| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Maria and the Fat Blue man | |||||||||
| Air date | December 2, 1988 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Cast | Luis sings "Baa Baa Bamba." (First: Episode 2360) |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa. (First: Episode 0765) |
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Film | The kids form a capital I. (First: Episode 0462) |
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Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Ideas for Games — Elmo fights Kermit for his microphone. (First: Episode 2185) |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Sloth |
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Celebrity | When Johnny can't play "One of These Things" with Big Bird, Jay Leno fills in. (First: Episode 2408) |
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Cartoon | I thought a thought...about circles. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0247) |
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Film | Kids with special needs do gymnastics at the Mamaroneck Co-Op Camp. (First: Episode 0953) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster stars in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee." (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | Two kids wonder where some mysterious tracks on the ground came from. (First: Episode 1029) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Follow the Arrows — Ernie has Bert play a "Follow the Arrows" game. (First: Episode 1697) |
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Animation | Sand I/i (First: Episode 0619) |
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SCENE 1 | Today, Luis has taken the day off from the Fix-It Shop to take Telly fishing, leaving Maria to work. A Fat Blue vacuum cleaner salesman (Jerry Nelson) arrives and spreads some dirt around as a demo. His vacuum won't turn on, so he grabs another and throws more dirt around. This one won't turn on either, and neither does the third one. He decides to leave them with her to be fixed. |
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Animation | Seis flores (First: Episode 1591) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Batty Bat." (First: Episode 2096) |
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Film | A Stool For Me (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | A large bird munches on rectangle edges, forming the word "BIRD." (First: Episode 1173) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria hopes for no more interruptions when upbeat music starts playing and a talk show host (the salesman from before wearing a bad toupee) enters to host "The Letter M Show." He keeps getting her name wrong, and blows so much time on it that there's no time left for the show. He gives her a letter M shirt (in a very small size) as a gift, as well as his broken microphone to fix. |
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Animation | M/m (Gordon voiceover) (First: Episode 2232) |
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Cast | The Heartstrongs, Part 1 In this soap opera parody, Mr. Heartstrong (Gordon) fusses over the loss of his red shoelace along with Mrs. Heartstrong (Susan). They both feel sad until their son Barnaby (David) comes downstairs! What a surprise! But that feeling doesn't last long, as he soon learns of the lost shoelace. As it turns out, he came downstairs to change shoelaces in order to play baseball. Could this be a clue to the whereabouts of Mr. Heartstrong's lost one? (First: Episode 2163) |
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Cartoon | A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing"...and promptly wiggle around. Artist: James Rizzi (First: Episode 0787) |
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Cast | The Heartstrongs, Part 2 In the thrilling conclusion, the doorbell rings! Who could it be? It's Cousin Henry (Uncle Wally), who drops in for a surprise visit, which quickly becomes somber when the lost shoelace issue is brought up again. Just then, Mr. Heartstrong remembers what Barnaby said about a shoelace that didn't match, and as luck would have it, the missing one is in his left sneaker! This makes everyone happy! Cousin Henry pulls the snake-in-the-can trick on Barnaby, which gives everyone another nice surprise! "Woo woo!" (First: Episode 2163) |
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Film | The sign CLOSED spins around. (First: Episode 0955) |
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Animation | Counting 6 red balls (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 3 | The man is back, now as a singing-dancing pizza delivery man. He does his song and dance, but can't remember the rhyme for the end, having to start his song several times and shaking the pizza box around as he dances. He finally completes the song and takes a bow, causing the pizza to spill on the floor. "Do you know how to fix a broken pizza?" he sheepishly asks. |
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Cartoon | "Song of the Inuit Child" (First: Episode 2112) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Pop" and blows up a balloon so they can pop it. (First: Episode 1569) |
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Film | Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time) and then the complete animal. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) |
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Animation | The numbers 1-6 are carried away and/or demolished by construction equipment. (First: Episode 2270) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria decides to have lunch at Hooper's Store instead. However, Gina says she and David are completely busy with deliveries and hired someone to help out. To Maria's chagrin, the substitute is... |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | ...the Fat Blue man again! Maria is doubtful of his skills, but orders a tuna fish sandwich anyway. He doesn't know how to make her selection and she shows him; he walks off with it instead. |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before and after. (First: Episode 0694) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble. (First: Episode 0547) |
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Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934) |
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Muppets | Forgetful Jones needs something to ride around the ranch. Clementine gives him clues: it has four legs, a bushy tail, eats hay, and neighs. It's his horse, Buster, who arrives with the jeep. (First: Episode 2081) |
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Cartoon | Don't mess with the Mighty M. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1578) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria retells the events of her day to the viewer and has put up a "HELP WANTED" sign to have someone help her catch up with her work. The man tries to apply, but she instantly declines and seals herself inside. He does, however, get a job as an announcer who recites the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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