| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Miles' grandmother visits | |||||||
| Air date | April 6, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | On the steps of 123 Sesame Street, Gladys the Cow talks with Susan and the kids about a dance audition, when Sherlock Hemlock and Elmo (learning how to be a detective) announce that they're on the case to solve who left a footprint on Sherlock's newspaper. They compare everyone's shoes to the oddly-shaped print and discover it belongs to Gladys, who admits she must have stepped on the newspaper when she was practicing for her audition. |
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Cartoon | One of These Footprints says "excuse me." (First: Episode 0487) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cooperation Report — Kermit and Telly Monster interview each other. (First: Episode 2166) |
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Cartoon | A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Film | Close-up shots of a car and a frog are shown side-by-side. (First: Episode 1530) |
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SCENE 2 | Detective Elmo appears in the yard, where Gordon and Dorothy (Susan's mother) are playing with Miles. Detective Elmo is ready for his first solo mystery - "The Case of What Grandma is Doing!" He observes the clues: she has a tape measure, a ball of yarn, and knitting needles. Elmo comes to the conclusion that she is kitting something for him, but she corrects him - she's making a sweater for Miles. Seeing how crestfallen he is, she offers to knit him a sweater, too. |
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Cartoon | A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler. (First: Episode 0618) |
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Song | "What to Do Before We Eat?" We wash our hands, not our feet. Animation: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1594) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Susie Sunset help Wrong Way Willie find four landmarks for a school assignment. (First: Episode 1233) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover tells Mr. Johnson the menu, which has the items numbered. Number 9 is the special of the day. It turns out to be a real number nine, but Mr. Johnson doesn't want it. (It's medium rare, and he likes his nines well-done.) (First: Episode 1377) |
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Film | Hamburger bun factory (First: Episode 0615) |
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Cartoon | A man lifts a rock and finds the word UNDER. (First: Episode 0685) |
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SCENE 3 | Dorothy happens upon Count von Count watching over Baby Natasha, who he claims is a born counter. He hands her some toys and Natasha babbles at each one. Dorothy thinks Natasha is just making baby noises and not really counting... until she stirs up some thunder and lightning when she's done. |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Animation | A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause. (First: Episode 2021) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert thinks that Ernie has eaten his cookies, but it turns out that Cookie Monster (dressed as Ernie) ate the cookies. (First: Episode 0158) |
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Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Cab Calloway sings "Hi De Ho Man." (First: Episode 1540) |
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Cartoon | Are you the monster that ate the television? (First: Episode 1970) |
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Muppets | Big Bird and Snuffy make up a story about a castle under the sea where a deep-sea diver prince lived. (First: Episode 1797) |
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Animation | D / d (drums and drumsticks) (First: Episode 2188) |
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Muppets | SMV (Sesame Music Video) introduces the latest video from How Now Brown and the Moo Wave, performing "Wet Paint." (First: Episode 2033) The introduction is trimmed to the very end, starting off with the SMV host giving the cue to begin the song. |
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Animation | Where do the Ds fit? (First: Episode 1617) |
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Cast | Bob, Maria and David demonstrate in, on and under in their own ways. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Film | David asks the viewer to find some triangles in a fence. (First: Episode 0434) |
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SCENE 4 | Placido Flamingo and Elmo (dressed in feathers) sing "Papageno" from Mozart's The Magic Flute, with Elmo echoing Placido's "pa pa pa's." |
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Animation | Red and yellow dots play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (First: Episode 1979) |
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Film | A film of two kids and a goat riding a turtle at a petting zoo is narrated in English and Spanish. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0486) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: WET PAINT (First: Episode 1136) |
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Cast | Big Bird, Susan and Bob sing "Can Read" while at a newsstand. (First: Episode 2268) |
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Animation | Where does the triangle fit? (First: Episode 1883) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Erik shows Grover his teeth, and tells him how they are used. (First: Episode 1639) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of an African plain and the animals that live there. (First: Episode 0128) |
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Cartoon | A report on homes around the world. (First: Episode 1711) |
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SCENE 5 | Placido Flamingo and Grundgetta sing the "Adios Aria" from the opera Madame Grouchy-fly (a parody of "Un Bel Di Vedremo" from Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Grouch lyrics). Susan announces the sponsors. |
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