Sesame Street | |||||||
Big Bird at camp, part 5 (repeat of 1710) | |||||||
Air date | December 7, 1984 | ||||||
Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
Written by | Joseph A. Bailey | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | It's the last day at Camp Echo Rock, and everyone is preparing to go back home. Big Bird feels sad that heโs leaving, but he's happy that heโs going back home to Sesame Street. Mickey tells him it's okay to be both sad and happy, and that it's natural to have mixed feelings. Aunt Mae assembles everyone for the Cabin 10 picture, which doesn't turn out to be easy as several mishaps ruin each time it's taken. When they have enough film for only one more picture, Big Bird spoils a perfect shot when he comments that a cloud above them looks like a birthday cake. | |
Cartoon | Two itchy gorillas agree to scratch each other's backs. (First: Episode 1456) | |
Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under. (First: Episode 0517) | |
Muppets | Biff asks Sully to recite the alphabet, but recites the whole thing without giving him a chance to speak. (First: Episode 0873) | |
Cartoon | Five Worms In An Apple Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1502) | |
Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497) | |
Cartoon | A snake displays shapes, which are identified in Spanish. (First: Episode 1584) | |
Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Pop" and blows up a balloon so they can pop it. (First: Episode 1569) | |
SCENE 2 | Big Bird finds Rusty sitting by himself, and is worried that he'll miss out on the awards ceremony. Rusty says that he has no interest in awards, but since Big Bird really wants to go he agrees to join him. | |
SCENE 2, cont'd | At the ceremony, Aunt Mae gives out the last of the awards, including one to Big Bird for "Best Swimmer." He proudly wears the medal around his neck ("Wow, this is better than an Emmy!") while Mae goes on to give the final medal: the Good Sport award. The recipient is someone who went along with the activities despite hesitancy, and Mae calls out the winner: Russel Edmund Windgate III... better known as Rusty! Everyone gives three cheers for the winners. | |
Cartoon | Number count to 20 (w/ cameo appearance by Cookie Monster), followed by cast list at the end. (First: Episode 0350) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ Ernie comes from finishing his bath, and tells Bert that there's something that he forgot. Bert asks if he's washed behind his ears, his neck, and his elbows. Finally, Ernie remembers that he forgot to turn off the water in the tub -- as the water level rises. (First: Episode 0347) | |
Cartoon | Splash (girl on beach) (First: Episode 0996) | |
Film | Olivia (in voice-over) identifies different vegetables. (First: Episode 1612) | |
Cartoon | A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog, Pete. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1266) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy and girl have a conversation using the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0273) | |
Cartoon | A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself. (First: Episode 1717) | |
SCENE 3 | Aunt Mae delivers her final words to the Echo Rockers, who line up to give the Echo Rock handshake one last time. As he waits his turn, Big Bird sings "Goodbye, Country" over a montage of his experiences at camp before giving his handshake and a big hug to Aunt Mae. | |
Cartoon | A little girl connects lines to make a train track. | |
Muppets | Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song." (First: Episode 0735) | |
Cartoon | A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse. (First: Episode 1020) | |
Film | Topi antelopes nod "yes." Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0411) | |
Muppets | Old West: Clementine breaks the bad news to everyone: Bad Bart is coming to town to "give someone what they deserve"! She says he will come when the cow moos four times. They listen for it, and first hear a train toot four times, then a dog bark four times, and finally the cow. Bad Bart steps into the saloon, looks for the bartender, and reminds him that last week, he ordered sarsaparilla, but the bartender didn't have it, so he went to another town to get it, and kept him waiting. Bad Bart forgot to pay the bartender for it, so he gives the bartender what he deserves: some coins. (First: Episode 1940) | |
Cartoon | A dog answers "Yes" to every question. (First: Episode 0783) | |
Celebrity | 14 Karat Soul make AT words in song. (First: Episode 1701) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Pig's Straw House โ Kermit interviews the pig who built the straw house. (First: Episode 0551) | |
Cartoon | Look both ways before you cross the street Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1397) | |
Film | Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0456) | |
Animation | It's a snail! Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1711) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ Ernie's doctor comes over. Ernie keeps trying to tell the doctor why he called him, but the doctor is too occupied with checking on Ernie, hardly allowing him to get a word in edgewise. (First: Episode 0137) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: V for Vacuum (First: Episode 0774) | |
Film | A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407) | |
SCENE 4 | Back together again, Snuffy proudly tells Big Bird, "Bus!" Big Bird is confused, but remembers it's the answer to his guessing game before he left. Snuffy now poses a question for Big Bird: "What is it that's good for friends to do when they haven't seen each other for a long time?" The two share a big hug. | |
Cartoon | W For Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) | |
Muppets | Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers. (First: Episode 0366) | |
Song | Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one. (First: Episode 0449) | |
Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) | |
Film | A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0009) | |
Muppets | Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with "knee". Grover guesses the first one (key), but doesn't get the last two (ski and tree) right. (First: Episode 0455) | |
Cartoon | V for volcano | |
SCENE 5 | Big Bird talks to Snuffy about his experience at Camp Echo Rock as Maria announces the sponsors. The credits follow featuring stills from Big Bird's week at camp. Will Lee's credit as Mr. Hooper is edited out, due to the character's death in 1983. |
Notes[]
- Two street scenes out of the original seven (scenes 4 and 5 in Episode 1710) are omitted.
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