| Sesame Street | |||||
| Polly Darton visits (repeat of 1856) | |||||
| Air date | December 9, 1985 | ||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||
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SCENE 1 | The cast prepares the street for a special occasion, decorating with a large banner, balloons and food. Forgetful Jones can't remember what's going on, so the others remind him that his favorite country singer is coming to visit Sesame Street today. Forgetful thinks Johnny Cash is coming, but they remind him it's actually Polly Darton! They also remind him that his job is to meet her at the bus stop. |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about the letter X. (First: Episode 0560) |
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Film | Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0988) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Part?" The contestants are Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Professor Hastings, and the mystery part is a foot. (First: Episode 0164) |
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Cartoon | A woman identifies farm animals by their sounds. (First: Episode 1476) |
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SCENE 2 | Polly gets off her bus and Forgetful thinks she's Johnny Cash again. When he realizes who she is, he turns bashful. Polly happens to have a song to help break the ice, "Just Say Howdy." Now with some confidence, Forgetful properly welcomes Polly to the street and begins introducing her to the locals (though he gets all their names wrong). |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Song | "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Muppets | Kermit and the word "taxi." (First: Episode 0312) |
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Cartoon | The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0955) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Cartoon | The Square (First: Episode 0536) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss tells Lefty the plan for what to do with the Golden AN, which they have just stolen. Lefty is to put it in the tan van and give it to Dan, who will take it to Fran. However, Lefty can't remember the plan very well and has to repeat it, which results in a police officer named Stan hearing the plan and giving him "ten days in the can for stealing the Golden AN." (First: Episode 0523) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it. (First: Episode 0770) |
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SCENE 3 | Polly can hardly believe how different things are in the city compared to her home in the country - there's no barns, horses or chickens. She does meet a cow (Martin P. Robinson), who invites her to take a subway trip to a museum, then lunch at Schrafft's. |
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Film | A piece of construction equipment and a giraffe are shown side-by-side. (First: Episode 1550) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin gets their suspenders stuck on a wall while reaching for the door, demonstrating long, longer, and longest. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Cartoon | Igor listens as Dr. Frankenstein names body parts in creating another Igor. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1637) |
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Muppets | A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return. (First: Episode 0698) |
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Animation | Find the Rectangle quiz (First: Episode 1630) |
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Film | A boy makes fruit salad. (First: Episode 1195) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads "SAD." (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | Ella juega tenis (sand) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly can't believe it when Polly goes into Oscar's trash can. Oscar claims Polly was starting to feel homesick for her farm and has allowed her to feet some of his pets. Various bits of food fly out as Polly feeds the elephants, monkeys and pigs. Telly tries to apologize for the situation, but Polly has had such a fun time that she rewards Oscar with a kiss. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Touch, Hold, Feel." (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | A story about an ape and a bird, using the letter A. (First: Episode 0158) |
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Celebrity | John Moschitta, Jr. has a baby who has a name beginning with every letter of the alphabet. (First: Episode 2048) |
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Cartoon | What does the word COLD match with? (First: Episode 2087) |
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Film | With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names. (First: Episode 1735) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Leads the Band — Bert struggles to listen to the radio while Ernie's band practices. (First: Episode 0982) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0521) |
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SCENE 5 | Polly has assembled a small music group and a small crowd of listeners (including Big Bird, Forgetful and the kids). Grundgetta yells from the crowd to tell Polly how much her country music makes her feel angry. Polly finds this a great way to segue to her next song, "Music's Good for Anything You're Feelin'." |
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Cartoon | A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) |
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Animation | A white shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2061) |
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Cast | Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows. (First: Episode 2067) |
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Cartoon | A poem about changing seasons. (First: Episode 0962) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The Sound of Music — Grover's hill comes alive with the sound of music. (First: Episode 1814) |
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Cartoon | At the circus, Tommy Trueheart displays his 11 trick-performing lions. (First: Episode 0816) |
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SCENE 6 | It's time for Polly to leave, though Forgetful once again mistakes her for Johnny Cash. Polly boards her bus as everyone bids her farewell. Grundgetta announces the sponsors. |
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