Episode 1837

Sesame Street
Big Bird can't get back to sleep
Air date	November 22, 1983
Season	Season 15 (1983-1984)
Written by	Sara Compton
Production September 22, 1983 Sponsors C, K, 3

Picture	Segment	Description
	Muppets / Cast	The Count listens to Olivia read the story "The Two Headed Monster", enacted by the titular monster. The book is about how the monster cannot decide on what to do because both heads want to do different things. Eventually they learn that together, they are able to lift weights, play doctor ("Kildare! Kildare!"), play the piano ("Tchaikovsky! Mozart!"), and eat a salami-and-cheese sandwich. (First: Episode 1121)
	Cartoon	Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — 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)
	Animation	Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625)
	Song	Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala. (First: Episode 0048)
	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)
	Film	At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata. (First: Episode 0620)
	Celebrity	Richard Pryor sits on a park bench with a basket of strawberries; a kid wants him to share them.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover demonstrates high and low by asking Heather to scratch his back. (First: Episode 0732)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203)
	Film	"Three of These Kids" — Football and Baseball (First: Episode 0536)
	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)
	Muppets	Four greaser Anything Muppets sing about being afraid. (First: Episode 1755)
	Cartoon	C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster tells his little cousin monster to get him something special that starts with the letter C. He hopes she'll bring him a cookie, but she brings a carrot, a cucumber, a cauliflower, and an ear of corn. Finally, she realizes that cousin also starts with C, and assumes he was referring to her. (First: Episode 1319)
	Animation	A car drives through blocks. (First: Episode 1446)
	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.
	Cartoon	A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0530)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. Bert is excited, but Ernie is afraid. They see statues that look like them. Bert decides to explore a tunnel while Ernie looks at the statues, and then the Ernie statue starts tapping and talking to Ernie. But when Ernie calls Bert back to the room, the statue doesn't move. Ernie is scared until the statue starts singing Rubber Duckie with him. Bert doesn't believe Ernie, until he says "Bye-bye, statue," and the statue replies "Bye-bye!" and laughs... just like Ernie. (First: Episode 1621)
	Animation	4 red balls minus 1 equals 3. (First: Episode 0278)
	Film	Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. (First: Episode 0772)
	Cartoon	Junior has to jump across the pond to make the frog chorus. (First: Episode 0926)
	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!
	Cartoon	1-10, 10-1 count with stripes. (First: Episode 0926)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "When I Listen". (First: Episode 1760)
	Cartoon	The Bridgekeeper: Square (First: Episode 1618)
	Film	Marching Band #3 (First: Episode 0517)
	Cartoon	Sign Sounds: HOT DOG (First: Episode 1142)
	Muppets	Grover climbs a mountain and counts from one to ten with his own echo. (First: Episode 0949)
	Cartoon	Three tigers dance and play music. (First: Episode 1642)
	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.
	Cartoon	A boy learns to put his mom's letter in the mailbox all by himself (with a little help). (First: Episode 1497)
	Film	A rhino and her baby (First: Episode 0408)
	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)
	Film	People of all ages ride bicycles. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0616)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster shares a pillow. (First: Episode 1669)
	Cartoon	K-kick (First: Episode 0463)
	Film	A piece of construction equipment and a giraffe are shown side-by-side. (First: Episode 1550)
	Cartoon	The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241)
	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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