| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| A day with Gladys | |||||||||
| Air date | April 17, 1987 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis helps Gladys the Cow by tuning her radio to her favorite station, “Moo-Moo-Moo FM” (as she's all hooves). He tunes the dial to “Moo FM” where they hear only one moo, then to “Moo-Moo FM,” which has two moos. Finally, he reaches “Moo-Moo-Moo FM” with three moos. She takes her radio away as it begins to play a bunch of pig squeals, which Gladys recognizes as the Oinker Sisters. Luis remarks to the viewer, “Sometimes I wish I lived where you do - on a nice, normal street.” |
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Muppets | The Oinker Sisters sing "A New Way to Walk." (First: Episode 2268) "MacTV" intro cut |
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Cartoon | Stop-frame animation of a girl on a beach, reading a book containing pictures of various sea creatures that come to life as she comes to their pages. (First: Episode 1434) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin tries to throw away a newspaper into a rapidly moving litter can. When she finally does, the exit door also moves and she breaks down the wall. (First: Episode 0753) |
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Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1499) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit. (First: Episode 0614) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holiday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk. (First: Episode 0318) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse (First: Episode 1167) |
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SCENE 2 | Mrs. Trump plays the piano as Gladys and Buster the Horse sing “The Eensy Weensy Spider.” Gladys and Buster argue over whether she should play it at a higher or lower octave, but she plays it in the middle instead as it's just the right pitch for the kids to join them. |
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Cartoon | Howard and Harold think of H words (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Where Do I Belong? — The contestants try to figure out where they all belong. (First: Episode 2318) |
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Film | Kids comment as they watch tomatoes grow in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0624) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sandbox Game — Ernie gets Bert to engage in a word play game with him. (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1485) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis encounters The Count reading Counting Magazine. He describes it as a “general interest” magazine, but there are plenty of things to count in each section. He reads from the sports page which tells him how many players are on a team, then moves on to a movie review of Goldilocks Goes Hawaiian - there were 342 seats in the theater. Luis asks if there's anything that isn't number-related in the magazine, and the Count starts reading from an article called “1,001 Things to Do When You Have Nothing to Count,” driving Luis away. |
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Cartoon | Eight spiders subtract themselves. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1510) |
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Film | 1-20 Ice Skaters (Maria voiceover) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Pied Piper of Hamelin — Kermit takes over for the Pied Piper. (First: Episode 0519) |
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Film | Kids at school help make cornbread. (First: Episode 1218) |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Celebrity | James Taylor sings "That Grouchy Face" to Oscar. (First: Episode 1777) |
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Cartoon | A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cast | Gordon preaches the importance of rain as it starts to do so in his office. (First: Episode 1578) |
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Film | Exploring on the ocean rocks (First: Episode 1414) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Guess What I Am Game — After Ernie pretends to be a dog and a duck, Bert's train impression works a little too well. (First: Episode 0645) |
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Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) |
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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 | Eight frogs Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1506) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "One of These Things." (First: Episode 0174) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: H for Hand (First: Episode 0771) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Hop — The monster sounds out the word "hop" and starts hopping. (First: Episode 1482) |
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Cartoon | A pencil tries to write the word DANCE. (First: Episode 1966) |
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SCENE 4 | At the Fix-it Shop, Gladys shows Luis the to-do list she just wrote. He assumes it has to do with his work, but it only lists the letters A and H and the number 8. She announces them, and the credits roll with Luis adding the CTW slogan. |
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