| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Rubén Blades visits | |||||||||
| Air date | April 28, 1986 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||||
| Written by | Sonia Manzano | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis tells Big Bird that his friend, singer Rubén Blades, is coming to visit today. Big Bird gets excited, then disappointed when Rubén arrives without his band; he thinks Rubén won't be able to sing now. Rubén assures Big Bird that he doesn't need his band and uses a hammer and screwdriver as claves as he sings a short, Spanish song. |
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Cartoon | Two orange balls perform "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2160) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Tall Hat at the Movies — A lady with a very tall hat sits in front of Ernie, blocking his view of the movie. (First: Episode 0538) |
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Cartoon | A baby bird tries and tries again to fly from its nest. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1510) |
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Animation | David spots a square in space. (First: Episode 1554) |
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Cartoon | Little Red Riding Hood is prepared for her trip to Grandma's. (First: Episode 1468) |
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Film | Kids narrate footage of whales. (First: Episode 1407) |
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Cartoon | S for sing (First: Episode 0824) |
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SCENE 2 | Rubén sings "Ayuda" with Piri and the kids, who shout out the title word throughout the song. |
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Cartoon | A Spanish-speaking man falls into a hole, and a dragon helps him out. Artist: Chris Hinton |
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Film | Counting 20 boxes Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0510) |
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Muppets | Grover sells newspapers in the street. He thinks they are for making paper hats, but a customer shows him they are actually for reading. The customer wants to buy a newspaper, but Grover won't stop reading the paper that the customer wants to buy. Grover reads about construction of a new building, a parade, and an expected rain shower, all of which occur as Grover reads. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Cartoon | S for Snail Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1158) |
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Muppets | A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers. (First: Episode 1616) |
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Film | To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. (First: Episode 0156) |
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Cartoon | HEN / PEN / TEN / MEN Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 1881) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has written a poem to welcome Rubén, but doesn't think it's that great. Telly has to make up words (such as "kabuben" and "Kalubin") in order to rhyme with Rubén's name, but manages to create one rhyme that makes sense - "Rubén" and "you been." |
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Cartoon | A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0244) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper is bouncing on a pogo stick. He asks a man if he'd like to try it, and the man replies, "I'd love to!" Harvey then slaps a big number 2 on the man's chest. (First: Episode 0417) |
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Animation | El Numero Dos (Luis voice-over) |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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Cartoon | Two balls follow an arrow down a hole. (First: Episode 2035) |
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Cast | Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (First: Episode 2062) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Cookie Monster discuss hope. Ernie has something in a brown paper bag, and asks Cookie Monster what he hopes it is. Cookie Monster hopes that it is a cookie. It turns out that Ernie has ten cookies in the bag. (First: Episode 0233) |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly wishes to buy a new toy, but he doesn't know how to get the money out of his piggy bank. Oscar drops by and tells him to smash open the bank, which will allow him to get the broken pieces. Oscar (without hesitation) retrieves his hammer and Telly mulls over the idea, not fully committed to the idea of losing his piggy bank in such a manner. Piri stops Oscar in the nick of time and shows them the plug on the bottom of the bank. Oscar grumbles, "What a rotten piggy bank - you don't even have to break it!" |
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Cartoon | "Magic Pig" Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 0772) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: George Washington's Cherry Tree — Young George Washington can't stop chopping down his father's cherry trees. (First: Episode 0916) |
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Cartoon | A boy puts a red and green monster together using a diagram. (First: Episode 1014) |
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Film | Kids count ten buses as they drive by. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets / Cast | Maria and Cookie Monster sing the "Computer Song" as they count digital cookies. (First: Episode 1973) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Film | "Indian Baby Bath" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0444) |
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Insert | Big Bird recounts his trip to the circus to Barkley (who doesn't pay much attention). Big Bird was especially enamored by the lion tamer and imagines himself in such a role, with Barkley as his trained animal. Back in reality, Big Bird tries getting Barkley to do some tricks, but he just lays on the ground instead. (First: Episode 1259) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Rhyming Game — Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyme game, but Ernie ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (First: Episode 0798) |
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Animation | "¡Él juega beisbol!" (First: Episode 2101) |
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SCENE 5 | Rubén hands out different instruments to the kids in order to play some music together. On cue, a Latin-flavored version of the Sesame Street Theme music plays and everyone joins in. Maria announces the sponsors in Spanish. |
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