| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | January 10, 1986 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird, an Anything Muppet kid (Pam Arciero), Desiree, Elmo, and Gladys the Cow welcome the viewer one word at a time. However, Buster the Horse, who is supposed to say "Street," isn't present. They listen for his arrival, mistaking the sounds of Nicole on her roller skates, a motor scooter, and a bouncing ball for his galloping. Buster finally makes it, claiming he was caught in traffic. |
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Cartoon | A cat follows its ears to a squeaking noise, which he thinks is coming from mice, but it's coming from swings. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1518) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Pop" and blows up a balloon so they can pop it. (First: Episode 1569) |
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Song | Olivia sings "The Riddle." (First: Episode 1721) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman has the viewers guess what sound he is making. He makes the sound of a train, car, and a horse. When Simon makes the sound of the horse, a cowboy uses his lasso to capture Simon, mistaking him for a real horse. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Muppets | The Martians examine a grandfather clock. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | P for Planet (First: Episode 2008) |
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SCENE 2 | On Ask Oscar, Telly reads a fan question asking how they can become as grouchy as Oscar. Oscar tells the viewer that practice is the key, and gives examples on how to do so on a daily basis. Telly thinks Oscar's response will make the viewer very happy, a nice gesture Oscar doesn't seem pleased with doing; Telly suggests Oscar needs more practice being grouchy as well! |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin by practicing. (First: Episode 1513) |
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Muppets | Grover teaches the campers at Camp Wannagohoma about trees. (First: Episode 1486) |
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Cartoon | Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot. (First: Episode 0795) |
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Film | Some kids watch as a tree surgeon does his job. (First: Episode 1244) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Daniela helps Forgetful Jones understand the difference between a letter R and P. (First: Episode 2032) |
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Cartoon | P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1190) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of her grandpa putting a horseshoe on their horse. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Cartoon | A horse is drawn as kids guess what it is. (First: Episode 0377) |
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Celebrity | John Moschitta, Jr. plays Porter Pepper of Peter Piper's P Products, which produces products that begin with the letter "P". He mentions that two of his clients were Peter Pan and Pablo Picasso until Peter Piper, the boss, gives him a phone call. Pepper now presents a new problem: Peter Piper's "P" Products has been purchased, and is now Sam Singer's "S" Stuff Store. Pepper, without stalling, summons his staff to stand by, switches his products to stuff, and searches for snacks and saucers. (First: Episode 2061) |
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Cartoon | A boy has fun with his wood plank. (First: Episode 1503) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Alphonso what the word EXIT means. (First: Episode 1395) |
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Cartoon | A white furball catches a train going through a door marked EXIT. (First: Episode 0800) |
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Film | David asks the viewer to find a rectangle and two circles in the picture of a doorbell. (First: Episode 0434) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria plays some light music to work to at the Fix-It Shop. Her music suddenly gets drowned out by Piri's rock music at Hooper's Store. She turns up her music to cover Piri's, and he responds by doing the same. They realize this won't work for either of them and try to find a solution. They agree to listen to the same music and flip a coin to see whose music they'll listen to. Before they can see the result, Bob steps out from his apartment and asks that they turn their music off so he can play his piano in peace. |
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Cartoon | A man explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011) |
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Film | Some kids watch a silent film featuring a lady in a burning house. They instruct her to "go to the EXIT!" (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines staying in the jungle at night when he goes to sleep. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0798) |
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Muppets | "The Opposite Song" (First: Episode 1111) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: DIRTY (First: Episode 1121) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster learns to use manners while eating with a spoon. (First: Episode 1340) |
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Cartoon | Three tigers dance and play music. (First: Episode 1642) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental) (First: Episode 0411) |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo enters the Fix-it Shop to play a game. Maria tells him to make it a quiet game, so he proceeds to talk quiet. When Maria comments that he's not talking very loudly, Elmo starts to talk loud. He explains that he's playing the "quiet/loud game," where he switches from one to the other depending on what someone says. Maria has trouble getting her work done with all the noise, and it doesn't help when Bob and Piri interject and trigger Elmo by saying "quiet" and "loud." Maria tells him to play a game that doesn't involve any talking, so Elmo starts to stare silently at Maria - which still distracts her from working. |
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Animation | Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third ball wants to join them (ending up in the middle). (First: Episode 2054) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Cartoon | Three mice (Swedish animation) (First: Episode 1504) |
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Muppets | Kermit and the word "taxi." (First: Episode 0312) |
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Song | "Old Button Hole" (First: Episode 1727) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street Game Shows: The Count is a contestant on Beat the Time, where today's wacky stunt is to bring back two things that come from the sky before the time runs out. The Count has too much fun counting the seconds, but ends up bringing his thunder and lightning. (First: Episode 1698) |
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Cartoon | A young girl's favorite toy is a stick, which she uses for many things, including a magic wand, conductor's baton, and a baseball bat. (First: Episode 0960) |
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SCENE 5 | At Hooper's, Piri has some leftover paper cups and suggests to Big Bird that they be used for play. He demonstrates a few ways it can be used, such as a pretend phone or made into a small person. Elmo appears and claims to know a hundred uses for the cups. He begins to rattle them off as Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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