| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Professor Rabbit and Garbo | |||||||
| Air date | March 4, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Norman Stiles | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob plays a guessing game with Big Bird about what he has behind his back. Given the clues, Big Bird is able to correctly guess it's a toy firetruck, and he dances around humming the victorious Rocky theme. Uncle Wally comes by wanting to introduce two of his old friends. Big Bird tries to guess again from Wally's clues who they could be: one has big ears and likes carrots, and the other one has a curly tail and likes bananas. Bob finds these "friends" a bit far-fetched... until Wally introduces them to the 98-year-old Professor Dexter Rabbit and a six foot tall pink monkey named Garbo who communicates in sign language. He explains that he met them while traveling in the Orient as a juggling supplies dealer. |
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Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. (First: Episode 1141) |
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Muppets | Mac TV host Old MacDonald introduces the newest music video, "A New Way to Walk" performed by The Oinker Sisters. (First: Episode 2268) |
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Film | The crosswalk light says WALK. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: P for Pencil (First: Episode 0782) |
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Film | The kids form a triangle and a square. (First: Episode 0300) |
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Cartoon | Pinball #10 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0990) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Ideas for Games — Elmo fights Kermit for his microphone. (First: Episode 2185) |
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Cartoon | Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get. (First: Episode 0762) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly Monster visits Big Bird's nest where Garbo is juggling small bean bags. Professor Rabbit counts them as she adds another to her routine, and explains that she's both a teacher and student of juggling because you're never too old to learn something new, even about the things you already know something about. After successfully juggling five bean bags, they all decide that her next feat should be to juggle six. |
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Cartoon | "Love" word animation (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Grover goes to the doctor for a check-up, and describes to the viewer what the doctor is doing. Grover gets scared when it's time for a booster shot, but is so scared that he doesn't notice when he gets it. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Little Things". (First: Episode 0655) |
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Muppets | Game Show: The Remembering Game (First: Episode 0310) |
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Cartoon | Light and heavy (ball and seal) (First: Episode 0785) |
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Muppets | While building a doghouse with Sully, Biff sings "We Coulda," listing all the jobs they could've done outside the world of construction. (First: Episode 1782) |
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Cartoon | A cartoon man (voiced by Bob Arbogast) is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Cast | On a desert island, a parched Luis finds a coconut, which has a letter C inside. (First: Episode 0703) |
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Cartoon | Splash (girl on beach) (First: Episode 0996) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie lies in bed and starts talking about what a square looks like and how many lines it has, then goes on to compare a square with a triangle. He then starts to ponder how many sides a circle has, and goes to sleep. Bert is about to attempt to answer the question, but ends up not being able to sleep. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Film | "Ten Song (Song of Ten)" (revised version) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Cartoon | "Count Up Elevator" -- An elevator operator stops at ten floors to pick up passengers, including a witch, a fireman, and a kangaroo. The tenth passenger, a mouse, causes the elevator to overload and explode. (First: Episode 0003) |
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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 | A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 0914) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit the Frog and Joey talk about body parts. (First: Episode 2149) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Sidewinder snake (First: Episode 0514) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Harry Belafonte sings of about the "Coconut Counting Man," who is actually The Count. (First: Episode 1692) |
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Cartoon | A caterpillar dances in ten socks. (First: Episode 2246) |
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SCENE 3 | Professor Rabbit and Garbo are helping out Linda at the Library. He explains to the viewer that Linda and Garbo can communicate in sign language because Linda is deaf and Garbo is mute. All the while, Garbo is juggling encyclopedias while they cooperate to put them away on the shelf. When they're done, Professor Rabbit says a magic word, and in a puff of smoke some of the books move from the counter to the shelf. He reveals he knows a little bit of magic because he used to work for a magician. |
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Cartoon | C for canary (role reversal) (First: Episode 0703) |
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Song | "Froggy Kickin'" (First: Episode 2155) |
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Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird enters the library (stopping briefly to give Garbo a banana) and sees Professor Rabbit with a stack of books about birds he's going to check out. He explains that his new friend is a bird, so he wants to learn all about them. In turn, Big Bird goes to ask Linda for books about rabbits. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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