| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | March 26, 1986 | ||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||
| Written by | Ray Sipherd | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | At dusk, Oscar shows Luis and the kids a demonstration of how the Earth revolves around the sun, using a large apple as the Earth (with Slimey inside) and a flashlight as the sun, which Luis operates. Slimey turns the apple again and again to mimic the Earth's rotation, going faster and faster making Oscar dizzy. |
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Animation | Circle In Space (First: Episode 1441) |
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Song | "Games Around the World (Balls)" (First: Episode 0773) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (First: Episode 1789) |
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Cartoon | Travis Travel demonstrates different methods of transportation. (First: Episode 1459) |
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Animation | A dune buggy is assembled. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets: D Train — A man traverses the subway. (First: Episode 1493) |
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Cartoon | D-dart (First: Episode 0292) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob encounters Oscar arguing with Telly about whether nighttime is a happy time or a sad time. Oscar gives his reasons why it’s a happy time, and Telly gives his reasons why it’s sad. Bob thinks of nighttime as an old friend, and sings a song about it – “Evensong.” By the end of the song, Telly and Oscar have switched their views on nighttime. |
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Cartoon | A face is drawn, but the mouth complains when it is drawn last. (First: Episode 1897) |
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Muppets | Grover tries to demonstrate first and last by being first in line, but the other monsters keep switching on him. (First: Episode 1332) |
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Animation | D / d (drums and drumsticks) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again." (First: Episode 0631) |
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Animation | Where do the Ds fit? (First: Episode 1617) |
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Muppets | Kermit Lecture: Happy and Sad — Kermit tries to explain the difference between "happy" and "sad", two emotions which Elmo displays while trying to get Kermit to play with him. |
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Cartoon | An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise. (First: Episode 1493) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob, Linda, and some kids look at the moon and the stars. Linda teaches them how to sign “moon,” “star,” and “comet,” then how to act out the roles. |
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Cartoon | Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version). (First: Episode 0140) |
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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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Cartoon | A frog looks for AGUA. (First: Episode 1942) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Fall — The monster sounds out the word "fall." (First: Episode 1319) |
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Cartoon | A moving truck takes the number 8. (First: Episode 1446) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bed Making Cooperation — Ernie and Bert attempt to make a blanket even on both sides of the bed. (First: Episode 1388) |
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Film | A still of construction equipment fades into a shot of a parrot. (First: Episode 1535) |
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SCENE 4 | Yo-Yo Ma plays “Sarabande” on his cello. |
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Cartoon | A sleepy man counts 8 sheep. (Spanish version) |
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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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Film | A girl puts on her coat all by herself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0622) |
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Cartoon | Eight buttons are counted on a monkey's shirt. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1452) |
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Muppets | Old West: Forming the Posse — Five good men are needed to form a posse and catch Bad Bart. (First: Episode 0554) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird catches Bob, Linda, and Luis as they are about to head home and asks them to watch while he wishes on a star, hoping that some extra ears and eyes will help make them come true. He picks out a star, then starts reading from a long list of wishes. |
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Cartoon | Lightbulb subtraction. |
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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 | At a circus, teddy bears count 1-10 and 10-1. |
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Film | A kid marching band forms a triangle. (First: Episode 0531) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | "Frazzle" with Frazzle and The Frazzletones (First: Episode 0846) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue." (First: Episode 0775) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339) |
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SCENE 6 | The grownups decide to go home before Big Bird finishes reading from his long wish list. Susan emerges from her apartment window wondering what the commotion is about, and Big Bird begins reading his list to her. A yawning Luis announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Some of the wishes on Big Bird's list written but not mentioned include:
- I wish Herry Monster would join the "Y."
- I wish that Christmas was tomorrow.
- I wish that I could fly.
- I wish that Maria could make birdseed chili.
- I wish all the graffiti in New York would vanish.
- I wish that it were spring.
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