Sesame Street | |||||||
Air date | April 18, 1985 | ||||||
Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon presents one of today's letters - Q (Richard Hunt). The letter is joined by his bothersome "little brother" U (Kevin Clash), who follows him everywhere. Gordon points out this is always the case by putting them in several words. | |
Film | A figure skater illustrates forward and backward. (First: Episode 0439) | |
Cartoon | Two crows sing "Stones Don't Grow." Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 1715) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy teaches "forward" and "backward" with a group of Muppets who keep running over the boy when his back is turned. (First: Episode 0069) | |
Cartoon | A young girl's favorite toy is a stick, which she uses for many things, including a magic wand, conductor's baton, and a baseball bat. (First: Episode 0960) | |
Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) | |
Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy teaches "forward" and "backward" with a group of Muppets who keep running over the boy when his back is turned. (Spanish soundtrack) (First: Episode 0385) | |
Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Telly tries to speed up his growth by eating vegetables and exercising, but Smokey Robinson explains that "It Takes Time" to grow up big and strong. (First: Episode 1970) | |
Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Imaginary Baseball Game — While it's raining, Bert encourages Ernie to imagine playing baseball. (First: Episode 0410) | |
Cartoon | Hypnotic "Q" rainbow (First: Episode 0440) | |
Muppets | "The Question Song" (First: Episode 0378) | |
Film | Kids at school help make cornbread. (First: Episode 1218) | |
Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: PAT (First: Episode 1697) | |
Cartoon | Kids see animals in their alphabet soup. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 1976) | |
Muppets | Telly pretends to be an elephant, a goat and a lion. (First: Episode 1698) | |
Cartoon | Two groups of mountain goats try to pass each other on a mountain road. (First: Episode 0780) | |
Film | How Crayons are Made Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey (First: Episode 1579) | |
Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0048) | |
Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk. (First: Episode 0318) | |
Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675) | |
Insert | Piri and the kids play a rhyming game using rap music from the radio. (First: Episode 2027) | |
Film | A boy narrates a film of how his family trains wild ponies on the farm. (First: Episode 0815) | |
Cartoon | A pencil tries to write the word DANCE. (First: Episode 1966) | |
Animation | A snail shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2039) | |
SCENE 2 | Linda shows Olivia the sign for "square." David appears in one to translate. | |
Cartoon | Kids observe cloud formations, until it starts to rain. | |
SCENE 2 cont'd | Linda now shows the sign for "triangle," which David appears in as well. | |
Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) | |
SCENE 2 cont'd | Linda finally demonstrates the sign for "rectangle." David lounges on top of the shape this time, but falls to the ground when the shape disappears. | |
Muppets | How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger." (First: Episode 2030) | |
Insert | Big Bird trains Barkley to count to six by barking. He imagines Barkley as the smartest dog in the world, able to bark up to any number. (First: Episode 1902) | |
Film | Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505) | |
Cartoon | Round and angled pegs fit into their respective holes. (First: Episode 1452) | |
Song | "Beet Beet, Sugar Beet." (First: Episode 1171) | |
Cartoon | A magician writes in his diary about the many mishaps during his performance. (First: Episode 2053) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Egyptian Mummies — Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. (First: Episode 1621) | |
Animation | P - Pyramid (First: Episode 2061) | |
SCENE 3 | Gordon announces the sponsors. He's joined again by the sibling letters, still bickering. |
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