Sesame Street | |||||
Planning for the "My Best Friend Game Show" (repeat of 2273) | |||||
Air date | December 28, 1988 | ||||
Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||
Written by | Sonia Manzano | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Elmo beg Maria to take them to "The Best Friend Game Show," a television program where contestants talk about their best friends. Maria promises to take them tomorrow, when Elmo asks if he can call Maria his best friend. Maria is very flattered... but moments later, by Hooper's Store, Elmo asks the same of Bob. | |
Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0988) | |
Muppets | Count Von Count works as an elevator operator, with Kermit the Frog as his customer. (First: Episode 1970) | |
Cartoon | "Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432) | |
Cartoon | A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" (First: Episode 0410) | |
SCENE 2 | Snuffy and the kids carry signs and chant, "Important!" outside of Big Bird's nest area to bring attention to Big Bird typing up his best friend story for the game show. After asking Big Bird several questions (and interrupting him in the process), Snuffy learns that he's not being very helpful and takes the kids over to the yard so Big Bird can concentrate on his very important task. | |
Cartoon | "Four Friends" - a reggae song about a group of animals who wash a car together. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2242) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wears socks on his ears and on his nose in order for Bert to guess which body part he's thinking of. (First: Episode 1640) | |
Film | Letter O hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0338) | |
Cartoon | La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes. (First: Episode 0338) | |
Muppets / Cast | "Sing Your Synonyms" (First: Episode 2331) | |
Animation | Today's Secret Drawing is a fireman. (First: Episode 0200) | |
SCENE 3 | Telly interrupts Oscar and Grundgetta's argument to ask if Oscar would be his best friend for the game show. Oscar declines wanting to do such a nice favor when suddenly Grundgetta offers to do it instead, realizing how rotten it would make Oscar feel. Telly disappointedly leaves until he bumps into Elmo, who asks him to be his best friend for the show. Once Telly is cheered up and leaves, Elmo immediately asks the same of David. | |
Cartoon | A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from. (First: Episode 2248) | |
Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "I'll Love You in Springtime." (First: Episode 2088) | |
Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) | |
Film | A boy narrates a film of what happens when it changes from fall to winter. (First: Episode 2459) | |
SCENE 4 | Elmo confirms with the Honkers that they can be his best friend too. Elmo realizes he's forgotten someone important - the viewer! | |
Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1499) | |
Film | A montage of the evolution of mechanical technology, from wind-up toys, to robots that can spell "SESAME STREET" with blocks, to satellite transmitters. (First: Episode 2226) | |
Cartoon | R for Rhinoceros | |
Muppets | Miami Mice Ernie goes to a repair shop to pick up his broken Rubber Duckie, but neither he nor the mice can get into the shop because it's cerrado. (First: Episode 2209) | |
Cartoon | R for rhinoceros, raquet, robot (First: Episode 2443) | |
Celebrity | James Taylor performs "Up on the Roof." (First: Episode 1808) | |
Cartoon | A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (First: Episode 0768) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (re-filmed version) | |
Cartoon | The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on. (First: Episode 1242) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (First: Episode 1789) | |
Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1347) | |
SCENE 5 | At night, Maria checks on all the people she's taking to the game show tomorrow. Elmo is deep in thought, Grundgetta refuses to answer, and Big Bird has already written enough about Snuffy, but Maria inadvertently inspires him to write about another memory. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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