| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | May 8, 1985 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | Gary Belkin | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | While Oscar looks for some Grouch literature at the library, Gilbert and Sullivan and the cast sing about what else he can find "At Your Library". (First: Episode 1908) |
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Cartoon | I've got a mind: squares make a box. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0191) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305) |
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Cartoon | H - Horse (First: Episode 0474) |
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Film | Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615) |
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Cartoon | H for hair (First: Episode 0475) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids (upside-down girl) (First: Episode 0413) |
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Cartoon | Elephants have 4 legs. (First: Episode 0560) |
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Film | Empty / full playground (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates how a phone booth is used, but it becomes crowded when he receives a call asking for "Monderporg." (First: Episode 0654) |
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Film | Counting the circus clowns. (First: Episode 0501) |
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SCENE 1 | Dr. Nobel Price shows David his latest invention - the Question-Answerer, a device that can answer any question. However, the only answer it is able to give is the word "COLD," regardless of what question is asked. |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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Cast | Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows. (First: Episode 2067) |
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Cartoon | A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive. (First: Episode 1737) |
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Song | "Garbageman's Blues Song" (First: Episode 1875) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: W for water (First: Episode 0062) |
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Muppets | In the park, Harvey Kneeslapper comes up behind a man, asks him, "Wanna see something funny?" and then holds a mirror up. The man sees nothing funny...until he looks at Harvey! (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | Words that rhyme with BALL (voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler) (First: Episode 0773) |
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SCENE 2 | Dr. Price has a new machine to present - the Rhyming Machine (the same machine as before). The machine still can only produce the word "COLD," which rhymes with some of the words spoken at it. Dr. Price considers this a success anyhow - he's never invented something that only works some of the time! |
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Cartoon | A paranoid bird doesn't like to be surprised ... unless it's a surprise party. Artist: John Korty |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates empty and full. (First: Episode 0257) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster learns how to use a toothbrush. (First: Episode 1189) |
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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | Leaves falling. (First: Episode 1822) |
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Celebrity | Ed Grimley (Martin Short) and Henry (Billy Crystal) try to figure out a way to hang up a clothesline to dry Ed's shirt. |
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Cartoon | A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle. (First: Episode 1834) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob sings "A Butterfly" to the kids. |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | An army of ants gets to the bakery, only to find that it's closed. |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman sells Ernie some air, but when Ernie waves to Bert, wanting to show it to him, he drops it. According to Bert (who didn't know what Ernie had), "It couldn't have vanished into thin air." But Ernie sobs, "Yes, it could, Bert! It could!" (First: Episode 0118) |
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Film | Empty / full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0475) |
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Animation | A montage of boys, all of whom are named Joe, saying what their favorite sports are. The last one turns out to be a girl named Joanne. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1871) |
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Muppets | Grover goes to the doctor for a check-up, and describes to the viewer what the doctor is doing. Grover gets scared when it's time for a booster shot, but is so scared that he doesn't notice when he gets it. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Cartoon | A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly Monster thinks he's broken the radio Maria lent him, citing how the sound gets softer and softer. She finds the problem is that it needs new batteries. She shows Telly a card of batteries, and he figures out which are the right ones based on the shape of the old batteries. Maria replaces them just as the baseball announcer (Kevin Clash) signs off and cues the upcoming broadcast of Pigeons in the News. Telly gets upset that he missed the outcome of the game and yells at the radio, but Maria tells him the announcer can't hear him; Telly wonders if that means he needs new batteries. |
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Cartoon | Hats (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | W for Wilhelmina (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "I'll Love You in Springtime." |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly returns to the Fix-It Shop and says that by listening, he found out his team won the game. He was further told to get lost and soak his head. Maria doesn't believe the radio host said this, but Telly corrects her - it was Oscar. Dr. Price announces the sponsors. |
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