| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Rob the Drummer plays the drums | |||||||
| Air date | April 30, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Robert Gottfried, Gordon, Maria and the kids clap along to the theme while sitting on the stoop. Big Bird recognizes Robert as a well-known drummer and wonders where his drums are. He points out one can drum on anything, anywhere. He gets everyone to slap a rhythm on their knees and starts playing things on the street with his drumsticks, until he reaches his drum kit in the yard. |
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Cartoon | Y is for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0036) |
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Muppets | At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies! (First: Episode 0926) |
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Film | A girl meets a blind woman who has a seeing-eye dog. (First: Episode 0952) |
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Animation | Sand Y/y (First: Episode 0626) |
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Film | A film of two kids and a goat riding a turtle at a petting zoo is narrated in English and Spanish. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0486) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Borrowing a Vacuum — Ernie wants to borrow Herbert Birdsfoot's vacuum cleaner, but he worries about how Herbert will respond. (First: Episode 0181) |
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Cartoon | A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak". (First: Episode 0301) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Rob plays the drums while Gordon and the kids around him move to the rhythm. |
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Cartoon | Snacks on Parade: Peanut Butter Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1301) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Peanut Butter Sandwiches — Ernie and Bert decide their groceries are boring until they combine them to make peanut butter sandwiches. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | 5s go through a space-shredder and produce 5 objects. (First: Episode 0864) |
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Cast | Bob, Maria and David demonstrate in, on and under in their own ways. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly find a place for their picture of their favorite rock star, Danny. (First: Episode 1295) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin trains his headball team by having them recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0893) |
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Cartoon | Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on. (First: Episode 0394) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird introduces types of weather (wind, thunder and rain) as Rob emulates their sounds with his drumkit. Big Bird now asks for the sounds of sunshine, but Rob points out that there is no sound for that. "Oh well, two out of three isn't bad," he says, cueing a rimshot from Rob. |
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Film | Various objects become OPEN. (First: Episode 0442) |
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Celebrity | The Pointer Sisters sing the "Swingin' Alphabet." (First: Episode 0773) |
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Film | You can't see the wind. (First: Episode 0775) |
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Muppets | Bob asks a blank-faced Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet how he feels. The Muppet answers, "I don't feel anything." Bob sticks a nose and angry eyes on the Muppet, who then starts to feel mad. He walks off in a huff, and we hear a crash off-screen. The Muppet comes back and ad-libs, "It's okay, Bob, I just dropped my watch!" (First: Episode 0491) |
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Film | A baby monkey Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0280) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "I Stand Up Straight and Tall" while using some fast cutting camera trickery. (First: Episode 0916) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: I for Ink (First: Episode 0847) |
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Cast | Captain Under-Wonder (Luis) shows how he goes under an umbrella, a table and the tire swing (the latter by shrinking himself down). (First: Episode 0508) |
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Film | A girl gets on, in, and under a blanket in a park. (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 4 | In a split-screen, Rob drums slow and fast, then puts both rhythms together. |
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Cartoon | "Two headlights, two eyes, two schoolbooks, two pies..." (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 1 Counting to 2 is not very exciting. (First: Episode 1156) |
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Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 2 Nobody's favorite number is 2. (First: Episode 1156) |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 3 The huge visual aid falls on Grover. (First: Episode 1156) |
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Cartoon | He, She and It show how a faucet works. (First: Episode 1161) |
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Film | The kids form a capital I. (First: Episode 0462) |
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Film | Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo. (First: Episode 0364) |
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Cartoon | What if I looked like George Washington... (First: Episode 0586) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria enjoys the gentle, soft drumming of Rob, but Oscar wants him to play loud. Rob goes back and forth between their requests, until he finds some middle ground, which neither of them enjoy the sound of. |
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Song | "Watch the Dance": A calypso singer points out the body parts of a dancer. (First: Episode 0654) |
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Cartoon | The life of a Yellow Yahoo (First: Episode 0043) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another. (First: Episode 0391) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird requests that Rob imitate something while playing soft, loud, fast and slow. Rob starts playing his drums as if he is a train starting its route. Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and Linda hold the Sesame Street sign, while Olivia holds the CTW sign. |
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