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| Meryl Sheep's Cinderella show | |||||||||
| Air date | December 29, 1987 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||||
| Written by | Jocelyn Stevenson | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | David finds Telly hiding behind the Hooper's Store newsstand, worrying about something as usual. He explains that Meryl Sheep is putting on a production called "Cinderella's Shoe" and he's worried that she might ask him to play a part, believing any number of ridiculous misfortunes could befall him onstage. David assures him nothing he suggests could happen, adding that Meryl might not even want him in the show at all. Telly feels a little better and comes out of hiding, right when Meryl Sheep arrives. She offers him the part of the Worried Prince in her show and now Telly begins worrying if he can't worry properly. |
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Cartoon | A peasant tries to woo a pretty girl by reciting the famous "Roses are Red" poem. The lines are fed to him by a poet behind a bush, whom she eventually runs off with. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 2058) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Tony Danza and Big Bird play tennis without a ball, and count twenty hits, while Kevin Clash announces. (First: Episode 2170) |
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Cartoon | The Funny Four tickles all the people and animals he sees. (First: Episode 1653) |
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Film | A boy and his dad build a bookshelf out of wood. (First: Episode 1029) |
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Cartoon | Letter G drawing with kid voice-over. (First: Episode 0306) |
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SCENE 2 | Gina has been cast as the Royal Shoe Fitter and rehearses with Meryl, who asks for the new, blue shoe. Gina looks through the shoe collection, finding shoes that almost fit the description. She finally finds a new, blue shoe, but feels it's might too big for Meryl's hoof. Meryl counters that she wants to wear it on her head. |
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Film | The Mad Painter #4 (First: Episode 0344) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (First: Episode 1789) |
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Cartoon | T for Turtle Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1146) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads the sign atop a miniature school building, and observes a small group of children that run out of it. Once they've left, the monster picks up the now empty building, and declares, "School's out!" (First: Episode 1907) |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho goes from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the water tank. (First: Episode 0655) |
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Muppets | Forgetful Jones forgets what he has to do at night. Clementine tells him it involves using a toothbrush, and he remembers that he and Buster the Horse have to brush each other's teeth. Remade version (First: Episode 2068) |
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Cartoon | Gloria sings the alphabet (uppercase version) (First: Episode 0140) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon finds Meryl repeating, "I have an important message for you. It's important, which means it matters very much." He gathers this is a line from her show and continues waiting for Gina, who is late meeting him. Gina finally arrives and states Meryl was supposed to tell him that she would be late. The two go off and Meryl, done rehearsing the message, sees Gordon is now gone - "I guess it wasn't that important after all." |
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Film | A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat. (First: Episode 0028) |
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Muppets | Teacher Little Chrissy sings about how important it is to "Raise Your Hand." (First: Episode 1959) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly rehearses while wearing a hardhat and carrying a fuchsia-colored sign. David assumes these are for the role, but Telly states the helmet is to protect his head from flying baseballs and the sign is to remind his fur not to spontaneously change color. David is certain these things won't happen, but Telly reminds him he said the same thing about Meryl offering a role. David tries to calm Telly down by having him count backwards from 10, which puts Telly to sleep. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again." (First: Episode 0631) |
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Cartoon | A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1736) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Marlena observe their knees. (First: Episode 1162) |
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Film | Workers in a watch factory work on watches. (First: Episode 1029) |
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Cartoon | A minstrel sings about a fox who outsmarts a crow. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0631) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Follow the Arrows — Ernie has Bert play a "Follow the Arrows" game. (First: Episode 1697) |
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Cartoon | A chicken gets an idea to sit on a football and hatch it like an egg. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2360) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly confers with David before the show, not needing the helmet or sign now. "Cinderella's Shoe" commences, taking place just after the ball. The Worried Prince (Telly) sobs over his lost love, having only the new, blue shoe to remember her by. The Royal Shoe Fitter tries it on a cow (Pam Arciero), then a beatnik chicken (Kevin Clash), before finally finding a fit on Cinderella (Meryl). |
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Cartoon | Elephants have 4 legs. (First: Episode 0560) |
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Film | Elephants in the zoo. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss tells Lefty the plan for what to do with the Golden AN, which they have just stolen. Lefty is to put it in the tan van and give it to Dan, who will take it to Fran. However, Lefty can't remember the plan very well and has to repeat it, which results in a police officer named Stan hearing the plan and giving him "ten days in the can for stealing the Golden AN." (First: Episode 0523) |
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Animation | Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643) |
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Muppets | Hoots tells Ernie to "Put Down the Duckie." (First: Episode 2310) |
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Cartoon | A cube tries to fit through wall holes of different shapes. (First: Episode 1452) |
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SCENE 6 | David commends Telly on a great performance, and Telly is pleased that none of the problems he predicted had occured. When a baseball lands right near them, a young ball player comes to retrieve it, claiming to have never seen anyone hit a ball that far before. Telly slaps on his helmet and holds up his sign, vowing to not take any more chances. David tries to convince him otherwise as Meryl announces the sponsors. |
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