| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Telly helps at Hooper's | |||||||
| Air date | February 27, 1984 | ||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||
| Written by | Tom Dunsmuir | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | It's early morning on Sesame Street and most of its residents are still asleep when Olivia investigates a large object covered in a tarp. Dr. Nobel Price comes running into frame declaring it as his new invention: a Balloon-a-Tune. Olivia helps remove the tarp to reveal a bagpipe player who plays a sample tune. Olivia breaks it to the doctor that the device isn't new, it was invented a thousand years ago, and they're played all the time in Scotland. Gordon and Susan come to the window in their bathrobes, awakened and complaining about the sounds of the bagpipes. Dr. Price is happy that although he didn't come up with a new instrument, he invented a way of waking up everyone in the neighborhood at the same time. |
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Animation | Counting 1-9 in Spanish (First: Episode 1594) |
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Muppets | Grover gets under his blanket, pretending that he is on the moon. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | A flea sets up camp on a dog. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1004) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Cab Calloway sings "Jumpin' Jive" when the Two-Headed Monster can't decide whether to jump or jive. (First: Episode 1575) |
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Song | Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?" (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | A stop-motion-animated train runs out of track. (First: Episode 1447) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon finds Grundgetta outside waiting for the "Ol' Number Nine." It turns out not to be a bus but an actual number 9, which takes her down the block as she sings about it. |
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Cartoon | The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 1 Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Animation | First leaf, last leaf (First: Episode 0794) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 2 The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | First, Middle, Last (men on horse) (First: Episode 0827) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 3 The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Animation | New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777) |
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Cast | Maria tries to replicate a block tower. (First: Episode 0460) |
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Cartoon | "Four Seasons" (First: Episode 0276) |
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Insert | Big Bird is grooving to his "Rubber Duckie" disco record when Snuffy asks what disco is. Big Bird explains that discos are for grown-ups and take place at night, so they aren't able to see it first-hand. But, they can imagine it! In their imaginations, Big Bird's nest area has become a discotheque. After a couple dances on the lighted floor, Snuffy and Big Bird get their chance to show their stuff. Back in reality, Snuffy has learned a lot about disco and Big Bird compliments his big imagination. (First: Episode 1261) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Song | Caroll Spinney sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to a sleepy koala. (First: Episode 0048) |
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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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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Gets Bert Warm — Ernie covers Bert with several layers of clothes when he gets cold. (First: Episode 0418) |
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Cartoon | Can a cat bark? (First: Episode 0859) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Song of the Count." (First: Episode 0469) |
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Film | Counting the circus clowns (First: Episode 0501) |
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SCENE 3 | Olivia goes over to Hooper's Store to check on Telly, who has been charged with watching it while David is at the dentist. Inside, she finds Telly hurriedly doing the dishes. He explains that a package for David came marked "RUSH," and he assumed David would want the rest of the work rushed as well. She tells him that some tasks are done quickly, while others are done slower. She then orders a bowl of cereal and he begins to prepare it at a snail's pace. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cast | Big Bird sings the alphabet while Bob accompanies him on glasses of water. (First: Episode 1344) |
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Film | A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash. (First: Episode 1114) |
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Cartoon | The big green balls and one little orange ball ride over the top of the hills. The little one can't make it over the big hill, but conquers the small hill. (beginning trimmed) (First: Episode 1896) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Banana in the Ear Part 1 — Bert asks Ernie if he's aware of the fact that he's got a banana in his ear. (First: Episode 0258) |
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Animation | Sand R/r (First: Episode 0635) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Banana in the Ear Part 2 — Ernie claims he still has the banana in his ear to keep the alligators away. (First: Episode 0258) |
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Film | Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Insert | The Two-Headed Monster argues over which direction to go, so Gordon decides to help by teaching them how a coin flip works. Once the monster learns how it works, they decide to stay and play the coin flip game instead! (First: Episode 1583) |
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Cartoon | "Wash Your Hands Before You Eat" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1523) |
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Song | Luis sings "Follow the Arrows" as a man does so. (First: Episode 1642) |
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Muppets | Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | Nine penguins slide down a hill. (Maria voice-over added) Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1532) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly slowly sets out Olivia's bowl and spoon. She rolls her eyes and announces the sponsors. |
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