| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Dr. Price invents the square ball | |||||||
| Air date | January 1, 1986 | ||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | At the crack of dawn, Ferlinghetti Donizetti drums a rhyme in the yard waking everyone up in the neighborhood. |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a farm backdrop for the animals. (First: Episode 0925) |
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Film | A metal crane and a real crane look alike. (First: Episode 1544) |
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Cartoon | A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me." (First: Episode 1942) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree, which he says is a picture of four elephants. Ernie doesn't see the four elephants, so Lefty offers to show him the elephants if Ernie will buy the picture for a nickel. Lefty points out the elephants, which are actually spaces in the tree's branches. Ernie shells out for the picture. Ernie wants to pull the same trick on Bert, but Bert notices the elephants right away. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L for Light (First: Episode 0147) |
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Film | Some kids have a bike race by the river. (First: Episode 1419) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L--Loud (First: Episode 0783) |
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Muppets | Little Bird explains "next to". Then Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird. (First: Episode 0167) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Animation | A hand draws a ditch, and some kids try to figure out a way to get across it. (First: Episode 2094) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count a penny. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. (First: Episode 1295) |
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Song | "Brothers Song" (First: Episode 1476) |
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Cartoon | Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving. (First: Episode 0467) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants to go outside and play catch, but Bert gets him interested in watching his goldfish. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro. (First: Episode 0798) |
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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?") |
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Cartoon | A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1736) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "Goin' for a Ride", while traveling in a car, train, and boat. (First: Episode 0037) |
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Film | A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478) |
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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) |
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Muppets | Biff asks Sully to recite the alphabet, but recites the whole thing without giving him a chance to speak. (First: Episode 0873) |
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Cartoon | "I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster looks at different shapes. (First: Episode 1629) |
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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. |
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Animation | It's a crocodile Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1663) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #4 "Six Circles Connected" (First: Episode 1437) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (sand) (First: Episode 2107) |
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Film | Some kids learn how to use Logo, a computer programming language, to draw shapes on computers. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Celebrity | 14 Karat Soul sings about school. (First: Episode 1665) |
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Cartoon | A kid removes a manhole cover, out of which comes the word ABIERTO. (First: Episode 2086) |
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Film / Animation | Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them. (First: Episode 1802) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Jack and the Beanstalk — Kermit encounters a giant at the top of the beanstalk. (First: Episode 1162) |
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Cartoon | "The Story of Princess Twelvia". Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1676) |
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Muppets | "Honk Around the Clock" (First: Episode 1631) |
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Film | A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0429) |
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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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