| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | February 28, 1986 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||||
| Written by | Ray Sipherd | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | In song, Big Bird shows Elmo the difference between "Big and Small." |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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Film | EXIT (First: Episode 0935) |
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Cartoon | Elephants have 4 legs. (First: Episode 0560) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old MacDonald's Spaceship — A spaceship lands on Old MacDonald's farm. (First: Episode 2021) |
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Cartoon | A lost man (voiced by Jim Thurman) describes what a city is to a man who turns out to be an alien. (First: Episode 0763) |
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Insert | Gordon reads the kids Home Run on the Range starring Forgetful Jones. (First: Episode 1964) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Weighing Cherries — Ernie tries to use a scale to divide cherries evenly between himself and Bert. (First: Episode 1386) |
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Cartoon | It's a whale Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1684)
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Whale Brushing Teeth," with a film of a trainer brushing a whale's teeth. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Beat the Time: Count von Count — The Count has to bring in two items that come from the sky. (First: Episode 1698) |
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Animation | 3 balls + 1 = 4. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Insert | Issac pretends to be a doctor while Telly Monster pretends that Freddy is a patient receiving a check-up. (First: Episode 2095) |
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Film | A trip to the doctor's office. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0471) |
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Cartoon | Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615) |
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Cast | Luis looks for the exit in a brick room. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | A girl has trouble closing her suitcase after she's packed it, but has help from her four-legged friend. (First: Episode 1469) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (First: Episode 1789) |
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Cartoon | Poverty T (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0516) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob encounters Tyler the tailor, wheeling a clothing rack. Tyler explains that he's a traveling tailor, meaning he brings clothes to customers instead of them picking up from him. All the clothes he has begin with the letter T – ties, a tuxedo, a tutu, turtlenecks, a trenchcoat, and two t-shirts. Bob then spots a shirt, jacket, and sweatshirt, which don't start with T, but Oscar informs Bob that they're torn, tacky, and tattered - and part of his laundry. |
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Cartoon | La letra T es para tigre, tomate, taxi, toro, telefono, televisión, y el terrible tiburon. (First: Episode 0351) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Families." (First: Episode 0454) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grandmother's Birthday — Grover prepares a table for a family who is celebrating their grandmother's birthday. (First: Episode 1958) |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin. (First: Episode 1513) |
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Film | Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker! (First: Episode 0437) |
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Cartoon | Can you think of words that rhyme with BALL? (voices of Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast). (First: Episode 0773) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar shows Maria his rhyming machine, which says a word that rhymes with whatever is said. Maria says "me," and the machine's voice (Kevin Clash) endlessly starts to spew out many words that rhyme with "me." Maria says "stop" and "enough" and the machine continues its rhyming spiel, driving her away. |
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Film | Slide puzzle - boy (First: Episode 0428) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Tony Danza and Big Bird play tennis without a ball, and count twenty hits, while Kevin Clash announces. |
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Cartoon | Ella juega tenis (sand) (First: Episode 2111) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Watching Fish — Ernie wants to go outside and play catch, but Bert gets him interested in watching his goldfish. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Film | "Four Song (Song of Four)" (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cartoon | A boy puts together a fishbowl, and watches his fish swim around in it. (First: Episode 2030) |
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Insert | Jerry Nelson narrates three letters coming together to form the word FUN. The letters celebrate with confetti and streamers. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Macintosh hands out fruits from his cart, including a rotten banana for Oscar. Elmo announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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