| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Dr. Price looks for movies with canine appeal | |||||||
| Air date | March 3, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
| |||||||
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
Insert | Mr. Snuffleupagus is invited to jump on Big Bird's trampoline, and the Count decides to count how many times Snuffy jumps. He counts a total of 19½, with his last jump bouncing him to the top of 123 Sesame Street. (First: Episode 2148) |
 |
Cartoon | A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (First: Episode 0527) |
 |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Alphabet Mine — Kermit interviews J miners. |
 |
Cartoon | Look both ways before you cross the street Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1397) |
 |
Film | Workers in a watch factory work on watches. (First: Episode 1029) |
 |
Cartoon | "The Noble Ostrich", a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0998) |
 |
Cast | Jasper Johnson (David) performs his famous "J" Walk for a roaring crowd. (First: Episode 0761) |
 |
Cartoon | Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot. (First: Episode 0795) |
  |
Celebrity | Ricky (Billy Crystal) walks through a letter U, which he thinks is UNBELIEVABLE! (First: Episode 2083) |
 |
Cartoon | What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465) |
 |
Song | "Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429) |
 |
Muppets | Leo the Party Monster hosts "The Party Line", a call-in show where he and the callers have a discussion about parties. However, he learns what a discussion really means when one caller dislikes parties. (First: Episode 2218) |
 |
Cartoon | U for uniform. (First: Episode 0702) |
 |
Muppets | Bip Bipadotta leads "Scratch My Back" as a song about two monsters named Jack and Jill who swear that they will always be there to scratch each other's backs. (First: Episode 2191) |
 |
Film | A scuba diver swims away from. (First: Episode 0537) |
 |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie to make a grocery list, but Ernie can't find anything to write with ... except for chocolate pudding. (Bert: "He's improving. Last time he used spaghetti sauce.") (First: Episode 1967) |
 |
Cartoon | Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground come from. (First: Episode 1029) |
 |
Insert | Maria teaches Telly to count to 10 in Spanish with a song. (First: Episode 1473) |
 |
Cartoon | Three tigers dance and play music. (First: Episode 1642) |
 |
Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a parrot. (First: Episode 0601) |
 |
Cartoon | A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment. (First: Episode 0550) |
 |
Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster builds a Two-Headed Snowman. It's missing noses; they fight over a carrot which breaks in half, solving the problem. (First: Episode 1622) |
 |
Cartoon | 'j' minuscula (First: Episode 0475) |
 |
Cast | Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (First: Episode 2062) |
 |
Cartoon | Kids see animals in their alphabet soup. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 1976) |
  |
Muppets | A series of trailers for school-related dramas are shown on WCTW's "School in the Afternoon" block. (First: Episode 2223) |
 |
Cartoon | A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT. (First: Episode 0304) |
  |
SCENE 1 | Dr. Nobel Price sets up a film projector in order to conduct an experiment to find what kind of movies Barkley likes. Bob and Linda aren't sure dogs like movies, but Dr. Price is determined to find an answer, considering moving to Hollywood to pursue a career in dog-targeted cinema. He begins to roll a film on his screen... |
 |
Film | Hippos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0415) |
  |
SCENE 1 cont'd | As the film wraps up, Barkley has fallen asleep. Dr. Price makes note of this, believing dogs must not like foreign films. Bob and Linda ask if the experiment is over now, but Dr. Price has a whole stack of films he intends to show Barkley to find just he right one. He pulls the bottom reel out of the pile, thereby knocking over the pile, startling Barkley awake. The dog begins to chew on the reel of a snowman film, but Dr. Price tries to get his attention to a film about hot dogs first... |
 |
Animation | Stop-motion: what goes in the hot dog bun? (First: Episode 1494) |
 |
Cartoon | A girl explains (in poetry) how she failed trying to make a snowman without using snow. (First: Episode 0480) |
 |
Film | A marching band counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0504) |
 |
Cartoon | Typewriter: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0808) |
 |
SCENE 1 cont'd | As the Typewriter short plays, Dr. Price notices Barkley intently watching the screen and barking. He believes he's finally found a film dogs will love, but they instead discover Barkley was merely trying to get one of his toy hoops that somehow was placed on the screen corner. Dr. Price shifts gears and decides to now find a movie that will appeal to cats. |
 |
Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) |
 |
Muppets | Kermit sings "This Frog." (First: Episode 0944) |
 |
Film | Kids at school help make cornbread. (First: Episode 1218) |
  |
SCENE 2 | Dr. Price rolls a film of the sponsors as he announces them while Barkley fidgets restlessly. |
| Previous episode: | Next episode: |
| Episode 2301 | Episode 2303 |