| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | March 6, 1985 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | On Ask Oscar, Telly reads a letter with lots of "yes or no" questions. Oscar decides that being a Grouch, he will always answer each one with "no," using a sign to demonstrate it. The final question is an offer of old shoes, which Oscar realizes he's turned down by always answering "no." His previous answers about changing his mind and making mistakes also prevent him from getting the shoes. |
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Cartoon | A trainer announces that his talking dog will say YES, but he says NO instead. Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0511) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Brings Home a Surprise — Ernie brings a puppy home as a surprise for Bert. (First: Episode 1956) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals have tails. (First: Episode 0017) |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster blows bubbles. (First: Episode 1738) |
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Cartoon | "Two headlights, two eyes, two schoolbooks, two pies..." (First: Episode 0926) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria blindfolds Diana and Zoe as they guess what objects are by feeling them. |
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Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) |
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Muppets | "When it's your time to relax, make it Alphabet Time!" (First: Episode 1447) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | A male frog hops around and bulges his throat. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (First: Episode 0387) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird introduces another snuffle puppet show starring Snuffy's puppet Gus. Today's show is a game of "Here Are Some Things" using big shapes, though Gus (or Snuffy, rather) needs much help to get the correct answer. Gus then jokes that for the next show, he and Snuffy should switch roles. |
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Cartoon | "Crocodile Smiles Song": A crocodile sings about good oral hygiene. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 1731) |
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Cast | Luis and Gordon have a hard time picking apples by themselves, but all it takes is cooperation. (First: Episode 1399) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates short and tall. (First: Episode 0254) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on tall and short using two Snerfs, who keep changing their size. (First: Episode 0015) |
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Animation | Can you find the hidden objects in the picture? (First: Episode 1520) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit presents a lecture on big and small with the Beautiful Day Monster and a small monster. Splurge comes in at the end to show what a really big monster looks like. (First: Episode 0015) |
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Cartoon | Which footprint doesn't belong? (First: Episode 0491) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird points out the different body parts of Dr. J. (First: Episode 1701) |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (First: Episode 0427) |
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SCENE 4 | Don Music pushes his piano out into the yard, having writer's block on another song idea. He's intrigued by Telly's daydreaming and asks more about what "imagining" is. Telly snaps out of his dream and describes what a wild fantasy it was. Don, having never imagined before, thinks he could give it a try; it may even help him write his song. Telly coaches him a little on how to imagine. |
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Film | Kids count 5 racehorses. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Cartoon | Leaves falling. (First: Episode 1822) |
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Film | The kids form a capital I. (First: Episode 0462) |
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Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie doesn't think pigeons are able to laugh at Bert's pigeon jokes, but he's wrong ... (First: Episode 1287) |
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Film | Some clowns, more clowns (First: Episode 0563) |
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Cartoon | A flea sets up camp on a dog. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1004) |
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Film | An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (First: Episode 1077) |
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SCENE 5 | Don finishes imagining having played a song in front of a large, receptive crowd. Maria asks him what the song was, which he states was one he's never heard before. He realizes he imagined up a new song and sings it for everyone (with assistance from Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats). |
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Cartoon | I am crying / estoy llorando (David and Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 1041) |
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Film | "Two Song (Song of Two)" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest. (First: Episode 0417) |
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Film | "Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command. (First: Episode 0047) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "I Stand Up Straight and Tall" while using some fast cutting camera trickery. (First: Episode 0916) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin obeys the word HOP, then switches it to STOP. (First: Episode 1982) |
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Animation | It's a snail! Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1711) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria talks with the kids about imagining. Oscar chimes in and states the thing he wants to imagine is everyone going away. He pictures this by having the screen fade to black, then he announces the sponsors. |
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