Sesame Street | |||||||
Slimey goes missing | |||||||
Air date | May 12, 1981 | ||||||
Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Gladys the Cow livens up Luis' dull lecture about milk with a glitzy musical number about it. (First: Episode 1310) | |
Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. (First: Episode 1295) | |
Film | Lemurs rest on tree branches. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0390) | |
Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Invisible Man — Kermit meets the family of The Invisible Man. (First: Episode 1009) | |
SCENE 1 | Slimey emerges from his own, miniature can and spots a butterfly nearby. He begins following it as it flutters around the street, eventually going over the fence in the yard. | |
SCENE 1 cont'd | Oscar comes up to awaken his little pal only to find that Slimey has gone missing! Olivia and Linda offer to help rally some friends to help look, and for once Oscar is grateful they're not Grouches since Grouches would hate to cooperate. They split up, while Oscar considers calling the police. | |
Cartoon | An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests. (First: Episode 1481) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy plays hide-and-seek with three letter Zs, who blend into his porch. (First: Episode 0200) | |
Cartoon | A boy passes by various signs before reaching the SALIDA. (First: Episode 0458) | |
Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) | |
Cartoon | A pig sings "Pig's Love Song." (First: Episode 0407) | |
SCENE 2 | Officer Landon (Dale Soules) arrives to find everyone on the search for Slimey. She makes her way to Oscar's trash can and takes down a description of the missing person. When she learns that Slimey is a worm, she hands him a card instead and suggests he contact the Bureau of Missing Worms. | |
Cartoon | SALIDA (train) (First: Episode 0537) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert go off to sleep but Ernie starts to sing himself a lullaby. Bert then asks Ernie if he would mind singing quieter. So he does and then finds that he can even sing it the quietest. Bert then wonders what's going on and can't seem to go to sleep. Ernie then asks Bert if he's singing it to the extent that he can't hear him then why is he not asleep yet? (First: Episode 0841) | |
Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) | |
Celebrity | Richie Havens counts 1-20. (First: Episode 0742) | |
Cartoon | Consonant Sound: V, violin (First: Episode 1157) | |
SCENE 3 | Oscar visits the Bureau of Missing Worms, where the Anything Muppet agent asks him some questions as to why Slimey would want to leave. Oscar shows his photo of Slimey to the agent, who breaks it to Oscar that finding Slimey won't be very easy, showing him dozens of photos of worms who look exactly like him. | |
Cartoon | Krazy Kat proves his love for Ignatz Mouse with a block of cheese. Ignatz carves it into the word "LOVE." (First: Episode 0615) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Lisa discuss love. (First: Episode 1500) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: Z for Zoo (First: Episode 0776) | |
SCENE 4 | Nobody has had any luck finding Slimey, until Linda points out someone they've forgotten to ask - the viewer. Olivia and Linda learn that Slimey had chased a butterfly and went over the fence in the yard. They head off to tell others to look in the park. | |
Animation | Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0614) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Frog on the Street: Loud and Soft — Kermit interviews a man on the street. (First: Episode 0546) | |
Cartoon | A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be. (First: Episode 0406) | |
SCENE 5 | Oscar broadcasts a special message over the airwaves of WORM Radio, calling out for Slimey. In the park, Slimey hears the message on the radio and wiggles excitedly. | |
Cartoon | A scientist adds legs, feet, then knees to his robot and tells it to walk, but it dances out of shot instead (as does the scientist). (First: Episode 1119) | |
Film | Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press. (First: Episode 1222) | |
Muppets | "In My Neighborhood" (First: Episode 1323) | |
Animation | Marco had a flower. When it wilted, he called his grandpa and told him exactly what the flower looked like. Grandpa told him to water the flower, and it grew again. (First: Episode 0555) | |
Film | Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler. (First: Episode 0132) | |
SCENE 6 | Officer Landon goes over her notes on a park bench, when Slimey wriggles over and gets her attention. Landon pieces together that Slimey is the missing worm from Sesame Street and offers to give him a lift in her police car. | |
Muppets | Big Bird builds a model of himself and calls it "ME." (First: Episode 0635) | |
Film | A boy narrates a film of how his family trains wild ponies on the farm. (First: Episode 0815) | |
Cartoon | Millie and Molly build a bookshelf. (First: Episode 1287) | |
Muppets | "Zig Zag Dance" | |
Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) | |
SCENE 7 | Everyone consoles Oscar, who is on the verge of tears without his worm. Mr. Hooper suggests he get a new worm since they all look alike, but Oscar balks at the idea: "Slimey's got depth! He appreciates a good argument, and he's got that funny little squint in his eye." Officer Landon pulls up on the street and reveals a surprise - Slimey! Oscar is overjoyed to see his worm again, safe and sound. Telly Monster announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Oscar sings a snippet of "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)" while checking on Slimey during scene 1.
- Brian Muehl performs the Bureau of Missing Worms agent and the WORM crew member.
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