| Sesame Street | |||||
| Bob gives music lessons (repeat of 1736) | |||||
| Air date | December 18, 1984 | ||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Today, Bob is giving music lessons to his friends on Sesame Street, first briefly checking up on Gordon's flute playing before going to his apartment. As Gordon practices, Oscar, Grundgetta, and a couple of other Grouches arrive to enjoy the "concert," cheering whenever Gordon hits some sour notes. |
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Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1180) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree." (First: Episode 1920) |
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Cartoon | "That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | Some kids watch a silent film featuring a lady in a burning house. They instruct her to "go to the EXIT!" (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon's slowly improving on his flute playing, much to the disgruntlement of Oscar and the other Grouches. However, they're relieved when Gordon decides to continue the rest of the piece and makes more mistakes. |
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SCENE 2, cont'd | Two-Headed Monster: Singing Lesson — Bob teaches the monster how to sing. |
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Animation | A stop-motion-animated train runs out of track. (First: Episode 1447) |
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Song | "It's Easy" / "I Can Do It By Myself" (First: Episode 1727) |
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Film | Russian nesting dolls 1-10 (First: Episode 0540) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper tells the mailman that he has a letter for his mother: the letter R. (First: Episode 0583) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Crocodile Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Muppets | Super Grover When a boy has trouble finding the gate in a fence, Super Grover attempts to bend the pickets. But eventually, the boy finds an EXIT sign. (First: Episode 0746) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly watches Gordon practice playing his flute and compliments how good he's getting. |
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SCENE 3, cont'd | Back in Bob's apartment, he is giving Biff and Sully a piano lesson. Biff wants Bob to listen to him play first. He pounds out the notes to London Bridge, starting off adequately but then goes off-key halfway through. All the same, he tells Bob that the piano lesson is for his partner rather than for him, saying that Sully sometimes fools around while playing. Sully proves him wrong, however, by playing a beautiful, full Chopinesque piece. Biff seems oblivious to his obvious gift, though, and asks Bob if he could teach Sully to play like him. Bob says it would be impossible. "There it is, Sul," says Biff. "Some people got talent, some people don't." "You can say that again," Bob says softly to the camera. |
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Cartoon | Nine sheep Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1501) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rumplestiltskin — Kermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name. (First: Episode 0724) |
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Cartoon | A girl sings about the things she can draw, paint, and sculpt. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit." (First: Episode 0160) |
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Cartoon | A red armless character is stalked by the letter Z until he eats it. (First: Episode 1340) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob's next student is Fluffy, whom by Oscar's request only learns to play an E flat on his trumpet. After which, Fluffy is able to join Herb Elephant and the Yucatán Brass. |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Muppets | A shark sings about his "Perfecty Pearl-White Teeth." (First: Episode 1446) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0764) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob plays "Practice, Practice" on the piano as he gives three kids a violin lesson. |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin by practicing. (First: Episode 1513) |
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Muppets | Clementine reminds Forgetful Jones to call his cousin on her birthday (even though he's got a ribbon tied to his finger and to the phone). When he calls, his equally forgetful cousin doesn't remember having a cousin, and asks him to describe what he looks like. (First: Episode 1657) |
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Cartoon | Batman and Robin catch the Penguin's gang who has dirty windows, teaching the opposite pairings of clean and dirty. (First: Episode 0099) |
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Film | Kids at school help make cornbread. (First: Episode 1218) |
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Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon is up in Bob's apartment and shows him how his practice has been coming along. Accompanied by Bob on the piano, he's able to play the flute without making any mistakes. Outside the window, Oscar and the Grouches voice their disapproval and begin to argue with each other, claiming that's the best part of listening to music. |
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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 | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Makes a Grocery List — Bert observes Ernie write out a shopping list using chocolate pudding. (First: Episode 1967) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #4 "Six Circles Connected" (First: Episode 1437) |
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Muppets | The letter R joins U and N to make the word RUN. Anything Muppets run into the scene and take the letters. (alternate take) (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917) |
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SCENE 7 | A weary Bob is finished with music lessons for today until Oscar stops him and asks that Slimey be given a lesson on his sousaphone. Bob finds this ridiculous until Slimey begins to play the "Sesame Street Theme." "Wait till the worm parade next week, when he carries this thing in the marching band!" Oscar comments. Grundgetta announces the sponsors. |
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