Sesame Street | |||||||
Air date | April 21, 1987 | ||||||
Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Mirror, Mirror — Kermit is declared the fairest of them all. (First: Episode 0685) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Two men demonstrate "up" on a teeter totter; one man ends up crashing through the ceiling. (First: Episode 0650) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit." (First: Episode 0160) | |
Muppets | Two Anything Muppet kids argue over a cookie. Cookie Monster arrives and says that the smallest person should get the cookie, and then, as the kids argue over which one is smaller, Cookie Monster shrinks himself. (First: Episode 0253) | |
Cartoon | Small, smaller and smallest men will cut a log with a saw. (First: Episode 1243) | |
Celebrity | Ricky (Billy Crystal) walks through a letter U, which he thinks is UNBELIEVABLE! (First: Episode 2083) | |
Cartoon | A dog learns about U. (First: Episode 0131) | |
Muppets | At night, one of the heads of the Two-Headed Monster sings his other the "Ugga Wugga Lullabye". (First: Episode 2014) | |
Cartoon | A man asks the viewer to circle him, draw a line to him, follow him with arrows, etc. (First: Episode 2058) | |
Film | A montage of the evolution of mechanical technology, from wind-up toys, to robots that can spell "SESAME STREET" with blocks, to satellite transmitters. (First: Episode 2226) | |
Cartoon | Two green martians fight over a flower, until they see a monolith crumble to form the word AMOR. (First: Episode 0821) | |
SCENE 1 | Oscar and Grandpa Grouch have returned from collecting trash at the dump and toss their findings onto the Fix-It Shop workbench, to Maria's chagrin. They intend to bring it all over to Oscar's trash can, so Oscar pulls out a small box to carry the trash. It all doesn't fit, so Grandpa suggests they use his larger box, which still can't hold all the trash. Maria suggests they split up the trash and make use of both boxes. The two Grouches agree and begin ripping the items in half. | |
Film | Things that start with M (First: Episode 0620) | |
Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) | |
Cartoon | A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him. (First: Episode 0799) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — David says he can count to twelve hundred, but Farley would prefer just hearing him count to twelve. (First: Episode 0291) | |
Animation | A stop-motion-animated train runs out of track. (First: Episode 1447) | |
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) | |
Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985) | |
SCENE 2 | David, Gina, and Snuffy are upset that Oscar and Grandpa have parked the Sloppy Jalopy right in the middle of the yard. The Grouches ask that they voice their complaints one at a time, but don't do anything about them; they just like hearing them argue. Snuffy doesn't wish to argue and instead gets them to move the Snuffleupagus way - by blowing the car down the street with his snuffle. The Grouches crash into the fire hydrant and enjoyed the ride, requesting he do it again! | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving." (sound effects omitted) (First: Episode 2095) | |
Film | Six apples minus three equals three (First: Episode 2257) | |
Film | Some kids have a bike race by the river. (First: Episode 1419) | |
Cartoon | "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (First: Episode 0345) | |
SCENE 3 | Biff and Sully are taking care of Natasha and they all have their own lunches and things to keep themselves entertained; Sully has his knitting kit. Biff realizes Natasha needs some covering in case it gets cold and Sully begins to knit. Biff, seeing Sully is not going to help, tries to think of his own way to help Natasha. Ultimately, Sully reveals he's been knitting a blanket for her and Biff takes credit for the idea. | |
Cartoon | What does the word COLD match with? (First: Episode 2087) | |
Cast | Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows. (First: Episode 2067) | |
Cartoon | Square in space. (First: Episode 1554) | |
Muppets | Gladys the Cow helps Kermit direct the dance scene of his movie. Her task is to count backwards from four and yell "action", but she counts forwards instead. Kermit shows her the right way to count and yells "Action!", which Gladys uses as an excuse to begin her dance scene. (First: Episode 2298) | |
Song | "Me and My Chair" (First: Episode 1706) | |
SCENE 4 | Herry Monster introduces David to his father, mother, and Granny, who sing a song about who he most resembles. | |
Cartoon | Letter U salesman (First: Episode 0202) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks a girl to hug him and scratch his tummy. (First: Episode 1653) | |
Cartoon | A heart that says "I love you" is drawn. (First: Episode 1971) | |
Muppets / Cast | Professor David lectures his class on trees. He says they are only good for looking at and leaning against, but they mention other uses for them. (First: Episode 1584) | |
Film | Animals fight. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0567) | |
Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. (First: Episode 1295) | |
SCENE 5 | Sully has knitted Biff an original present, which Maria opens - a hammer cover. Oscar announces the sponsors. |
Note[]
- Scene 3 would later be used as a stand-alone Muppet segment on several international co-productions, including Sesamstraat and Sesamstrasse.
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