keep his current one and give the new one to Big Bird. They head over to the radio station to collect the prize. |
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Film | Cold things that begin with the letter I (First: Episode 0618) |
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Film | A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478) |
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Muppets | At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies! (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) |
 
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SCENE 5 | David and Maria hear music coming from Big Bird's nest. David suspects Big Bird's playing it while pretending it's the Snuffleupagus radio he touted earlier. They go inside and see Big Bird and the kids sharing the giant headphones. David remarks that he'd rather not have an explanation for this unusual sight. Maria agrees and they leave. Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign. |
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