| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Bob gives music lessons | |||||||||
| Air date | January 3, 1983 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Today, Bob is giving music lessons to his friends on Sesame Street, first briefly checking up on Gordon's flute playing before going to his apartment. As Gordon practices, Oscar, Grundgetta, and a couple of other Grouches arrive to enjoy the "concert," cheering whenever Gordon hits some sour notes. |
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Cartoon | Z for Zebu Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1185) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | "I Can Do It By Myself"/"Old Button Hole"/"It's Easy" Films of children trying to put on their clothes. (First: Episode 1727) |
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Cartoon | It's a squirrel Artist: Ishu Patel |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn presents a pageant about feelings. Bert dresses as Cupid to represent love, but his lines don't ring true. Instead, he sings his own song — "That's Love" — expressing that, to him, love means pigeons, oatmeal... and Ernie. (First: Episode 1731) |
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Cartoon | A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects. Artist: Irra Verbitsky cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon's slowly improving on his flute playing, much to the disgruntlement of Oscar and the other Grouches. However, they're relieved when Gordon decides to continue the rest of the piece and makes more mistakes. |
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SCENE 2, cont'd | In his room, Bob gives the Two-Headed Monster a singing lesson: singing "Sing." |
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Cartoon | A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself. (First: Episode 1717) |
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Song | "Water, Wind, and Sun" (First: Episode 1711) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | A voiceover lists many R words. (First: Episode 0661) |
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Muppets | Herry and John-John: Up and Down (First: Episode 0565) |
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Cartoon | Boy and the UP balloons (First: Episode 0364) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly watches Gordon practice playing his flute and compliments how good he's getting. |
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SCENE 3, cont'd | Back in Bob's apartment, he is giving Biff and Sully a piano lesson. Biff wants Bob to listen to him play first. He pounds out the notes to London Bridge, starting off adequately but then goes off-key halfway through. All the same, he tells Bob that the piano lesson is for his partner rather than for him, saying that Sully sometimes fools around while playing. Sully proves him wrong, however, by playing a beautiful, full Chopinesque piece. Biff seems oblivious to his obvious gift, though, and asks Bob if he could teach Sully to play like him. Bob says it would be impossible. "There it is, Sul," says Biff. "Some people got talent, some people don't." "You can say that again," Bob says softly to the camera. |
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Celebrity | Victor Borge talks about practicing by showing how he's "improved" at playing the scales from a young age. (First: Episode 1173) |
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Animation | Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0614) |
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Film | Buffalo in the water (jazz soundtrack) |
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Cartoon | Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615) |
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Muppets | The Count sings about "The First Day of School". |
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Cartoon | A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob's next student is Fluffy, whom by Oscar's request only learns to play an E flat on his trumpet. After which, Fluffy is able to join Herb Elephant and the Yucatán Brass. |
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Cartoon | Indian guru counts to twenty. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cast | Maria as Charlie Chaplin tries to leave through the door marked EXIT, but the sign keeps moving, and a brick wall appears behind each opened door. Finally, she makes her own exit through a hole in the wall. (First: Episode 0832) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit tells Alphonso what an EXIT is. (First: Episode 1395) |
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Film | EXIT (First: Episode 0935) |
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Cartoon | A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge. (First: Episode 1572) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 5 | Bob plays "Practice, Practice" on the piano as he gives three kids a violin lesson. |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin. (First: Episode 1513) |
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Film | Sounds Around the House v1: a dripping water faucet, a man playing the violin, a woman vacuuming, a teenager listening to pop music, and a passing elevated train. (First: Episode 1706) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert search for Dr. Livingstone in the jungle. |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon is up in Bob's apartment and shows him how his practice has been coming along. Accompanied by Bob on the piano, he's able to play the flute without making any mistakes. Outside the window, Oscar and the Grouches voice their disapproval and begin to argue with each other, claiming that's the best part of listening to music. |
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Cartoon | Nine Striped Cats Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1564) |
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Muppets | A cowboy hears his echo in Spanish for the numbers one to ten. (First: Episode 0698) |
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Cartoon | What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts? (First: Episode 0488) |
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Film | Saxophone Factory (First: Episode 1446) |
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Cartoon | "Dinner for Nine" Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1658) |
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Transition | Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B (First: Episode 0290) |
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SCENE 7 | A weary Bob is finished with music lessons for today until Oscar stops him and asks that Slimey be given a lesson on his sousaphone. Bob finds this ridiculous until Slimey begins to play the "Sesame Street Theme." "Wait till the worm parade next week, when he carries this thing in the marching band!" Oscar comments. Grundgetta announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign. |
Supporting cast[]
- Violin students: Sharon Roffman, Andrew Olevik, Steven Gerard
- Muppets: Richard Hunt (tan Grouch), Martin P. Robinson (purple Grouch)
Notes[]
- This episode's street plot would later be adapted and reshot for Episode 2906.
Sources[]
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