| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Remembering Mr. Hooper / Oscar's stop sign | |||||||||
| Air date | April 17, 1985 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
   |
SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Maria welcome the viewer when they come across Piri looking at the "Hooper's Store" sign, wondering why David's store would be called such. Big Bird doesn't understand why Piri can't remember Mr. Hooper, not taking into consideration the fact that he has only been on Sesame Street for a short time. After being reminded that Mr. Hooper died before Piri moved in, Big Bird shares a few memories and describes his old friend as being "like everybody's grandpa." Piri expresses an interest in learning about him, and Maria suggests Big Bird take him to his nest to show some of the special things he has to let him know what Mr. Hooper was like. |
 |
Cartoon | K for keyhole, ketchup, kitten (First: Episode 0489) |
 |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: "That's What Friends Are For": Ernie sings to Bert about friends being tolerant of each other's differences, while Bert just wants to sleep. (First: Episode 1814) |
 |
Cartoon | K for kite (First: Episode 0489) |
 |
Film | Joe Raposo instrumental: Seahorse (First: Episode 0183) |
 |
Cartoon | An old woman emerges from the pouch of a bouncing kangaroo. She proclaims, "K! Kangaroo!" (First: Episode 0489) |
  |
SCENE 2 | In his nest area, Big Bird shows Piri the drawing he made of Mr. Hooper and talks about how friendly he was: "It was like he made you feel happy because he was happy." He also shows him some precious items from Mr. Hooper, like a letter when he was away for a week, a photograph of him working at the store, and his teddy bear Radar. |
  |
SCENE 2 cont'd |
Big Bird admits that even without those things, he can still remember Mr. Hooper the way he was, even though sometimes it makes him feel sad. Piri can never remember being with Mr. Hooper, but now he has a good idea of what he was like and believes he would feel the same way Big Bird does about him. |
 |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Touch, Hold, Feel." (First: Episode 0504) |
 |
Muppets | Pageant: Butterfly. (First: Episode 1443) |
 |
Cartoon | K for kick (football players) (First: Episode 0463) |
 |
Film | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
 |
SCENE 3 | Out on the stoop, Maria, Jessica, and Jarrett count nine fingers. |
 |
Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #9 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1032) |
 |
Muppets | The Martians examine a grandfather clock. (First: Episode 0407) |
 |
Cartoon | Two bugs compete in a mile-long race. The older, larger bug then explains to the smaller one how much faster humans, horses and even rocket ships can travel. cut from the Noggin version |
 |
Muppets | The Count counts as Suzanne Farrell spins around. Monsters offer her some flowers, and the Count counts the bouquets. (First: Episode 1682) |
 |
Cartoon | A cube tries to fit through wall holes of different shapes. (First: Episode 1452) cut from the Noggin version |
  |
SCENE 4 | Oscar has given Grouchketeer hopeful Telly a rearranged sign while he's away, and has told him to do what the sign says once the letters are in the right order. The octagonal sign currently reads "OPTS Right Here," but Telly moves the letters around to make it say "POTS Right Here," and begins to bring out Oscar's pot collection from his trash can. |
 |
Cartoon | Five Purple Konkers (First: Episode 0775) |
 |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Peanut Butter." (First: Episode 1966) |
 |
Muppets | Two-Headed Monster shows his emotions. (First: Episode 1982) |
 |
Cartoon | Slot-machine legs: Cowboy & horse (First: Episode 1702) |
 |
Cast | Bob, Olivia, and David sing a song about the rain...outside, on a rainy day. (First: Episode 1921) |
 |
Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) |
  |
SCENE 5 | Telly finishes retrieving Oscar's old rusty pots, which now litter the sidewalk. Maria tries to clue him that Oscar meant for Telly to write a different word, one that begins with "S." Once Maria leaves, Telly figures that the word must be SPOT, the name of Oscar's pet pig whom he tries to wrangle up. |
 |
Animation | A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause. (First: Episode 2021) cut from the Noggin version |
 |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: "Q", Quiet (First: Episode 0768) |
 |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie approaches Bert in a harried manner, talking rapidly. Bert tells him to talk slower so he can understand him. Ernie says, slowly, that Bert's bread is burning in the oven, which causes Bert to speak in the same rapid, harried manner. (First: Episode 0323) |
 |
Animation | A number 9 looks for a house with his number on it. (First: Episode 0283) cut from the Noggin version |
 |
Film | At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata. (First: Episode 0620) |
 |
Cartoon | The man is only afraid of one thing: FEAR. (First: Episode 0816) |
  |
SCENE 6 | Maria is appalled to see Spot lounging nearby, and shows Telly that the sign should say "STOP." She also tells him to put away the pots and pig before stopping and waiting for Oscar to return. |
 |
Cartoon | A STOP sign commands a train to stop. (First: Episode 0493) |
 |
Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Cookie Disco." (First: Episode 1054) |
 |
Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (First: Episode 0276) |
 |
Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
 |
Transition | Bridge #12 - Glass smashes (First: Episode 0276) cut from the Noggin version |
  |
SCENE 7 | Oscar arrives, but is disappointed that Telly has spelled "STOP" and is doing nothing now. He admits that he was hoping Telly would have taken out the POTS, SPOT, or even Oscar's lamp POST (to tie Spot's leash to). Telly apologizes and decides to play the game right, entering the can and getting everything Oscar wanted. Oscar listens to all the chaos inside as Piri announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Big Bird's memories of Mr. Hooper, seen in still images, include Mr. Hooper taking Big Bird to the beach (though the image used is from a fantasy sequence in Episode 1443), assisting him with his lemonade stand (Episode 1300), teaching him how to pronounce his name (Episode 1307), and the Hooper Family Album. The letter is not specified as the time Big Bird went to camp since the week of episodes had originally aired during season 14, and had been repeated earlier during season 16 with Hooper's scenes being cut.
| Previous episode: | Next episode: |
| Episode 2072 | Episode 2074 |