| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Forgetful Jones joins the Birdketeers (repeat of 2180) | |||||||
| Air date | November 27, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Forgetful Jones struggles to remember some important information, but he succeeds: he remembers to say "Howdy" to the viewer, the street's name, his name, and that he's supposed to show the viewer around Sesame Street today! Linda comes by to congratulate his rare instance of excellent memory in sign language. Forgetful then manages to remember the next sketch on the show, which he says involves Ernie, Bert, some apples, and a large boat... |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Apple Stand — Ernie shows Bert the apple stand he's established. (First: Episode 1219) |
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SCENE 2 | Forgetful is excited about remembering the previous sketch, even though he was wrong about there being a boat in it. "That's why they call me Remembering Jones," he says. David suggests that even though he's really named Forgetful, he doesn't always forget things - just more often than most other people do. To David's astonishment, Forgetful suddenly recites the entire alphabet perfectly... though neither of them can figure out why he did it. |
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Cartoon | A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Film | A construction machine and a horse look similar. (First: Episode 1566) |
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Muppets | A little boy tells his grown-up friends to "Take My Hand" while they cross the street. (First: Episode 1857) |
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Cartoon | Why did the chicken cross the road? (First: Episode 2050) |
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Film | In Alaska, a sculptor makes carvings of cold climate animals. Music: Jeff Lass |
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Cartoon | A for Acrobats (First: Episode 0797) |
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Celebrity | Sally Ride announces that A is for Astronaut and blasts off. (First: Episode 1949) |
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Animation | A hand draws a ditch, and some kids try to figure out a way to get across it. (First: Episode 2094) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Hickory Dickory Dock — Kermit witnesses various animals attempting to run up the clock. (First: Episode 0710) |
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Cartoon | A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis finds Forgetful up in one of the trees, and asks what he's doing there; Forgetful has no idea. Luis reminds him it's time to announce the letter of the day, and hints that it's the first letter of the words "secret," "Sesame," and "Street." Forgetful remembers it's the letter S; now if only he could remember what he is doing up a tree... |
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Film | Song: The Farm (First: Episode 0138) |
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Cartoon | S for Snail Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1158) |
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Muppets | Miami Mice: Toy Repair Shop — Ernie enlists the help of Tito and J. P. to get his Rubber Duckie back from the toy repair shop. (First: Episode 2209) |
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Cartoon | In Spanish, a man makes everything in the room cerrada, and considers making the basket abierto if only for the guitar band inside. (First: Episode 0771) |
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SCENE 4 | Still in the tree, Forgetful asks Big Bird to translate what a passing bird tweeted at him. Big Bird makes sure to get the right inflection Forgetful was told, and tells him the bird was talking about a game. Forgetful remembers that he was up in the tree to remind himself to play a game involving birds, but in his excitement he falls out of the tree (and continues to hear the imaginary bird flying around his head). |
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Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239) |
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Muppets | In Rock Music School, Olivia and several Anything Muppets show different ways of singing the word "baby." (First: Episode 2323) |
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Cartoon | A captain and a first mate think they have planned ahead well for their trip at sea, but they forgot to take in the anchor. (First: Episode 1591) |
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Muppets | Grover climbs a mountain and counts from one to ten with his own echo. (First: Episode 0949) |
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Cartoon | Two Elephants (Gordon voice-over added) Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1457) |
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SCENE 5 | In Big Bird's nest, Forgetful sings a country-western version of "One of These Things" using three Birdketeers and himself. Big Bird tells him that he could become a Birdketeer, even though as a cowboy he didn't belong before. |
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Cartoon | Yo-yo elevator (First: Episode 1971) |
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Film | Marching band: The bandleader wants the drummer to beat the drum one time. (First: Episode 0698) |
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Muppets | Game Show: The Remembering Game (First: Episode 0310) |
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Cartoon | Super 2 solves problems by doubling things. (First: Episode 1643) |
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SCENE 6 | The Birdketeers have hopping practice before they sing "The Birdketeer Song," a brand new song Big Bird wrote. Big Bird teaches it to everyone first, but Forgetful can't remember all the lyrics on his first try. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A is for Ape (First: Episode 0006) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | Eleven gumballs minus 4 equals 7. (First: Episode 2268) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster tries on shoes. (First: Episode 2142) |
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Cartoon | What if I looked like George Washington... (First: Episode 0586) |
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SCENE 7 | The peeping and chirping Birdketeers start their "first meeting of the new season" as Luis announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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