| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 4, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | The Count recruits Maria to help him in "Counting Toes." (First: Episode 2131) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - boy (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615) |
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Muppets | Spaceship Surprise The crew lands on the Planet SH, where they are greeted by Sheriff Shrimp, and meet a shouting shovel and shopping sheep. (First: Episode 2468) |
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Cartoon | W - wallpaper (First: Episode 0291) |
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Film | Armadillos on film (First: Episode 2488) |
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SCENE 1 | Bob returns from a disastrous walk with Barkley, which resulted in both of them messy. Linda grooms him, as Bob and Snuffy watch. Snuffy finds it an interesting sight and requests Bob brush him too. He leaves to go get his brush, while Linda brushes Bob off. |
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Cartoon | Nine Striped Cats Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1564) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster learns how to use a toothbrush. (First: Episode 1189) |
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Film | A still of construction equipment fades into a shot of a parrot. (First: Episode 1535) |
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Muppets | For Show-and-Tell, Bert sings a song about his rock. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy returns with his large brush... so large in fact, that Bob can barely lift it. The two finally find a method in which Bob can brush him: Bob holds the brush still while Snuffy rubs against it. Snuffy, though, states that first they need to run into the bushes just like he and Barkley did to get that messy look. |
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Cartoon | "Animal Elevator": 10-1 (subtraction) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cinderella at the Ball — Kermit interviews Cinderella and Prince Charming at the ball. (First: Episode 0516) |
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Film | A look at the life of Colleen, who lives in Arizona. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0504) |
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Cartoon | W for Willamina (First: Episode 0512) |
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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 | A STOP sign commands a train to stop. (First: Episode 0493) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar has prepared a special noise maker to deliberately play during Bob's music lesson. However, each time he's about to use it, Bob stops the kids from playing to give notes on their performance. |
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Film | Human and animal babies learn to walk. (First: Episode 1728) |
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Cartoon | A little boy asks his big brother questions about what happens at school. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1877) |
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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 | The Story of Cowboy X. (First: Episode 0325) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob's now ready to perform the whole piece and Oscar's ready to ruin it, only he finds his noisemaker is now busted from all the practicing he did. |
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Cartoon | Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Celia Cruz and the Anything Muppets sing "Numero Comparsa." (First: Episode 2318) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Cartoon | A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird. Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 1616) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305) |
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Cartoon | A painter paints a Number Nine, then hangs it. (First: Episode 1488) |
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SCENE 5 | Buster the Horse is eager to see the drawing Big Bird is making of him. He sees the work in progress and finds it "superb" (explaining the word to Big Bird). Big Bird starts to finishing it (adding grass), while Buster heads to Hooper's Store for a sarsaparilla. |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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Film | A conductor yells "STOP" to his off-key violinist trying to play Vittorio Monti's "Czardas". (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cast | Gordon and the word "wand." (First: Episode 1491) |
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Cartoon | A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of. (First: Episode 1476) |
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SCENE 6 | Buster, Bob, Linda, and a child return to see Big Bird's finished piece. He's added so much foliage to it, Buster's now barely visible in it. Buster moans, then assists Linda in announcing the sponsors. |
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