| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Slimey's new girlfriend | |||||||
| Air date | December 23, 1986 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | David struggles to roller-skate down Sesame Street. Big Bird helps him to Hooper's Store and reminds him that "practice makes perfect." David imagines being a great skater: in his fantasy, he roller-skates through Central Park with ease. Back in reality, David skates on his own and falls down, but he doesn't mind. Music: "What Makes Music?" (First: Episode 1559) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound Limerick: D—Dog Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1149) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet asks another "Is this the D train?" A subway train then arrives, letting out several letter Ds. (First: Episode 1493) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Hickory Dickory Dock — Kermit witnesses various animals attempting to run up the clock. (First: Episode 0710) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines staying in the jungle at night when he goes to sleep. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0798) |
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Cast | Big Bird watches the shape dancers form a rectangle. (First: Episode 1276) |
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Cartoon | A lost number 5 looks for his brother. (First: Episode 0934) |
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Celebrity | George Benson sings "The Greatest Love of All" (with Michael Masser on piano) to some children. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before & after. (First: Episode 0694) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word "hop" and starts hopping. (First: Episode 1482) |
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Song | "All By Myself Song" (First: Episode 2044) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Works for The Count — The Count hires Ernie to answer his phone so that he won't be bothered with calls while he is counting. (First: Episode 0539) |
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Cartoon | A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1452) |
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Muppets | In the woods, a nature-loving baritone (Jim Henson) sings "Ah, For the Joys of the Countryside" about how much he loves the country, without noticing that his surroundings are being converted into a city. (First: Episode 1008) |
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Animation | It's a crocodile Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1663) |
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SCENE 1 | Maria finds Oscar upset, because Slimey's got a new girlfriend - Scuzzina the caterpillar. Oscar doesn't think the relationship will work, because they're too different. Oscar also adds that Scuzzina will eventually turn into a butterfly or a moth; he can't tell which at this point. Sure enough, Scuzzina crawls into her cocoon, ready to transform...but into what? |
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Cartoon | Many Dangers (First: Episode 1387) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster asks David to read a DANGER sign. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #5 (First: Episode 0345) |
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Animation | 5 goldfish, take away 2, leaves 3. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Before and After — Bert explains the concept of "before and after" to Ernie using a plate of cookies. (First: Episode 0007) |
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Cartoon | Several circles try to get past a large square. (First: Episode 1486) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar checks out a crumpled napkin left beside Scuzzina's cocoon, which has a goodbye poem written on it. Slimey cries a little and blows his nose in the poem. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps." (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Sign language: Morning, noon, night Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1173) |
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Cartoon | "Four Seasons" (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 3 | Slimey lightly taps on the cocoon, until Oscar stops him and reminds him this won't wake her up any faster. |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about nature through winter and spring. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings about his youth, or as he calls it, "My Polliwog Ways". (First: Episode 1443) |
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Cartoon | How do frogs make more frogs? The birth and growth of a frog is documented. At the very end, the fully-grown frog hops in the middle of a field and calls out, "Hey, Kermit!" Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1232) |
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SCENE 4 | Now, Slimey tries to bring Scuzzina out with some sounds from his bugle. |
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Film | A Latino boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (First: Episode 0429) |
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Muppets | Three Honkers teach a newly-hatched baby Honker to honk. (First: Episode 1616) |
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Film | A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0690) |
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SCENE 5 | Scuzzina finally emerges from the cocoon, transformed into a moth. Oscar celebrates by providing her with a rotten apple. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Butterfly (First: Episode 0006) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (First: Episode 0406) |
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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 | Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats. (First: Episode 1148) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria sees how the little bug friends are doing. Scuzzina takes Slimey for a ride in the air, as Oscar announces the sponsors. |
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