Sesame Street

Season 12 (130 Episodes)

54 Seasons 1980 TV-Y 55m 8.1

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

The setting is in a small street in a city where children and furry puppet monsters learn about numbers, the alphabet and other pre-school subjects taught in commercial spots, songs and games.

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Season 12 Episodes:

Episode 2 Visit From Cowboy X

2. Visit From Cowboy X

Aired: Nov 25, 1980

Today, two new people visit the street: the Count's fifth cousin, Countess vo...

Episode 4 Have a Nice Day

4. Have a Nice Day

Aired: Nov 27, 1980

Bob sings "Have a Nice Day." The Two-Headed Monster shares a bathtub and help...

Episode 7 You Are What you Eat

7. You Are What you Eat

Aired: Dec 2, 1980

Oscar wonders what he should have for lunch, but ultimately thinks it doesn't...

Episode 8 Poco Surprise

8. Poco Surprise

Aired: Dec 3, 1980

Luis welcomes the viewer as he opens the Fix-It Shop for the day. Poco Loco a...

Episode 11 Radio and Umbrella

11. Radio and Umbrella

Aired: Dec 8, 1980

Ernie is planning to go to the library, when he hears on the radio that it mi...

Episode 12 We're Closed

12. We're Closed

Aired: Dec 9, 1980

Mr. Hooper welcomes the viewer, and is about to explain the word "closed" whe...

Episode 15 Rooftop picnic

15. Rooftop picnic

Aired: Dec 12, 1980

Big Bird joins his friends for a picnic up on the roof. Sesame Street is brou...

Episode 16 Alphabet Imagination

16. Alphabet Imagination

Aired: Dec 15, 1980

Big Bird can't stand the mess his nest area is. Susan suggests he throw out i...

Episode 17 Get the Clues

17. Get the Clues

Aired: Dec 16, 1980

Susan and Mr. Hooper discuss how it's Big Bird's turn to feed Barkley; they h...

Episode 19 Tricks are for Kids

19. Tricks are for Kids

Aired: Dec 18, 1980

Oscar lets the viewer in on a trick he's about to pull on Olivia - he has an ...

Episode 21 Barkley meets a cat

21. Barkley meets a cat

Aired: Dec 22, 1980

Oscar the Grouch greets the viewer very early in the morning and explains tha...

Episode 22 Oscar's elevator

22. Oscar's elevator

Aired: Dec 23, 1980

Ernie won't stop saying how thirsty he is, no matter how many glasses of wate...

Episode 23 Sleeping Beauty

23. Sleeping Beauty

Aired: Dec 24, 1980

Deena wants to play with Barkley, who is currently resting. She wakes him up ...

Episode 28 Small Ears

28. Small Ears

Aired: Dec 31, 1980

A princess claims that the man she intends to marry has small ears, bulgy eye...

Episode 29 Countess Dahling

29. Countess Dahling

Aired: Jan 1, 1981

Countess Dahling von Dahling arrives on Sesame Street with Masha, her dog. Go...

Episode 30 Elmo learns Spanish

30. Elmo learns Spanish

Aired: Jan 2, 1981

At the Fix-It Shop, Luis shows Elmo the word "casa" which is Spanish for "hou...

Episode 31 Slump Day

31. Slump Day

Aired: Jan 5, 1981

Susan greets Big Bird walking down Sesame Street in a slump because he wanted...

Episode 35 Into the Can

35. Into the Can

Aired: Jan 9, 1981

Linda acts out different emotions for Bob and the kids to guess. Oscar wants ...

Episode 36

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Aired: Jan 12, 1981

Episode 37

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Aired: Jan 13, 1981

Episode 39 Castle of Blocks

39. Castle of Blocks

Aired: Jan 15, 1981

Telly Monster is building a castle of blocks in the arbor, but he's afraid to...

Episode 41 Gordon's exercycle

41. Gordon's exercycle

Aired: Jan 19, 1981

Oscar calls over Gordon, Susan and the kids to judge his "Oscar the Grouch Lo...

