| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Sign language at the library | |||||||
| Air date | May 13, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | At the Library, Micki gathers Telly, Maria, Luis, Bob, and the kids for story time, hosted by Linda and her friend Ed. Micki interprets as Linda and Ed tell the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" in sign language, cueing the kids to guess some of the characters' signs and pretending to be said characters. |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster stars in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee." (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | An old man recites a poem about the time he had the flu. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1274) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Banana — Bert asks Ernie to share a banana with him. Ernie gets the inside of the banana, and gives Bert the peel. (First: Episode 0464) |
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Animation | A white shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2061) |
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Cartoon | A kid removes a manhole cover, out of which comes the word ABIERTO. (First: Episode 2086) |
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Celebrity | Tony Danza jumps rope with the kids. (First: Episode 2162) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents 9 elephants. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1366) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - boy (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | J family jamboree (First: Episode 0365) |
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Muppets | Snuffy shows Big Bird the cloud costume he's going to wear in his Snufflegarden class's upcoming pageant about the sky, and even sings the song that accompanies it, while Big Bird imagines him as a cloud. (First: Episode 2082) |
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Cartoon | A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from. (First: Episode 2248) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Nine Striped Cats Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1564) |
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Film | A rhino and her baby (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little." (First: Episode 2206) |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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SCENE 2 | Micki narrates as Linda and Ed act out a story where they demonstrate big and little with different-sized barbells and dogs (including Barkley as the big dog). Finally, Linda gets a little sandwich, and Ed shares a big sandwich with the audience. |
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Cartoon | The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 0462) |
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Muppets / Cast | "Singing in the Shower" - Olivia, Ernie, Oscar, and Big Bird sing about how they like to sing in their various modes of cleaning (shower, bathtub, mudbath, and birdbath respectively.) (First: Episode 1834) |
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Film | An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (First: Episode 1077) |
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Cartoon | A girl draws in her entire body. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1008) |
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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. Music: "Portrait d'un robot," composed by Janko Nilovic (First: Episode 2226) |
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SCENE 3 | Linda and Ed lead the audience in singing and signing "Rock-a-bye Baby" as Luis plays guitar. |
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Cartoon | A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0255) |
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Film | A look at how families do chores both on a farm and in the city. (First: Episode 2226) |
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Cartoon | A curious cat chases after a ball of string and explores various places in its home. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2238) |
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Muppets | Biff sings "This Is My J." (First: Episode 1169) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound: J, jaguar (First: Episode 1144) |
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SCENE 4 | Linda and Ed do a pantomime skit, “Combination People,” where Ed substitutes his arms for Linda’s as the audience guesses what he’s doing (waking up and brushing teeth). The kids join in: Zoraida puts makeup on with Linda’s hands, and Jason shaves with Ed’s hands. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
In the audience, Luis substitutes his hands for Telly’s and plays the guitar. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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