| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Teaching a baby Honker the alphabet | |||||||
| Air date | December 27, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria welcomes the viewer, then encounters Big Bird teaching a baby Honker to honk the alphabet. Big Bird recites it one part at a time in the form of "The Alphabet Song," and with Maria's help they get through the whole song with success. The baby Honker then wants to do it again, and Maria and Big Bird start to sense the pattern that's forming... |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Film | People jump. (First: Episode 0774) |
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Cartoon | A boy has fun with his wood plank. (First: Episode 1503) |
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Film | Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Insert | Various things in a kitchen become CERRADO. (Luis voice-over) (First: Episode 1343) |
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Cartoon | A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying "Abierto" and "Cerrado." (First: Episode 0771) |
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SCENE 2 | At Hooper's Store, the baby Honker wants to honk the alphabet some more, but David declines and Big Bird follows him to help with some chores. The Honker then turns his attention to Barkley, and tries to get him to sing along. Big Bird and David are skeptical about this working since Barkley likely doesn't understand what the Honker is saying, but both are impressed when Barkley starts to howl along with the Honker's performance of the song. |
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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 | Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin notices a short thread on Luis' tuxedo, which becomes long as he pulls it, unraveling Luis's trousers! (First: Episode 1042) |
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Animation | A man plays a memory game using cards. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Muppets | Old West: Five good men are needed to form a posse and catch Bad Bart, the meanest man in the West. The sheriff counts five men in the saloon, and tries to organize them. But it turns out that there are only four good men -- one of them is Bad Bart! (First: Episode 0554) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar gathers David and Olivia inside Hooper's to screen Slimey's newly-completed movie, The Incredible Voyage Across Hooper's Counter. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
After Slimey appears in an MGM-esque bannered circle, the movie cuts to a POV shot of Slimey crawling across the counter, where objects look bigger than they are. The film follows Slimey's trek as he passes through a giant spoon, donut, and cup of coffee. The screen becomes dark when Slimey enters an apple, and Oscar claims that this part goes on for about half an hour. David turns off the projector, and Slimey emerges from the bowl of apples to take a bow. |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly find a place for their picture of their favorite rock star, Danny. (First: Episode 1295) |
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Muppets | Caveman Days: King Ernie wants something to drink, so he calls on the Royal Smart Person for help. The royal cow has quit, so there's no milk available. Ernie also shows that there is no liquid inside a rock or a stick. Then the Royal Smart Person suggests that Ernie should try squeezing a round orange thing (an orange), which turns out to have juice inside. (First: Episode 1385) |
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Cartoon | "Six Soccer Socks" Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1670) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Celebrity | Suzanne Farrell takes small and big steps, then has a little lunch and a big lunch. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | A large blob shoves a tiny one out of the way and declares, "I'm big!" The tiny one thinks for a moment and declares, "I'm me!" Artist: Janet Perlman (First: Episode 1637) |
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Cast | David and Olivia sing "It Feels Good When You Sing a Song." (First: Episode 1176) |
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Film | Most animals have two eyes, ears, etc. ... but some snakes have two heads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0287) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover opens a menu and shows Mr. Johnson a large picture of the special sandwich, which comes with potato chips on the side, a pickle on the top, and olive stuck in with a toothpick. When the sandwich arrives, Mr. Johnson complains that it doesn't match the picture on the menu -- it doesn't have potato chips, a pickle or an olive. (First: Episode 0332) |
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Cartoon | A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (First: Episode 0032) |
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Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" (First: Episode 0371) |
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Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster gets MAD when it sees the word. (First: Episode 1513) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird, Olivia, and some kids encounter the Honkers having a parade. The Honkers invite them to join in, but Olivia demonstrates that their noses don't make any noise. The Honker leading the parade has planned for this, and gives the group their own toy horns and hats to blend in. Olivia feels slightly embarrassed, but joins the fun anyway. David catches Olivia acting silly, and compliments her hat. |
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Cartoon | Counting 1 to 6 with fruits and veggies (First: Episode 1767) |
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Film | Two box-beings make each other look same and different by piling different objects on each other. (First: Episode 0226) |
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Muppets | Twin Anything Muppets find they're identical, except for their voices. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | C for Candle (blows man away) (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | Megan goes to the doctor and gets a cast on her arm so it can heal. (First: Episode 1205) |
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Muppets | "The IG Family Song" (First: Episode 0141) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: C-cat (First: Episode 0779) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and David tell Maria about their day with the baby Honker, who shows up again wanting to sing the alphabet some more. Maria suggests that he can help her by honking the sponsors instead. |
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