Episode 42 Photo Album

42. Photo Album

Aired: Jan 20, 1981

Big Bird and the kids jump rope in front of Hooper's Store, but Mr. Hooper te...

Episode 44 Bob burns his hand

44. Bob burns his hand

Aired: Jan 22, 1981

Big Bird sees Grandma Grace putting a young girl's hair in cornrows. He learn...

Episode 47 Today's Number

47. Today's Number

Aired: Jan 27, 1981

Telly Monster is supposed to introduce today's number, but has forgotten what...

Episode 48 Ask Oscar

48. Ask Oscar

Aired: Jan 28, 1981

In the premiere edition of Ask Oscar, Telly Monster reads a letter from Yucch...

Episode 54 New Invention

54. New Invention

Aired: Feb 5, 1981

Luis awaits the arrival of Dr. Nobel Price, who has another new invention to ...

Episode 58 Slimey goes to Camp

58. Slimey goes to Camp

Aired: Feb 11, 1981

Maria helps Oscar check to see if Slimey has everything he'll need for his st...

Episode 59 Special Cookies

59. Special Cookies

Aired: Feb 12, 1981

Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker li...

Episode 60 Action Alphabet

60. Action Alphabet

Aired: Feb 13, 1981

Big Bird introduces "Action Alphabet Time" on Sesame Street. Linda pushes in ...

Episode 61 Not Football

61. Not Football

Aired: Feb 16, 1981

Everyone plays a game in pairs trying to carry a ball in unique ways, such as...

Episode 62 Master of Disguise

62. Master of Disguise

Aired: Feb 17, 1981

A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone...

Episode 64 Muddy 500

64. Muddy 500

Aired: Feb 19, 1981

Oscar the Grouch pulls up on the block in his new taxi, which is a ratty-look...

Episode 65 Worm Circus

65. Worm Circus

Aired: Feb 20, 1981

Olga the lonesome robot. Muppets: Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyming...

Episode 66 I Get a Nice Feeling

66. I Get a Nice Feeling

Aired: Feb 23, 1981

Leslie Mostly interviews Kermit the Frog in his home, where he discusses the ...

Episode 67 Horns

67. Horns

Aired: Feb 24, 1981

Luis, Olivia and Gordon hear honking sounds coming over near Oscar's trash ca...

Episode 68 Goody Goodies

68. Goody Goodies

Aired: Feb 25, 1981

Forgetful Jones needs something to ride around the ranch. Clementine gives hi...

Episode 70 Not the Tonsils

70. Not the Tonsils

Aired: Feb 27, 1981

On a boring day, two hipsters sing "Meet Me at the Bus Stop" and decide to do...

Episode 72 The Sun is Coming Up

72. The Sun is Coming Up

Aired: Mar 3, 1981

A boy tries dealing with various leaks in a dike. When plugging and buckets d...

Episode 73 Rooftop Pigeon coop

73. Rooftop Pigeon coop

Aired: Mar 4, 1981

Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat. Voice: Daws Bu...

Episode 74 Bad Weather

74. Bad Weather

Aired: Mar 5, 1981

Sesame Street News Flash: Dr. Nobel Price reveals Slushabouts, but Kermit exp...

Episode 75 Tons

75. Tons

Aired: Mar 6, 1981

Grover the Elevator Operator: Only five people are allowed on the elevator at...

Episode 78 Sick with a Cold

78. Sick with a Cold

Aired: Mar 11, 1981

Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit the Frog reports on Rapunzel, who has been l...

Episode 79 Dirty Cars

79. Dirty Cars

Aired: Mar 12, 1981

Everyone imagines themselves 100 years ago in Grace's grandmother's cabin, wh...

Episode 82 Sherlock Birdlock

82. Sherlock Birdlock

Aired: Mar 17, 1981

Sherlock Hemlock sings "X Marks the Spot!" Olivia notices Oscar the Grouch in...

Episode 83 Stamp Collecting

83. Stamp Collecting

Aired: Mar 18, 1981

Bob works on his stamp collection, when Big Bird arrives. He cites how clumsy...

