| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Water shortage on Sesame Street (repeat of 1740) | |||||||
| Air date | December 28, 1984 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird, Bob, Telly and David hear an announcement on the radio at Hooper's Store about a water shortage. The announcer (Martin P. Robinson) advises listeners against filling swimming pools, washing cars, taking long showers, and leaving the water running while brushing teeth. David promptly turns the water off in a nearby sink. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Bob explains to Big Bird that water comes from rain, which fills up a reservoir, then enters houses through pipes. He goes into further detail using a demonstration with some glasses representing houses and a pitcher representing a lake, which shows how little water there is left after such activities as the announcer advised against. Now that Big Bird gets it, he chides Bob for "wasting" four glasses of water for his demonstration. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman sings to his date about the "Sounds That Remind Me of You." (First: Episode 1432) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: STOP. After the man reads the sign, two cars screech to a stop, one on each side of him. (First: Episode 1163) |
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SCENE 2 | Dr. Nobel Price shows Big Bird his latest invention in the yard: a rain-making machine. When he turns it on, it fails to generate any rain and produces a single ping-pong ball. "I think it needs some fine tuning," Dr. Price surmises. |
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Cartoon | A cowboy sings about "Feelings That Are Real." (First: Episode 0954) |
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Film | Most animals have two eyes, ears, etc. ... but some snakes have two heads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0287) |
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Muppets | Grover the Salesman: When Grover comes to Kermit's home dressed in salesman attire, Kermit quickly tells Grover that he doesn't want whatever it is that Grover is selling, since Grover always tries to sell him things that he has no use for. However, Grover tells Kermit that he has come to give him something: a hairpiece. Once it is on Kermit's head, Kermit decides that it doesn't look very good. Grover agrees, and offers to sell him a comb, a hair brush, some shampoo, and hair tonic. (First: Episode 1972) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob calls Danny, Jason, Kendra, and Casey over for some lemonade rationing, explaining that it takes water to make lemonade. Oscar then offers some of his own lemonade, which is actually a pitcher with four raw lemons in it. |
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Cartoon | V for volcano (First: Episode 1980) |
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Cast | The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Animation | Stop-motion: what goes in the hot dog bun? (First: Episode 1494) |
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Muppets | Ernie plays Old King Cole and calls for his pipe and bowl. When he calls for his fiddlers three, they each appear one at a time allowing Ernie to practice his addition. (First: Episode 1951) |
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Film | Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version three). (First: Episode 0460) |
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Cartoon | After the big game, a bird skeleton and an elephant skeleton get their skins mixed up in the locker room. The coach helps them out. (First: Episode 0774) |
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SCENE 4 | Dr. Price continues to work on his machine. "Trial and error, trial and error..." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Susan waters her plants just a little bit, then notices that Oscar has a new fountain outside his trash can. Susan can't convince Oscar not to waste water, until she reveals that it takes water to make mud. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
In a panic, Oscar stops all his water-wasting activities, one of which involves a giant bathtub-stopper. It's the plug to his pool, but Susan specifies that he didn't have to get rid of the water he already had! Oscar realizes now that he and his pet hippos will have to make do without much water, then yells at Susan when he sees her watering her plants. |
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Cartoon | Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. (First: Episode 0561) |
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Film | In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it. (First: Episode 1171) |
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Cast | Gordon, Maria, Luis and Bob explain how they cooperated to catch a fish for eat (a la "This is House That Jack Built"). (First: Episode 1449) |
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Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster learns how to use a toothbrush. (First: Episode 1189) |
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Cartoon | Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill. (First: Episode 0787) |
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SCENE 5 | Dr. Price's machine seems to be working... but then it extracts coffee instead of rain! He begins to pound his machine in frustration. |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
Elsewhere, Oscar shows Bob how Slimey is doing his part to save water: by taking shorter (nine-second) showers. Shortly thereafter, however, he dives into his mudhole and Oscar tells him to get in the shower again. |
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Animation | Counting 1-9 in Spanish (First: Episode 1594) |
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Muppets | The Count croons "Count Up to Nine." (First: Episode 1134) |
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Film | A giant panda walks around. (First: Episode 0920) |
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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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SCENE 6 | Dr. Price is confused when his machine appears to rain socks from the sky... but it turns out they're Bob's socks hanging on his clothesline. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: V for Vacuum (First: Episode 0774) |
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Film | Traffic light. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | A man finds many ways to "EXIT", which slowly irritates him. (First: Episode 1301) |
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Muppets | "Big Kids Cry" (First: Episode 1488) |
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Cartoon | Five stripes make a circle. (First: Episode 0780) |
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SCENE 7 | Tuning in to the news, Bob, Susan and David learn that a rainstorm is coming soon and the water shortage will be over! |
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SCENE 7 cont'd |
Dr. Price, who has not heard the news, thinks his machine is a success when it begins to rain. When he turns off the device and finds that the rain continues to pour, he then considers inventing a rain-stopping machine. |
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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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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Grover helps Kermit demonstrate "long" and "short" by picking up a short ladder. Then Kermit says he'll help Grover bring in a long ladder, but Grover says he'll get it alone. He carries the long ladder past Kermit, who's amazed that Grover can get it all by himself. When the other end of the ladder passes by, Grover is holding that end too. (alternate take) (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | George the Farmer's ladder gets taller and shorter, as does his box of berries. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Cartoon | Violet climbs a vine with V words. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Film | Through close-ups, children identify mushrooms. (First: Episode 0357) |
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SCENE 8 | Oscar is happy that the rain is back. He resumes his water-wasting activities, along with watching Slimey play in some newly-made mud. David announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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