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44 Episodes 1980 - 1983
Episode 1
Mon, Nov 22, 198255 mins
Today Big Bird goes off for a week to Camp Echo Rock. After saying a tearful goodbye to his friends, he gets on a bus to the camp, where he meets his counselor, Mickey, and a boy named Rusty, with whom he makes friends. When they arrive, they are both assigned to Cabin #10. Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letter D and the number 2.

Episode 2
Tue, Nov 23, 198255 mins
Big Bird wakes up to his first day at Camp Echo Rock. He learns how to play baseball and even hits a home run. Later on, he writes a letter home to Maria- at the same time as she writes one to him. At dinner he eats some foods he's never tried before. That night, at bedtime, he misses his friends on Sesame Street and cries until he feels better. This episode is sponsored by the letters C and V and by the number 3.

Episode 3
Wed, Nov 24, 198255 mins
The day at Camp Echo Rock opens with an inspection on the cleanliness of the cabins. Then, Big Bird learns how to swim and paddle a canoe. He even gets a huge postcard from Snuffy. Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letters H and Y and by the number 8.

Episode 4
Thu, Nov 25, 198255 mins
Big Bird and his fellow campers go on a hike through the woods, where they spend the night under the stars and learn the official Camp Echo Rock song. Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letters J and Y and by the number 4.

Episode 5
Fri, Nov 26, 198255 mins
Big Bird is given an award as the camp's best swimmer. Then it's time to go home. After bidding his new friends goodbye, he is surprised to learn that Rusty lives just around the corner. He returns to find a welcome home sign in his nesting area that Snuffy made for him. This episode's sponsors are the letters V and W and the number 5.

Episode 6
Mon, Nov 29, 1982
Grover opens a menu and shows Mr. Johnson a large picture of the special sandwich, which comes with potato chips on the side, a pickle on the top, and olive stuck in with a toothpick. When the sandwich arrives, Mr. Johnson complains that it doesn't match the picture on the menu -- it doesn't have potato chips, a pickle, or an olive.
Episode 7
Tue, Nov 30, 198255 mins
The Two-Headed Monster gets a check-up from Susan. Afterwards, they want to play baseball, but they can't find a ball.

