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Episode 1445

Sesame Street
Air date May 23, 1980
(season finale)
Season Season 11 (1979-1980)
Directed by Jon Stone
Production February 20, 1980
Sponsors S, T, 8


Picture Segment Description
SCENE 1 Gordon and the kids think of S words. Oscar gives them one more - "Silence!"
Cartoon S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0279)
Film In a gymnasium, a teacher and some kids play catch with a balloon.
(First: Episode 1088)
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)
Cartoon S for sing
(First: Episode 0824)
Song "Spanish Foods Song"
(First: Episode 1111)
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentCookie Monster shows David a sign that says STREET.
(First: Episode 0423)
Celebrity The Deadly Nightshade perform "Keep On the Sunny Side."
(First: Episode 0909)
Cartoon "Candy Man"
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0359)
Muppets Sesame Street News FlashKermit helps Don Music improve "Yankee Doodle."
(First: Episode 0876)
Cartoon T for Turtle
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1146)
Film Counting 1-20 (planes taking off)
(First: Episode 0798)
Cartoon The story of Aesop's "The Lion and the Mouse".
(First: Episode 0773)
SCENE 2 Bob helps Linda run an exercise program for the kids. Oscar doesn't wish to join them (citing the lifting of his trash can lid as enough of a workout for him) and hopes they'll be tired enough to go home to nap and leave him alone.
Cartoon La t minuscula
(First: Episode 0376)
Muppets The Two-Headed Monster learns to use manners while eating with a spoon.
(First: Episode 1340)
Cartoon A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over.
Artist: Cathryn Aison
(First: Episode 0778)
Film Mad Painter #8
(First: Episode 0326)
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentJohn-John and Herry Monster count to twenty.
(First: Episode 0441)
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
(First: Episode 0287)
Cartoon T for top
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0298)
Film A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him.
(First: Episode 0407)
SCENE 3 Big Bird notices some birds flapping around the yard, chirping a song. He wishes Linda can hear them, but Linda can tell that the birds sound light and happy just by the way they look.
Cartoon "The Noble Ostrich", a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0998)
Muppets Old West: Five good men are needed to form a posse and catch Bad Bart, the meanest man in the West. The sheriff counts five men in the saloon, and tries to organize them. But it turns out that there are only four good men -- one of them is Bad Bart!
(First: Episode 0554)
Cartoon The story of a king who learns to take a bath.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 1083)
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentKermit and Kimberly discuss body parts.
(First: Episode 1300)
Film City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover)
(First: Episode 0132)
Cartoon Big, bigger, biggest (balloons and blackbirds).
(First: Episode 1393)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Ernie Buys a NewspaperErnie buys a newspaper after hearing the newsboy yell out the headline, "Four People Fooled!"
(First: Episode 1164)
Cartoon Little girl and cat (she imagines role reversal)
(First: Episode 0784)
SCENE 4 Bob sings a song, "He's a Dog and Barkley Is His Name."
Cartoon Big, bigger, biggest (strongmen)
(First: Episode 0792)
Film The letter T is a very useful letter.
(First: Episode 0402)
Cartoon A farmer plants big, bigger and biggest trees.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0284)
Cast "Hot Lips Hooper," "Second Wind Susan" and "Great Lungs Gordon" compete in The Big Blowout to see who can blow up a balloon the biggest.
(First: Episode 1204)
Cartoon Various alien creatures perform in an otherworldly music performance conducted by a trumpet-nosed creature.
(First: Episode 1181)
Film The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing.
(First: Episode 0179)
SCENE 5 Barkley plays with the kids as Bob announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. So ends the 11th season of Sesame Street.

CLOSING SIGNS Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign.


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