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| Big Bird and Bob look after the Fix-It Shop | |||||||
| Air date | February 12, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird wonders about Luis' strange behavior inside the Fix-It Shop. Luis (wearing a black gi) explains that he's learning to do T'ai Chi and shows Big Bird how it's done. He mentions a class he'll be taking today on it and assures Big Bird that Maria will mind the store while he's gone. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Maria then phones the shop to let Luis know she's come down with the flu and is staying home. Bob comes in with his broken radio and is filled in on what's going on. Instead of letting Luis cancel his lesson, Big Bird and Bob volunteer to mind the store. |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Bird Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0269) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — The Count counts the Three Little Pigs. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Animation | The story of Dan and Nan, as told with words ending in "an." (First: Episode 0450) |
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Film | George the Farmer uses barrels to count to ten. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Cartoon | A duck sings about all the reasons why q should be remembered. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Letter Q — Ernie demonstrates the word "quart" by using a quart of milk; Cookie Monster drinks the milk, then eats the container it came in. (First: Episode 0047) |
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Cartoon | A duckling dresses itself, naming all the parts of its coat. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1195) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird and Bob have things under control at the shop, taking messages from potential customers (and also noting how much work the job is). David comes by to update them on Maria's condition, as well as to pick up his bathroom scale. Bob and Big Bird aren't sure if it has been fixed; David claims that if he uses the scale and it shows his correct weight (145 pounds), they'll know it's fixed. Big Bird steps on the scale instead and sees it reads 300 pounds instead of 145, and assumes it's still broken. |
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Cartoon | A kid travels through an extra-dimensional map inside a mono-wheeled box while a narrator reads a series of One Way signs. (First: Episode 1172) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot and Grover talk about "AN" words. Herbert demonstrates the words themselves, while Grover provides visual aids.
The first word they talk about is RAN. While Herbert talks about how to make the word, Grover keeps running around the scene until he tires himself out. |
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Film | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Herbert now makes the word "CAN," so Grover makes a stack of them, which he knocks over. (First: Episode 0160) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents 3 high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1339) |
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Muppets | Finally, Herbert makes the word "FAN." Grover brings in a fan that blows them both away. (First: Episode 0160) |
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Insert | Herry Monster is angry because he doesn't know how to put his new barbells together. He receives some help from Maria and Maria (a wheelchair-bound child). (First: Episode 0808) |
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Film | Kids take swimming lessons in a pool. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "One of These Things." (First: Episode 0174) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar wishes to buy a radio from Hooper's Store. He doesn't like the one on which David currently is playing some disco music. He asks David to turn it off and show him another one, which plays classical music. Oscar wants that turned off and is shown another radio, tuned to a country and western station. Oscar doesn't like any of the radios until he turns them all on at the same time, which makes an awful racket he enjoys listening to. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 1: Harvey Kneeslapper hangs an "OPEN" sign on a closet and has filled it with so many toys that when somebody opens it, all of the toys in the closet will fall on that person. A girl opens the closet, but none of the toys fall out. When Harvey opens it after she leaves, they fall all over him. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Film | A gymnast demonstrates slow. (First: Episode 0507) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 2: Harvey has refilled the closet. A boy tries to open it, but the door is stuck. When the boy has left, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys land on him again. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 3: Harvey has refilled the closet again. The boy and girl come by again and open the door. Instead of toys falling, the closet leads to another place. After the two of them have gone through and closed the door behind them, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys fall on him. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Film | A baby monkey Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0280) |
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SCENE 4 | Bruno the Trashman carries Oscar over to the Fix-It Shop to collect the daily trash Maria and Luis usually give him. Bob thanks Oscar and goes on to talk about how helpful he is and all the good coming out of him picking up the shop's trash. Oscar can't stand all the compliments and has Bruno take him out. |
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Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — While Ernie looks after Hooper's Store, Bert asks him for something to drink. Ernie starts out with a glass of unflavored soda water, tastes it, and decides it's too dull for his ol' buddy Bert. To Bert's dismay, Ernie then adds some strawberry syrup to the soda water, then a scoop of ice cream, and finally, some whipped cream. Now it's an ice cream soda, which Bert doesn't want... but Ernie does. (First: Episode 0539) |
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Film | Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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SCENE 5 | Damien needs a new flag attached to his bike. Bob doesn't know how, but Big Bird does, only he doesn't know how to use a wrench. Remembering what he's observed Luis do, Big Bird describes the process as Bob attaches the new flag. |
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Cartoon | He, She and It show how a faucet works. (First: Episode 1161) |
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Cast / Muppets | Olivia sings "Three is So Curvy" with Crumbs Unlimited. (First: Episode 0980) |
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Animation | Sand E/e (First: Episode 0642) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird and Bob close up the shop just as Luis returns, pleased to see how well they've gotten by without him and gratefully thanks them. He demonstrates some of the T'ai Chi moves he learned as Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
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