| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| The Count conducts Bob's band | |||||||||
| Air date | January 7, 1988 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||||
| Written by | Mark Saltzman | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird plays a guessing game with the kids using toy cans that make the sounds of different animals (including Mr. Snuffleupagus). |
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Film | Sounds Around the House v1: a dripping water faucet, a man playing the violin, a woman vacuuming, a teenager listening to pop music, and a passing elevated train. (First: Episode 1706) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Cartoon | Look both ways before you cross the street Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1397) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Tap β The monster spells the word "tap," then tap-dances away. (First: Episode 1912) |
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Film | Kids pick green beans in the field. Later their mom cooks the beans, and they eat them. (First: Episode 0944) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan shows Herry Monster some pictures she has of Miles (including one of his visit to the zoo). Herry puts on his glasses in order to see them properly, and a close-up view shows how blurry the pictures look without them. |
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Cartoon | "Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257) |
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Muppets | Grover: One Way β Grover talks about the sign "ONE WAY." (First: Episode 0993) |
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Film | Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker! (First: Episode 0437) |
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Cartoon | A male voice narrates a story of a jazzy triangle who loved to dance, and a square square. The triangle likes being flexible, but the square would rather be stiff and *square*. (First: Episode 0007) |
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Muppets | "Home to Me" (First: Episode 2093) |
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Film | Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo. (First: Episode 0364) |
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Animation | El Numero Dos (Luis voice-over) (First: Episode 2211) |
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Celebrity | RubΓ©n Blades sings "Ayuda" with Piri and the kids, who shout out the title word throughout the song. (First: Episode 2211) |
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Film | A boy who lives in Alaska narrates a film of himself going ice-fishing with his grandfather and sister. (First: Episode 2375) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Carnival Bottles β At the carnival, Herry Monster asks Ernie to participate in a game of knocking down bottles. (First: Episode 0935) |
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Animation | Sand T/t (First: Episode 0636) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon finishes reading Snuffy and Miles the story of Pinocchio. Snuffy wonders what it would be like if his own puppet, Gus, came to life. Following Gordon's suggestion, Snuffy begins to make up a story about it. In the story, Gus comes to life and wishes to travel the world, but agrees to stay with Snuffy instead (though he turns down the offer of appearing in his puppet shows, preferring to come up with his own). Back in reality, Snuffy is glad Gus is only a puppet. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: One Way (First: Episode 1125) |
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Song | "Llama at Dentist" (First: Episode 1241) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment β Cookie Monster and Genelle count to twenty. (First: Episode 0289) |
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Cartoon | Two men push two large bird eggs on top of two hills. (First: Episode 0773) |
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Muppets / Cast | Professor David lectures his class on trees. He says they are only good for looking at and leaning against, but they mention other uses for them. (First: Episode 1584) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: V for Vacuum (First: Episode 0774) |
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Muppets | Bip Bippadotta and The Androoze Sisters sing "Everybody's Song." (First: Episode 2064) |
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Film | Kids comment as they watch tomatoes grow in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0624) |
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SCENE 4 | The Count is conducting Bob and his band, but has them start over repeatedly. Bob catches on that the Count is using his position to count the number of restarts, as well as getting another opportunity to count to four to start. Bob suggests he simply continue counting to four as they play their music. They finally get to play the full piece, but once it ends the Count continues counting to himself and waving his arms. |
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Cartoon | I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0624) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty β Kermit doesn't help Humpty Dumpty's situation. (First: Episode 0657) |
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Cartoon | Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t. (First: Episode 2223) |
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Film | Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917) |
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Muppets | The Twiddlebugs try to figure out how to get to the zoo. They notice it's too far to walk, swim, or fly. Then they notice their Twiddle-car. (short intro) (First: Episode 0603) |
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Cartoon | Which legs belong on the man? (First: Episode 1691) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob asks the Count if he wants to play some more music, but he's still busy keeping a steady beat, scatting "one, two, three, four" at a faster tempo. Bob and the kids follow the Count's beat and play the Sesame Street theme. Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
Supporting cast[]
- The Kids: Sharon Roffman (violin), Matt Steinberg (cello)
Gallery[]
Pinocchio book cover by Mike Pantuso
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