| Sesame Street | |||||
| A day with books on Sesame Street (repeat of 2173) | |||||
| Air date | December 3, 1987 | ||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis is swamped with work at the Fix-It Shop, and Maria is too busy reading her book - The Adventures of Captain Swashbuckle - to help. Luis ends up bringing three boxes of supplies in while she neglects her work, but he shows how Maria can still help: Luis will read the book as she puts all the supplies away. |
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Cartoon | "Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Almost Shops for Dinner — Upon Bert's own instructions, Ernie won't open the door for him. (First: Episode 1787) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989) |
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SCENE 2 | While fixing Big Bird's record player, Luis tells him of a story he's reading about Captain Swashbuckle, a pirate. He tells Big Bird a synopsis of what he's read so far, but Big Bird throws several ideas what happens next, such as Swashbuckle having run-ins with a giant fish and bird. Luis reads him the remainder of the story: Captain Swashbuckle is sailing in a storm, when Luis' phone rings, and he must put the story on hold. Big Bird then thinks up the obvious ending - the bad guys call Swashbuckle and call off the fight because of rain. |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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Film | What do birds eat? (First: Episode 0495) |
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Muppets | The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Cartoon | Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0506) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Maya to help him follow an arrow. The arrow changes direction until Grover falls down, exhausted. (First: Episode 1641) |
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Song | "All By Myself Song" (First: Episode 2044) |
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Cast | Gordon and Olivia try to cooperate under the sun, with voiceover from Bob. (First: Episode 1245) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: Hand (First: Episode 1179) |
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Celebrity | Ricky (Billy Crystal) walks through a letter U, which he thinks is UNBELIEVABLE! (First: Episode 2083) |
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Cartoon | A playground is destroyed by bad weather, and a teacher has her class rebuild it from memory. (First: Episode 1453) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Happy Birthday to U — Ernie sings "Happy Birthday" to a letter U. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Film | Wendy makes cookies with her grandmother. They later visit Wendy's great-grandmother at the nursing home, and give her some of the cookies. (First: Episode 2214) |
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Cartoon | I am crying / estoy llorando (David and Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 1041) |
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Muppets | "Readers of the Open Range" (First: Episode 2141) |
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Cartoon | P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1190) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird sees Piri carrying a large stack of books, which he's using to help with his homework. Big Bird can learn what the books are about by reading the spines. He also learns that carrying the heavy books can make Piri's arms hurt, and lets him leave. Big Bird notes, "Books are terrific - they not only make you smart, but they also make you strong, too!" |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: P for Pencil (First: Episode 0782) |
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Muppets | The American Revolution: Crossing the Delaware — Grover joins an expedition to cross the Delaware River. (First: Episode 2354) |
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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 | Two kids want to use their empty box as a pretend submarine or airplane. They agree to imagine it's a rocketship. Artist: Cordell Barker |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo sits outside the Library, and Luis is too indulged in his book to notice him. Elmo decides to read too and reads the "CLOSED" sign on the library door. Micki is about to close it for the night when Luis begs her to reopen so he can return his book. Everyone else notices this and thinks the library's still open. Now that the store is still bustling, Elmo asks Micki for the "CLOSED" sign since it's not being used. |
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Film | Russian nesting dolls 10-1 (First: Episode 0563) |
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Cast | Linda and a boy sign the word "CLOSED." (First: Episode 1082) |
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Cartoon | Seven animals in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1530) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog performs "Disco Frog." (First: Episode 1407) |
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Film | Kids paint a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0057) |
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Cartoon | Howard Coolsell finds out about exercise. (First: Episode 1631) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar notices everyone is reading something (even Elmo with his "CLOSED" sign), but no one is reading anything grouchy. A Honker pops up and hands him a note, which has the sponsors and goodbyes written in a grouchy manner. |
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