| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | November 23, 1984 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | After having breakfast with Linda, Maria strolls through the yard, where Crystal and Mario have set up a picnic for some visiting Martians. When Maria asks how they know this, Crystal counters, "How do you know they're not?" They set out a welcome sign written in an alien language, some food, and juice. Mario and Crystal head off, believing that Martians never attend picnics when people are present. Maria laughs at the situation, but curiously checks the sky as she heads into Hooper's Store. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Sure enough, once the coast is clear, a spacecraft lands in the yard and two Martians materialize at the picnic. |
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Cartoon | Square in space. (First: Episode 1554) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Muppets | Count von Count works as an elevator operator, with Kermit the Frog as his customer. |
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Cartoon | A boy says he has a big surprise in his hand. (First: Episode 0557) |
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SCENE 2 | Mario and Crystal are now preparing for another guest. They have Maria assess the clues and guess who they're waiting for. Maria observes the "Bienvenido" sign, a plate of pasteles, and a radio with pleña music. Maria correctly guesses these are all for her and Crystal remarks, "It took you long enough!" |
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Cartoon | Little Red Riding Hood is prepared for her trip to Grandma's. (First: Episode 1468) |
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Film | Snow in the city Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0429) |
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Muppets | At night, Ernie sings "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon." (First: Episode 1910) |
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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets (including Farley) shout "E!" (First: Episode 0408) |
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Animation | Three rocks use different methods to get across a lake. Artist: Al Jarnow (First: Episode 1459) |
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Insert | Big Bird announces that Grover will demonstrate the number 2 by doing two chin-ups. He does it, but then Big Bird asks him to do two more sets, to make sure the audience gets it. When Big Bird thinks they've got it, he announces that Grover will now demonstrate the number 18! Grover faints. (First: Episode 0547) |
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Cartoon | Are you the monster that ate the television? |
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Film | With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names. (First: Episode 1735) |
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Cartoon | 6 mice, 6 snakes, 6 fish, 6 monkeys, 6 witches (First: Episode 1711) |
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Muppets | On Vacation with Guy Smiley Guy Smiley and his tour guide have difficulty taking pictures of animals in the jungle because of Guy's uncontrollably loud voice. A tiger recognizes him, and offers to take a picture of him and some other animals. "Say TREES!" (First: Episode 1949) |
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Cartoon | I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170) |
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SCENE 3 | Linda plays a guessing game with Bob, Maria and the kids in which she makes some signs for animals. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Kermit is a casting director, holding auditions for a performance of "The Three Little Pigs". The pigs who initially try out get the part of the three little pigs, but three different wolves of different sizes try out for the part of the Big Bad Wolf. (First: Episode 1283) |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger and biggest elephants (First: Episode 0389) |
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Song | "Beet Beet, Sugar Beet." (First: Episode 1171) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Trip to the Zoo — Bert asks Ernie about his day, but Ernie doesn't think anything interesting happened. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Telly tries to speed up his growth by eating vegetables and exercising, but Smokey Robinson explains that "It Takes Time" to grow up big and strong. |
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Cartoon | "Daddy Dear" (First: Episode 0367) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Brian to explain which of them is "you" and which is "me." (First: Episode 0294) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit." (First: Episode 0160) |
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Muppets / Cast | Professor David lectures his class on trees. He says they are only good for looking at and leaning against, but they mention other uses for them. (First: Episode 1584) |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Film | Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack) (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cartoon | "Yo Soy Un ..." (First: Episode 0777) |
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SCENE 4 | Crystal tells Bob that she's going to be a sculptor and has just completed a statue of herself. The sculpture is of the word "YO," the Spanish word for "me." She doubts Bob likes it, but he makes it very clear that he loves it, so she lets him have the very heavy statue. Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Martin P. Robinson and Richard Hunt as the Martians.
- The footage of the Martian spacecraft landing on Sesame Street is recycled for the opening scene in Episode 2053.
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