| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird can't get back to sleep | |||||||
| Air date | November 22, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets / Cast | Olivia reads the story of "The Two-Headed Monster." (First: Episode 1121) |
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Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Guessing Game — Ernie wears socks on his ears and on his nose in order for Bert to guess which body part he's thinking of. (First: Episode 1640) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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Song | Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala. (First: Episode 0048) |
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Cartoon | An old woman goads a man into guessing who she met today. Through the clues she gives, he soon finds out she's referring to him. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0798) |
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Film | At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata. (First: Episode 0620) |
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Celebrity | Richard Pryor sits on a park bench with a basket of strawberries; a kid wants him to share them. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover demonstrates high and low by asking Heather to scratch his back. (First: Episode 0732) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203) |
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Film | "Three of These Kids" — Football and Baseball (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (re-recorded soundtrack) (First: Episode 0345) |
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Muppets | Four greaser Anything Muppets sing about being afraid. (First: Episode 1755) |
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Cartoon | C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: C Words — Cookie Monster tells his little Cousin Monster to get him something special that starts with the letter C. (First: Episode 1319) |
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Animation | A car drives through blocks. (First: Episode 1446) |
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SCENE 1 | Maria wraps up a late night at the Fix-It Shop. As she heads home, she hears Big Bird crying in fear from his nest. She goes inside and sees he's in the midst of having a bad dream about trying to get down from a high tree. She wakes him up and offers to stay around until he falls back asleep. He doesn't feel sleepy now, so Maria tells him how she relaxes herself to get to sleep; she falls asleep as she describes this, while Big Bird remains wide awake. "Gee, grown-ups are cute when they're asleep," he observes. |
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Cartoon | A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0530) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Egyptian Mummies — Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. (First: Episode 1621) |
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Animation | 4 red balls minus 1 equals 3. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Film | Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. (First: Episode 0772) |
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Cartoon | Junior has to jump across the pond to make the frog chorus. (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan comes to the window and sees Maria asleep by the nest. She tells Big Bird to stay still and count sheep to fall asleep. Big Bird only manages to count 20 sheep - he can't count any higher! |
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Cartoon | 1-10, 10-1 count with stripes. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "When I Listen". (First: Episode 1760) |
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Cartoon | The Bridgekeeper: Square (First: Episode 1618) |
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Film | Marching Band #3 (First: Episode 0517) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: HOT DOG (First: Episode 1142) |
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Muppets | Grover: Mountain Climber — Grover climbs a mountain and counts from 1 to 10 with his own echo. (First: Episode 0949) |
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Cartoon | Three tigers dance and play music. (First: Episode 1642) |
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SCENE 3 | Susan has read Big Bird a number of bedtime stories and falls asleep herself as she wraps up "The Ugly Duckling." The Honkers drop by to help and their honking wakes up Maria and Susan. They begin to honk "Brahms' Lullaby" to Big Bird, which finally gets him to sleep. |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to put his mom's letter in the mailbox all by himself (with a little help). (First: Episode 1497) |
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Film | A rhino and her baby (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Film | People of all ages ride bicycles. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0616) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Pillow — The monster shares a pillow. (First: Episode 1669) |
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Cartoon | K-kick (First: Episode 0463) |
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Film | A piece of construction equipment and a giraffe are shown side-by-side. (First: Episode 1550) |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria tucks Big Bird in and says goodbye to Susan. The Honkers have fallen asleep as well and honk in their sleep. Maria announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- The Big Bird puppet used for scenes 2 and 3 has the ability to fully close its eyes (unlike the main puppet used for the rest of the episode), and was one of several utilized during production of Follow That Bird.
- A brief clip of scene 2 is used in the TV special Sesame Street Unpaved.
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