Sesame Street | |||||||
Big Bird starts a nest shop | |||||||
Air date | April 19, 1988 | ||||||
Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||
Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Snuffleupagus stomps around the street in anger, rattling the neighborhood. He tells Maria that his mommy was supposed to meet him and read him a story, but she's off giving Alice a bath. Maria calms him down and tells him why not to be angry. Moments later, his mommy yells that she'll be with him in a minute. Snuffy jumps for joy, shaking everything again. | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "What Do You Do With a Fruit?" (First: Episode 2050) | |
Cartoon | A gorilla names "G" words. (First: Episode 1831) | |
Muppets | Some Muppet kids (including Farley) plan to decorate their clubhouse, but each one is only able to find one item. They are upset at their individual failures, until they see what a difference each item makes when they're all hung up. (First: Episode 0280) | |
Cartoon | A girl shows how good she is at drawing buildings. (First: Episode 0454) | |
Muppets | A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers. (First: Episode 1616) | |
Film | Russian nesting dolls 10-1 (First: Episode 0563) | |
Insert | Bob reads the kids a story about seven mice, with some animated mice displaying the story. (First: Episode 1699) | |
Cartoon | What would happen I popped this balloon? (First: Episode 1312) | |
Muppets | Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song." (First: Episode 0735) | |
Cartoon | The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events. (First: Episode 1113) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ Bert is preparing to give his nephew Brad a bath, but Ernie chastises him for not providing any bath toys. He brings so many toys that Bert feels there is no longer room for Brad. So as not to waste the water, Ernie hops into the tub. (First: Episode 1134) | |
Animation | A dune buggy is assembled. (First: Episode 0506) | |
Insert | Mr. Snuffleupagus wants to play football with Slimey, but Oscar thinks the size difference will make the game unfair to Slimey. He suggests hide and seek. Snuffy looks everywhere and can't find Slimey. Oscar shows Snuffy that Slimey is hiding in his fur, and says the joke is on him. Instead of getting angry, Snuffy thinks it's funny and leaves to tell Big Bird that the joke was--literally--on him. (First: Episode 2140) | |
Cartoon | "Poverty K" - Karen the Kangaroo talks about words that start with the letter K. Featuring the sped-up voice of Gene Moss. (First: Episode 0142) | |
Muppets | Western: Four Anything Muppet cowboys put up a Wanted poster for "the Great Cookie Thief", who's been stealing cookies from all the bakeries in these here parts. Cookie Monster is standing in front of the poster, and the others suspect that he's the Great Cookie Thief -- he has the same googly eyes, the same blue fur, and the same Western hat. They confront Cookie Monster, but he denies the charge: "Not have same mustache!" He shouts, "Look over there!" -- and while they're distracted, he draws a mustache on the poster. They apologize -- but then Cookie Monster takes off his hat, and cookies fall out. The Great Cookie Thief makes his escape. (First: Episode 0276) | |
Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #2 "Seven Circles with Designs" (First: Episode 1394) | |
Song | David sings "Can You Tell Me What Belongs Here?" | |
Cartoon | Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569) | |
SCENE 2 | Big Bird has decided he wants to be a professional nest builder when he grows up and has already started a business for it. He's made an umbrella-secured nest, a couch-like nest, and a bunk-nest. Luis invites him to the library, but Big Bird can't leave his shop. After hearing Luis explain how he and Maria alternate shifts at the Fix-It Shop, Big Bird realizes he needs to hire someone for his shop. | |
Song | "Garbageman's Blues Song" (First: Episode 1875) | |
Muppets | Game Show: Happiness Begins at 40 Guy Smiley gets the Sad Family out of their rut by having them count to 40. | |
Cartoon | A caveman finds a rock on the ground, and visualizes the invention of the wheel and the car, ultimately deciding to toss the rock away: "Who needs it?" (First: Episode 0558) | |
SCENE 3 | Big Bird has hired Gina's friend Annie to work for him. He tells her to charge one bag of birdseed per nest. As Annie starts her homework, a Muppet bird drops in and asks to see a big nest to house himself and his family. The couch-nest is big, and the bunk-nest is bigger, but he needs the biggest nest she can offer. | |
Cartoon | The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1312) | |
Film | A boy talks about living in Alaska and about racing sled dogs. (EKA: Episode 2388) | |
Animation | Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643) | |
Muppets | Kermit the Frog goes to a T-shirt shop, The Wonderful World of T-Shirts, to pick up another personalized "Kermit the Frog T-Shirt". However, all the shirts have the wrong name (Kermit the Gorf, Kermit the Forg, and Kermit the Grof). (First: Episode 1494) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: G for gorilla (in man suit). (First: Episode 0085) | |
SCENE 4 | Big Bird returns to the shop, dismayed that the nest Annie has mistakenly sold was his own. The Muppet bird returns to complain about receiving a used nest, citing all of Big Bird's personal belongings still stuffed inside. Big Bird refunds his birdseed in exchange for his nest back. He tells Annie, "How about that? Our first day in business and we break even!" | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Pretty Baby." (First: Episode 0040) | |
Cartoon | K - Kangaroo Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1160) | |
Muppets | Grover sings about his furry little shadow. (First: Episode 1810) | |
Cartoon | Seven rabbits Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1493) | |
SCENE 5 | Big Bird tells Annie how glad he is to have his nest back. |
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