| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Luis cleans up Big Bird's nest | |||||||
| Air date | March 12, 1986 | ||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||
| Written by | Sonia Manzano | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers. (First: Episode 0366) |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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Insert | Linda plays a guessing game with Bob, Maria and the kids in which she makes some signs for animals. (First: Episode 1970) |
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Cartoon | A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing" ... and promptly wiggle around. Artist: James Rizzi (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog demonstrates to the viewer how your neck moves to different positions without moving your body, and how you'd have to move your body at different positions without your neck. In the process, he falls off his mushroom. "All in all, I'd say it's a good thing we have our necks," he says. (First: Episode 1956) |
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Film | Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339) |
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Cartoon | AMOR, amor, amor ... amoramor ... amoramor ... (First: Episode 2116) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Still, We Like Each Other". (First: Episode 0395) |
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Animation | A white shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2061) |
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Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) |
 
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Muppets | The Count's main jumping-over-the-bed sheep quits on him, so he calls the "24 Hour Emergency Counting Service". A reluctant deliveryman in sheep's clothing laments, "It's not an easy way to make a livin' ..." (First: Episode 2122) |
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Cartoon | The story of sheep, or where wool comes from. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1524) |
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Insert | Olivia helps a lonesome Telly Monster feel better by singing "I Feel Good Being on My Own." (First: Episode 2005) |
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Cartoon | A little boy asks his big brother questions about what happens at school. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1877) |
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Celebrity | Ed Grimley (Martin Short) and Henry (Billy Crystal) try to figure out a way to hang up a clothesline to dry Ed's shirt. (First: Episode 2088) |
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Cartoon | A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 0778) |
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Film | Footage of a Chinese noodle factory. (First: Episode 0984) |
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Cartoon | A for Acrobats (First: Episode 0797) |
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Insert | The Two-Headed Monster argues over which direction to go, so Gordon decides to help by teaching them how a coin flip works. Once the monster learns how it works, they decide to stay and play the coin flip game instead! (First: Episode 1583) |
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Cartoon | Mi kat iz ... gone (First: Episode 1967) |
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Muppets | Director Kermit is making a western film with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful is supposed to enter through the saloon doors and shout, "Everybody, freeze!" Of course, he forgets this, and instead enters under, around, and over the door. He gets the line right for the first three takes, but when he finally goes through the door: "Everybody ... frolic!" (First: Episode 1922) |
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Animation | Draw a line from the dog to the bowl and underline the hen. |
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Film | Two boys working at the family Mexican restaurant show how they prepare for the day, and how tacos and enchiladas are made. (First: Episode 1890) |
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SCENE 1 | Luis has a board with three drawings of animals on it. He plays his guitar and sings a calypso song which instructs Lindsey to circle the biggest drawing, cross out the smallest next, and then to underline the remaining drawing. |
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Cartoon | A man asks the viewer to circle him, draw a line to him, follow him with arrows, etc. (First: Episode 2058) |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Cartoon | The Square (First: Episode 0536) |
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Muppets | Super Grover tries to fix a girl's computer by jumping up and down and shouting "Wubba wubba!", but she soon discovers that the computer is not turned on. (First: Episode 1971) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis discovers the mess in Big Bird's nest, and he decides to clean it up himself to show Big Bird he cares. He comes across a glued mass of craft supplies, and throws it away assuming it's trash. Big Bird returns and calls out Luis for throwing away the item, which is actually a project he was working on. Luis apologizes and explains that he was only trying to be nice, but Big Bird asks why he still has the feeling of wanting to yell and stomp his feet. Luis concludes that Big Bird feels angry because he touched something that wasn't his. Luis gives Big Bird his project back and asks what it is. Big Bird reveals that it was Luis' present and storms off. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Cleans Up Part 1 — Bert demands that Ernie cleans up, or he's moving out. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Cartoon | W for Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Cleans Up Part 2 — Ernie has made the place spotless, as promised, but he still has his toybox to go through. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Cartoon | W - wallpaper (First: Episode 0291) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird has calmed down and decides to give Luis his present to show that he's not angry anymore. He feels that he should be "big" about it, telling the viewer, "After all, they don't call me Big Bird for nothing." Big Bird enters the Fix-It Shop, and through the shop doorway he is seen handing the present to Luis. The two apologize and embrace as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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