| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Fluffy goes missing | |||||||
| Air date | April 18, 1984 | ||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis welcomes the viewer and comes across Telly Monster in the midst of a troubling situation. Telly has been tasked with feeding Oscar's seven pet elephants while he's away, but Telly can't tell how many there are. Luis grabs one of the trunks so Telly has an understanding of where to start and stop counting. However, Telly only counts six trunks. A quick roll call finds Fluffy is missing! Telly asks Luis to go into Oscar's trash can to find her, which Luis doesn't like the sound of. |
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Cartoon | "Five Bears in the Bed" get subtracted as they fall off the bed. (First: Episode 1231) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At night, Ernie can't sleep because he's thirsty. Bert is out of town visiting his brother, so Ernie calls Bert on the phone to tell Bert he's thirsty. He follows Bert's advice to get a glass of water, but calls Bert again to thank him, and say he can't sleep. Bert suggests that he count sheep ... except Ernie doesn't hang up the phone. |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Song | "Sharing Swing with Kids Song (Share in Your Fun with Another Someone)" (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cartoon | L for locomotive, letter, lamp, light, lion, lettuce, lips (First: Episode 1716) |
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Video | Triangle in space (David voiceover) (First: Episode 1548) |
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Cartoon | A blue triangle looks for his friend in a museum. (First: Episode 1522) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon and the kids guess what's going on inside Oscar's can by listening to the sounds of Telly and Luis stumbling around looking for Fluffy and coming across his other animals instead. After Luis falls in the swimming pool, he calls it quits and leaves the can. Gordon and the kids hear an elephant trumpet and think Telly has found Fluffy, but it's revealed that Telly is using Oscar's elephant caller. |
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Cartoon | A mysterious little box on a tightrope entraps a bird, a train, and a cat, which can still be heard. A large frog eats the box, and makes all of the sounds inside. (First: Episode 1518) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and the Crumbs Unlimited Orchestra perform "Me Going to Munch You, Munch You, Munch You." (First: Episode 1703) |
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Cartoon | "Uncle Gus and all of us went for a ride to Ho-Ho-Kus". Features a Snuffleupagus cameo. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Film / Cast | Gordon and some kids use hula-hoops for many things. (First: Episode 1103) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Billy Dee Williams and Mr. Honker count backwards from 10 to 1. Homer has to blow his nose before he can honk the last number. (First: Episode 1819) |
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Cartoon | Look both ways before you cross the street Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1397) |
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Song | David sings "Just Ask" with Susan, Maria, and Olivia on backup. (First: Episode 1909) |
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Cartoon | "The Little Letter L: A Poem by Louise" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1526) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Cookie — Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie. (First: Episode 0472) |
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Film | Comparing a boy's skin to animals' fur, feathers, skin, and other coverings. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0108) |
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Cartoon | How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Insert | The Count counts five children as they rearrange their positions. (First: Episode 1439) |
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Cartoon | A vaudeville act of two SAME people (voiced by Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast) ends when one of them falls off the stage. (First: Episode 0778) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Snuffleupagus comes by Big Bird's nest, but Big Bird isn't around. Elsewhere, Telly hangs up a flyer regarding Fluffy. Snuffy hears Telly calling out for Fluffy and thinks his name is being called instead. Telly comes into the nest space and compares Snuffy to the image of Fluffy. He at first thinks he's Fluffy due to the many similarities, but realizes he's Big Bird's supposed imaginary friend! Telly wants to make sure Snuffy isn't imaginary like everyone says and exits. Snuffy dashes off to find Fluffy on his own, just before Telly brings David and Akim to the nest area. The two convince Telly he merely imagined the whole encounter. |
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Animation | Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Mary and Her Little Lamb — Kermit is bothered by Mary's lamb, Felix. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again." (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin finds a HAT sign near a hatrack with a new hat. He tries replacing his crummy, worn-out one with it, but the sign falls apart each time. (First: Episode 1580) |
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SCENE 4 | Snuffy has found Fluffy and returned her to the trash can - it turns out she was visiting his cave. Telly finds the two and is impressed that Snuffy found her, which is enough to convince him that he's real. Telly runs off to tell the others, while Snuffy heads inside the trash can to play with his elephant pal. In Hooper's Store, Telly tries to convince Gordon, David and Akim that Snuffy is real. They instead return to the can to prove it's all in Telly's imagination. They see Snuffy is not around, but Fluffy has indeed returned and they count all seven elephants. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Once everyone has left, Telly sees a snuffle emerge from the can and isn't sure if he's imagining this again, and starts calling for everyone to come back. (YouTube) |
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Cartoon | Gerald's dog Sparky likes to pretend he's an alligator. (First: Episode 1519) |
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Film | Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Muppets | Grover gets under his blanket, pretending that he is on the moon. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Cartoon | Seven animals in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1530) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon inspects the area and sees no sign of a Snuffleupagus, and instructs Telly to tell himself he has a good imagination. Just after Gordon leaves, Mommy Snuffleupagus appears, asking about the whereabouts of her son. Telly can hardly believe what he sees, but repeatedly convinces himself it's all his powerful imagination while Mommy Snuffle stares at him in confusion. David announces the sponsors. |
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