| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird and Snuffy play cowboys | |||||||||
| Air date | March 25, 1983 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Dr. Nobel Price shows Olivia and Solange the new exercise device he’s just invented, called a “leap-string”: two long pieces of string, which they can swing around and leap over. Olivia proposes the name "jump-rope," but Dr. Price much prefers his original name. Rather than go to the park for some exercise as planned, Olivia and Solange get their workout using Dr. Price's invention. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental) (First: Episode 0411) |
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Cartoon | "Big Sneeze" - a man destroys everything in his path when he sneezes. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1579) |
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Muppets | Ernie is scared of a violent thunderstorm during the night, but Bert reassures him it won't last. To cope with his fears, Ernie imagines the lightning as flashes from Olivia's camera, and the thunderclaps are someone dropping something. (First: Episode 1638) |
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Cartoon | I-Ink (angry bird) (First: Episode 0462) |
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Film | Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0108) |
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Insert | The girls play double dutch jumping. One girl turns as she jumps. (First: Episode 1424) |
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Cartoon | A baby bird tries and tries again to fly from its nest. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1510) |
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SCENE 2 | At the Fix-it Shop, Luis works on fixing an antique vacuum cleaner that an old man brought in the other day. He plugs it in and tests it, then realizes that this vacuum itself can talk! The vacuum identifies herself as “Lena” and instructs Luis to change her bag, then give her a handkerchief to clean out her nozzle, and finally asks for a strawberry shortcake. Luis figures it out: this talking vacuum cleaner belongs to the same customer who brought in a talking antique radio recently. As Luis fetches David (and the strawberry shortcake), Lena’s owner (Richard Hunt) comes by to pick her up. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | When David gets there, Luis asks Lena to talk, but the old man says vacuum cleaners can’t talk. David leaves without hearing the second half of the sentence: they can’t talk unless they’re plugged in. Lena then talks to him without being plugged in, and the old man is surprised and asks how this is possible. Lena responds, “You never asked me.” The two converse some more as Luis tries calling out to David, but gives up. |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays six marvelous monkeys who do stunts. (First: Episode 1289) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert tells John-John that he's lost his paper clips, and he feels sad. He asks John-John to show how he looks when he feels sad. Then Bert feels angry about losing his paper clips, and John-John acts out that emotion. Bert remembers where he left his collection, and John-John acts happy, too. (First: Episode 0443) |
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Cartoon | Counting 1 to 6 with fruits and veggies (First: Episode 1767) |
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Cast | Olivia sings a disco song about the "Don't Walk" sign with Susan and Maria as backup. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads "SAD." (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 0462) |
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SCENE 3 | Grundgetta invites Craig to play a "One of These Things" game with the flowerpots she's considering to have on her living room table. Three of them have a pair of (Grouch) flowers, while one pot has one single flower. Grundgetta picks this one to go on her table, but thinks of a way to make it look better. She insults the flower, which shrinks down, leaving a perfect pot of dirt. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0769) |
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Muppets | Pageant: The Four Seasons (First: Episode 1165) |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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Film | A boy talks about feeding sheep in the winter. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0786) |
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Cartoon | A young man carrying a brown paper bag walks up to the bridgekeeper and asks him if he works there. He orders him to show him whatever circles are in the bag, and to eat them. He is ordered to eat three round foods: a cookie, a pepperoni pizza, and a slice of watermelon. Once he is granted permission to cross the bridge, however, he tells the bridgekeeper that he was merely trying to deliver the latter's groceries. (First: Episode 1582) |
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Song | "Beautiful Baby" song, over footage of various babies and their parents. (First: Episode 1484) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Red Riding Hood and the Woodsman — Little Red Riding Hood and the Woodsman chase the Big Bad Wolf. (First: Episode 0621) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Swinging Gibbon (First: Episode 0009) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and the kids are playing cowboys today. First, Big Bird tries to remedy a hat issue by giving one of his "wranglers" a Snuffy-sized hat by mistake (which covers his whole body). Once that is sorted out, Big Bird assigns the “sheriff” role to Snuffy, who will have a showdown with the Nasty Bird Gang and tell them to "get out of town." Big Bird then goes out to invite Olivia, David and Luis to play along, but they are skeptical about the "imaginary sheriff" showing up. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Meanwhile, Snuffy (now with his giant cowboy hat) prepares for his role. However, he comes to realize that he will be totally out-numbered by the Nasty Bird Gang and dashes away, not feeling like playing the game anymore. Of course, once everyone arrives, Snuffy is nowhere to be seen. He then returns once they've cleared out and confesses to Big Bird how he didn't enjoy his role. So, Big Bird proposes he join the Nasty Bird Gang instead. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie purchases a straw hat for Bert, and asks Cookie Monster which box the hat will go in. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Cartoon | Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them. (First: Episode 0793) |
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Celebrity | Madeline Kahn sings "Me-me-me-me...." (First: Episode 1172) |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (First: Episode 0427) |
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Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1: Dots appear uniformly (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 5 | Snuffy and two kids are now the Nasty Bird Gang, donning fake mustaches. Outside, Big Bird, now the sheriff, goes over the plan with his fellow lawmen. The adults roll their eyes as they follow Big Bird to the doors, where he calls out to the Nasty Bird Gang to split town; a series of loud footsteps follow. Inside, they find the area deserted, which Big Bird claims is because the gang did just as he demanded. Dr. Price announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Mr. Hooper holds both the Sesame Street and CTW signs. |
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