| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Gina writes the Hooper's Store menu | |||||||
| Air date | April 20, 1988 | ||||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Today, Gina gets her first opportunity to write the menu board at Hooper's Store. Placido Flamingo stops by and the menu reminds him of one he sang about in the opera, The Waiter of Seville. He sings a selection from the opera (to the tune of "The Blue Danube"), listing all the items on the menu. Placido then decides not to order any food, but wants the menu to take home and sing to his mother. |
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Cartoon | The One Two Three Dogs do circus stunts. (First: Episode 1480) |
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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 | "Do De Rubber Duck" (First: Episode 2304) |
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Cartoon | The dot gets on top of the lowercase letter i. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 0462) |
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SCENE 2 | Gina writes down the menu all over again when Meryl Sheep traipses in. She reads the menu in a dramatic fashion, crafting the top item - the pea soup - into an elaborate story. She too asks to take the menu to show it to her agent in the hopes of turning the story into a book, movie, or TV mini-series. Gina resolves to just tell the next customer the menu. |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #3 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0978) |
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Muppets | "Daddy Helps with the Dishes" - three families sing about how they help each other doing chores, cooking and homework. (First: Episode 2223) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Susie Sunset help Wrong Way Willie find four landmarks for a school assignment. (First: Episode 1233) |
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SCENE 3 | Gina still thinks it will be easy to memorize the menu rather than write it down when the next individual strolls into Hooper's: Forgetful Jones. Gina and David recite the menu for him over and over, which he immediately forgets the second he hears it. He finally works up enough brain power to remember the items, but it renders him without an appetite. He suggests they put everything down on a menu instead. |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I." (First: Episode 0143) |
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Film | A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0096) |
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Muppets | Grover climbs a mountain and counts from one to ten with his own echo. (First: Episode 0949) |
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Animation | New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Glass of Water — Bert wonders what Ernie could be doing with all the glasses of water he's taking out of the apartment. (First: Episode 0425) |
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Animation | Counting 6 red balls (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cast | Gordon preaches the importance of rain as it starts to do so in his office. (First: Episode 1578) |
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Cartoon | N is for nose. (First: Episode 1173) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird and Crystal Gayle perform "Songs." (First: Episode 1798) |
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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 | Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Animation | Can you find the hidden objects in the picture? (First: Episode 1520) |
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Muppets | Spaceship Surprise: Planet SH — Sheriff Shrimp welcomes the crew to the Planet SH. |
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Film | A warthog runs around. Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet. (First: Episode 0780) |
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SCENE 4 | Olivia isn't feeling very happy today. Meryl Sheep encourages her to sing "Baa with Me," which always lifts her own woolen spirits. Sure enough, Olivia feels better after singing and Meryl tries coaxing David into some baaing as well. |
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Cartoon | Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (First: Episode 0516) |
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Film | Mad Painter #3 (First: Episode 0343) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings "I'm Under the Weather Over You." (First: Episode 1702) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I for Island. (First: Episode 0314) |
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SCENE 5 | Meryl continues to get David to baa. He gets really into it as Olivia announces the sponsors. "Good bah!" |
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