| Sesame Street | |||||
| Linda's friend Ed visits (repeat of 2012) | |||||
| Air date | November 26, 1986 | ||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar welcomes the viewer and shows off his great new invention: "Grouch earplugs." He's able to block out the pleasantries that he assumes Gordon and Susan are telling each other, when in reality the two are arguing about the important things they have to do today. Eventually, the couple makes up and figures out a compromise, and when Oscar's curiosity gets to him he removes the earplugs at the wrong time, hearing Gordon and Susan saying nice things before they leave. |
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Cartoon | A mad scientist invents the capital letter H. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Bo Peep (part 1) (First: Episode 1047) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #9 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1032) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Bo Peep (part 2) (First: Episode 1084) |
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Film | A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0297) |
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Cartoon | H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020) |
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SCENE 2 | Linda tells Bob that she got good news in a letter: an old friend from Vermont will be visiting her today. Linda's friend, Ed (played by Ed Waterstreet) arrives, who is also deaf and uses sign language to speak with Linda. As Ed and Linda attempt to talk with each other using their hands, Bob observes the two having difficulty with Ed holding his luggage in-between messages and offers to help carry the suitcases. |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive: After Bad News Barton fails to make the swimming team, Billy and Smart Suzie teach him to eat healthier. (First: Episode 1437) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Get Moving — Bert joins Ernie in listening to a radio exercise program. (First: Episode 1025) |
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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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Animation | G/g musical notes (Gordon voiceover) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Lena Horne and The Anything Muppets sing an upbeat version of "The Alphabet Song." (no onscreen letters) (First: Episode 0575) |
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Animation | Three little people climb up the three flower stems. (edited version) Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0634) |
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Film | A trip to the doctor's office. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0471) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar is amazed when he finds a crummy, discarded chair situated next to his trash can and needs some help to get it into his home. He asks Gordon and Susan to do so, but they find it's too big to fit in the can's opening. Oscar tells them to lift the chair up high then let it drop to the ground. This smashes the chair to pieces, and Oscar simply collects the individual parts that now fit in the can. |
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Animation | A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!" (First: Episode 1981) |
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Film | A beekeeper extracts honey from a honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117) |
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Muppets | At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for various books...and a box of cookies. Ultimately, he asks him for just a box of cookies. He becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand that they don't have cookies! He finally asks for a book about cookies...and a glass of milk! Then, since the library doesn't have milk either, he asks for a book about cookies and a glass of juice. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cartoon | Two men compete to be in front. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)." (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cast | Maria as Charlie Chaplin tries to leave through the door marked EXIT, but the sign keeps moving, and a brick wall appears behind each opened door. Finally, she makes her own exit through a hole in the wall. (First: Episode 0832) |
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Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Song of the Count." (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | Ralph asks Marvin what would happen if he didn't have a mouth, nose, and ears. (First: Episode 0468) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob, Linda, Ed, and some kids play a "mirror" game, with one person doing exactly what the other person does. After the kids take a turn, Linda plays a round with the viewer. |
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Cartoon | Ten brightly-beaked birds land on a statue. (First: Episode 1524) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppets (Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson) use a tape measure to figure out how far apart they are from each other. It turns out to be thirty-seven feet. (First: Episode 0905) |
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Film | A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0107) |
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Cartoon | A man finds many ways to "EXIT", which slowly irritates him. (First: Episode 1301) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Tanya to explain what "exit" means. (First: Episode 1522) |
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Cartoon | A pig sings "There Are Chickens in the Trees" until a rooster tells him that they don't live there. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1394) |
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SCENE 5 | Linda, Ed, and the kids go off to play in the park. Big Bird arrives and realizes that he missed out on all the fun, so Bob teaches him to play the mirror game, which Big Bird is very good at... a little too good, as Bob now has trouble trying to get Big Bird to stop playing the game. |
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Cartoon | A man thinks of H words while sitting on a horse. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1815) |
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Cast | Gordon and Olivia try to cooperate under the sun, with voiceover from Bob. (First: Episode 1245) |
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Film | Old bottles are made into new ones at a recycling center. Music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917) |
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Cartoon | Harold and Howard think of H words. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Clementine plays a game with the viewer to see if they can guess what Forgetful Jones is riding on. (First: Episode 2218) |
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Cartoon | 9 Ants Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1485) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird continues to echo Bob's every action, reading newspapers in the yard and saying the same thing at the same time. Unbeknownst to each other, both of them are now annoyed about doing the same thing the other person does and Big Bird eventually admits it to Bob. He asks if it's okay to stop the game (having already played for three hours), which causes Bob to break down crying. As Big Bird comforts him, Susan announces the sponsors. |
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