| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | March 18, 1988 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Snuffy and Jessica play a game involving reading "OPEN" and "CLOSED" signs. Snuffy says Oscar will help them out in the game, but he wants no part. As the two read the words, Snuffy points to how Oscar's can is either open or closed. Oscar tries to spoil the game by going the opposite, but eventually exhausts himself by coming and going so rapidly. David comes by to collect his signs and a weary Oscar thanks him for his salvation. |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive." (First: Episode 1482) |
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Animation | A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause. (First: Episode 2021) |
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Cartoon | A domestic cat paints various wild feline versions of himself on his owner's canvas. (First: Episode 1521) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover brings Mr. Johnson a bowl of alphabet soup. Mr. Johnson complains that some of the letters are missing, and makes Grover run back and forth to the kitchen to bring the missing letters. When all the letters are there, Johnson complains that the soup is cold, and makes Grover take it back. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Animation | Sand S/s (First: Episode 0622) |
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Insert | Bob, Maria, Big Bird, Olivia, and Linda sing "Put a Circle." (First: Episode 1838) |
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Cartoon | A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1017) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Makes a Grocery List — Bert observes Ernie write out a shopping list using chocolate pudding. (First: Episode 1967) |
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Cartoon | Two flies land on a man's nose and take a bite. Artist: Cordell Barker (First: Episode 2364) |
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Song | "Ookyook Song," a Joe Raposo song with the Alaskan words for all the things you need to put on when it's ukiuq (winter). (First: Episode 2360) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: TAXI (First: Episode 1136) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird and Snuffy have a question for the New York Giants: If they are big, but Big Bird is bigger, and Snuffy is the biggest, then why are they called the Giants? (First: Episode 2359) |
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Animation | Big, bigger, biggest (oxen pulling rocks) (First: Episode 0764) |
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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 | Consonant Sound: J, jaguar (First: Episode 1144) |
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Muppets | The How Many Game — The Two-Headed Monster must present two of something. (First: Episode 2076) |
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Cartoon | Stop-motion NUTS (First: Episode 1178) |
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Muppets / Cast | Maria and Cookie Monster sing the "Computer Song" as they count digital cookies. (First: Episode 1973) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #3 "Six Colored Circles" (First: Episode 1395) |
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SCENE 2 | Meryl Sheep asks Gordon to help her rehearse for an upcoming film, "The Big Sheep." Meryl has trouble reciting the first line (a series of baas), but practicing with Gordon helps her. Gordon reads the lines of her love interest, also written in "baas." After a compliment on his acting, Gordon puts much more effort into his performance. David passes by and wonders when Gordon learned to speak sheep. |
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Cartoon | Yo-yo elevator (First: Episode 1971) |
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Film | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) |
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Cartoon | How do frogs make more frogs? The birth and growth of a frog is documented. At the very end, the fully-grown frog hops in the middle of a field and calls out, "Hey, Kermit!" Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1232) |
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Muppets | Biff and Sully are about to start work, when Biff realizes he forgot his portable radio. He tells Sully not to start work until he comes back with it, but every time he's about to leave, he hears Sully doing a different kind of construction work. Sully's noisy building results in a piano, which Sully plays as Biff works. (First: Episode 2120) |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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Muppets | Grundgetta shows Oscar a postcard they just got, and they wish they could visit Swamp Mushy Muddy. Instead, they imagine themselves there, floating on a swamp in a barrel. Oscar serenades Grundgetta by singing "Alone in a Swamp." (First: Episode 2301) |
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Cartoon | Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand. (First: Episode 1669) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Seven Emotional Dwarves — Kermit meets dwaves named differently from the Snow White story. (First: Episode 2415) |
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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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Film | Where the buffalo roam ... (First: Episode 0510) |
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Cartoon | The 'J' Train Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 1169) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird sits on the stoop, counting different things he can do that start with the letter S. Gordon reminds him of one other thing he can do - say so long. Big Bird then announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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