| Sesame Street | |||||||
| A Honker orders food from Hooper's | |||||||
| Air date | April 16, 1981 | ||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | On a rainy day, Oscar reports for WORM-TV to ask some passerby their three questions of the day, which will earn them a grand prize. Oscar makes Luis stand out in the rain as he asks the three questions, all having to do with what happens when someone stands in the rain too long. Luis gets them all right and Oscar hands him something he needs - a towel (which also happens to be filthy). |
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Cartoon | A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — The Count Sleeps Over at Ernie & Bert's (Part 1) The Count sleeps in Bert's bed while Bert sleeps on the couch. Ernie tells The Count that he can count sheep to get to sleep, but it never dawned on Ernie that the Count never gets tired of counting. He stays up all night counting sheep, to Ernie's detriment. (First: Episode 0941) |
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Film | A voiceover lists many R words. (First: Episode 0661) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert: The Count Sleeps Over At Ernie & Bert's (Part 2) It's the next morning. The Count had a good night, but he didn't sleep. His counting kept Ernie up, and now Ernie is walking and counting like a zombie. (First: Episode 0941) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: R for rabbit (First: Episode 0014) |
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Film | Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339) |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird gives Mr. Snuffleupagus a snuffle-warmer as a gift. Big Bird then receives a beak-warmer from him, knitted by his mommy. The kids help the two friends put them on, but since neither of theirs is the right length, Big Bird and Snuffy decide to trade warmers instead. |
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Cartoon | A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler. (First: Episode 0618) |
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Cast | Maria assembles an R, which is broken in several parts. (First: Episode 0936) |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Snow in the city Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | The word SALIDA exits through a white square. (First: Episode 0588) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet man sings about the word "Salida"...and refuses to stop. (First: Episode 1300) |
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Cartoon | R for Rhinoceros (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1151) |
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Film | Letter R hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0315) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar introduces Luis and David to Slimey's rock group - Earth, Rain and Mud. They perform their newest song, "Gimmie Mud." |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson orders soup, roast beef, and peach pie, wanting them in that order (one at a time). Grover doesn't understand the order and keeps bringing the wrong item. Upon being brought the pie twice, Johnson explains that he wants that after "everything else," prompting Grover to bring everything else on the menu. (First: Episode 1307) |
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Animation | First leaf, last leaf (First: Episode 0794) |
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Celebrity | Carol Burnett demonstrates "what you can do with your nose." (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (First: Episode 0516) |
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Song | "Cow Dog Song" (First: Episode 0783) |
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Celebrity | Madeline Kahn (in limbo) comments on the previous segment. "Well, that's really a hard working dog. I wonder what he gets paid." (First: Episode 1110) |
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Cartoon | A blue triangle looks for his friend in a museum. (First: Episode 1522) |
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SCENE 4 | Deena stops by Hooper's Store and wants to play with Susan and David. David is preoccupied with a book, while Susan is sitting and thinking of things. They encourage Deena to give sitting and thinking a try, and Deena chooses to think about... playing! |
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Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440) |
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Cast | Maria and Linda sew quilts with a Q on them. (First: Episode 1508) |
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Cartoon | A cartoon man (voiced by Bob Arbogast) is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Film | Most animals have two eyes, ears, etc. ... but some snakes have two heads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0287) |
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Cartoon | Can you see the car, frog and bird in the picture? (First: Episode 1479) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Christopher talk about what love is. (First: Episode 1484) |
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Cartoon | Two men discuss who they love, as one man asserts that you can't love an ice cream cone. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Insert | Buffy sings "Don't Be Shy" to a Muppet boy. (First: Episode 1354) |
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Transition | Bridge #6 - 4 Corner D (First: Episode 0282) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Five Little Pigs — Kermit encouters the wrong group of pigs. (First: Episode 0737) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0323) |
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Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497) |
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Cartoon | An old man recites a poem about the time he had the flu. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1274) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are jumping rope, but the fourth one is sitting down and reading a book. (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cartoon | Five Worms In An Apple Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1502) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Polly count five fingers. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | SALIDA (word spins around) (First: Episode 0967) |
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SCENE 5 | A Honker comes bouncing into Hooper's Store to buy 5 apples and bananas, communicating the number by honking 5 times. He starts honking more when he asks for peanuts, faster than David can count out. |
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Cartoon | Five feet stick out from a barrel, all belonging to a strange five-legged being. (First: Episode 0859) |
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Muppets | The Count hires Ernie to answer his phone so that he won't be bothered with calls while he is counting. However, when the phone rings, the Count wants to count the rings, and won't let Ernie pick up the phone until it's too late. "I told you it wouldn't be easy," the Count explains. (First: Episode 0539) |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (repeat) |
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SCENE 6 | A weary David finishes bagging over 800 peanuts for the Honker. Suddenly, another Honker comes bouncing in and David worries that the process will start all over again. He's relieved when the Honker doesn't want any peanuts - he wants raisins. David begins to count the raisins for the Honker as Deena announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Olivia and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign. |
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