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| Take a Cowboy/Cowgirl to Lunch Day (repeat of 2290) | |||||||
| Air date | December 9, 1988 | ||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Oscar the Grouch warns Chip and Dip to stay away from his trash can, but it only prompts them to sing a song about how they are the same with the exception of their voices. (First: Episode 2209) |
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Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk" The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Cartoon | L for Lion (sand) (First: Episode 2107) |
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Cast | Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (First: Episode 2062) |
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Animation | Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third one wants to join them (ending up in the middle). (First: Episode 2054) |
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Film | A girl meets a blind woman who has a seeing-eye dog. (First: Episode 0952) |
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Insert | Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Gordon, and Susan observe some of Mr. Snuffleupagus's home movies, including the one titled "Snuffy's First Steps". (First: Episode 2267) |
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Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) |
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Film | At a zoo, monkeys clean each other and run around. Music: Joe Raposo |
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Muppets | "Rebel L" (First: Episode 2217) |
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Animation | A kerosene lamp assembles itself in stop-motion. (First: Episode 1473) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Elmo sees Yo-Yo Ma's cello and thinks it's a "big fiddle" that belongs to Mr. Snuffleupagus, in contrast to Elmo's "little fiddle" (a violin). After Bob and Yo-Yo straighten things out, he and Elmo play music together. (First: Episode 2221) |
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Cartoon | A woman displays a BUS STOP sign to a crowd. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1350) |
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Film | A Latino boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feet of ten brown bears. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1336) |
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Muppets | "At the Bus Stop Sign" (First: Episode 1392) |
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Cartoon | Two caterpillars plus three caterpillars equal five. (First: Episode 2324) |
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Film | A girl visits the stamp factory to see how stamps are made. (First: Episode 2263) |
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SCENE 1 | Forgetful Jones is at the Fix-It Shop to remind Luis about taking him to lunch in honor of today's holiday - Take a Cowboy/Cowgirl to Lunch Day. To Luis' surprise, Forgetful is able to remember every little detail when Luis agreed to take him last week (even what Luis wore), explaining he made sure to mark the date on his calendar. |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Aritst: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) |
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Song | Olivia sings "The Riddle." (First: Episode 1721) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster does a taste test to compare square shaped, triangle shaped, and circle shaped cookies. (First: Episode 1750) |
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Cartoon | N is for nose. (First: Episode 1173) |
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SCENE 2 | At Hooper's Store, David makes sure he has all the proper food prepared for "Take a Cowboy/Cowgirl to Lunch Day" - baked beans, biscuits, carrots, and hay (for the animals). He takes the cart outside in the yard and gets the orders from Luis and all the cowpokes, including Forgetful, Clementine, Buster, a Honker, and a Grouch. |
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Cartoon | Ten Turtles Artist: Bud Luckey Music: Steve Zuckerman (First: Episode 0425) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. He tries to, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. He tells Ernie that he'll wake up the whole neighborhood, and to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537) |
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SCENE 3 | Luis and the cowpokes have had a great time at lunch. He wonders about the origin of the holiday, and Forgetful shows him the origin book, The Story of Forgettinest Jones or How Take a Cowboy/Cowgirl to Lunch Day Began. In the story, all the other cowboys and cowgirls are upset that Forgettinest (Forgetful's great, great grandfather) always forgets his lunch and takes parts of everyone else's. He arrives at the saloon, without lunch as usual, but is shot down by his friends who've had enough of his forgetting. As he exits, he spots a stampede of sheep heading toward the joint and warns everybody, who quickly take cover as the sheep trample through. All the cowpokes thank him by sharing their lunch and declare him a hero before promptly taking a nap. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Luis has finished the story and sees the rest of the group asleep, which Forgetful explains is part of the tradition. He nods off too as Luis announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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