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Sesame Street
Dr. Price invents the square ball
Air date January 1, 1986
Season Season 17 (1985-1986)
Written by Luis Santeiro
Production October 29, 1985
Sponsors I, L, 12


Picture Segment Description
SCENE 1 At the crack of dawn, Ferlinghetti Donizetti drums a rhyme in the yard waking everyone up in the neighborhood.
Cartoon A hand draws a farm backdrop for the animals.
(First: Episode 0925)
Film A metal crane and a real crane look alike.
(First: Episode 1544)
Cartoon A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me."
(First: Episode 1942)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Four ElephantsLefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree.
(First: Episode 0292)
Cartoon Speech Balloon: L for Light
(First: Episode 0147)
Film Some kids have a bike race by the river.
(First: Episode 1419)
Cartoon Speech Balloon: L--Loud
(First: Episode 0783)
Muppets Little Bird explains "next to". Then Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird.
(First: Episode 0167)
Cartoon A girl imagines being next to a tree, a house and a car. "Now I'm going over there," she says. "There's nothing here to be next to!"
(First: Episode 0782)


Insert Buster and Fred, dressed as cows, approach Olivia, asking if she knows where Gladys the Cow is. They're helping with a song of hers and the lack of local cows forces them to play some. Gladys arrives and Olivia questions Gladys' loyalty to her species, due to the fact that she's always pretending to be other animals. Gladys is surprised and tells her she is proud, which is the subject of her song. The animals set up by some boxes and Gladys performs "I'm Proud to Be a Cow." Afterward, Olivia is speechless.
(First: Episode 1650)
Animation A hand draws a ditch, and some kids try to figure out a way to get across it.
(First: Episode 2094)
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and John-John count a penny.
(First: Episode 0438)
Cartoon The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches.
(First: Episode 1295)
Song "Brothers Song"
(First: Episode 1476)
Cartoon Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving.
(First: Episode 0467)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Watching FishErnie wants to go outside and play catch, but Bert gets him interested in watching his goldfish.
(First: Episode 1422)
Cartoon What Do You Do With a Pet?
(First: Episode 0465)
Video Scanimate kids intro.
(First: Episode 0798)
SCENE 2 Big Bird leads the kids in a class for how to be pretend cars. After a brief driving lesson David helps out by refueling them (with glasses of milk), washing one of the cars' windshields (glasses), and tickling them. (Big Bird: "Whoever heard of a car that needs a tickle?")
Cartoon A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects.
Artist: Irra Verbitsky
(First: Episode 1736)
Muppets Anything Muppets sing "Goin' for a Ride", while traveling in a car, train, and boat.
(First: Episode 0037)
Film A gazelle runs fast across a plain.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0478)
Cartoon A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.
(First: Episode 0550)
Muppets Biff asks Sully to recite the alphabet, but recites the whole thing without giving him a chance to speak.
(First: Episode 0873)
Cartoon "I in the Sky"
(First: Episode 0368)
Muppets The Two-Headed Monster looks at different shapes.
(First: Episode 1629)
SCENE 3 Dr. Nobel Price presents Gordon and Susan with his latest invention: a square ball for Miles to play with. Susan and Gordon compare it to a regular ball, pointing out that it can't roll or bounce. Dr. Price finds these as benefits to the square ball, which can also be used with a set of square catching gloves.
Animation It's a crocodile
Artist: Ishu Patel
(First: Episode 1663)
Muppets The Count plans to count apples but, when he's not looking, Cookie Monster sneaks in and eats them. He gives The Count the apple cores to count.
(First: Episode 1403)
Cartoon Geometry of Circles #4 "Six Circles Connected"
(First: Episode 1437)

Muppets Maria reads "The Legend of Lord Lester". Lord Lester and his wife, Lady Lulu, love the letter L so much, they send their loyal lackey Louie to fetch things that start with L. He returns with a multitude of items, becoming so exhausted, he quits and decides to live in a lighthouse.
(First: Episode 1149)
Cartoon L for Lion (sand)
(First: Episode 2107)
Film Some kids learn how to use Logo, a computer programming language, to draw shapes on computers.
(First: Episode 1968)
Celebrity 14 Karat Soul sings about school.
(First: Episode 1665)
Cartoon A kid removes a manhole cover, out of which comes the word ABIERTO.
(First: Episode 2086)
Film / Animation Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them.
(First: Episode 1802)
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Jack and the BeanstalkKermit encounters a giant at the top of the beanstalk.
(First: Episode 1162)
Cartoon "The Story of Princess Twelvia".
Artist: Irra Verbitsky
(First: Episode 1676)
Muppets "Honk Around the Clock"
(First: Episode 1631)
Film A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish.
(First: Episode 0429)
SCENE 4 Gordon and Susan offer Miles the round or square ball to play with as Dr. Price announces the sponsors.


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