| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Gordon plays the flute | |||||||
| Air date | April 8, 1986 | ||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Elmo surprise Snuffy with an “abierto” sign on the door to Big Bird's nest. They sing “Abierto to You” to Snuffy, who informs them it’s not his birthday. Elmo explains that “abierto” is Spanish for “open,” and Big Bird says his door is always open for his best friend. Snuffy tries to get through the door, but gets stuck. Big Bird goes to fetch Maria to translate what "stuck" and "unstuck" are in Spanish while Elmo hops on Snuffy, trying to cheer him up by singing "Unstuck to you, unstuck to you!" |
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Cartoon | Abierto: Ali Baba arrives a bit late and gets run over by the 40 thieves leaving. (First: Episode 0467) |
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Muppets | The Count's main jumping-over-the-bed flock of 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 | Karen the Kangaroo talks about words that start with the letter K. (First: Episode 0142) |
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Film | A man and children observe the life along the river. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Animation | Where does the square fit? (First: Episode 1599) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird, Justin, Betsy, and Carese play with blocks on the work table outside the Fix-it Shop, when Maria needs to use the table. They put the blocks back in the boxes that have a matching shape. Big Bird thinks the matching game was fun, but Maria keeps him from dumping the blocks out to play it again. ("Gee, I wonder why grown-up have to always be so smart.") |
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Cartoon | K-kick (First: Episode 0463) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster does a taste test to compare square shaped cookies, triangle shaped cookies, and circle shaped cookies. (First: Episode 1750) |
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Film | Workers in a watch factory work on watches. (First: Episode 1029) |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther Karate-Chops the Letter 'K'. (First: Episode 0241) |
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Muppets | Olivia reads "Katie and the King." (First: Episode 1660) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Little Plant." (First: Episode 2144) |
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Cartoon | Six turtles plus one man equals seven. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1515) |
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Cast | In a spoof of a famous Mean Joe Greene Coke commercial, football player "Big Murray" (Gordon) accepts a number 7 from a young fan, whom he rewards with a towel that also has one on it. (First: Episode 1535) |
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Film | A man shows a boy how to make a wheelbarrow. (First: Episode 1488) |
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Cartoon | Subtracting three mules (First: Episode 0767) |
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Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Celebrity | Ray Barretto and his fellow drummers play together. (First: Episode 0986) |
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Animation | Can you find the hidden objects in the picture? (First: Episode 1520) |
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Film | Apes play at the zoo. (edited) (First: Episode 0045) |
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Cartoon | B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1147) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings a "Pretty Little Song" with a canary, but neither of them can figure out when it ends. (First: Episode 1298) |
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Cartoon | B for butterfly (First: Episode 0006) |
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Film | Kids comment as they see how corn grows in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0619) |
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Cartoon | A large bird munches on rectangle edges, forming the word "BIRD." (First: Episode 1173) |
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Muppets | Grover goes to the doctor for a check-up, and describes to the viewer what the doctor is doing. Grover gets scared when it's time for a booster shot, but is so scared that he doesn't notice when he gets it. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Cartoon | K for keyhole, ketchup, kitten (First: Episode 0489) |
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SCENE 3 | Elmo encounters Gordon playing the flute in the yard, thinking it's a game. Gordon explains that a flute is a musical instrument, and Elmo repeats the melodies Gordon plays. Gordon needs to practice some more while Elmo wants to continue playing with him, but when Gordon plays a more elaborate pattern, Elmo suddenly realizes he needs to go and count his blocks. |
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Animation | Red and yellow dots play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (First: Episode 1979) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Drum Set — Bert has acquired some drums, but he doesn't know how to play them well. Ernie teaches him how to make drum playing exciting. (First: Episode 0579) |
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Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) |
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Cartoon | A man circles the number 1, draws a line to the number 2, follows the arrows to the number 3 (and crosses it out), underlines the number 4, draws a door, and goes through it. (First: Episode 2067) |
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Cartoon | Bridge #1 - Zipper (First: Episode 0291) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar and Bruno join Elmo in listening to Gordon play the flute. Gordon says they have time for one more song, and Elmo and Oscar argue over “Swamp Mushy Muddy” and “Rubber Duckie.” Gordon plays the Sesame Street Theme to Elmo's disappointment (since it means it's time to say goodbye) as Oscar announces the sponsors, with Bruno carrying him away. |
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