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| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Telly and Oscar's secret knock | |||||||
| Air date | March 30, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
| Written by | Joseph A. Bailey | ||||||
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Insert | Luis needs to step out of the Fix-It Shop for a few minutes and asks Maria to mind the telephone. It only takes Maria a few moments to get overworked between repairs and phone calls. She muses about being somewhere peaceful, far away from the shop. She and the viewer imagine being at the beach, where she traipses through the water and finds a sandcastle. Luis returns to the shop just as Maria snaps out of it. (First: Episode 1613) |
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Cartoon | The Hummingbird Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1518) |
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Muppets | Grover the Salesman: Grover wants to sell Kermit some earmuffs, but Kermit doesn't have ears, so Grover gives Kermit some big human ears. (First: Episode 0800) |
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Cartoon | The 3 Numero Brothers show addition and subtraction. (First: Episode 1182) |
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Song | Luis sings "Three of These Kids" -- three kids are playing basketball, and one is playing baseball. (First: Episode 0418) |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster comes to the bakery looking for something delicious that rhymes with BUY. He tries the I (from the MIKE'S BAKERY sign) and the baker's TIE, both of which aren't that delicious. Finally, Guy Smiley comes in and loudly announces that he would like to BUY a PIE. Cookie then knows what he can get in the bakery that rhymes with BUY and is delicious: it's GUY! A chase ensues, and Cookie requests for the baker to send him the bill. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Celebrity | The Fonz walks out of the "Guys" room and points to the "W" flag, reminding him of a W word he forgot before leaving the bathroom... (First: Episode 1182) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird and Crystal Gayle perform "Songs." |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Holiday Mix-Up — Kermit interviews a witch, the Easter Bunny, and Santa Claus. (First: Episode 0711) |
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Cartoon | The Sesame Street Vaudeville Theater presents "Near and Far," two performers, one of which is always near and the other is far. When the two switch places so "Far" can be more recognized, the act becomes "Wet and Dry" and "Far" gets doused with water. (First: Episode 1185) |
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Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" (First: Episode 0371) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster shares a bathtub and help each other get clean. They are discouraged when they are finished and drain the tub, but find joy in drying. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Cartoon | Find the Circle quiz (First: Episode 1594) |
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Film / Song | "At the Animal Doctor": Two boys take their dog to the vet (First: Episode 1016) |
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SCENE 1 | Telly Monster thinks he should have a secret knock to use whenever he stops by Oscar's trash can. Oscar thinks the idea is fine, since it will help him know who is bothering him. However, Telly drives Oscar crazy by constantly practicing the knock. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. (First: Episode 0395) |
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Cartoon | W is for Worm (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Wet & Dry (Falls in pool; kid VO's) (First: Episode 0467) |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Celebrity | Itzhak Perlman and a girl demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses. (First: Episode 1563) |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Muppets | The Count plans to count apples but, when he's not looking, Cookie Monster sneaks in and eats them. He gives The Count the apple cores to count. (First: Episode 1403) |
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Cartoon | A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him. (First: Episode 0399) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar finds that Telly has shared their secret knock with several people on the street, including the Mudman and Forgetful Jones. When Telly returns, Oscar explains how a secret is supposed to work. |
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Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Muppets | "Honk Around the Clock" (First: Episode 1631) |
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Cartoon | A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782) |
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Cast | Maria and Luis play castaways on an island, when Bob shows up as a new friend. (First: Episode 1476) |
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Song | "Sticky" (First: Episode 1352) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar discovers his can is locked and he can't get in. Inside, Telly reveals he's created a new secret knock that's so secret, he can't even tell Oscar. |
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Muppets | Grover sings "I Am Proud of Me" while admiring his block tower. (First: Episode 1212) |
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Film | Wild geese (to madrigal music) (First: Episode 0935) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Everything is getting wet, because it's raining and a window is stuck open. But Ernie explains that he can't fix it now because he'd get wet in all that rain. When the rain stops, he explains to Bert that since it's not raining anymore, nothing's getting wet, and there's no reason to fix it. (First: Episode 0344) |
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Cartoon | A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Animation | Different shapes appear inside a circle, until it rounds itself out. (First: Episode 1739) |
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SCENE 4 | Now nighttime, Oscar is still locked out trying to figure out the new secret knock Telly has arranged. Telly announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Gordon holds the Sesame Street sign while Olivia holds the CTW sign. |
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