| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | December 23, 1983 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird introduces the number of the day, 4, and tells the viewer to count himself, Barkley, Mika, and Snuffy as they walk through the shot. However, Snuffy informs Big Bird off-screen that Barkley is occupied at a tree, so Big Bird stalls for a bit. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300) |
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Muppets | A shark sings about his "Perfectly Pearl-White Teeth." (First: Episode 1446) |
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Cartoon | An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names. (First: Episode 1301) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird attempts to begin his parade of four again, but Snuffy has gotten stuck and Barkley has run off. |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster presents to Ernie his new device “The Cookie Counter” which will notify him of the quantity of cookies inside the box. Cookie Monster points “The Cookie Counter” rod to the box of cookies, which rings five times representing the amount of cookies inside the box. Ernie is impressed by Cookie Monster’s device and talks about the benefits the device provides to the audience, simultaneously Cookie Monster eats Ernie’s box of cookies. Ernie tests the Cookie Counter by pointing the rod at the box of cookies, the box doesn’t ring. Cookie Monster asks Ernie to face the Cookie Counter rod to his stomach; it rings five times as proof of the location of the five cookies. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Film | Marching band forms a square (First: Episode 0514) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird's parade of four is a success, even though Barkley goes up on the steps instead of walking by. Big Bird goes to his nest for a nap, revealing the "4" picture on his door. |
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Cartoon | Four Ducks Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1481) |
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Film | African children play in a village, and in a modern playground. (First: Episode 0159) |
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Cartoon | A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "What Is it?," with panelists Grover, Biff and Prairie Dawn. They must guess what mystery object Little Sammy Pottle has brought to the studio (a red rubber ball). (First: Episode 1042) |
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Cartoon | E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cast | Big Bird waits at a bus stop in the city (with Jon Stone as a bystander). Big Bird sees "No Standing" on the sign and assumes that means he can't stand still. He walks around, then dances (singing "Hava Nagila") before sitting down on the curb. Gordon pulls up in his car and clarifies that "No Standing" means no cars can be parked there. The bus pulls up and honks at Gordon to move. (First: Episode 1277) |
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Film | Spinning Bus Stop sign (First: Episode 0931) |
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Animation | Carrot subtraction (4-1) (First: Episode 1537) |
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Muppets | Grover is astonished to find that he's multiplied into four Grovers. (First: Episode 0718) |
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Cartoon | A boy passes by various signs before reaching the SALIDA. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Cast | Luis looks for the SALIDA in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | E for Eel (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie tells Bert that he has a note for him, but he can't remember where it is. He thinks maybe he put it in the toybox, so he digs through the box, throwing toys everywhere. It's not in the toybox, so Ernie looks in the clothes hamper, scattering clothes all over. He finally finds the note, which tells Bert that it's his turn to clean up the apartment. (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Celebrity | James Taylor performs "Up on the Roof." (First: Episode 1808) |
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Cartoon | Big / bigger / biggest (bikes) (First: Episode 1245) |
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Muppets | Kermit is a casting director, holding auditions for a performance of "The Three Little Pigs". The pigs who initially try out get the part of the three little pigs, but three different wolves of different sizes try out for the part of the Big Bad Wolf. (First: Episode 1283) |
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Film | Kids talk about how many things they can do now that they're five years old. (First: Episode 1403) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #1 "Circle with Flower" (First: Episode 1393) |
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SCENE 4 | At night, Maria closes the Fix-It Shop and goes home for dinner, but runs into Dr. Nobel Price on the way. He has set up his own makeshift telescope so he can look at the moon, but Maria points out that it doesn't look any bigger because there's no lenses in the telescope. Dr. Price notes, however, that when Maria speaks through it, she sounds louder on the other end, so he calls it a “hear-o-scope” instead, which he'll use to hear the moon. |
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Cartoon | Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Film | Jack Rabbit (no voiceover, edited) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) |
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Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 5 | Through his “hear-o-scope,” Dr. Price hears an airplane and a crow, but Oscar secretly stuffs it with cotton when he's not looking. When Dr. Price notices he can't hear anything, he looks inside and finds the cotton, which he thinks is a captured moonbeam. Oscar then speaks through the cone, pretending to be the man in the moon and telling him to scram, further exciting Dr. Price. He tells Maria about his incredible luck, but she explains that Oscar played a trick on him, which makes him cry. She tries to cheer him up, while Snuffy announces the sponsors and the credits follow. |
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