| Sesame Street | |||||
| Air date | March 16, 1987 | ||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||
| Written by | Tom Dunsmuir | ||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Gordon goes through a stretching routine in the yard during the early morning and explains to the camera that he like so get up this early because there's very little traffic and it's a pretty time of the day. He invites the viewer along for a jog, which is set to a spoof of the Chariots of Fire music, and consists of a montage of Gordon running through the city. (First: Episode 1727) |
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Cartoon | A man saws out a letter E. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fish Call — To Bert's astonishment, Ernie catches fish by yelling, "Here fishy, fishy, fishy!" (First: Episode 1641) |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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Cartoon | A gorilla names "G" words. (First: Episode 1831) |
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Insert | While fixing Big Bird's record player, Luis tells him of a story he's reading about Captain Swashbuckle, a pirate. He tells Big Bird a synopsis of what he's read so far, but Big Bird throws several ideas what happens next, such as Swashbuckle having run-ins with a giant fish and bird. Luis reads him the remainder of the story: Captain Swashbuckle is sailing in a storm, when Luis' phone rings, and he must put the story on hold. Big Bird then thinks up the obvious ending - the bad guys call Swashbuckle and call off the fight because of rain. (First: Episode 2173) |
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Cartoon | A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me." (First: Episode 1942) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Cartoon | Snacks on Parade: Peanut Butter Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1301) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "When I Listen". (First: Episode 1760) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel (First: Episode 0593) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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Insert | Sneak Peek Previews: Ostrich Ballet — Maria and Olivia observe Slimey using his tiny, worm TV set to watch "Sneak Peek Previews," where Telly and Oscar review a film about ostriches. After the show, Maria wonders why the two would argue over a film like that, finding she and Olivia having opposing views as well. (First: Episode 1964) |
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Cartoon | A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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Film | Kids compare animals and human tools and technology. (First: Episode 0491) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Me Gotta Be Blue." (First: Episode 1828) |
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Cartoon | A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror. (First: Episode 0800) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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Insert | Count von Count and the kids practice brushing their teeth. (First: Episode 1028) |
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Cartoon | The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse spot a kitty stuck in a tree. Grover tries to find ways to get the kitty down such as shaking the tree trunk. He finally came to the conclusion that to get the kitty down, he would climb up the tree to bring it down. However, Fred has another idea to bring the kitty down by calling the kitty by saying "Kitty" and the kitty comes down. Now that the kitty is down, they now have another problem - how is Grover going to get down? (First: Episode 1639) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #9 (First: Episode 0338) |
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Insert | R2-D2 falls in love with a fire hydrant. (First: Episode 1396) |
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Cartoon | What's missing? (parrot) (First: Episode 2103) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "Oh, G" in praise of the letter G. (First: Episode 1167) |
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Film | Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Shapes — The monster observes different shapes. (First: Episode 1629) |
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Cartoon | What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts? (First: Episode 0488) |
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Celebrity | Carly Simon sings "Be With Me" with Telly and some kids. (First: Episode 2039) |
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Cartoon | Three little men climb up the three flower stems. (First: Episode 0634) |
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Cast | Via split-screen, two Lindas sign letters of the alphabet: one is no-nonsense, and the other is very playful. A male voiceover narrates the letters with the same demeanor Linda signs them in. (First: Episode 1354) |
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Animation | Match the word HOT. (First: Episode 2055) |
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Muppets | "One Banana" (First: Episode 1941) |
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Film | A scuba diver collects shells, which some kids count in voice-over. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0474) |
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SCENE | At the Library, Micki tries to find Telly Monster a book to read. He declines books about cowboys, football, and trains, believing that they will be too noisy for a quiet library. Micki explains the book won't make any such noise as what he's reading about will all be in his imagination. Telly quietly begins to read the book about trains, stopping briefly to make sure the only noise he heard was in his head. Maria announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- The original script for this episode contains several original street scenes involving Maria, Elmo, Oscar, Gordon, the Grouchketeers, Big Bird, Barkley, Bob, and Mr. Snuffleupagus. Of the eight scenes originally scripted for the episode, only the scene involving Telly and Micki appears in the broadcast version.[1]
Sources[]
- ↑ script documents provided by trusted source
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