| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Poco Loco imitates Forgetful Jones | |||||||
| Air date | March 24, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
| Written by | Norman Stiles[1] | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | David waits at the bus stop for a long-awaited visit from Grandma Grace. He looks forward to having some alone time together as she hasn't visited in awhile. However, soon a small crowd of street residents (Olivia, Susan, Big Bird, Telly, and Maria) wait with him, also looking forward to seeing her. David finds it nice that Grandma is so well-liked, but fears everyone will eat up her time. Her bus arrives and she politely asks that she have some alone time with her grandson. |
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Cartoon | Four people cooperate building a table. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Film | Peacock Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes. (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — It's cold outside, so Bert tries to ask Ernie to play a game with him. Ernie keeps bringing winter equipment into the room, thinking Bert wants to play outside. It turns out he just wants to play a game of checkers. (First: Episode 1617) |
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Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0673) |
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Insert | On the roof of 123 Sesame Street, Bob and Jessica see Alphabet Bates parachute down from his airplane. He draws onscreen the letter he was going to write in the sky - the letter O. When his plane circles back, he rises back into the skies. (First: Episode 1329) |
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Cartoon | An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0173) |
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Film | How a steel drum is made (First: Episode 0828) |
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Cartoon | Goldilocks' bath is first too HOT, then too COLD, then just right. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Baby Monster Day Care Center — Cookie Monster seeks Kermit's reward. (First: Episode 1322) |
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Cartoon | In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing. (First: Episode 0778) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird roller skates down the street, when he meets two Anything Muppet kids from down the block named Mark (Brian Muehl) and Mindy (Richard Hunt). They're wearing new "where-it's-at hats," which having dangling decor that cover their faces. They say everybody on their block has them and believe this will be the new fashion trend that everyone in the world will be wearing, mocking Big Bird for being so behind. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Big Bird resolves to get one of these hats and asks David if Hooper's Store has any for sale. Grandma hears about the hats and doesn't think they sound very practical. Big Bird imagines if everyone did own a where-it's-at hat - Maria can't eat her meal, Olivia can't properly photograph Susan, and David can't see where he's going while carrying a box. Big Bird agrees that the hats are silly and that he shouldn't have to do something just because others are doing it. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | He skates past Mark and Mindy again, who can't see who it is. Big Bird explains his position on the hats to them and they are inclined to agree. Big Bird adds that the hats would prevent him from seeing where he's skating, though he manages to crash anyhow. |
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Film | Kids narrate footage of humans and animals overcoming obstacles, particularly a boy trying to ride a two-wheeler. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers. (First: Episode 1616) |
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Cartoon | A poem about changing seasons. (First: Episode 0962) |
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Film | Three dolphins jump together. (First: Episode 0222) |
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Film | A woman holds a painting of five chickens. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet man arrives at a gas station, hoping to be filled in a short time. Instead, his car takes a long time to fill while the attendant fills other cars in a short time. (First: Episode 0540) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0323) |
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Film | Kids dancing. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Insert | Stevie Wonder teaches Grover how to sing short and long. (First: Episode 0514) |
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Film | Workers in a watch factory work on watches. (First: Episode 1029) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to find another cookie with a criss-cross of icing. He has trouble matching cookies, but Cookie "matches" them by eating them (putting them all in the same place, his stomach). (First: Episode 0169) |
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Cartoon | 5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses) (First: Episode 0973) |
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Cartoon | A green man demonstrates dark and light. (First: Episode 1129) |
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Muppets | Kermit watches Grover as he touches his nose with his toes five times. Kermit then tries to do the same, but ends up hurting himself. (First: Episode 1629) |
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Cartoon | A girl counts her 5 cats using ribbon to keep track. (First: Episode 1001) |
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SCENE 3 | Forgetful Jones is at Hooper's with Poco Loco nearby; the parrot perfectly imitates Forgetful's voice. While David is out, Forgetful answers the phone regarding a delivery for Mrs. Green. Forgetful repeats the message to himself, but forgets it when David returns. When David isn't looking, Poco repeats the message in Forgetful's voice, making David believe it was really Forgetful. He goes off to make the delivery, asking Forgetful to tell Grandma if she comes by. In a similar fashion, she hears Poco repeat the message and thinks it was Forgetful. She leaves him a message too and Poco repeats it back to David, still not looking in that direction. David commends Forgetful on his message-remembering abilities, though Forgetful remains confused. |
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Cartoon | A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday. (First: Episode 0764) |
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Muppets | Wearing oven mitts, Telly places an H and an OT together to make the word HOT. (First: Episode 1536) |
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Cartoon | The Square (First: Episode 0536) |
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Film | An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (First: Episode 1077) |
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Muppets | Stuie Monster and the Aristocrats sing "Fur". (First: Episode 0812) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Animation | Different shapes appear inside a circle, until it rounds itself out. (First: Episode 1739) |
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SCENE 4 | Poco continues repeating everything Forgetful says as David announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Kermit holds the Sesame Street sign, and two kids hold the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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