| Sesame Street | |||||||
| On the hunt with Dr. Nobel Price | |||||||
| Air date | May 17, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Dr. Nobel Price unveils to David and the kids a drawing of a magnificent animal he intends to discover - the Elegibunnymonkeybutterduck (a creature combining various parts of different animals). When asked why he's looking for such a being, Dr. Price replies, "Because it's cute, because it would be fun to play with and because the world needs a good laugh." The doctor whips out a butterfly net and begins his search, calling the animal by name. |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." (First: Episode 0425) |
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Cartoon | "L" for "Large" and "l" for "little" (First: Episode 1455) |
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Film | A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117) |
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Muppets | Grover tries to ignore three monsters who look big and scary to him. When they notice him carrying a flute, they grab his attention and ask -- in what appears to be a threatening way -- if Grover wants to play. The three monsters pull out a clarinet, an oboe and a bassoon and begin to play, urging Grover to join in. (First: Episode 1412) |
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Cartoon | "The Little Letter L: A Poem by Louise" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1526) |
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SCENE 2 | Olivia comes out to see Oscar attempting to put together a small swing set for Slimey. She helps him follow the picture, but wonders why Oscar is doing such a nice gesture like this. Slimey starts to swing on the swing, which makes an awful, loud creaking sound. Oscar states that Slimey gets up bright and early every day, and the swings are to ensure everyone else will too. |
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Film | Slide puzzle - boy (First: Episode 0428) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La." (First: Episode 0321) |
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Cartoon | The weary traveler asks the wise man to demonstrate none, some, most and all with a basket of oranges. (First: Episode 0939) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Suzanne Farrell supervises as Herry and two monsters (Telly and Kermit the Forg) practice stretching on a barre. She then calls for lunch and the monsters chow down on the barre. (First: Episode 1387) |
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Cartoon | Find the Square quiz (First: Episode 1602) |
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Muppets | The Count croons "Count Up to Nine." (First: Episode 1134) |
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Cartoon | "Dinner for Nine" Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1658) |
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SCENE 3 | Dr. Price scours the area for the elusive elegibunnymonkeybutterduck. He thinks he sees one up ahead... |
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Film | Elephants in the zoo. (First: Episode 0283) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Alas, Dr. Price acknowledges those were only elephants and continues his search. |
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Cartoon | On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "The Remembering Game", a game show in which the contestants must match pictures based on memory. The winner gets whatever item was in the pictures he matched, and the other contestant wins the item from the remaining two pictures as a consolation prize. Bill Smith wins a cookie, and Cookie Monster wins a jet plane. Disappointed, Cookie Monster suggests that they switch prizes. (First: Episode 0310) |
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Cartoon | A girl tries to describe what kind of sandwich she wants, but her dad keeps misunderstanding her. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1715) |
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Animation | The word ICE is formed with ice cubes, which melt. (First: Episode 1177) |
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Cartoon | A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617) |
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Celebrity | Victor Borge explains that the keys on a piano aren't perfectly white because the elephant whose tusks were used to make them didn't brush after each meal. (First: Episode 1178) |
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Cartoon | The Hummingbird Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1518) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon, finishing his lunch at Hooper's Store, discusses Dr. Price's inane quest with David. Soon after, Dr. Price turns up and orders a peanut butter, carrot, banana, and flower sandwich on rye. This turns out to be Dr. Price's bait for the elegibunnymonkeybutterduck, which he still hasn't found yet. While he stakes out the front counter, Gordon and David sense that Dr. Price will get disappointed when his search ends in failure and they tip-toe out with an idea. |
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Cartoon | Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1485) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks a girl to hug him and scratch his tummy. (First: Episode 1653) |
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Cartoon | The Bridgekeeper: Square (First: Episode 1618) |
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Film | Counting 1-20 (planes taking off) (First: Episode 0798) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog goes to a T-shirt shop, The Wonderful World of T-Shirts, to pick up another personalized "Kermit the Frog T-Shirt". However, all the shirts have the wrong name (Kermit the Gorf, Kermit the Forg, and Kermit the Grof). (First: Episode 1494) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue." (First: Episode 0775) |
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Muppets | Alien Alphabet (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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SCENE 5 | David disctracts Dr. Price as Gordon places an elegibunnymonkeybutterduck on the counter... or rather, a toy of the creature pieced together from various animal toys. Dr. Price nets it and tries to feed the creature, but catches on that it isn't a living specimen. Gordon and David break it to him that such an animal doesn't exist outside his imagination, but with the toy, he can keep playing pretend. Dr. Price is pleased with this new development, especially when he hears the toy can squeak like a rubber duck and trumpet like an elephant. He goes off singing a variation of "Rubber Duckie" regarding his new toy. |
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Cartoon | A boy builds a house out of blocks, and when the girl builds a Victorian house, the boy calls her a copycat. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive." (First: Episode 1482) |
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Cartoon | 9 Ants Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1485) |
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Celebrity | Richard Pryor sits on a park bench with a basket of strawberries; a kid wants him to share them. (First: Episode 1141) |
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Film | A band plays and children dance at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. (First: Episode 0438) |
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SCENE 6 | The kids play as Dr. Price announces the sponsors, with his toy elegibunnymonkeybutterduck squeak-trumpeting afterwards. |
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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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