| Sesame Street | |||||||
| A day with Simon Soundman | |||||||
| Air date | March 9, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Simon Soundman is out for a stroll on such a lovely day. He suddenly finds himself party to Susan's hectic rush to meet Gordon at the bus stop. She pulls up in the car, with Miles and his toy fire engine in tow. She permits Maria to watch over Miles while he takes Barkley on a quick walk for Linda. Just as she brings him out, the phone rings and she asks Simon to watch Barkley. Gordon arrives and Simon explains the whole matter in his usual fashion. When Susan comes out and tries to explain, Gordon repeats Simon's story, sound effects and all. "That fellow has a very interesting way of talking," notices Simon. |
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Song | "All By Myself Song" (First: Episode 2044) |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Puts Toys Into Groups — Bert tells Ernie to put away his toys, and Ernie devises a system of arranging toys. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | What kind of print does a hand make? (First: Episode 0776) |
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Film | A warthog runs around. Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Insert | Big Bird sings about "Wheels on My Feet" while roller skating down the street. (First: Episode 1483) |
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Animation | See the lion walk. (First: Episode 0993) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Upstairs, Downstairs — Grover runs up and down a flight of stairs. (First: Episode 1162) |
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Animation | A/a (Gordon voice-over) (First: Episode 2240) |
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Film | How Crayons are Made Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey (First: Episode 1579) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y. (First: Episode 1288) |
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Cartoon | A horse falls apart into a jigsaw puzzle. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Insert | Forgetful Jones and a Honker wait at the bus stop for a bus to Madison Square Garden, where the two will meet up with Clementine for a rodeo. Luis tells the pair to take the #11 bus and makes sure Forgetful remembers it. He forgets it immediately after and as others (Susan and Oscar) pass by, he thinks he's taking the "Good Morning" or the "Phooey!" bus. All the while, the Honker frantically tries correcting him. Bob passes by and gives them the time, 11 o'clock, reminding Forgetful of the correct bus, just in time to boast about when Luis returns. (First: Episode 1975) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0988) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Elves and the Shoemaker — The elves gift the Shoemaker with items that rhyme with shoe. (First: Episode 1249) |
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Animation | In stop-motion, a boy makes landscapes out of sand and water. (First: Episode 2039) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Lena Horne and The Anything Muppets sing an upbeat version of "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 0575) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it. (First: Episode 0770) |
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SCENE 2 | Forgetful Jones watches over the Fix-It Shop for the moment, when Simon Soundman enters to pick up his typewriter. As usual, he communicates this using sounds, which befuddles Forgetful. He pulls over a banjo, an electric drill, alarm clock, and a bulb horn before finally catching on and produces the typewriter. Just then, Maria returns and informs Simon she wasn't able to fix his typewriter yet; Simon leaves in a tizzy. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0769) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Cartoon | Number count to 20 (w/ cameo appearance by Cookie Monster), followed by cast list at the end. (First: Episode 0350) |
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Muppets | Grover's Health Minute: Kermit the Frog and Grover talk about teeth. Grover notices that Kermit does not have any teeth at all, so he puts a pair of teeth in Kermit's mouth. Grover says to see a "tooth checker," to eat crunchy things like bananas and to clean teeth with a "tooth comb." (First: Episode 1949) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: GROW (First: Episode 1120) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates up/down with two ladders. (First: Episode 0239) |
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SCENE 3 | Simon wants to play a game with Susan and the kids - "Three of These Things." He makes the sounds of three horns and a bird tweeting. After the game, they hear the sounds again, though Simon isn't producing them this time. They see the honks and tweets are instead being made by some nearby Honkers and Little Bird. |
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Cartoon | A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself. (First: Episode 1717) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya? (First: Episode 0293) |
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Film | Students prepare for a spelling bee. (First: Episode 2208) |
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Animation | Sand Y/y (First: Episode 0626) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive." (First: Episode 1482) |
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Film | Two apples balance on a block seesaw. (First: Episode 2176) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan and the kids make some different noises of their own as Simon Soundman announces the sponsors. |
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