| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Peligro, el perro | |||||||||
| Air date | December 11, 1981 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||||
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Insert | Susan greets Big Bird walking down Sesame Street in a slump because he wanted to talk to Luis's grandmother on the phone in New Mexico, but he couldn't think of anything to say. He's told that he was just shy, and she sings to him "Everyone Feels a Little Shy Sometimes". (First: Episode 0964) |
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Muppets | Ernie wakes up and tells Bert it's time to get up, but notices that Bert isn't in his bed. He slowly ponders what happened to his best friend, coming to the conclusion that maybe some Martians took him away in their spaceship. As it turns out, Bert just got up early to fix some oatmeal. Ernie is relieved... until a real spaceship lands and the Martians enter the room. (First: Episode 1208) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feats of ten brown bears. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1336) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there. (First: Episode 0128) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy count to 10. (First: Episode 0120) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #10 (First: Episode 0328) |
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Cartoon | A derby-hatted man identifies animal sounds, ending with a tractor. (First: Episode 0839) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert asks who Ernie is decorating the room for. It turns out to be the viewer at home. (First: Episode 0352) |
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Snuffleupagus feels down because he doesn't feel as though Snuffleupaguses like him are as good as other creatures: he thinks he's too shaggy and slow, and is ashamed of having four legs. Big Bird shows him how his unique attributes make him special and calls him graceful and beautiful. He encourages Snuffy to "walk proud," though he crashes into the doors in the process. |
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Cartoon | A scientist builds a robot that has real feelings, such as sad, happy and afraid. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Celebrity | James Galway plays a beautiful tune on his flute for Oscar the Grouch, who considers it awful. He gets an old flute that's been in his family for generations and demonstrates how grouchy it sounds. James still manages to make beautiful music with it. (First: Episode 1414) |
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Film | Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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SCENE 2 | In limbo, David sings a song about the word "Stop." |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: STOP. After the man reads the sign, two cars screech to a stop, one on each side of him. (First: Episode 1163) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet asks another "Is this the D train?" A subway train then arrives, letting out several letter Ds. (First: Episode 1493) |
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Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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SCENE 3 | The kids gather around as Oscar's robot, Charles, does impressions of assorted machine sounds. He closes with his loudest impression - a pneumatic drill, which causes him to violently shake much of his hardware apart. |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word "hop" and starts hopping. (First: Episode 1482) |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Film | Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Cartoon | Big / bigger / biggest (bikes) (First: Episode 1245) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse are hot and thirsty, so they stop in at the Short Branch Café for a nice cold glass of milk. The bartender is distressed to see Grover riding his horse right inside, knocking over tables. "I just redecorated the place, too," he sighs. Grover orders a glass of milk, and the bartender asks if he wants the big glass, the bigger glass or the biggest glass. Fred tells the bartender that Marshal Grover doesn't know the difference, so the bartender shows off all three sizes. Marshal Grover and Fred come behind the bar to get a closer look, breaking bottles and glassware. The annoyed bartender shouts at Grover to choose a glass, and Grover picks the biggest glass. The bartender asks if Fred wants anything, but Fred says, "No thanks, I'm drivin'." As Grover rides his horse out of the café, the bartender asks who's going to pay for all this stuff. Grover says he'll be back to pay for it tomorrow. Panicked, the bartender says not to come back; it's on the house! (First: Episode 0683) |
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Cartoon | An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO." (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word. (First: Episode 0319) |
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Cartoon | Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats. (First: Episode 1148) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. (First: Episode 0545) |
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SCENE 4 | Situated next to Oscar's trash can is a miniature trash can with a sign reading, "Peligro, el perro." Maria and the kids come along and read the sign and translate it - "Danger, the dog." Maria assumes that if she opens the can, a dog will bite her. Oscar opens it instead, revealing a scraggly Grouch puppy inside. The dog isn't dangerous at all, but Oscar explains that "Peligro" is the dog's name. |
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Cartoon | Two boys peek into a fire house, and write HAT, HOSE, and HOOK on the window using their breath. Two dogs come by and wonder what a HAT HOSE HOOK is, but their question is answered when the fire truck leaves the station. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1204) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Five stripes make a circle. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Song | Spanish Food Market Song (First: Episode 1111) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: H for Hand (First: Episode 0771) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar commands Peligro to do some tricks, which the dog doesn't follow. Maria gives him a command in Spanish, which he still doesn't do. Oscar is proud that not only is he disobedient, but he's bilingual too. David announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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