| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | December 16, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan and Mr. Hooper discuss how it's Big Bird's turn to feed Barkley; Mr. Hooper is concerned, but Susan reassures him that Big Bird has planned for it. Over at his nest, Big Bird feels as though he's forgotten something. He looks around and sees some clues - a bone, a bag of biscuits, and a bowl full of dog food. When Susan arrives with Barkley, Big Bird believes he has the items to discuss the letter B. He also notices Barkley looks hungry and suggests someone should feed him. |
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Cartoon | On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Muppets | Pageant: She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain — Cookie Monster struggles to go around a mountain. (First: Episode 0907) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
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Film | A crane is shown, with a shovel and a wrecking ball. (First: Episode 1164) |
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SCENE 2 | Forgetful Jones invites Clementine on his picnic, which he senses something is missing from. He studies what he has and realizes he's forgotten the most important thing - the food! Clementine gives him a food order, which he then relays to Mr. Hooper (though he jumbles up all the items). |
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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 | A man demonstrates up and down. Artist: Al Jarnow (First: Episode 0276) |
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Celebrity | Tennis star Arthur Ashe demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0809) |
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Cartoon | "Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Cartoon | S for Snail Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1158) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria says that there are many beautiful, lovely words that begin with the letter "S." Oscar disagrees and thinks he can name more rotten S words than Maria can name nice ones, and the two start listing off ones that come to mind. Soon Oscar renders Maria tongue-tied as he is able to list more and more words until Maria ends the competition with her own S word: "Stop it!" She leaves defeated, with Oscar telling her, "Never tangle with a pro!" |
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Cartoon | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
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Cartoon | S - Serpiente (First: Episode 0382) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Mirror, Mirror — Kermit is declared the fairest of them all. (First: Episode 0685) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar tries to rope Maria into a rematch, this time naming words beginning with "T." Maria feels she has better things to do with her time, but Oscar begins to list crummy T words anyway. She tells Oscar to "take a trip!" and shoves him back into his can; Oscar responds: "Temper, temper, temper!" |
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Cartoon | T is for Trash and Ticket Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets | Count's Castle: Mailbags — The Count counts letters in the mail. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Cartoon | T es para telefono (First: Episode 0362) |
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Film | Things in a kitchen become CLOSED. (First: Episode 1337) |
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Cartoon | In Spanish, a man makes everything in the room cerrada, and considers making the basket abierto if only for the guitar band inside. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Insert | Various things in a kitchen become CERRADO. (Luis voice-over) (First: Episode 1343) |
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Cartoon | A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse. (First: Episode 1020) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Hooper is about to throw out a bag of trash, but Big Bird begs him to stay. He worries that if Mr. Hooper leaves the store, he might find some new store he likes better and never come back. Mr. Hooper assures him no matter how long he goes out, he'll always come back to his store. He demonstrates by throwing out his trash, then coming right back. He shows this again by stepping out for an even longer time. While he's out, he's caught in a sudden downpour until Susan ushers him inside. Big Bird isn't surprised Mr. Hooper is back - he's learned that he'll always come back to his store. He does wonder why Mr. Hooper is soaking wet, though. |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Dance — The monster sounds out the word "dance" at a disco. (First: Episode 1395) |
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Film | A woman repairs wires for the telephone company. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Suzie Sunset are hired to find a missing rope needed for the 10th Street Olympics' round of tug-o-war. (First: Episode 1170) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #9 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1032) |
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Muppets | "I Love a March" (First: Episode 0985) |
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Cartoon | S for sing (First: Episode 0824) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental) (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover: Counts Backwards — Fred bets that Marshal Grover can't count backwards from 10. (First: Episode 1066) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: S for spring (First: Episode 0792) |
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SCENE 6 | Mundi is sleeping over at Big Bird's nest, but Big Bird has a problem - he doesn't know how he and Mundi will be able to tell their slippers apart. Maria points out that they're clearly different sizes. Big Bird now realizes he'll have a similar issue with his other sleepover guest - Mr. Snuffleupagus, whose items are gigantic. Maria leaves him on his own as Susan announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign. |
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