| Sesame Street | |||||
| Playing a ball-carrying game (repeat of 1203) | |||||
| Air date | February 16, 1981 | ||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird finds it odd when he sees Bob waving his hands while listening to music. Maria, David and Linda explain that he's practicing conducting for a high school music performance tomorrow. They sneak out of Hooper's Store to watch him and give him a round of applause when he's through. |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist puts together a capital H. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Film | Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336) |
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Muppets | "City-Country Song" (First: Episode 0681) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster #8 (First: Episode 1291) |
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Song | "Me and You," over footage of rhinos in love (First: Episode 0940) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sandbox Game — Ernie gets Bert to engage in a word play game with him. (First: Episode 0019) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob and the kids look for embedded shapes in and image using cut-outs of the shapes. |
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Cartoon | A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away. |
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Film | Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays. (First: Episode 1234) |
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Muppets | Charlie is lost and finds a policeman. It's his Uncle Louie, but he doesn't recognize him in uniform. Without the uniform on, Charlie asks Uncle Louie to find him a policeman. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Animation | Big, bigger, biggest (oxen pulling rocks) (First: Episode 0764) |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Prince Charming Looks for Cinderella — A surprising suitor fits Prince Charming's glass slipper. (First: Episode 1233) |
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Cartoon | Harold and Howard think of H words. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar learns about the different vegetables Maria carries home from the grocery store. She talks about each kind as she takes them out of the bag, then offers Oscar anything he'd like - he takes the empty paper bag. |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: MOM. (First: Episode 1481) |
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Cartoon | Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names. (First: Episode 0772) |
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Celebrity | Richard Pryor demonstrates emotions. (First: Episode 1149) |
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Muppets | Sally Sanchez can speak English and Spanish. Her pet cat, Gato, is bi-lingual too, speaking both cat and dog (with a hint of cow). (First: Episode 1437) |
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Film | Addition and subtraction using three trapeze artists (version "A") (First: Episode 1036) |
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Cartoon | Eight frogs Artist: Owe Gustafson |
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Muppets | Alien Alphabet (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses. (First: Episode 0793) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob and Linda want to teach David some signs, but he's too busy using his hands to make their sandwiches. When he's ready to learn, the other two are busy eating. |
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Animation | In stop-motion, blocks stack and arrange themselves to form zoo cages, arches, and a whole city. Artist: Al Jarnow (First: Episode 1459) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Four Elephants — Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | H - Horse (First: Episode 0474) |
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Film | A man (Barry Simpson) puts on snowshoes to bring his trash out. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Cars WALK. (First: Episode 0556) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl reads the word "hug" with Herry. (First: Episode 1084) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob, Linda, David, and the kids play a game in pairs trying to carry a ball in unique ways, such as having it pressed between their chests or on their ears. |
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Cartoon | Toothpaste March Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1446) |
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Muppets | Captain Breakfast unsuccessfully encourages a little girl to eat breakfast, the most important meal of the day. (First: Episode 1492) |
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Film | Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach. (First: Episode 1122) |
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Cartoon | "K" - Kangaroo - A man (voiced by Gary Owens) explains what a kangaroo is, and ends up in the pouch of one. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Muppets | Kermit draws the letter K on the screen with his "magic finger." (First: Episode 0515) |
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Film | The crosswalk light says WALK. (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 6 | The ball game continues as Maria 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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