| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | February 1, 1985 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Bob prepare to practice playing music outside when they hear the loud sounds of a trumpet, piano, and drum coming from the direction of Oscar's trash can. Oscar introduces them to the Wormy Dorsey Trio, with Dorsey on trumpet, Slimey on piano, and Bobby Wormengarden on drums. For small worms, they play very loudly and start playing a jazz tune. Bob and Gordon recoil from the noise, but eventually find it enjoyable and decide to sit in with the band (to Oscar's chagrin). |
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Film | A still of construction equipment fades into a shot of a parrot. (First: Episode 1535) |
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Cartoon | Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand. (First: Episode 1669) |
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Muppets | On the vaudeville stage, Big Bird and Snuffy identify S words and tell gum-wrapper jokes. |
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Transition | Diamond transition (First: Episode 0007) |
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Film / Song | "At the Animal Doctor": Two boys take their dog to the vet (First: Episode 1016) |
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Cartoon | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Cartoon | Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow. (First: Episode 1484) |
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Insert | Maria teaches Telly to count to 10 in Spanish with a song. (First: Episode 1473) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Film | A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0297) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Miss Muffet — The spider scares Kermit away. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Love Boat — On the deck of The Love Boat, a uniformed Ernie expresses how much he loves this boat. (First: Episode 1958) |
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Cartoon | A man walks in an IN. (First: Episode 0511) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon finds a sign lying next to Oscar's can reading, "Drop In Anytime." Oscar tells him that sign is for Grouches, who are always welcome to visit. Gordon doesn't think any of Oscar's friends will be able to read it given the average height of a Grouch, but Oscar assures him that they'll see the sign and tells Gordon to put it back. Sure enough, a plane flies overhead and many Grouches dive-bomb right into Oscar's can! |
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Cartoon | T for Turtle Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1146) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T. (First: Episode 0454) |
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Film | A boy makes fruit salad. (First: Episode 1195) |
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Animation | Pentagon in space (First: Episode 1714) |
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Muppets | Mother Goose tries to write a nursery rhyme for the Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, while her many children wreck havoc on her office. (First: Episode 1328) |
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Song | "The Ball Goes Up, The Ball Goes Down" (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0247) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | Jack-in-the-Box School (First: Episode 0284) |
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Celebrity | 14 Karat Soul sings about school. (First: Episode 1665) |
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Cartoon | T is for Television (First: Episode 0024) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster spells the word TAP, then tap-dances away. (First: Episode 1912) |
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Animation | Two small stripes watch as two circles play with each other. The stripes try to bend themselves into circles, but soon find that they can both cooperate to make one big circle. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Film | A farmer takes care of baby calves. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Cartoon | A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success. (First: Episode 1042) |
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Muppets | The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting. (First: Episode 0580) |
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Cartoon | Sign language: Day, morning, noon, night (First: Episode 1173) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird heads to sleep, while Hoots the Owl starts his day. They sing about their different sleep schedules. |
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Cartoon | A green man demonstrates dark and light. (First: Episode 1129) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Camping Sounds — Ernie and Bert listen to sounds at night while camping. (First: Episode 1808) |
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Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) |
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SCENE 4 | Hoots is getting bored, so he starts playing his saxophone. This wakes up Big Bird, who is not pleased. Hoots lulls him back to sleep with a soothing sax tune. Bob announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
Notes[]
- Grouch performers include Martin P. Robinson, Pam Arciero, and Kevin Clash.
- Eleven Grouches are seen dropping into Oscar's can in scene 2, though only four Grouch puppets (stuffed and given legs) are actually used to represent all of the guests.
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