| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | May 14, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird uses soup cans to play pretend telephone with Mr. Snuffleupagus, who doesn't quite grasp the concept. When he finally gets into the swing of things, he's unable to hear Big Bird's call; he's imagining he's on the Moon. |
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Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Film | Children of all kinds sing "We All Sing with the Same Voice." (First: Episode 1708) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin falls in love with a painting (Linda) at the art museum. (First: Episode 2033) |
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Cartoon | A man lifts a rock and finds the word UNDER. (First: Episode 0685) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird now suggests that Snuffy give him a pretend call, but Snuffy can't get the right sound a telephone usually makes. Once he gets it right, he can't stop ringing. |
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Film | Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0516) |
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Insert | Gordon reads the kids the story of "Numberella". In the story, Numberella does not have a number to wear to the Prince's party, as numbers 1 through 20 have already been taken. The Count shows up as Numberella's Fairy Countfather and gives her the number 21, which amazes everybody at the party, particularly the Prince, as they have never seen such a number before. (First: Episode 2316) |
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Cartoon | Jasper and Julius: Apple (First: Episode 0485) |
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Celebrity | Edith Ann talks about the time she made a sandwich. (First: Episode 0890) |
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Cartoon | A rabbit crosses the STREET, and almost gets run over. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 0778) |
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Film | A man and a little girl perform small aerobic workouts. (First: Episode 1710) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert complains that he can't sleep, because Ernie left the faucet dripping. Ernie drowns out the sound of the water dripping with louder noises. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests. (First: Episode 1481) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has checked out his favorite books from the Library, including Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, and The Three Bears. He tries reading them all at once, which only results in a jumbled story. Bob recommends that he simply read each book one at a time, so he settles on the Three Little Pigs. |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings about his youth, or as he calls it, "My Polliwog Ways". (First: Episode 1443) |
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Cartoon | F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic. (First: Episode 1102) |
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Film | A boy climbs up a tree to gather coconuts. (First: Episode 1125) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird gets in the way of David as he hangs imaginary clothes on the clothesline, which David needs to hang his real clothes. Big Bird solves the issue by making his own imaginary clothesline. Rain soon begins to pour, meaning David can't dry his clothes after all; Big Bird remains outside to imagine elephants walking across the real line. |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Film | People jump. (First: Episode 0774) |
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Muppets | The American Revolution: George Washington and his men are preparing to cross the Delaware river, when Grover shows up with a bundle of balloons, noisemakers and streamers, since he heard this is the day they planned to "surprise the British." |
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Cartoon | ADVENTURE! A man and woman escape a boulder, a crocodile, and other obstacles. (First: Episode 2080) |
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SCENE 5 | Grandma Grace minds Hooper's Store while David goes out. Big Bird starts to miss Granny Bird and asks to have a bowl of birdseed prepared the way she usually does. Grandma follows the recipe as Big Bird describes it, which is merely adding three shakes of seed from the box. Big Bird then adds one more thing she's left out - a hug for her grandson. |
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Cartoon | Which footprint doesn't belong? (First: Episode 0509) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "Dialing for Prizes Movie." (First: Episode 0629) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird asks Grandma to do something else Granny Bird usually does - count backwards until she hears music. Confused, Grandma does so and realizes it signals the end of the show. Big Bird adds that his Granny Bird would also announce the sponsors, and imitates her doing so. |
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