| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | February 5, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird greets the viewer as Flo Bear works on the script for another episode of her soap opera, All My Letters. Big Bird remembers the next episode is about to air and turns on his TV... |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | In today's edition of All My Letters, the letter K is the focus as a king (Jerry Nelson) is unable to open the door to the kitchen. The Keeper of the Keys (Fran Brill) says the kitchen key is under the purview of the Keeper of the Kitchen. Instead, the Keeper of the Kitten (Richard Hunt) arrives and reports the Keeper of the Kitchen quit and took the key with him. The show begins its transition to the letter L as the crew tries to locate a locksmith. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Big Bird asks where Flo was on the program and is astonished to learn that Flo actually writes the dialogue used on the show. He then helps her think of some L words for the next episode. |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about nature through winter and spring. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word "snow", and David gets caught in the snow. (First: Episode 1325) |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word "rain", and David gets rained upon. (First: Episode 1325) |
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Cartoon | An old woman emerges from the pouch of a bouncing kangaroo. She proclaims, "K! Kangaroo!" (First: Episode 0489) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word disappear - which David does. (First: Episode 1330) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #2 "Seven Circles with Designs" (First: Episode 1394) |
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Muppets | Clementine and some cowboys sing "I'm a Real Cowboy" to Forgetful Jones to remind him of what he is. (First: Episode 1965) |
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Cartoon | Snacks on Parade: Peanut Butter Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1301) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is It — Ernie wants to play tag while Bert reads his book. (First: Episode 1026) |
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Insert | Gordon and Olivia sing "Quiet Is." (First: Episode 1099) |
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Film | Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays. (First: Episode 1234) |
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Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368) |
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Film | A girl wants to learn a playground rhyme after watching some other girls do it, so one of them teaches her. |
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Muppets | Telly pretends to be an elephant, a goat and a lion. (First: Episode 1698) |
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Film | An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (First: Episode 1077) |
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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 | The story of Aesop's "The Lion and the Mouse." (First: Episode 0773) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Doing Nothing — Bert asks Ernie to help him carry his heavy groceries. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Celebrity | Yosh Shmenge (John Candy) performs the "Alphabet Polka" with Big Bird and Slimey's worm polka band. |
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Cartoon | SALIDA (train) (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cast | The Heartstrongs, Part 1 In this soap opera parody, Mr. Heartstrong (Gordon) fusses over the loss of his red shoelace along with Mrs. Heartstrong (Susan). They both feel sad until their son Barnaby (David) comes downstairs! What a surprise! But that feeling doesn't last long, as he soon learns of the lost shoelace. As it turns out, he came downstairs to change shoelaces in order to play baseball. Could this be a clue to the whereabouts of Mr. Heartstrong's lost one? (First: Episode 2163) |
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Film | A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0690) |
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Cast | The Heartstrongs, Part 2 In the thrilling conclusion, the doorbell rings! Who could it be at the door? It's Cousin Henry (Uncle Wally), who drops in for a surprise visit, which quickly becomes somber when the lost shoelace issue is brought up again. Just then, Mr. Heartstrong remembers what Barnaby said about a shoelace that didn't match, and as luck would have it, the missing one is in his left sneaker! This makes everyone happy! Cousin Henry pulls the snake-in-the-can trick on Barnaby, which gives everyone another nice surprise! "Woo woo!" (First: Episode 2163) |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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Insert | Seven kids appear in some playground barrels and child voiceovers count them as they pop in and out. (First: Episode 1315) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I for Island. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Muppets | Ernie watches as the Twiddlebugs cut down the pretty flowers in their yard. Once they've realized the environmental mistake they've made, they undo their action by creating giant flowers from wrappers. (First: Episode 1512) |
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Film | A zookeeper feeds some polar bears sardines. (First: Episode 1647) |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count to 20. (First: Episode 0476) |
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Cartoon | Stop-motion NUTS (First: Episode 1178) |
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Film | SALIDA (word spins around) (First: Episode 0967) |
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SCENE 2 | In the Fix-It Shop, Forgetful Jones impresses Clementine with how much he knows about the differences between himself and a computer. Oscar announces the sponsors (delighting in how the letters I and K make an "ick" sound). |
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