| Sesame Street | |||||
| Big Bird at camp, part 2 (repeat of 1707) | |||||
| Air date | December 4, 1984 | ||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||
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SCENE 1 | It's the first morning at Camp Echo Rock and Aunt Mae heralds it by (badly) playing “The Reveille” on the bugle to wake everyone up. Big Bird wakes from his makeshift nest and briefly forgets that he's not on Sesame Street anymore and he, Mickey, and the kids get up on time for breakfast... except for Rusty, who would rather sleep. Mickey tries to convince Rusty to get out of bed, but Rusty isn't used to cabin life yet and requests he get his food from a restaurant instead. He's finally convinced to get up when Mickey lists all the delicious offerings they have. Big Bird's line about asking around for help is cut from this airing, as he mentions Mr. Hooper who had passed away the previous season. Aunt Mae's onscreen appearance has also been removed. |
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Cartoon | The Hummingbird Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1518) |
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Film | A construction machine and a horse look similar. (First: Episode 1566) |
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Muppets | Captain Breakfast unsuccessfully encourages a little girl to eat breakfast, the most important meal of the day. (First: Episode 1492) |
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Cartoon | Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0167) |
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Cartoon | Small v... (Spanish version) Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | The Word Family Song: ET family (First: Episode 0139) |
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Film | Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. (First: Episode 0772) |
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SCENE 2 | After breakfast, Mickey leads Big Bird and the kids to the field to play baseball. Big Bird doesn't want to play and prefers to go bike-riding, confessing that he doesn't know how to play baseball, so Mickey offers to teach him. While Mickey makes sure Radar has a good seat, Big Bird takes his place in center field. ("I'll be Bucky Dent!" he exclaims.) Though he has trouble catching any of the balls, eventually he hits a home run. Big Bird later informs Radar that it might be better for him to stay in the cabin - he's going to be very busy. |
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Cartoon | A boy shares his bubbles with some kids dancing in a field. (First: Episode 1926) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Cookie Reminder — Ernie explains to Bert that he placed a cookie on the table as a reminder. (First: Episode 0095) |
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Cartoon | V for Van (live-action/animation hybrid) Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1181) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106) |
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SCENE 3 | It’s rest period, but since none of the campers feel like taking a nap Mickey offers them postcards to write home. Big Bird asks Mickey how to write a postcard to someone. Back on Sesame Street, Maria, on her lunch break, writes a postcard to Big Bird. They both sing "I Am Fine, How Are You?" while writing to each other. |
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Cartoon | Three doctors cure a sick 3. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Katie think of rhymes. (First: Episode 1644) |
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Film | Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball turns into a cherry which is devoured by a girl. (First: Episode 0744) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppets (Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson) use a tape measure to figure out how far apart they are from each other. It turns out that thirty-seven feet separate them. (First: Episode 0905) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: C-cat (First: Episode 0779) |
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SCENE 4 | After a fun first full day at camp, everybody but Aunt Mae is exhausted. She rouses everybody in a dinner chant and everyone digs in. Big Bird finds that there are all kinds of new foods for him to try: hamburgers, mashed potatoes, and peas. While the small peas remind him of birdseed, he finds it difficult to eat the potatoes and ends up with a dollop of them stuck to his beak. |
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Cartoon | Un pajaro. |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets perform a "Handclapping Number". (First: Episode 0491) |
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Film | A dented car door is repaired and repainted at an auto body shop. (First: Episode 1112) |
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Cartoon | V for volcano, violet, and violin (First: Episode 1762) |
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SCENE 5 | It's nighttime, and Big Bird realizes how homesick he is. Mickey tells him it's natural to be homesick, and that it's okay to cry. Rusty overhears the conversation and claims to Big Bird that his "friend" is homesick too, and they end up crying together. They feel better afterward, and Big Bird compliments Rusty's crying ability. The beginning part of this scene, with Big Bird imagining what Maria and Mr. Hooper are doing, is cut from this airing. |
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Cartoon | I am crying / estoy llorando (David and Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 1041) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola illustrate "between". (First: Episode 0542) |
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Cartoon | Passengers on a crowded subway illustrate between. (First: Episode 0795) |
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Film | Counting the circus clowns (First: Episode 0501) |
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Cartoon | "I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Kermit attempts to demonstrate how to use a telephone with the help of Forgetful Jones. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round." (First: Episode 0413) |
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Cartoon | C is for Canary (First: Episode 0703) |
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SCENE 6 | “Taps” is being played on the bugle, which Mickey explains means lights out. Although a big day is planned for tomorrow, Big Bird and Rusty talk for a little bit before drifting off to sleep in Cabin 10. Mickey whispers the sponsors. |
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