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| Big Bird and Snuffy hunt for treasure. (repeat of 1585) | |||||||
| Air date | February 10, 1984 | ||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar shows Gordon a box of Grouch breakfast food, simply called "X." When prompted about how it's served, Oscar replies with a series of "X / eggs" puns. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin (joined by Linda and Luis) looks for a way to stay dry in the rain. (First: Episode 1739) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Erik play a rhyming game. (First: Episode 1754) |
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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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Film | Three dolphins jump together. (First: Episode 0222) |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock sings "X Marks the Spot!" (First: Episode 0351) |
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Song | "Beautiful Baby" song, over footage of various babies and their parents. (First: Episode 1484) |
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Cartoon | I hab a cauld ib by dose. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1170) |
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Insert | Maria sings "Cross It Out," backed by Susan and Olivia. (First: Episode 1834) |
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Cartoon | Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool. (First: Episode 0954) |
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Film | Kids from Magnificent Force breakdance at Coney Island. |
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Animation | Rorschach ink blob association with a funky jazz soundtrack. (First: Episode 0777) |
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Muppets | Super Grover tries to stop a fight between Sammy and Frankie, who are fighting over an apple. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Animation | Yellow drops don't want to play with a red ball at first, but they make a good flower together. |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit talks with Chris about teaching his little sister, Stephanie, to talk. Chris practices the alphabet. (First: Episode 0495) |
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Cartoon | The Carrot Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird shows Gordon and Olivia a treasure map found in Mr. Snuffleupagus' cave, which the two will use to find some treasure. The grown-ups laugh it off and Big Bird vows to bring some treasure back as proof. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | At Snuffle Cavern, Big Bird and Snuffy begin their hunt. They follow the instructions on the map, but take the instructed paces in place instead of actually moving anywhere. Snuffy suggests they walk instead, and start the journey... |
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Film | A group of kids enter a door marked ENTRADA. (First: Episode 0939) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert go off to sleep but Ernie starts to sing himself a lullaby. Bert then asks Ernie if he would mind singing quieter. So he does and then finds that he can even sing it the quietest. Bert then wonders what's going on and can't seem to go to sleep. Ernie then asks Bert if he's singing it to the extent that he can't hear him then why is he not asleep yet? (First: Episode 0841) |
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Cartoon | A woodpecker drills through a tree to demonstrate entrada and salida. (First: Episode 0808) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | The two are deep in the caves. The map indicates the treasure is marked with a square. Snuffy excitedly points to a shape on the ground, which turns out to be a circle. The map shows the circle is not far away and they keep venturing forward. |
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Film / Cartoon | The letter O introduces many words he starts. (First: Episode 0621) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Billy Dee Williams and Mr. Honker count backwards from 10 to 1. Mr. Honker has to blow his nose before he can honk the last number. (First: Episode 1819) |
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Animation | Find the Rectangle quiz (First: Episode 1630) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | The two reach a chest marked with the word "TREASURE." Because they can't read very well, they think it's just an oddly-marked box and think it's just in their way. As they move it, Snuffy spots the square right by it. They think the treasure has been stolen or moved, then realize the chest is the treasure chest after all. The open the chest and find a series of jewelry and gold coins. Neither of them wear jewelry and Big Bird is certain the bus drivers would never accept such currency, so the two consider the trip a total bust. They dig in the chest some more and find a pirate teddy bear, which they consider to be the real treasure. In order to get back home, the two start walking backwards the way they came. |
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Cartoon | The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on. (First: Episode 1242) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "When I Listen". (First: Episode 1760) |
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Animation | David spots a rectangle in space. (First: Episode 1554) |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Cartoon | Joe's Lap (limerick) (First: Episode 0617) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird returns to Sesame Street to show off the spoils of his journey. Olivia and Gordon again find his stories ridiculous, but once they leave Big Bird discovers one of the useless-to-him coins stuck on the bear. He tosses it away and brings the bear back to his nest to meet Radar. Snuffy announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
Note[]
- Like Episode 1890, the credits erroneously have Barkley's barks played twice, since the closing footage begins earlier here than in the original episode.
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