| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Snuffy wants to be a cabbie / Telly is Oscar's dog | |||||||
| Air date | March 17, 1986 | ||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||
| Written by | Ray Sipherd | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Snuffy greets Big Bird in the yard wearing a cap and speaking with a New Jersey accent. He explains that after witnessing the amazing sight of people stopping a taxi, he's decided to become a taxi cab driver. The only thing he's lacking is the car; it's not easy when you need one. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: TAXI (First: Episode 1136) |
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Song | Children of all kinds sing "We All Sing with the Same Voice." (First: Episode 1708) |
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Cartoon | A showcase of things that begin with A, ending with avalanche and ambulance. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0132) |
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Celebrity | The Fonz has a message - "A." (First: Episode 1152) |
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Cartoon | A for apricot, alligator, acrobat, accordion, artist, airplane. (First: Episode 1586) |
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Muppets | "City-Country Song" (First: Episode 0681) |
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Cartoon | A horse falls apart into a jigsaw puzzle. (First: Episode 0784) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy has decided that since taxi cabs cost a lot of money (and he only has 75¢), he's going to carry people around on his back. After a demonstration, he figures he'll get tired of doing that all day, so he asks Tanya if he can borrow her tricycle an let people ride on the back. He realizes he's too big for the tricycle, so he ends up pulling some kids along in a wagon. |
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Cartoon | A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE) (First: Episode 0602) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Counting buses (instrumental) (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie and Carrot — Ernie has a plan to keep his cookies safe from Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Cartoon | A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 0914) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Jungle Search — Ernie and Bert go to the jungle to find Dr. Livingstone. (First: Episode 1736) |
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Film | Some kids have a bike race by the river. (First: Episode 1419) |
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Insert | A few blocks away from Sesame Street, Luis, David and Olivia want to present subtraction, but then a rainstorm arrives. Oscar pulls up in his Sloppy Jalopy and the adults reluctantly get inside. Oscar eagerly takes up their idea to show subtraction and has them leave the car one by one to illustrate it. Oscar then declares he's off the clock and drives off, leaving them stuck in the rain. (First: Episode 1698) |
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Song | "All By Myself Song" (First: Episode 2044) |
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Animation | Match the word HOT. (First: Episode 2055) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Batty Bat." (First: Episode 2096) |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon and Susan sit on the stoop writing out Miles' family tree. They explain that it starts with Miles at the bottom, his parents (them) above, and then branch off to his grandparents.
At his trash can next to them, Oscar the Grouch overhears this and scoffs, explaining that a Grouch family tree is a literal one with branches that you stick pictures of your family on. He and the Grouchketeers sing "My Grouch Family." Oscar then promises to later tell them about his Uncle Ebenezer ("He was a swell guy!"); when Gordon and Susan roll their eyes at this, one of the kids is heard politely asking to hear about Oscar's uncle now. |
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Cartoon | Don't be a Snerd when you sneeze. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1487) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover prepares a table for a family who's celebrating their grandmother's birthday, but Grover doesn't know her name, so when each family member refers to her as a different relative each time, Grover thinks there's more than one party going on, so he ends up bringing out seven cakes. (First: Episode 1958) |
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Film | The snouts, tails and bodies of pigs, with a soundtrack of pigs squealing. (First: Episode 0179) |
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Cartoon | A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar is looking for a dog to take to the Grouch dog show, but Julian's is too cute. Susan suggests a dog who does the exact opposite of what you tell him. Oscar likes the idea until Bob comes by with Barkley and shows off how well behaved he is since he started learning manners. Oscar doesn't believe it until Bob orders Barkley over to give Oscar kisses. |
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Cartoon | C is for Candle (the candle blows back) (First: Episode 0703) |
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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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Film | In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it. (First: Episode 1171) |
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Celebrity | The Pointer Sisters sing "Yes, We Can Can." (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cartoon | C is for Canary (First: Episode 0703) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar has placed Telly Monster in a dog collar and orders him to be a mean, nasty dog. Telly resists at first, but eventually starts growling in complicity and refuses to follow any orders - making him the perfect Grouch dog! Susan announces the sponsors as Telly continues snapping at Oscar. |
Notes[]
- The family tree made by Gordon and Susan gives the last names of "Robinson" and "Phillips" to Susan and Gordon respectively. This is the first time the characters have been given last names, though eventually they would be switched around for the remainder of the series.
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