| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Forgetful forgets the street name | |||||||
| Air date | March 7, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird is about to welcome the viewer, but Forgetful Jones interrupts because he wants to welcome them. However, he forgets the street name despite Maria having told him earlier. Big Bird and Maria use the theme song to help remind him, but since they substitute the street's name when they reach it, Forgetful assumes they live on "Da-Da-Da-Da." |
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Cartoon | On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Nap — As Bert takes a nap, Ernie tells the viewer how he knows that Bert is asleep. (First: Episode 0027) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again." (First: Episode 0631) |
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Muppets | An old colonel explorer meets Simon Soundman and describes his world trip to him, dozing off several times in the process due to his lack of sleep. As the colonel talks about the bad weather, Simon provides the appropriate sounds. (First: Episode 1440) |
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Film | Empty / full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0475) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: A man rearranges a LIMK sign to make the word "MILK". (First: Episode 1116) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob and Maria lounge in lawn chairs in the yard and plan on taking naps during their days off. Barkley joins them, but the big dog can't seem to settle down and get comfortable until Big Bird notices he doesn't have his cozy blankie. Meanwhile, Forgetful moseys in and continues to try to remember the street name. ("Welcome to the Boulevard of Broken Dreams...") Big Bird returns with three blankets for Barkley to choose from, and the grown-ups accept the others to help them rest. Forgetful now believes they live on "Everybody Sleepin' Street." |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Miss Muffet — The spider scares Kermit away. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | "L" for "Large" and "l" for "little" (First: Episode 1455) |
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Film | A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station. (First: Episode 1217) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Muppets | "Disco Toothbrush" (First: Episode 1314) |
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SCENE 3 | After the previous segment, Forgetful guesses he's on "Disco Toothbrush Street." "Yer gettin' colder," Buster tells him. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Delivery Man — Ernie tries to help a mailman deliver a letter. (First: Episode 0038) |
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Film | Buffalo graze by a river. |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Muppets | Farley explains things one can do with their mind - he plans on going to the door, he imagines who's knocking at it, he remembers it's not his mother and he hopes there's not a scary monster at the door. Herry Monster surprises him by bursting through the door, frightening Farley away. Herry's sorry Farley ran away; he wanted to play. (First: Episode 0180) |
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Cartoon | A boy does an addition problem in his head: 2 + 1 = 3. (First: Episode 0516) |
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Film | A Mummenschanz performer imitates the mannerism and movement of a monkey. (First: Episode 1108) |
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SCENE 4 | After the previous segment, Buster guesses Forgetful is going to say "Welcome to Monkey Street," but spares him the embarrassment. Forgetful thanks his horse and guesses he's on "Smart Horse Street." |
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Cartoon | Where can you learn to read, and there's a teacher to help you? At school, because "School is Cool!" |
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Cartoon | A man in a bowler hat hears different sounds behind each door. (First: Episode 1409) |
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Muppets | "(I Can't Get No) Co-Operation" (First: Episode 1521) |
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Song | "Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "Sad." (First: Episode 0977) |
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Film | In voice-over, Maria and a kid sing about "Platanos" (bananas). |
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Cartoon | A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410) |
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Film | David narrates some films showing the homes of animals. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Letting Balloons Go — Ernie convinces Bert to let their balloons go so they don't have to watch them deflate. |
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Film | Mad Painter #3 (First: Episode 0343) |
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Cartoon | Clouds that look like things. (First: Episode 0211) |
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Film | Empty / full playground (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | It's now evening time, and with help from Big Bird, Bob, and Maria, Forgetful finally remembers the street name and exclaims, "Welcome to Sesame Street!" However, Maria points out it's time to go, so he wants to say goodbye... and immediately forgets the street name again. The exasperated group leaves Forgetful struggling to come up with the street's name once more as Buster announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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