Episode 2009

Sesame Street
Luis breaks his arm — Luis gets his cast removed
Air date	January 17, 1985
Season	Season 16 (1984-1985)
Written by	David Korr
Production November 2, 1984 Sponsors Q, R, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Luis happily watches David and the kids play basketball in the yard. Oscar asks why he's so chipper, and Luis reveals that he's getting his cast taken off today. He plans on celebrating with hugs and kisses, prompting Oscar to think of a way to keep it from happening.
	Cartoon	Today's Secret Drawing is a fireman. (First: Episode 0200)
	Muppets	Clementine hears water running, which reminds Forgetful Jones that he was about to do something. Using the clues at hand (a bar of soap, a backbrush, and a towel), Forgetful remembers that it's bath time. Buster's bath, that is... (First: Episode 1666)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates the things feet can do. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0455)
	SCENE 2	Oscar comes into the Fix-It Shop, disguised as "Dr. Rottensox." He examines Luis' arm and says the cast will have to stay on much longer, which he hopes will make Luis feel miserable. Luis plays along and pretends to be so sad that he needs a hug from the doctor, which disgusts Oscar into confessing to his trick and demanding he get the cast removed.
	Cartoon	A man explains to a girl what a surprise is. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1358)
	Muppets	Grover is going to teach the audience about "surprise" by sneaking up on Ernie. He sees Ernie sitting in his chair -- and he knows that it's Ernie, because he can see Ernie's shirt and Ernie's hair. Grover sneaks up to surprise Ernie -- but then it turns out to be Herry Monster, disguised as Ernie. (First: Episode 0183)
	Song	Spanish Food Market Song (First: Episode 1111)
	Animation	A kerosene lamp assembles itself in stop-motion. (First: Episode 1473)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster finds a cardboard cut-out of themselves, but find they don’t have hats like it does. They run off to get some. (First: Episode 1880)
	Cartoon	Men in boxes sound out the word RUN. (First: Episode 0369)
	Muppets	The monster returns wearing football helmets, but they still don’t match the cut-out. They dash off again to change. (First: Episode 1880)
	Cartoon	A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369)
	Muppets	The monster returns, now with cowboy hats that match the cut-out. Their image falls over and they follow. (First: Episode 1880)
	Cartoon	The 3 Numero Brothers show addition and subtraction. (First: Episode 1182)
	SCENE 3	Elmo (Richard Hunt) enters the Fix-It Shop, wanting to play a game with Luis. Luis says something good is going to happen today, and has him try to guess what it is by asking questions. Elmo randomly asks him about his shoe size, his favorite vegetable, and his favorite color before guessing correctly that Luis is getting his cast off today. Luis is amazed and wonders how he knew from such random questions; Elmo simply heard Luis tell him about it yesterday.
	Song	"The Ball Goes Up, The Ball Goes Down" (First: Episode 0773)
	Muppets	As ominous music plays, the Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for Count. The mailman wonders why there are so many letters. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them... and then he does. (First: Episode 0420)
	Cartoon	Snacks on Parade: Peanut Butter Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1301)
	Muppets	Kermit sings "A Song from Kermit." (First: Episode 0992)
	Cartoon	The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. (First: Episode 1295)
	Celebrity	Lily Tomlin, dressed as a cheerleader, gives a cheer for the parts of the body. (First: Episode 0885)
	Cartoon	A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Reading the Newspaper — Ernie has a question but decides to wait until Bert is done reading the newspaper to ask. (First: Episode 0042)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird goes to Hooper's Store and asks David to help him remove the cast he gave to Radar when Luis got his. He learns that a doctor is going to use a saw to get Luis's cast off, but David assures him it won't hurt.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	At the hospital, Dr. Foster shows Luis the saw he'll use to cut Luis' cast off, assuring him it won't hurt before he gets to work.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	At Hooper's, David uses scissors to remove Radar's cast.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	At the hospital, the doctor removes Luis's cast and tells him to be careful with his arm. He uses it to gently shake Dr. Foster's hand.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	When Radar gets his cast off, Big Bird makes him jump for joy and hug David.
	Film	Otters in the zoo (First: Episode 0487)
	Cartoon	Name That Food ("Will you eat it?") (First: Episode 1491)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Billy Dee Williams and Mr. Honker count backwards from 10 to 1. Mr. Honker has to blow his nose before he can honk the last number. (First: Episode 1819)
	Cartoon	Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528)
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262)
	Insert	Barkley sleeps in the Fix-It Shop. Maria and Bob wonder what he could be dreaming about. In Barkley's dream sequence (underscored by Wagner), he sleeps in a field, when he hears some kids calling for him to play frisbee with them. One of the kids throws it high up into the air, and in slow motion, Barkley chases it and catches it in mid-air. He feels so happy as the kids play with him in the grass. Bob and Maria wake up Barkley, assuring him that he was only having a dream. Barkley sighs at the loss of a nice dream. (First: Episode 1503)
	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)
	Muppets	Alphabet Chat: Mr. Chatterly tries to discuss the letter R, but everything goes awry. (First: Episode 0876)
	Film	Marching Band forms a square (First: Episode 0514)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: R for Rope (First: Episode 0764)
	Animation	The word ICE is formed with ice cubes, which melt. (First: Episode 1177)
	Cartoon	What if a dog looked like a bird? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird waits at the bus stop for Luis to return from the hospital. When he does, Big Bird invites him to play basketball, but Luis explains that his arm isn't quite physically ready for that yet. He is however ready to jump for joy, cheer, and kiss and hug everyone, but Big Bird decides to do it for him instead as a precaution.
	Cartoon	"Love" word animation (First: Episode 0926)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet girl tells two different monster marching bands to play the same song and march together. (First: Episode 1450)
	Animation	Sand Q/q (First: Episode 0623)
	Film	City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132)
	Cartoon	Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675)
	SCENE 6	Luis shares his joy with his friends (including Bob, Linda, and Olivia) before going to Oscar's can to do the same. Oscar makes a hasty retreat (taking his can with him), and Luis chases after him! David announces the sponsors.

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