| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | March 8, 1984 | ||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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Insert | Big Bird and company sing a song of crossing the street safely - "You'll Never Cross Alone." (First: Episode 1597) |
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Animation | Finding shapes in colored pixel-blocks (First: Episode 1455) |
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Film | Empty / full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0475) |
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Muppets | Monster on the Spot Telly Monster reports from an empty first grade classroom, where the students will soon arrive for their first day of school. While he waits, he describes all the things in the room, such as desks and the chalkboard. He's eventually joined by the plumber, who informs him that school starts tomorrow. She keeps his report afloat by telling some bizarre tales from her career. (First: Episode 1850) |
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Film | Empty / full playground (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cartoon | Kids count dinosaurs, octopuses, and paper dolls. (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 1 | Maria and Big Bird encounter Mrs. Honker and her young child. The mother proudly boasts (with Big Bird translating) how advanced her child is at such a young age, as the young Honker is able to count to 10. She claims the child can also count backwards, but as a gag the baby Honker counts to 10 with her back to Maria. |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #3 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0978) |
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Muppets | The Count's bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count. (First: Episode 0625) |
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Film | Marching Band #3 (First: Episode 0517) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | The Hungry Family competes on "Family Food," hosted by Richard Dawson. (First: Episode 1640) |
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Song | "Garbageman's Blues Song" (First: Episode 1875) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird has Gordon shuffle around three quarters to prove they always total three no matter how they're arranged. Big Bird claims it also proves adults can be forgetful, as Big Bird reminds Gordon of the quarter he loaned him yesterday. |
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Cartoon | Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow. (First: Episode 1484) |
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Film | A bumble bee Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0082) |
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Cartoon | Two scribbles are hesitant to let a tall green one join them, until it protects them from the rain. (First: Episode 1477) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F. (First: Episode 0446) |
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Cartoon | A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. (First: Episode 0309) |
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Film | Kids from Magnificent Force breakdance at Coney Island. (First: Episode 1895) |
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Celebrity | B. B. King plays the "Alphabet Blues." |
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Cartoon | F - Face Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1162) |
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Film | Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: F for Fly (First: Episode 0781) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rumplestiltskin — Kermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name. (First: Episode 0724) |
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Film | An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar, Tanya, James, and Amy count the yucky faces they can make. They get up to nine and Oscar makes it an even ten, though he doesn't bother to change his expression (his face is already yucky enough). |
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Cartoon | Is snow cold? Yes! (First: Episode 0822) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word "pie", and David anticipates getting hit with one ... but it happens to Linda instead. (First: Episode 1325) |
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Cartoon | A dog answers "Yes" to every question. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Muppets | Little Bird plays an imagination game, closing his eyes and imagining he hears sounds. At the end of the game, he imagines that he hears a scary monster -- and when he opens his eyes, Herry Monster is there, growling at him. (First: Episode 0148) |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria and Tanya talk about shapes, then try to find triangles hidden within a picture of an alligator and a bird. |
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Cartoon | A blue triangle looks for his friend in a museum. (First: Episode 1522) |
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Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934) |
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Cartoon | Three owls blink. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1469) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and Amy discuss things that make them happy and sad; Big Bird's feelings then begin to conflict with each other when he realizes it's time to say goodbye. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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