| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar and Deena play "Copycat" | |||||||
| Air date | May 1, 1980 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Bob and Olivia talk with two kids about names, then sing "I Like My Name." (First: Episode 1169) |
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Cartoon | A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk. (First: Episode 0318) |
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Cartoon | He, She and It: The IT knows about locks and keys. (First: Episode 1172) |
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Song | A girl invites the listener to "Swing Up High." Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 0778) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Telephone — Bert gets his own telephone so he doesn't have to wait for Ernie to finish his call. (First: Episode 1394) |
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Cartoon | A poem about changing seasons. (First: Episode 0962) |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar has run out of mud (contained in a jar marked with the letter M) for his mud pie. He knows he can get more in the park, but can't stand all the happy sights of the area. He spots David sweeping nearby and thinks he can trick him into getting the mud instead. Oscar offers to help sweep if David helps him out by putting something that starts with M that is also brown and mushy into his jar. David fills the jar with meatballs instead (since they also start with M), then hands Oscar the broom and heads off to the park to enjoy himself. "Zinged again," Oscar sighs. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss tells Lefty the plan for what to do with the Golden AN, which they have just stolen. Lefty is to put it in the tan van and give it to Dan, who will take it to Fran. However, Lefty can't remember the plan very well and has to repeat it, which results in a police officer named Stan hearing the plan and giving him "ten days in the can for stealing the Golden AN." (First: Episode 0523) |
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Film | The Great Chango, man of one thousand costumes, puts on outfits of various professions. (First: Episode 0518) |
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Muppets | A furry, purple creature whooshes to the counter of Hooper's Store and counts 5 apples. He subtracts one, leaving 4. (First: Episode 0400) |
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Cartoon | Two men hammer a stake into a hole. (First: Episode 0785) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A man eats a hot dog. (First: Episode 0387) |
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Muppets | The creature returns to subtract one more whistle, leaving 3. (First: Episode 0535) |
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Cartoon | A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0725) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A man paints a picture. (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Again, the creature appears to remove another whistle, leaving 2. (First: Episode 0535) |
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Film | A boy talks about what his little sister can do now that she's not a baby anymore. (First: Episode 1402) |
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Muppets | Another whistle is subtracted, thus leaving only 1. (First: Episode 0535) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1347) |
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Muppets | The creature takes away the last whistle, leaving 0. (First: Episode 0535) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot explains what the letters M and W look like with a very uncooperative letter that keeps switching itself. The letter eventually stops switching, and Herb solves the problem by rotating the camera angle, turning the letter upside down. (First: Episode 0155) |
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Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | Monster in the dark (finding a light switch) (First: Episode 0493) |
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SCENE 2 | On the roof of 123 Sesame Street, Maria trowels some mud from a flower pot into Oscar's jar. Suddenly, Alphabet Bates lands on the roof and draws the letter M onscreen. He notices the "M" on Oscar's mud jar and takes it with him as he ascends into the sky. |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: M for magic (First: Episode 0841) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: World's Greatest Counter — Ernie proclaims himself to be the world's greatest counter, yet he counts very slowly, and starts all over again if Bert interrupts him. (First: Episode 0107) |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. (First: Episode 0156) |
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Cartoon | "Octopus One-Man Band" (First: Episode 0004) |
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Celebrity | James Galway plays the alphabet of notes (which only goes up to G) as Big Bird identifies them. |
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Cartoon | Two guys row their oars in different directions, until they decide to cooperate and row together. (First: Episode 0510) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet family arranges themselves in different ways. (First: Episode 0275) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Celebrity | Actor James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 0002) |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Cast | Maria, Luis, Bob and David, dressed as scarecrows, sing about the ankle, shoulder and knee. (First: Episode 0711) |
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Film | Film (stop-motion) - 'Beginning/End' - A woman makes a sandwich. (First: Episode 0387) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Eats Cake — Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Cartoon | I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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SCENE 3 | Deena wants to play with Oscar. He has her promise to leave him alone if he agrees to a game. He starts a Grouchy game of "copycat," where Deena does everything Oscar does. However, she won't stop and he can't get rid of her. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: OINK (First: Episode 1163) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Animation | The mountains make a snack for Mahatma Gander, but a talking toothbrush reminds him to brush his teeth. |
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Transition | Bridge #14 - Hourglass Slow/Fill (First: Episode 0303) |
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SCENE 4 | Deena keeps copying Oscar, even as he announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, while the kids hold the CTW sign. |
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