| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snuffy plays with Fluffy | |||||||
| Air date | March 10, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Forgetful Jones encounters Big Bird reading from his book of rhymes. He teaches Forgetful how to say “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain,” and he eventually gets it right. (Big Bird: "By George, he's got it!") The two even briefly sing the phrase in celebration, but when Luis arrives, Forgetful gets it wrong: "The snow in Rochester falls mainly on the auditorium!" |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
| Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music tries to write "Mary Had a Little Lamb." (First: Episode 0698) | |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Animal camouflage (kid VO's) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) |
| Animation | Finding shapes in colored pixel-blocks (First: Episode 1455) | |
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SCENE 2 | Telly wants to play "classroom" in the yard and pretend to be the teacher, but he hasn’t found any students yet. Bob, Olivia, and Luis volunteer to be students in his pretend classroom, though they're initially reluctant since they haven't been in school since they were children. Once everybody gets seated and shares their pretend school supplies, Telly realizes he doesn't know what to teach and imitates the school closing bell in a panic. |
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Muppets | The Count sings about "The First Day of School." (First: Episode 1736) |
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Cartoon | A boy and girl have different feelings about Stanley. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cast | David and Luis assemble a fractured letter U. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Cartoon | U for uniform. (First: Episode 0702) |
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Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" (First: Episode 0371) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Leads the Band — Bert struggles to listen to the radio while Ernie's band practices. (First: Episode 0982) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis and Linda march with the kids to form "The Fabulous Marching Hand Sign Band." |
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Film | Marching band forms a square (First: Episode 0514) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: T for train (First: Episode 0022) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | I am crying / estoy llorando (David and Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 1041) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates up/down with two ladders. (First: Episode 0239) |
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Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239) |
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Muppets | Various letter Ts have a T party. (First: Episode 1544) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird provides Grundgetta with a letter T thinking that's what she wants to talk about. Instead, she ends up talking about different kinds of tea, fooling Big Bird since the word "tea" also starts with that letter. "Why do I spend my time with Grouches anyway?" Big Bird asks the viewer. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty T” (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Tries to Scare Bert — While Bert is reading, Ernie tries to scare him by dressing up as a ghost. (First: Episode 1448) |
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Film | Examples of people and animals going down. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Elephants have 4 legs. (First: Episode 0560) |
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Muppets | Old West: Echoing Canyon — A cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo and receives Spanish responses. (First: Episode 0698) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Touch and Feel." (First: Episode 0252) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl reads the word "hug" with Herry. (First: Episode 1084) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Snuffleupagus wants to meet Oscar’s pet elephant Fluffy (whose trunk reminds him of his own snuffle), but he’s too shy to introduce himself. Big Bird encourages him to do so, and soon Snuffy is playing basketball with Fluffy inside Oscar's trash can. Olivia finds this hard to believe and confronts Big Bird about it, completely missing the game happening next to her. |
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Cartoon | A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying "Abierto" and "Cerrado." (First: Episode 0771) |
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Celebrity | The Count counts all the baskets Dr. J makes. (First: Episode 1759) |
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Cartoon | How many legs does a horse have? (First: Episode 1523) |
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Muppets | Farley sings "Figure It Out." (First: Episode 1626) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: The walrus (First: Episode 0296) |
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Cartoon | A top-hatted man tries to show a girl how many uses a box has, but she prefers kicking it. (First: Episode 0763) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird waves goodbye to Snuffy, and tells Olivia that after four games of basketball he and Fluffy had decided to clean up Oscar’s mud room. Olivia still doesn't believe a word, but is surprised when Oscar demands that Fluffy re-mess up the mud room. Since Olivia is the only other one there, Oscar believes she's responsible (especially after her sarcastic remark about Mr. Snuffleupagus' presence) and berates her as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Poco Loco poses with the Sesame Street sign, while Barkley lies next to the CTW sign. |
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