| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Forgetful Maria | |||||||||
| Air date | March 23, 1984 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | After an encounter with Forgetful Jones, Maria imagines what it would be like to be just as forgetful as he is. Back in the present, David arrives to remind Maria about their lunch date, to which Maria responds, "Well golly, I guess I forgot!" (First: Episode 1877) |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Muppets | Alphabet Chat: Mr. Chatterly tries to discuss the letter R, but everything goes awry. (First: Episode 0876) |
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Animation | Sand R/r (First: Episode 0635) |
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Cast | Olivia sings "Everything Grows." (First: Episode 0998) |
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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 | Goldilocks' bath is first too HOT, then too COLD, then just right. (First: Episode 1232) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria and David come by and see Slimey about to take a bath. They coo and speak baby talk as they study his tiny bath curtains, brush, and rubber duckie, to Oscar's chagrin. David points out that Slimey is missing something important - soap. Oscar tells them to open the curtains, where they see Slimey is taking a mudbath. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Prepares to Do the Laundry — Bert makes his best attempt at getting Ernie to properly fill up the laundry basket. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Film | Footage of a Chinese noodle factory. (First: Episode 0984) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. (First: Episode 1295) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Oogle Family — Kermit the Frog attends a musical tribute to the "Oogle Family". (First: Episode 1822) |
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Cartoon | "The Story of Princess Twelvia". Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1676) |
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SCENE 3 | Tania helps Forgetful Jones remember the names and functions of his body parts. |
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Film | Body parts song sung in Spanish. (First: Episode 1113) |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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Insert | A few blocks away from Sesame Street, Luis, David and Olivia want to present subtraction, but then a rainstorm arrives. Oscar pulls up in his Sloppy Jalopy and the adults reluctantly get inside. Oscar eagerly takes up their idea to show subtraction and has them leave the car one by one to illustrate it. Oscar then declares he's off the clock and drives off, leaving them stuck in the rain. (First: Episode 1698) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: GROW (First: Episode 1120) |
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Film | A girl meets a blind woman who has a seeing-eye dog. (First: Episode 0952) |
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SCENE 4 | Freddie comes to the Fix-It Shop, having broken one of the temples from his glasses in a football game. Maria say they don't usually fix glasses at the shop, but Freddie insists he needs them; he doesn't see too well without them, especially things that are far away. Maria agrees to give it a try. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Meanwhile, Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus pass by the shop. Big Bird sees the two inside and thinks now will be a great opportunity for someone to meet Snuffy. However, he has a Snufflegarden field trip to go off to. Big Bird asks him to walk slowly so someone can at least catch a glimpse of him. Freddie agrees to come outside, but due to not having his glasses, he can't see anything down the block. Big Bird starts to think that if he can see Snuffy, but Freddie can't, then he must be a "fig newton of my imagination" just as everyone says. He becomes very upset and Freddie tries to explain, when Maria comes out having temporarily fixed his glasses. Big Bird realizes the error he's made and takes it as evidence that Snuffy is real after all. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | When Gordon happens by, Big Bird tells him that Maria's efforts have helped prove Snuffy is real and happily runs off with Freddie. Gordon questions Maria, who stammers as she tries to explain what's going on. |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist (voiced by Daws Butler) teaches his monster how to say the words "Fred," "foot", and "Friday." (First: Episode 1162) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings about "The Insects in Your Neighborhood." (First: Episode 1887) |
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Cartoon | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) |
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Film | Luis announces "And now, the octopus!" Music: "Pomp and Circumstance" (First: Episode 0291) |
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Cartoon | A cleaning lady (reminiscent of Carol Burnett's character) wanders into a music rehearsal room, plays each instrument, and puts all the sounds back into the wrong instruments. (First: Episode 0774) |
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SCENE 5 | At today's Grouchketeer meeting, Oscar initiates a "listening session" as they listen for grouchy sounds in the city. They hear the sounds of a traffic jam, then the sound of a jackhammer. Oscar prefers to listen to jackhammering accompanied by his atonal phonograph music. |
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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 | Sesame Street News Flash: Hey Diddle Diddle — A cat preps a cow to jump over the moon. (First: Episode 0634) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0764) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar and the Grouchketeers keeping listening. Oscar is irked by the sounds of laughter from Gordon and Susan. Although it is followed up the pleasant, closing theme, he likes hearing it because it means it's time to say goodbye. He and the Grouchketeers bid farewell as Maria announces the sponsors and the credits follow. |
Notes[]
- This episode would later be rerun as part of season 17, re-numbered 2105. In the re-airing, the Snuffy scene is cut due to the grown-ups meeting Snuffy by that time.
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