Episode 86 Playing with puppets

86. Playing with puppets

Aired: Mar 23, 1981

The kids help Luis move some lumber in the Fix-It Shop. Poco Loco watches, ap...

Episode 87 If Buses Didn't Run

87. If Buses Didn't Run

Aired: Mar 24, 1981

Telly Monster sings "If Buses Didn't Run" as he watches Gordon at the bus sto...

Episode 89 Trash Fast Food

89. Trash Fast Food

Aired: Mar 26, 1981

Oscar's trash can area has now been converted into a fast food establishment ...

Episode 91 Trashman

91. Trashman

Aired: Mar 30, 1981

Oscar wakes up Buffy and the animals to do their morning exercises. Oscar the...

Episode 92 Tin Can

92. Tin Can

Aired: Mar 31, 1981

Oscar is about to toss a tin can on the sidewalk, which he loves the sound an...

Episode 93 The Big Arrow

93. The Big Arrow

Aired: Apr 1, 1981

David, Maria, and the Kids notice a large arrow on the floor of Hooper's Stor...

Episode 94 Oscar and the D.O.G

94. Oscar and the D.O.G

Aired: Apr 2, 1981

Oscar and Osvaldo, el Gruñón try to think of a game to play, while Telly Mons...

Episode 95 Telly visits Linda

95. Telly visits Linda

Aired: Apr 3, 1981

Bert sings "I'm Square," an ode to the things he loves that others find dull....

Episode 96 Camp Uglyyucchy

96. Camp Uglyyucchy

Aired: Apr 6, 1981

At Hooper's Store, David says hello to several kids who walk by, but they don...

Episode 97 Old victrola

97. Old victrola

Aired: Apr 7, 1981

Oscar has bought an old victrola from the annual Grouch Junk Festival. He thi...

Episode 98 Rotten Wood

98. Rotten Wood

Aired: Apr 8, 1981

Oscar needs a rotten piece of wood from the Fix-It Shop. The one provided by ...

Episode 99 Stop Yelling Oscar

99. Stop Yelling Oscar

Aired: Apr 9, 1981

Buffy tries to run to the store, but forgets her bag in Oscar's trash can. Os...

Episode 102 Hide and Seek Again

102. Hide and Seek Again

Aired: Apr 14, 1981

Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their g...

Episode 110 Grouch and Magic

110. Grouch and Magic

Aired: Apr 24, 1981

Oscar calls folks over to see him perform Grouch feats of magic. However, nob...

Episode 113 Pigeons on Parade!

113. Pigeons on Parade!

Aired: Apr 29, 1981

Ernie and Bert - Ernie shows drawings to Bert, and Bert has to guess what hap...

Episode 116 Shhh I'm Studying

116. Shhh I'm Studying

Aired: May 4, 1981

Big Bird tells the viewer to sit quietly so they won't disturb David as he st...

Episode 118 Maria Gets a Raise

118. Maria Gets a Raise

Aired: May 6, 1981

Anything Muppets tell Grover in song how to plan for a career; unfortunately,...

Episode 120 Silly walking

120. Silly walking

Aired: May 8, 1981

Gordon, Maria and Linda present a WALK sign in their own ways (English, Spani...

Episode 122 Slimey goes missing

122. Slimey goes missing

Aired: May 12, 1981

Sesame Street News Flash Kermit the Frog interviews the Invisible Man, who ta...

Episode 125 Oscar Meets Othmar

125. Oscar Meets Othmar

Aired: May 15, 1981

When the contraption lands on the ground, its lid opens, and a gray grouch we...

Episode 126 Holly Near visits

126. Holly Near visits

Aired: May 18, 1981

Timi introduces Big Bird to her sister, Holly. Big Bird messes up her name, c...

Episode 128 Missing Bat

128. Missing Bat

Aired: May 20, 1981

The Count is in distress - one of his bats, Cynthia, has gone missing. Everyo...

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Genres: Adventure, Family, Animation, Fantasy, Music, Game-Show, Musical, Talk-Show

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