Sesame Street | |||||||
Oscar's trained skunk | |||||||
Air date | February 5, 1980 | ||||||
Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird presides over the meeting of the "Small People of Sesame Street," which consists of two kids and himself (he's a member because of his age, not his height). He shows Susan a list they've made of all the reasons being big is best, leading to a duet between him and Susan about the differences between big people and small people. Big Bird concedes that being small is a good thing and takes a vote to ensure they stay small "for some time." | |
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) | |
Muppets | Kermit is a casting director, holding auditions for a performance of "The Three Little Pigs". The pigs who initially try out get the part of the three little pigs, but three different wolves of different sizes try out for the part of the Big Bad Wolf. (First: Episode 1283) | |
Cartoon | K for keyhole, ketchup, and kitten (First: Episode 0489) | |
Celebrity | Fonzie and Richie Cunningham relate the ABCs. (First: Episode 1176) | |
Cartoon | A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0530) | |
Muppets | Kermit draws the letter K on the screen with his "magic finger." (First: Episode 0515) | |
Cartoon | K - Kangaroo Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1160) | |
Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam is looking for the biggest man in the saloon. The frightened customers point him towards Big Barney, who's cowering under the table. When Sam discovers that Barney is the biggest man there, he gives him a hat: "This ol' hat here don't fit me. I thought maybe you could use it, huh? I'll see you, fellers." Sinister Sam leaves the baffled customers behind. "Now, that's a nice gesture," one says. "He's a little weird, but he's okay after all, isn't he?" (First: Episode 0281) | |
Song | "Spanish Foods Song" (First: Episode 1111) | |
Cartoon | The Mighty Elephant Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1113) | |
SCENE 2 | Maria becomes frustrated when Barkley, in a fit of play, causes her to spill her groceries. She loudly comments that he's too big, when the Amazing Mumford arrives and believes he can help out. Barkley is turned into a little dog, but Maria convinces Mumford to bring the original Barkley back. Barkley returns, but with the little dog's voice. Mumford tries fixing this too, only now Barkley starts meowing. Mumford shrugs, "Nobody's perfect." | |
Cartoon | Big, bigger and biggest elephants (first half only) (First: Episode 0389) | |
Insert | Jerry Nelson narrates three letters coming together to form the word FUN. The letters celebrate with confetti and streamers. (First: Episode 0458) | |
Cartoon | Sign Sounds: HOT DOG (First: Episode 1142) | |
Film | A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. (First: Episode 0438) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: K is for Key (First: Episode 0879) | |
Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster sounds out "feet," and then the camera pans back to reveal a pair of live feet on some grass. (First: Episode 1289) | |
SCENE 3 | Sherlock Hemlock studies a large bone, slipper and bowl and comes to the conclusion that a large dinosaur is loose on Sesame Street. The items all turn out to belong to Barkley. Although he has been proven wrong, Barkley's loud bark makes Sherlock theorize that the dog may posses some "dinosaur blood." | |
Animation | Sand B/b (First: Episode 0627) | |
Muppets | Grover is astonished to find that he's multiplied into four Grovers. (First: Episode 0718) | |
Cartoon | B for butterfly (First: Episode 0006) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another. (First: Episode 0391) | |
Cartoon | A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him. (First: Episode 0799) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is thirsty, and imagines that he's drinking nice cold water. Irritated, Bert tells him to go get a real glass of water. Ernie does, but then he annoys Bert by saying that now he's hungry. (First: Episode 0459) | |
Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) | |
Insert | Farley walks down the street and imagines having jobs like Luis, Mr. Hooper, or Olivia when he grows up. He then sees some kids playing dodgeball and settles on enjoying being a kid for now and considers asking to join the game. (First: Episode 1075) | |
Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — After Bert gets mad at Ernie, Ernie imagines what life would be like without Bert. (First: Episode 1034) | |
Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) | |
SCENE 4 | Count von Count counts the deep breaths he and the kids take. | |
Cartoon | Jazz #10 (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0306) | |
Muppets | Baby Rocky performs "Cry" from his crib. (First: Episode 1107) | |
Film | David narrates some films showing the homes of animals. (First: Episode 0452) | |
SCENE 5 | Bob finds Oscar in the midst of training his skunk, Stinky, to do tricks (or rather not do tricks). | |
Song | "Sharing Swing with Kids Song" (First: Episode 0926) | |
Cartoon | A red man illustrates abierto, while an angry blue man shows cerrado. (First: Episode 0784) | |
Film | A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0429) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster is about to eat a cookie, when a sad-looking girl approaches and stares at him. He tries to eat the cookie, but can't do it. He breaks the cookie in half and shares the cookie with the girl. He eats his half of the cookie. When the girl eats her half, she eats it just like Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0623) | |
Cartoon | The Square (First: Episode 0536) | |
SCENE 6 | Stinky continues to not do anything that Oscar commands, as Susan announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
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