Episode 8
Wed, Dec 1, 1982
Snuffy and Big Bird are in his nest trying to decide what to do today, when Rusty, Big Bird's friend from Camp Echo Rock, stops by. Big Bird introduces him as his best friend from camp, and they do a special camp handshake and chant. Snuffy watches them go on about camp memories and feels left out.
Episode 9
Thu, Dec 2, 1982
Bob greets the viewer over loud noises happening behind a construction fence that's been erected in front of Oscar's trash can. He approaches to find Telly standing watch, who hasn't been told what's going on. Bob summons Oscar who appears from behind the fence and says he's building something that will take him far away. After asking everyone to countdown from 10, he reveals he's building a rocketship: the USS Blecch. Telly asks if he can come with him, but Oscar says he's one of the biggest reasons he's leaving.
Episode 10
Fri, Dec 3, 1982
Mr. Snuffleupagus is competing in the Great Snuffleupagus Derby, named such because the winner gets a derby hat. He wears a sheet with the number 9, indicating his spot in the race. He asks Big Bird to watch his bucket of orange juice so he can have a refreshing drink as he passes by mid-race. The derby begins and Snuffy takes off. Big Bird sees other Snuffleupaguses pass by, thinking they're Snuffy, until he sees they're not wearing his number. Big Bird eventually drifts off to sleep, just before Snuffy arrives and slurps down the juice. Big Bird stirs and thinks someone else has drank it all, when Snuffy returns, wearing his victory derby and sets things straight. The two both take a nap together.
Episode 11
Mon, Dec 6, 1982
Olivia, Bob, Maria and David are surprised to see that Forgetful Jones actually remembers not only their names, but what he's supposed to do today. When Maria reminds him that he usually forgets these things, he turns back into his old forgetful self.
Episode 12
Tue, Dec 7, 1982
Big Bird declares that Granny Bird is coming for a visit and he has several surprises in store - a welcome banner, a birdseed cake, and confetti. He hears a knock on the door and gathers Maria and the kids to surprise Granny Bird. Instead, they deliver the surprise to David's grandmother Grace, who also happens to be visiting today. Maria points out the surprise was on Big Bird this time.
Episode 13
Wed, Dec 8, 1982
Bob greets the viewer, then encounters Big Bird standing in front of a giant box with a sheet over it. Big Bird claims he recently inspired Dr. Nobel Price's latest invention: Snufflex, giant kleenex for sick Snuffleupaguses. Bob informs Dr. Price that this product is useless because 1) it already exists in a smaller form, and 2) Snuffleupaguses are just imaginary (which Big Bird denies). After Bob leads the crying doctor away, a sick Snuffy shows up and Big Bird hands him a tissue. When Big Bird realizes that Snuffy was just here, he tries to catch up with Bob and Dr. Price.
Episode 14
Thu, Dec 9, 1982
In the morning, a hungry Big Bird visits Hooper's Store for breakfast, and notices that none of the seats are taken. David tells him he can sit anywhere, but while Big Bird decides where to sit, Luis and Maria enter and sit down, which means that some seats are now taken. Big Bird continues to decide who to sit next to, when some kids enter and sit down, so now all of the seats are taken. When they see how hungry Big Bird is, they immediately empty their seats out of consideration.
Episode 15
Wed, Dec 15, 1982
Episode 16
Mon, Dec 13, 1982
The Two-Headed monster are arguing over who should say the alphabet until Olivia tells them to cooperate. Once they finally said they alphabet together, Olivia takes a celebration photo of them.
Episode 17
Thu, Dec 9, 1982
Episode 18
Wed, Dec 15, 1982
Episode 19
Thu, Dec 16, 1982
Forgetful Jones has been put in charge of Hooper's Store for the moment, but he can't remember what he's supposed to be doing. Luis points out the buns and condiments on the counter, but instead of a hot dog, he places a banana in the bun. Luis doesn't think anyone would eat such a thing...except for Oscar the Grouch.
Episode 20
Fri, Dec 17, 1982
Gordon and Susan are going on a double date with Oscar and Grundgetta while going out dancing.
Episode 22
Tue, Dec 21, 1982
Big Bird imagines everyone on Sesame Street acting like Forgetful Jones.
Episode 24
Thu, Dec 23, 1982
Don Music writes a song about a songwriter.
Episode 25
Fri, Dec 24, 1982
Episode 26
Mon, Dec 27, 1982
The Count counts the children at the daycare center.
Episode 27
Tue, Dec 28, 1982
Oscar tricks everyone by putting multiple trash cans out on the Street.
Episode 28
Wed, Dec 29, 1982
It is Gordon and Susan's 14th wedding anniversary and they tell Big Bird the story of how they got married.
Episode 29
Thu, Dec 30, 1982
Episode 30
Fri, Dec 31, 1982
Big Bird tells Luis and Maria a story about two honkers that came to his nest and one of the honkers had a sore nose and can't honk.
Episode 31
Mon, Jan 3, 198355 mins
Bob has a lot of music lessons to give today: flute lessons for Gordon, singing lessons for the Two-Headed Monster, piano lessons for Biff and Sully, and violin lessons for the kids. Oscar even asks him to give brass instrument lessons to some of his pets. Today's sponsors are the letters R and Z and the number 9.
Episode 35
Fri, Jan 7, 198355 mins
Episode 49
Thu, Nov 27, 198055 mins
Episode 60
Fri, Feb 11, 198355 mins
Bob meets Ferlinghetti Donizetti, a hep cat who rhymes everything in their conversation.
Episode 70
Fri, Feb 25, 198360 mins
Episode 74
Thu, Mar 3, 198355 mins
David is sick with a mild cold and insists on getting up and going to work, but Grandma Grace won't have this.
Episode 75
Fri, Mar 4, 198360 mins
Episode 76
Mon, Mar 7, 198355 mins
Today, Forgetful Jones wants to welcome the viewers, but he can't seem to remember the name of the street. It takes him all day to figure it out. Today's sponsors are the letters L and R and the number 3.
Episode 90
Fri, Mar 25, 1983
Episode 91
Mon, Mar 28, 198355 mins
Olivia finds Barkley sleeping on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street. She shoos him away, then Barkley tries to sleep next to Bob in the middle of the sidewalk. Soon, David shoos Barkley from sleeping in the doorway of Hooper's Store. Bob and Maria then catch Barkley trying to sleep in front of the Fix-It Shop, and realize that Barkley doesn't really have a place of his own to sleep. They get the idea to build a doghouse for him, so Maria heads into the Fix-It Shop to draw up some plans while Bob looks for others to help build it.
Episode 95
Fri, Apr 1, 198355 mins
Today, Snuffy brings his toaster to the Fix-It Shop, to Maria's shock. Then, his Hawaiian cousin, Abigail, comes to the street, brought over by Dr. Nobel Price, who thinks she's a new creature called a Shagaphant.

Episode 103
Wed, Apr 13, 198360 mins
Episode 108
Wed, Apr 20, 198360 mins
Episode 124
Thu, May 12, 198360 mins
Episode 125
Fri, May 13, 198360 mins
Episode 130
Fri, May 20, 1983