| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Having fun with a paper towel tube | |||||||
| Air date | January 23, 1985 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Mika look for something fun to do today. They arrive at Hooper's Store and see David reach the end of his paper towel roll. When he leaves to get some more, Big Bird remembers something his Granny Bird told him: "Things never get dull if you use your imagination." They decide to play with the discarded tube and use it as a telescope as they picture themselves as mid-century sailors discovering America (only to find Sesame Street instead). |
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Cartoon | A captain and a first mate think they have planned ahead well for their trip at sea, but they forgot to take in the anchor. (First: Episode 1591) |
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Muppets | "M-M-M Monster Meal" (First: Episode 0380) |
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Cartoon | M in space (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin is out in the cold. (First: Episode 1964) |
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Film | Human and animal babies learn to walk. (First: Episode 1728) |
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Muppets | "Ladies and gentlemen, the Starlight Hotel takes great pride in presenting the world's favorite six-year-old entertainer, Miss Prairie Dawn!" Prairie sings "All By Myself" with a backup group of monsters. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0257) |
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SCENE 2 | Next, Big Bird and Mika imagine they're performing at a concert, where Mika uses the tube as a trumpet and Big Bird is her conductor. |
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Cartoon | A boy has fun with his wood plank. (First: Episode 1503) |
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Muppets | The Count counts as Suzanne Farrell spins around. Monsters offer her some flowers, and the Count counts the bouquets. (First: Episode 1682) |
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Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) |
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Cartoon | A man stands on a street corner listening to traffic sounds. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Muppets | A greaser sings about his relationship that was almost ruined by a "One Way" sign. (First: Episode 0973) |
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SCENE 3 | Back at his nest, Big Bird imagines the tube is a magic wand. He pretends Mika is Cinderella and he's her fairy god-bird, using the "wand" to get her ready for the ball. |
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Animation | An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: How the Three Little Pigs Feel — Kermit gets reactions to the Big Bad Wolf blowing down the Three Little Pigs' houses. (First: Episode 1974) |
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Film | Stop-motion: in a park, a garbage man puts litter in a trash can. (Part 1) (First: Episode 0491) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Help — Ernie writes things down so as not to disturb Bert while he reads the newspaper. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Film | Stop-motion: in a park, a man reads a newspaper, then shamelessly drops it on the ground. A little girl finds this disgusting, and puts the newspaper in the trash bin. (Part 2) (First: Episode 0491) |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift (First: Episode 0207) |
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Song | David sings "Just Ask" with Susan, Maria, and Olivia on backup. (First: Episode 1909) |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Muppets | Grover applies to be a lifeguard, demonstrating to the employer that he has what it takes. He soon learns that there's only one thing he needs: swimming lessons. (First: Episode 1951) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: TAXI (First: Episode 1136) |
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Muppets | "The Subway" (First: Episode 0762) |
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Film | "Three Song (Song of Three)." (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper is looking down and saying "Three sticks!" A man asks "Three sticks where?" Then Harvey says "3 sticks right here!" and sticks a number 3 on the man's head. (First: Episode 0570) |
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Cartoon | Three tigers dance and play music. (First: Episode 1642) |
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SCENE 4 | From the city dump, Grundgetta reacts to the previous segment: "The number 3... blecch! Who needs it?" Oscar says the number is useful to him, and the two sing "Knock Three Times." |
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Film | To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. (First: Episode 0156) |
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Muppets | Luis reads the story of "The King Who Ate Only Chicken." King Richard the Chicken-Hearted does not know of any food other than chicken, thus he eats it for every meal. Seeking a change, he initiates a "New Royal Food Contest," with a hefty reward (half the kingdom and a trip to Bermuda). His subjects bring him many healthy foods and the King enjoys them all. They convince him to eat all the foods together, thus making a healthy meal and a healthier king. (First: Episode 1910) |
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Cartoon | Subtracting three mules (First: Episode 0767) |
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SCENE 5 | Grundgetta thinks of something else she can do whenever she sees Oscar: yell three times. The two proceed to do so and retreat back into their individual trash cans, where they announce the sponsors. |
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