| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Birdwatching with Nobel Price | |||||||
| Air date | March 22, 1984 | ||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Luis listens to the radio for a bit before having to return to work. Elmo stops him from turning it off so he can dance to his favorite song. Luis is about to turn it off again, when Gordon wants to hear the sports scores. Then, Oscar (with Bruno) stops to hear the weather report, followed by Dr. Nobel Price, who wants to hear the science report. Susan then asks if Luis can keep the radio down while she reads and Luis is happy to oblige. |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly build a bookshelf. (First: Episode 1287) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about taking a nap. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Film | Kids take swimming lessons in a pool. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Cartoon | V in space (First: Episode 0481) |
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Muppets | Ernie watches as the Twiddlebugs cut down the pretty flowers in their yard. Once they've realized the environmental mistake they've made, they undo their action by creating giant flowers from wrappers. (First: Episode 1512) |
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Song | "Garbageman's Blues Song" (First: Episode 1875) |
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Cartoon | Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V Artist: John Hubley (First: Episode 0311) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly and Oscar go for an imaginary car ride, though Telly is overly particular with every aspect before leaving. Once "on the road," Telly imagines having car trouble. Oscar likes this idea, but his fun is ruined when Luis comes by and Telly has him fix the car. Telly then imagines getting car sick, but Oscar's good time is spoiled again when Susan tends to the ill monster. Susan reminds Telly that he can imagine nice things on his pretend trip, and he comes up with a pleasant scenario that ends up turning Oscar's stomach. |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy: Robert W. Shipshape gets a hat for his birthday, and it blows into the street. R.W. remembers not to cross the street without an adult; Teeny Little Superguy helps him across. Artist: Paul Fierlinger |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "When I Listen". (First: Episode 1760) |
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Cartoon | Five butterflies Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1471) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (hand) (First: Episode 0147) |
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Muppets | Forgetful Jones, Clementine and Buster are in the dark because Forgetful forgot to turn something on. It's not the water, the electric fan, or the radio ... it's the light! (First: Episode 1690) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster #5: Five fantastic floating fools fall from the big blue blimp. (First: Episode 1310) |
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Song | David sings "Just Ask" with Susan, Maria, and Olivia on backup. (First: Episode 1909) |
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Film | Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Cast | A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (piano underscore) (First: Episode 0541) |
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Cartoon | "Wanda the Witch" Animation by Tee Collins (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. (First: Episode 0395) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round." (First: Episode 0413) |
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Muppets | The Count counts as Suzanne Farrell spins around. Monsters offer her some flowers, and the Count counts the bouquets. (First: Episode 1682) |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert says he's too cold, so Ernie goes overboard to get him warm by putting layer after layer of clothing upon him. This makes him too hot, so Ernie opens the window, gives Bert an ice bag, and brings his electric fan. (First: Episode 0418) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #2 "Seven Circles with Designs" (First: Episode 1394) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird comes across Dr. Nobel Price, who is birdwatching. Big Bird offers to be the bird he watches, but Dr. Price wants to see new birds, some of which haven't even been discovered yet (like the ruby-throated dowager and the greater spotted tooferwon). Big Bird thinks he can help out Dr. Price in another way. |
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Cartoon | A baby bird tries and tries again to fly from its nest. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1510) |
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Song | "Water, Wind, and Sun" (First: Episode 1711) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon watches as Big Bird and the kids cut out various shapes to turn into birds for Dr. Price to watch. |
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Cartoon | At a construction site, a blue man builds a cuckoo clock, which gives him his lunch. |
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Muppets | "ABC Disco" (First: Episode 1324) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: W, Wall (First: Episode 0790) |
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Transition | Bridge #14 - Hourglass Slow/Fill (First: Episode 0303) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird has set up the paper birds in the tree, but as Dr. Price studies them, he thinks they're real! Big Bird tells Gordon about this and feels bad - he didn't want to fool Dr. Price, just cheer him up. Gordon suggests he tell Dr. Price the truth. |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
Just as Dr. Price begins to notice they're paper birds, Big Bird confesses they're not real after all. Dr. Price isn't too upset - Big Bird just confirmed that Dr. Price's discovery about the fake birds was true. He then hears Gordon's flute playing, mistaking it for the call of a cream-billed puff, and runs off to find the source. Luis announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Martin P. Robinson as the news reporter heard on Luis's radio.
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