| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird's toys | |||||||
| Air date | November 30, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||
| Written by | Tom Dunsmuir | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob plays “Pop Goes the Weasel” with two kids and Forgetful Jones, who plays the cymbals off-cue. Bob instructs him to play after the word “fun,” but he does so when Susan stops by and asks if she can join the fun. When Forgetful gets the cue right, he wants to sing it himself, but forgets the titular animal. |
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Cartoon | "I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before & after. (First: Episode 0694) |
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Cast | In a circus routine, Luis the ringmaster demonstrates "before" and "after." Freeze-frame technology allows his assistant, Linda, to show each action as she jumps through a hoop, slips on a banana peel, and gets a bucket of water thrown at her face. (First: Episode 0728) |
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Cartoon | Gerald's dog Sparky likes to pretend he's an alligator. (First: Episode 1519) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Cartoon | At the circus, Tommy Trueheart displays his 11 trick-performing lions. (First: Episode 0816) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish soundtrack) (First: Episode 0362) |
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Film | Kids identify a cabbage in close-ups. (First: Episode 0368) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob and Justine observe the autographs on Isabelle's cast on her broken leg which is healing. Bob points out that legs themselves don’t get broken, but rather the bones inside them do. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Oscar shows them the many autographs on Slimey’s body cast. Bob is confused, since worms are invertebrates and don't get broken bones. Oscar admits that Slimey just loves to get autographs. Bob thinks his pen is too big to write on such a small cast, but Oscar gives him Slimey’s little pen and a magnifying glass to help him see. |
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Cartoon | Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0561) |
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Film | Megan goes to the doctor and gets a cast on her arm so it can heal. (First: Episode 1205) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges! (First: Episode 0192) |
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Song | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) |
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Cast | Mr. Macintosh does a soft-shoe routine down the street as he recites the alphabet. (First: Episode 1464) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old Mother Hubbard — Kermit points out the lackluster cadence of Old Mother Hubbard's nursery rhyme. (First: Episode 0642) |
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Film | A wall painter on a high-rise spells and paints the word "WET PAINT" in red, but accidentally puts his hand on one of the painted letters and looks at his hand, all painted red, and shouts, "WET PAINT!" (First: Episode 1036) |
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Cast | David sings "Wet Paint" as Gordon and Maria ignore the WET PAINT signs around them. (First: Episode 0927) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon is confused when he sees Big Bird and the kids hanging “dry paint” signs all over Sesame Street. Big Bird explains that the signs are to let people know that the area with the sign is safe to touch without getting messy, and has put “dry paint” signs everywhere... except for the new bench nearby, which Gordon just sat on. Big Bird believes that one of his signs would've helped Gordon avoid the mistake. |
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Film | The letter T is a very useful letter. (First: Episode 0402) |
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Insert | Some musicians play a slow jazz musical bridge in close-up shots of guitars and drums. |
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Cartoon | Three turtles present the letter T. (First: Episode 1666) |
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Film | "Listen ..." to various sounds, including the ocean, a heart beating, a clock ticking, a horse galloping, crickets chirping, a passing train, and others. (First: Episode 0951) |
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Cartoon | La letra T es para tigre, tomate, taxi, toro, telefono, televisión, y el terrible tiburon. (First: Episode 0351) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Imaginary Baseball Game — While it's raining, Bert encourages Ernie to imagine playing baseball. (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: TAXI (First: Episode 1136) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan invites Big Bird to the park, but only after he puts all his "Toys Away." Big Bird sings about putting them away as he does it, then settles on a routine for toys and cleanliness. |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | The Count has built a rocket with the help of Dr. Reinbrein and plans to launch it from inside his castle. The two count down from the computer console, but the rocket doesn't take off. Indeed, Count never intended for lift-off; he plans on counting down again and again. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (First: Episode 0347) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie lies in bed and starts talking about what a square looks like and how many lines it has, then goes on to compare a square with a triangle. He then starts to ponder how many sides a circle has, and goes to sleep. Bert is about to attempt to answer the question, but ends up not being able to sleep. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Animation | It's a monkey Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1767) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird decides he’d rather not go to the park with Susan, but would rather play with his toys one by one. Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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