| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Election Day on Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | May 8, 1984 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird is playing with Snuffy and gets an inkling that today is a good day to finally introduce him to the grown-ups. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | As he heads outside, he finds a "NO ELECTIONEERING" sign that he's unable to read. He finds David and Olivia, who are too busy to deal with his "Snuffleupagus" nonsense as it's Election Day. Big Bird doesn't understand, so they take him... |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | ...to the local voting establishment, where they find Gordon voting and show Big Bird how the process works. Big Bird rushes back to Sesame Street to tell Snuffy. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Big Bird tells Snuffy about voting and brings him back to the voting area (narrowly missing Olivia as she leaves). They find David in one of the booths, refusing to come out until he's finished voting, though he explains that Big Bird can't vote yet because of his age and lack of registration. Snuffy heads home to remind his mommy to vote and David finally emerges, adding one more rule for voting - you must be real (which he believes puts Snuffy and his mother out of the running). |
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Cartoon | A little man misplaces his J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231) |
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Muppets | "ABC Disco" (First: Episode 1324) |
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Cartoon | The 'J' Train Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 1169) |
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Cast | Bob and Maria struggle to wash some dishes, when (the very loud and booming) Captain Cooperation (Luis) shows them how cooperation will ease the process. (First: Episode 1457) |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird brings Mommy Snuffleupagus to the voting center, and hands her registration ticket to the front desk monitor, who is occupied with the other voters in another room. As Mommy Snuffleupagus votes, Big Bird notices how almost her whole body is exposed, which means she's visible to everyone, including the grown-ups! He rushes back to Hooper's Store and convinces Olivia to come back with him. By now, Mommy Snuffleupagus has left (having voted for the Snuffleupagus candidate) and they instead find a shaggy-haired man wearing brown pants in her place, who somewhat resembles Big Bird's Snuffleupagus description. |
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Cartoon | J family jamboree (First: Episode 0365) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "Name That Sound!" with contestant Mr. Honker. Mr. Honker honks when guessing sounds in this game show, but since Guy Smiley can't understand his honks, Mr. Honker brings the objects in. Sounds include a cow (to which he brings in Gladys the Cow), a horse (which he brings in Buster the Horse, accompanied by Forgetful Jones, who forgets whether or not he's a horse), and a fire engine (which Mr. Honker brings, full of honkers). |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: J for jump (First: Episode 0772) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five." (First: Episode 0245) cut from the HBO version |
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Cartoon | What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465) cut from the HBO version |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Malcolm imagines a walk in the woods based on the music James Galway plays on his flute. His imaginary walk tuckers him out, so James plays him a lullaby. (First: Episode 1423) |
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Cartoon | Jive Five (First: Episode 1664) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Tracy to five. (First: Episode 0125) |
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Film | A boy climbs up a tree to gather coconuts. (First: Episode 1125) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "D-U-C-K-I-E." |
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Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar is having a problem: his pet elephants are going to play tag, but both Fluffy and Wolfgang want to be it. David jokingly suggests they vote, but Oscar likes the idea. The elephants raise their trunks for their preferred seeker, and David counts the number of trunks sticking out of Oscar's trash can for each vote. Fluffy wins and the game begins, messing up the can to Oscar's delight. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: SCHOOL After a bunch of kids come running by, a girl goes before the man and says it's Saturday. That leaves him to say: "No school." (First: Episode 1155) |
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Muppets | The Count sings about "The First Day of School". (First: Episode 1736) |
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Film | A garfish swims around. (First: Episode 0254) cut from the HBO version |
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Animation | Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon talks to the kids about voting. Overhearing, Oscar votes they all get lost, but ultimately loses to the majority. Since Grouches like to lose, Oscar is still pleased with the results. |
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Cartoon | A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Counting Grand Battements — Kermit and Grover count Suzanne Farrell's dance moves. (First: Episode 1416) cut from the HBO version |
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Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) |
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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) cut from the HBO version |
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Cartoon / Film | Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. (First: Episode 0659) cut from the HBO version |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and Snuffy wish to vote for something, having been left out of all the voting everyone else has participated in today. They decide to vote whether to say goodbye or not; they both vote in favor of it and announce the sponsors. Snuffy was glad they both voted! |
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