| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Count's "Sleeping Beauty" | |||||||
| Air date | May 12, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Snuffy shows Susan and some kids how to do "The Snuffle Shuffle." (First: Episode 2225) |
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Cartoon | An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. (First: Episode 0173) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster looks at itself in mirrors, and the right half notices that both of them are the same; they have the same nose, mouth, and hands. The other half points out that they're different: their horns point different ways, their hair is different, and their laughter is different. (First: Episode 1769) |
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Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: How the Three Little Pigs Feel — Kermit gets reactions to the Big Bad Wolf blowing down the Three Little Pigs' houses. (First: Episode 1974) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001) |
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Celebrity | Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe and Malcolm-Jamal Warner notice Telly and Keshia Knight Pulliam pretending to look sad, which escalates into the three of them arguing over what's more sad: losing a purple pen with a picture of Prince on it, not making the football team, or a best friend moving away. Telly and Keshia then pretend to look angry, and then notice that they look just like them. (First: Episode 2127) |
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Animation | A car drives through blocks. (First: Episode 1446) |
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Film | Doll House (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | A boy acts out his feelings as animals. ("There's a zoo in me!") (First: Episode 0783) |
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Cast | Live at Sesame Hall, Bob, Maria, and Luis sing "The Curious Cantata" about a bird who asks a lot of questions, played by the ever-curious Big Bird. (First: Episode 2160) |
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Animation | Yellow drops don't want to play with a red ball at first, but they make a good flower together. (First: Episode 1895) |
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Muppets | Oscar the Grouch hosts "The Trash is Right", in which contestant Grundgetta has to match each pile of trash with the picture of the person who threw it away. (First: Episode 2258) |
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Cartoon | Two giraffes (Gordon voice-over added) Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1468) |
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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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Cartoon | Roxanne and Violet Gorflatch are alike in many ways, but different in others. (First: Episode 1480) |
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Muppets | Super Grover: Grover Kent sees a lost little girl in trouble and tries to find a phone booth to change in, the same one she wants to use to call home. (introducted edited) (First: Episode 0647) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: B for Ball (First: Episode 0829) |
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Animation | A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause. (First: Episode 2021) |
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SCENE 1 | The Count has written his own version of "Sleeping Beauty," in which he and Gladys the Cow will be starring. As he makes the costumes, Gordon and the kids help measure her body. Though Gladys insists she's a size 40 (petite), Gordon, the Count, and the kids use a tape measure just to be sure and count all 40 inches from her nose to her backside. |
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Cartoon | "Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2087) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert notices that Ernie has a piece of string tied on his finger. Ernie says that the string tied on this finger helps to remind him that there's a piece of string tied on this finger. And so on. The string on the last finger is there to remind him that they're out of string. (First: Episode 0163) |
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Cartoon | A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday. (First: Episode 0764) |
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Muppets | The Beetles perform "Letter B." (First: Episode 1495) |
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Cartoon | B is for bear, bicycle, bump, branch and bee. (First: Episode 0008) |
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Song | Luis sings "Follow the Arrows" as a man does so. (First: Episode 1642) |
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Cartoon | Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat. (First: Episode 1580) |
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SCENE 2 | Now dressed for their roles, Gladys and the Count begin rehearsing the play. (Count: "As we say in Transylvania - actionski!") Gladys is not in favor of having to snore, especially when all the Count does is count the snores. She quits and the Count briefly considers Gordon to take her place before deciding to hire Meryl Sheep instead. |
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Cartoon | Counting eight figures (First: Episode 2253) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn and the Count are contestants on "Squeal of Fortune." (First: Episode 2331) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: B for Bug (First: Episode 0137) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon narrates the Count's story as the actors perform before an audience of children. The prince (Count) finds the sleeping princess (Meryl) and counts her snores. His thunder and lightning wakes her up, but she'd rather "baa" than count with him. They cooperate by letting him count her baas. After the play, Gladys barges in and claims her mooing would've been better. The two females argue over their respective sounds, while the Count counts them and Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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