| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Making pig calls | |||||||||
| Air date | May 9, 1986 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Telly Monster is going to talk to the viewer about the word information. While he tries to think of how to explain it, various folks use the word while asking Telly some questions: an elderly Muppet man asks where 123 Sesame Street is, Big Bird tells Telly about something interesting in his newspaper, a Muppet reporter inquires who to ask about living in trash cans, and Maria remembers she can look up the library's phone number. Telly gets so distracted that he forgets what he was talking about, and when he remembers, he still can't think of a way to explain the word. |
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Cartoon | Don't mess with the Mighty M. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1578) |
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Film | Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0911) |
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Muppets | "Honk Around the Clock" (First: Episode 1631) |
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Cartoon | A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse. (First: Episode 1020) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word "rain", and David gets rained upon. (First: Episode 1325) |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria, Big Bird and Luis have a "Rhyme Out." |
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Cartoon | Snacks on Parade: Peanut Butter Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1301) |
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Film | Kids take swimming lessons in a pool. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Cartoon | One cube plus two equals three. Three cubes plus two equals five. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Elmo sing about the parts that make up "One Fine Face." |
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Cartoon | A red armless character is stalked by the letter Z until he eats it. (First: Episode 1340) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin falls in love with a painting (Linda) at the art museum. (First: Episode 2033) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates over and under. (First: Episode 0230) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #3 "Six Colored Circles" (First: Episode 1395) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has another ridiculous thing to worry about - he frets that his letter Z can't sleep properly because it always has to stand up. Gordon assures him that letters don't need sleep. He promises to watch after it for Telly and sets it down on its side. The Z stands itself back up and claims it prefers sleeping on its feet. |
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Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) |
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Song | "Cow Dog Song" (First: Episode 0783) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Erik play a rhyming game. (First: Episode 1754) |
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Cartoon | A colorful, rhythmic demonstration of the word IN (First: Episode 0337) |
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Muppets | Muppets cheer on a rocket launch. (First: Episode 0567) |
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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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Muppets | A Lavender Anything Muppet and a choir sing "Lonely." (First: Episode 1165) |
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Cartoon | What would happen if I popped this balloon? (First: Episode 1312) |
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SCENE 4 | Uncle Wally tells the kids about when he was a pig farmer and teaches them a pig call, hoping to attract some real pigs. Instead, the noise attracts Elmo, pretending to be a pig, and Gordon, who asks them to keep the noise down. After they all head off, two Muppet pigs named Lovey and Thurston arrive to answer the call. Since no one's around they go off to the movies, debating over whether to see Pygmalion or Porky's II. |
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Film | "Pig's Love Song" (live-action version) (First: Episode 0572) |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Kermit describes the times it is appropriate to use the in and out doors. To his dismay, a group of monsters keeps going out the in door. |
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Cartoon | A blue man demonstrates in and out with the help of a barrel. (First: Episode 2084) |
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Muppets | "Let's All Exercise" (First: Episode 1961) |
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Cartoon | A conductor conducts a choir to hum his music ("My Music"). Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1207) |
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SCENE 5 | Since the pig call seemingly failed, Elmo and the kids make a new call - "Mmmmmmm." This attracts a mob of letter Ms. |
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Film | Photographic collage demonstration of ALL, MOST, SOME and NONE of an apple. (First: Episode 0979) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Lullaby But Not Goodnight — After getting Bert to sleep by singing a lullaby, Ernie wakes him up to inform him that it's his turn to sing. (First: Episode 1331) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird introduces Yo-Yo Ma, who plays cello with two Honkers and a Dinger. |
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Animation | A ball looks for its match on a brick wall. (First: Episode 1470) |
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Film | You can clean almost anything. Music: Bach's "Gavotte" performed by the Swingle Singers. (First: Episode 0001) |
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Cartoon | Splash (girl on beach) (First: Episode 0996) |
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SCENE 6 | Wally, Elmo, and the kids recite M words while Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
Notes[]
- This episode was re-aired in season 19 as Episode 2370. The repeat omitted scene 3.
- Additional performers include Pam Arciero (Lavender reporter and Lovey), with Kevin Clash (Pumpkin man and letter Z) and Martin P. Robinson (Thurston).
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