| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Water music / Elmo's waiting game | |||||||||
| Air date | February 8, 1985 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon shows Dr. Nobel Price, Genna, and Sinora that tapping on their glasses, which hold varying amounts of water, can produce a higher or lower sound. Dr. Price thinks that because they drank different amounts of water, they'll make different sounds too. Dr. Price tests his theory by tapping on Sinora's shoulder and knuckles, which don't make any sound. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue". (First: Episode 0775) |
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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 | A bird displays the front and back of a turtle. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover asks Fred the Wonder Horse why he's walking backwards -- he can only see where he's been, and not where he's going. He also wants to know what happened to Fred's head. Fred explains that Marshal Grover doesn't know the difference between front and back. "That is a terrible, mean, cruel thing to say to me, Fred!" Marshal Grover exclaims. "It is true, but..." Fred tells Grover that he's facing backward, and if he turns around, he'll see Fred's head. Grover turns around, and cries: "Oh, Fred! I've missed you! Oh, it's good to see you!" Fred says that if he stays turned around, he'll be able to see where he's going. Grover tries it, and he's proud to know the difference between front and back. Unfortunately, now his head is resting on the saddle, with his feet in the air. (First: Episode 0629) |
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Film | Kids comment as they watch tomatoes grow in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0624) |
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Cartoon | The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events. (First: Episode 1113) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro. (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon, Genna, and Sinora play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by tapping on their glasses. |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Apple Mystery — Ernie finds an apple on a brick wall and wants to know who it belongs to. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Animation | Apples fall from a tree, which bothers the hill beneath it, as Irish music underscores the segment. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0628) |
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Film | Human and animal babies learn to walk. (First: Episode 1728) |
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Cartoon | Nine Striped Cats Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1564) |
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Cast | Luis is dressed for snow, but is stuck at the beach. David dresses for the beach, but finds himself in the snow. They happily switch places. (First: Episode 0497) |
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Film | A woman and her daughter sing about the different ways they can move across the city. (First: Episode 1685) |
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Cartoon | Three scribbles exercise. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1579) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Telly play with alphabet blocks. Big Bird starts to play with one block like a car, while Telly pretends that his block is an airplane. They agree to trade their "vehicles" and exchange blocks, but they become dissatisfied and re-swap. |
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Animation | A hand arranges blocks to form benches so a bunny and a chick can have tea. (First: Episode 1488) |
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Film | Nine Song (Song of Nine) (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Prince Sleeps — Prince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty and falls asleep. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Cast | Maria, Susan, Luis and David put together a fractured letter H. (First: Episode 0422) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - boy (First: Episode 0428) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob tells Oscar that he plans on bringing all of his stuff up to his apartment in one trip. Oscar imagines Bob fumbling as he tries to carry everything at once, but instead, Bob mentions that Oscar is actually going to help. Bob unwraps and organizes his items and gives Oscar the refuse, leaving him only the chest of drawers to carry. Oscar admits that this is the one time he liked cooperating, but still gripes that he hates happy endings. |
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Cartoon | A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a hole under Yellow, who yells "HELP!!" (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word "hop" and starts hopping. (First: Episode 1482) |
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Film | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) |
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Cartoon | Yo-yo elevator (First: Episode 1971) |
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Celebrity | Victor Borge: "Pardon my back...pardon my front, but that's the way I'm built." (First: Episode 1219) |
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Film | How Crayons are Made Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey (First: Episode 1579) |
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Insert | Olivia joins a group of girls in a round of double dutch jump rope. (First: Episode 1415) |
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Animation | David spots a hexagon out in space. (First: Episode 1427) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa. (First: Episode 0765) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Guess What I Am Game — After Ernie pretends to be a dog and a duck, Bert's train impression works a little too well. (First: Episode 0645) |
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Song | "What Do We Do Before We Eat?" We wash our hands, not our feet. Animation: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1594) |
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Cartoon | A man sets up a bus stop sign so that a giant can eat the buses that come. (First: Episode 1176) |
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SCENE 5 | At the bus stop on the corner, Gordon and two Anything Muppets mildly grumble about how long they've been waiting, and are soon joined by Susan, Bob, and Big Bird. Elmo (Kevin Clash) enters, thinking that they're playing a game. He's told that they're all waiting at the bus stop sign for their bus. Elmo wants to play the "waiting game" too, and he darts off. |
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Animation | Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643) |
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Muppets | Super Grover: A boy is confused -- his mother told him to take a bus home, but he doesn't know where to find the bus. Super Grover arrives, and they soon discover a sign that says "Bus Stop". The boy believes they found the answer, but Super Grover insists that his mother told him to take a bus home, not a sign. (First: Episode 0708) |
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Film | A film shows parts of an elephant. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0034) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge (last dot is late and travels through the others) (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Everyone is still waiting impatiently for the bus when Elmo returns, bringing along an "elephant stop" sign to wait for an elephant. The others laugh until an actual elephant (named Charlie) appears to pick Elmo up. They gawk in disbelief as the elephant walks by offscreen. Elmo (in voice-over) announces the sponsors and the credits follow, after which Big Bird wonders when the next elephant will come. |
Notes[]
- In addition to playing Telly, Martin P. Robinson performs a lady Anything Muppet waiting for the bus.
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