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| Irvine crosses the street | |||||||
| Air date | November 29, 1984 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | From outside his nest area, Big Bird opens the door and presents "The Small World of Mr. Snuffleupagus!" He joins the audience of kids as they watch Brianna help Snuffy form short words that start with the small letter "i." Snuffy concludes the presentation by stating, "It may not seem like much, but it's one small step in becoming a big-time reader!" to much applause. |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (First: Episode 0427) |
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Muppets | "Beginning, Middle, End" (First: Episode 1115) |
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Film | Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach. (First: Episode 1122) |
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Muppets | Kermit shows what's inside of Herry Monster using the X-ray machine. |
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Film | An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (First: Episode 1077) |
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Cartoon | Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process. (First: Episode 0288) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon finds Irvine standing at the crosswalk. He offers to take her across the street, but suspects she won't because he's not grouchy enough. He starts acting like a Grouch, so she takes his hand and they cross the road to meet up with Uncle Oscar. |
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Cartoon | "Chicken Crossing" Artist: Michael Sporn |
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Muppets | Baby Breeze participates in Headball at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium. His question: what would you do if your ball rolled into the street? (First: Episode 0877) |
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Cartoon | Que es Esto?: Horse |
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Celebrity | Itzhak Perlman and a girl demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses. (First: Episode 1563) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: H for Hand (First: Episode 0771) |
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Cast | Olivia sings "Everything Grows." (First: Episode 0998) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse (First: Episode 1167) |
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SCENE 3 | Snuffy sings a round of "Three of Us Belong Together" while tap dancing with two kids; one other kid does breakdancing instead. The group points out the other ways they're different (such as who's singing and who's wearing a hat). "I never knew that not belonging could be so much fun!" Snuffy quips. |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feet of ten brown bears. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1336) |
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Cast | Part 1: Maria drags herself across the sands of a limbo desert until she comes to a soda fountain staffed by David. She weakly asks for agua, but David doesn't understand the word leaving Maria to pantomime various clues that mean water. David interprets that she's asking for a telescope, an umbrella, a muffler, and a rubber duckie to take a bath with. Maria slaps her head in frustration. (First: Episode 0928) |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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Cast | Part 2: The props are stacking up as Maria continues to pantomime her plea for water while David guesses that she's asking for slippers, a snorkel, and a fish. (First: Episode 0928) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: Coffee (First: Episode 1169) |
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Cast | Part 3: David and Maria have been at this for years now, and are showing their old age. Many, many items have piled up as David guesses Maria is asking for a shovel and pail, a live skunk, and a boat. David says he needs a break from 68 years of guessing, and drinks a glass of water. Maria goes crazy over the beverage, so David offers her some. Maria refreshed, David asks to continue guessing what agua means. (First: Episode 0928) |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a guitarist serenading a maiden, as well as the background. (First: Episode 0791) |
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Celebrity | James Taylor performs "Jellyman Kelly" with a bunch of kids. (First: Episode 1800) |
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Cartoon | Don't cross the street alone. (First: Episode 1942) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: How the Three Little Pigs Feel — Kermit gets reactions to the Big Bad Wolf blowing down the Three Little Pigs' houses. |
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Cartoon | A boy builds a house out of blocks, and when the girl builds a Victorian house, the boy calls her a copycat. (First: Episode 0780) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird is upset because even though he's a bird, he can't fly. Bob reminds him of a fellow bird that is grounded - an ostrich. |
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Film | Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Bob gives Big Bird clues about another kind of flightless bird - the penguin (which reminds Big Bird of his friend Shivers). |
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Film | Penguins take a bath. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0233) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Bob mentions how a peacock can spread its tail feathers, but all Big Bird can do is shake his own. |
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Film | Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Big Bird takes pride in being a bird, knowing they can fly, run, swim, or "just get by on your good looks." He wonders what truly makes a bird then, so Bob points out that only birds have feathers. Big Bird makes sure this is true by inspecting Bob and then Erica. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — It's late at night and Bert isn't home yet. Ernie worries that he may have been abducted by monsters and is being forced to party with them... maybe even having fun. When Bert gets home, Ernie shares his stream of emotions he felt when he'd imagined something had happened to Bert: fear, sadness and anger. Bert assures him that he was fine -- he never has fun. (First: Episode 0929) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates beginning and end. (First: Episode 0265) |
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Muppets | After fighting with each other, the Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Love" and forgets their feud. (First: Episode 1282) |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird checks Barkley for any feathers, but comes up short. He feels he has enough evidence to confirm only birds have feathers... with the exception of one little girl wearing a feathered boa and hat. Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- During scene 4, Big Bird segues to another penguin film before the scene dissolves to the swimming penguins segment.
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