| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | December 30, 1987 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||||
| Written by | Christian Clark | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo gets up early in the morning to listen to the various sounds, such as traffic and birds singing. His favorite sounds are the ones made when he eats his breakfast in the yard. |
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Cartoon | A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0521) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "Birdland" at Birdland. (First: Episode 2304) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I for Island. (First: Episode 0314) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Feels Sad — Ernie notices that Bert is feeling sad, but Bert doesn't know why. (First: Episode 1520) |
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Film | Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left. (First: Episode 0589) |
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Cartoon | Two crows sing "Stones Don't Grow." Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 1715) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo listens in on today's Grouchketeer meeting, where the members make grouchy rhymes for whatever un-grouchy thing Oscar says. After the meeting Elmo rhymes whatever Oscar says, only Elmo reverses the game - his rhymes are much more pleasant when Oscar tells him to scram. |
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Cartoon | M is for Moo Music: Larry Rosen and Charles Myers (First: Episode 0276) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Katie think of rhymes. (First: Episode 1644) |
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Film | Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings "Counting One to Five." (First: Episode 1810) |
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Cartoon | Five Tall Things (First: Episode 1664) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — Dr. Nobel Price invents socks. (First: Episode 1469) |
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Cartoon | Igor listens as Dr. Frankenstein names body parts in creating another Igor. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1637) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Cast | Gordon sings "I Heard My Dog Bark" as Susan, Bob, Uncle Wally, and some kids make the animal sounds. (First: Episode 2169) |
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Cartoon | I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Muppets | Game Show: Mystery Mix-up Game (First: Episode 0834) |
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Cartoon | Tiger likes going to school. (First: Episode 0549) |
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Film | A boy talks about living in Alaska and about racing sled dogs. |
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Cartoon | A cartoon man (voiced by Bob Arbogast) is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Celebrity | James Galway plays the alphabet of notes (which only goes up to G) as Big Bird identifies them. (First: Episode 1429) |
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Cartoon | Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat. (First: Episode 1580) |
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Film | Some kids learn how to use Logo, a computer programming language, to draw shapes on computers. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin gets their suspenders stuck on a wall while reaching for the door, demonstrating long, longer, and longest. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Cartoon | M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013) |
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Muppets | The Martians find a telephone. (First: Episode 0398) |
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Cartoon | Slot-machine legs: Cowboy & horse (First: Episode 1702) |
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Film | The kids form a capital I. (First: Episode 0462) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: SCHOOL After a bunch of kids come running by, a girl goes before the man and says it's Saturday. That leaves him to say: "No school." (First: Episode 1155) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar is peddling the New Grouch Post paper. He describes it to Luis, who finds it surprisingly similar to normal, human newspapers. He picks up a copy and all the print falls off the pages. |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses. (First: Episode 0793) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film of themselves at home with their younger siblings. (First: Episode 1722) |
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Animation | Sand I/i (First: Episode 0619) |
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Muppets | Professor Grover, in graduation cap, takes a bath and talks to the viewers about baths. He mentions everything except the water, when his Mommy comes in and turns on the water. (First: Episode 1992) |
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Cartoon | An elephant (voiced by Marshall Efron) asks Nesbitt (voiced by Don Arioli) for directions to the zoo, but won't listen to him long enough. Artist: Janet Perlman (First: Episode 1631) |
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Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497) |
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Muppets | "Big Kids Cry" (First: Episode 1488) |
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Animation | Red and yellow dots play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (First: Episode 1979) |
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SCENE 4 | The kids play "Mother May I" as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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