| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Bob's deaf friend / Singing out of tune | |||||||
| Air date | February 11, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob introduces the viewer to his friend T.J., who is deaf and communicates with sign language. Elmo wants to meet him, but feels like he can't because T.J. can't hear what he's saying. Bob teaches him how to say "hello" in sign language, which is so simple for him that he and T.J. do it over and over again. |
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Cartoon | "Signing Alphabet," an animated film by Steve Finkin. Music for voice and electronics by Joan La Barbara. (First: Episode 1056) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Telephone — The monster finds a telephone, and reads the word. (First: Episode 1569) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) |
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Song | "Frog Kick" (First: Episode 2155) |
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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 | Passengers on a crowded subway illustrate between. (First: Episode 0795) |
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SCENE 2 | While Gordon plays his flute inside his apartment, Barkley plays ball with T.J. and some other kids. Elmo asks Bob what it means to be deaf, since T.J. appears to be a normal kid in every other way. He explains that T.J. can't hear, and tells Elmo to imagine what the world would be like without any sound. He does so, and is relieved when he comes back to reality. He observes that T.J. is a really good ball player, and also that Sesame Street is a very noisy place. |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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Muppets | "Listen to the Bells" (First: Episode 1955) |
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Cartoon | Seven piglets Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1546) |
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Song | "Sawmill" - Folk singers detail how lumber is made into usable wood. (beginning edited) (First: Episode 0657) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Counting Apples — Cookie Monster changes his mind on eating an apple causing Ernie to draw and redraw his numbers. (First: Episode 0140) |
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Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1180) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird runs into Elmo and T.J., and Elmo invites him to play a feelings guessing game with them. First T.J. and Elmo pretend to be sad, then happy, then angry. Finally, they point to Hooper's and rub their tummies, which confuses Big Bird until he finds out they're hungry. He decides to follow them since he's hungry, too. |
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Cartoon | An orange ball tries to pet a green ball, which growls, scaring him away. (First: Episode 2118) |
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Song | "Old Button Hole" (First: Episode 1727) |
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Cartoon | Teeny Little Super Guy explains to Eugene why going to school is important. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1966) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 1 Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | A mouse is squashed between two elephants. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 2 The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (First: Episode 0675) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 3 The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | A hand is asked to underline the word BUS. (beginning cut) Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1883) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar likes listening to Gordon practice his flute because he often sounds flat. Bob is about to join Gordon, but Oscar warns him that if he goes up to help him with his flute playing, it will result in a lot of screaming and yelling. He ignores Oscar's warning and helps Gordon out, and soon afterwards Oscar himself starts all the screaming and yelling. |
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Film | "Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011) |
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Cartoon | A man blows 7 bubbles. (First: Episode 0639) |
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Muppets | What's My Part: Nose — Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic, and Cookie Monster don't have noses. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit talks with Chris about teaching his little sister, Stephanie, to talk. Chris practices the alphabet. (First: Episode 0495) |
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Cartoon | A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler. (First: Episode 0572) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar is looking for someone to sing with his dance-band, "The Out of Tuners." He asks Gordon and Bob if they know anyone who can take the position, and Gordon suggests that Bob would be perfect for the job: "Bob is a professional singer - he can sing as bad as anyone!" After Bob gives Grouch ballad "Mad About You" a try, it turns out that Oscar thinks it would be better if both Bob and Gordon sang it together. It still doesn't sound good to him until Barkley joins in with some howling. Bob, being a professional singer, refuses to sing in a trio with a dog, but Oscar uses the old "cooperation defense" in order to get him to comply. Oscar wants them all to return to perform in ten minutes, and Bob comes up with a new name for their group: "The Woof-and-Poofs." |
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Animation | Two small stripes watch as two circles play with each other. The stripes try to bend themselves into circles, but soon find that they can both cooperate to make one big circle. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Film | Seashells form various patterns in the sand. (First: Episode 2031) |
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Cartoon | Es un perro (First: Episode 1969) |
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Cast | David, Luis and Maria illustrate between while ballet dancing. (First: Episode 1223) |
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Animation | Sand F/f (First: Episode 0629) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #2: Last dot is late and travels through the others (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar introduces Bob and Gordon to his band, which consists of Fluffy on trumpet, Slimey on drums, and the Forty Flying Flea Brothers on keyboard. They all do the Sesame Street Theme while he announces the sponsors. |
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