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| Adoption of Miles, part 4 - Miles' grandparents visit | |||||||||||
| Air date | December 27, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Susan's parents (played by Bill Cobbs and Frances Foster) arrive from Michigan to see Miles. They are eager to see their grandson for the first time, but he is (finally) sleeping. Miles' grandmother Dorothy wants to sneak a peek while he's asleep, but Miles' grandfather Lee thinks it wouldn't be a good idea. He has her imagine how disturbing it would be for Miles to be woken up by four adults peering over him from his crib, so they wait calmly for him to wake up. Soon, his cries are heard and Dorothy is off like a shot. |
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Muppets | Three Anything Muppet babies sing "A Baby's Life". (First: Episode 1423) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about imagination. (First: Episode 0353) |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Touch, Hold, Feel." (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | K for keyhole (First: Episode 0489) |
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Film | A girl in the city mails a letter to her grandfather in the country in Maine, and we watch its journey through the postal service. (First: Episode 1873) |
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Cartoon | Hands embrace the word "LOVE." (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cast | Buffy and Mr. Macintosh perform a song and dance about the letter K. (First: Episode 0912) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | An old woman emerges from the pouch of a bouncing kangaroo. She proclaims, "K! Kangaroo!" (First: Episode 0489) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie buys a newspaper after hearing the newsboy yell out the headline: "Four People Fooled!" Ernie reads the paper, but finds no such news in the paper, making him the fifth fool. (First: Episode 1164) |
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Cartoon | Nine penguins slide down a hill. (Maria voice-over added) Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1532) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 2 | Miles' grandparents have brought Susan's favorite toy and doll for their grandson to play with. They also brought Susan's favorite book of poetry, and together they read "In Time of Silver Rain" by Langston Hughes. |
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Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. (First: Episode 0409) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | Game Show: To Tell A Face The object of the game is to identify the face of a relative. The contestant in this skit is Baby Bobby, who must identify his grandmother. |
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Cartoon | A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?" (First: Episode 0558) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | A stool for me (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | K - Key (First: Episode 0040) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon introduces Miles' grandparents to Mr. Snuffleupagus, who has brought a steamer trunk with a present inside for Miles - his favorite toy. He gives everyone clues to what it might be: it comes in a zillion tiny pieces, can be turned into many shapes, it's light brown, and it can be shoveled and put into pails. Snuffy eventually reveals that the trunk is full of sand from the Waikiki beach that his Granny Snuffle sent for them to play with! |
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Animation | In stop-motion, a boy makes landscapes out of sand and water. (First: Episode 2039) |
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Muppets | Grover watches The Amazing Mumford practice a trick, making a rabbit come out of his hat. Mumford has trouble getting a rabbit to come out of the hat, and both are oblivious to the fact that Grover is turning into a rabbit. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | A cube tries to fit through wall holes of different shapes. (First: Episode 1452) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." (First: Episode 0425) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster does a taste test to compare square shaped, triangle shaped, and circle shaped cookies. (First: Episode 1750) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria and the kids look at the differently-shaped wooden boards they have to make a sandbox for Snuffy's sand. After identifying the square, triangle, and rectangle pieces, Maria and the kids assemble the box in fast-motion. The job isn't done yet, and everybody begins to shovel out the sand. |
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Animation | A white shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2061) |
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Cartoon | Stop-frame animation of a girl on a beach, reading a book containing pictures of various sea creatures that come to life as she comes to their pages. (First: Episode 1434) |
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Film | A figure skater illustrates forward and backward (First: Episode 0439) |
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Film | A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT. (First: Episode 1879) |
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Film | EXIT (First: Episode 0935) |
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SCENE 5 | Lee watches over his grandson, feeling proud about what Miles can do. Nearby, a group of elder Honkers accidentally wake up Miles with their conversation. They put him back to sleep by softly honking "Brahms' Lullaby." Lee wonders how they're so good at handling children, and the Honkers hand over their pictures of baby Honkers - it turns out they're proud grandfathers, too. |
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Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) |
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Cartoon | G - gorilla (in man suit) (First: Episode 0085) |
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Film | Car assembly (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue". (First: Episode 0775) |
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Film | "Listen ..." to various sounds, including the ocean, a heart beating, a clock ticking, a horse galloping, crickets chirping, a passing train, and others. (First: Episode 0951) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie turns on the radio to hear his favorite exercise show, Get Moving. He engages the viewer to do all the exercises he does, such as touching toes and jumping. Bert joins in, and has so much fun jumping that he doesn't notice that his favorite program, Pigeons in the News, is coming on. (First: Episode 1025) |
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Cartoon | "Dinner for Nine" Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1658) |
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SCENE 6 | Lee and Dorothy enjoy playing in the sandbox with Miles, Snuffy, and the kids, but are disappointed when Susan reminds them it's getting late; they want to play some more! Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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