| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | March 20, 1981 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
SCENE 1 | Big Bird, Olivia, Bob, Mr. Hooper and the kids welcome all the new viewers with the "Hello Hello Hello Song." |
 |
Cartoon | Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0478) |
 |
Muppets | Here Is Your Life: A loaf of bread is profiled. (First: Episode 0709) |
 |
Film | A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0064) |
 |
Cartoon | A stick describes the meals it eats throughout the day to become a thicker stick, followed by nine hours of sleep to become a boy. (First: Episode 1471) |
 |
Film | Kids pick green beans in the field. Later their mom cooks the beans, and they eat them. (First: Episode 0944) |
 |
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) |
 |
Cartoon | AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat. (First: Episode 1101) |
 |
Muppets | Maria tells the story of "The King's Problem". (First: Episode 0407) |
 |
Cartoon | A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses. (First: Episode 0793) |
 |
Film | A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478) |
 |
Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
 |
Muppets | Salesman Harvey Kneeslapper asks Tony if he gets attacked by monsters and run over by crowds. Herry Monster attacks him and a crowd walks all over him, so the answer is yes. Harvey has a simple solution for Tony: AWAY FROM! The next time those things happen to Tony, he can get AWAY FROM them. (First: Episode 0278) |
 |
Cast | Maria and Luis watch Big Bird ride a horse on the carousel in Central Park. (First: Episode 1304) |
 |
Cartoon | P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452) |
 |
Film | A dented car door is repaired and repainted at an auto body shop. (First: Episode 1112) |
 |
Muppets / Cast | "The People in Your Neighborhood": TV Repairman and Clockmaker (First: Episode 0965) |
 |
Cartoon | A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0660) |
 |
Film | A talking tree tells a child about near and far. (edited) (First: Episode 0111) |
 |
SCENE 2 | In limbo, Olivia blends the parts of the words BALL and WALL. She tosses a ping-pong ball at the wall, which collapses. |
 |
Film | A scuba diver swims away from. (First: Episode 0537) |
 |
SCENE 3 | Bob meets a street musician (Brian Muehl) outside Hooper's Store playing his violin. He's soon joined by another musician (Michael Earl) who wants to play his guitar at the same place. A third musician with a saxophone (Kathryn Mullen) then arrives. The musicians argue over who gets to play music on this street. Bob convinces them to cooperate and they're surprised to find how great their music sounds when played together. |
 |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers". To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy. (First: Episode 0107) |
 |
Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
 |
Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
 |
Film | Close-up shots of a car and a frog are shown side-by-side. |
 |
Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Me, Claudius — Some monsters fight over which of them is Claudius. (First: Episode 1448) |
 |
Cartoon | Seven animals in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson |
  |
SCENE 4 | Bob and Olivia coo over the cute pets the kids have. Oscar insists worms, like Slimey, are the best pets in the world and sings "Grouch's Best Friend Is a Worm." The tune moves Bob to tears. |
 |
Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
 |
Muppets | "ABC Disco" (First: Episode 1324) |
 |
Cartoon | L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147) |
 |
SCENE 5 | Bob is still sobbing over the song, so Oscar cues up a more upbeat reprise. Everyone sings the song together as Telly Monster announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
  |
CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and Linda hold the Sesame Street sign, and Olivia holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Gallery[]
Rehearsal footage for scene 1:
| Previous episode: | Next episode: |
| Episode 1529 | Episode 1531 |