| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Ask Oscar debuts | |||||||
| Air date | January 28, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | In the premiere edition of Ask Oscar, Telly Monster reads a letter from Yucchina Blechman of Sandusty, Ohio, who wishes to know about on and in. Oscar thinks Telly should help with the demonstration. He produces a box, which he puts on his head, then has Telly put his head in the box. He repeats this using a basket, to Telly's chagrin. Telly wishes to switch roles in the proceedings. Oscar puts various bits of trash in a box, then dumps the contents on Telly. |
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Muppets | A woman (Jim Henson) volunteers to assist The Amazing Mumford in his surprise magic trick. Mumford makes her disappear – but when he tries to make her reappear, Herry Monster pops up, saying "SURPRISE!" (First: Episode 0381) |
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Film | A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash. (First: Episode 1114) |
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Celebrity | Whitman Mayo's Animal Guessing Game #1 (Lions) (First: Episode 0778) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Plays Doctor — Ernie uses Bert as his patient while he practices being a doctor. (First: Episode 0937) |
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Cartoon | Words that begin with A, ending with ambulance (Spanish soundtrack) Animated by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0371) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola observe a letter A. Ernie calls out, "A, Bert!" (First: Episode 0551) |
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Cartoon | Words that begin with A, ending with ambulance Animated by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon and Susan take the kids on a pretend swim. Susan then spots a "whale" coming at them (Barkley). |
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Cartoon | A girl trains her dog on here and there. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Muppets / Cast | Maria and David help Grover understand that there can refer to anyplace that you are not, no matter how far away you may be. (First: Episode 0885) |
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Film | The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: A for airplane (First: Episode 0770) |
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Celebrity | Whitman Mayo pretends to be a penguin. (First: Episode 1167) |
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Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Cast | Bob asks Janice to to identify the letter A and the corresponding picture of an apple. (First: Episode 1107) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster shares a bathtub and help each other get clean. They are discouraged when they are finished and drain the tub, but find joy in drying. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Cartoon | An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise. |
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Film | Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | A person of short stature tries to get on top of a horse. (First: Episode 1450) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Marlena observe their knees. (First: Episode 1162) |
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Animation | Finding shapes in colored pixel-blocks (First: Episode 1455) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster sings "Furry Blue Mommy of Mine." (First: Episode 1052) |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over whose chair it is, until the dog suggests they share the chair. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set. (First: Episode 0446) |
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Animation | A kid's father tells him what can be built out of the wheels and things he found. (First: Episode 0268) |
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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 | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet asks another "Is this the D train?" A subway train then arrives, letting out several letter Ds. |
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Cartoon | A red PELI and an explosive green GRO form the word PELIGRO. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Film | "Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (title card cut) (First: Episode 0024) |
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Cast / Muppets | Olivia sings about her "One Two Blues" with two Anything Muppets. |
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Muppets | A young girl bangs her stick across 7 fenceposts, which turn out to be the teeth of a large monster. (First: Episode 1401) |
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Cartoon | Seven rabbits Artist: Owe Gustafson |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover learns what Kate wants to be when she grows up. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Cartoon | Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats. (First: Episode 1148) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon and Susan play basketball with the kids as Telly announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign. |
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