| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Learning about air with Herb Wolf | |||||||
| Air date | February 14, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | It's a very warm day today, as Telly and Uncle Wally observe. Gordon's attempts to tinker with their electric fan are fruitless, when they all feel a refreshing breeze. The cool air is coming from a nearby wolf, doing some huffing and puffing. He introduces himself as Herb Wolf, a distant cousin of the Big Bad Wolf and considers himself a "Big Good Wolf." He's looking for 23 little pigs, referring to the students of his science class at Porko Junior High School (he's gotten lost along the way). He continues to provide them some cool air while he's around. |
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Cartoon | Zazu the Zebra feeds their pet Z. (First: Episode 2525) |
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Film | At a zoo, monkeys clean each other and run around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2505) |
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Muppets | While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself, or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). He then corrects them on the actual production phase. (First: Episode 2391) |
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Animation | Seis flores (First: Episode 1591) |
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SCENE 2 | Herb gives a lecture to the kids about air, with Gordon and Uncle Wally's assistance. They see how air can take up space by blowing up some life preservers. Herb is able to inflate a much larger inner tube in no time flat. |
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Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) |
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Muppets | Gladys the Cow helps Kermit direct the dance scene of his movie. Her task is to count backwards from four and yell "action", but she counts forwards instead. Kermit shows her the right way to count and yells "Action!", which Gladys uses as an excuse to begin her dance scene. (First: Episode 2298) |
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Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (First: Episode 0132) |
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Cartoon | Dr. Frankenstein makes sure his monster knows about front and back. (Voices: Rick Cimino) (First: Episode 0782) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (tomato) (First: Episode 0147) |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (First: Episode 0783) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar has eagerly joined the proceedings now, as Herb and the gang experiment with how air can move things. Sal and Anatasia use straws to move a spool back and forth. Gordon and Uncle Wally huff and puff to move an empty oatmeal box. The kids set Oscar's trash can down on the ground and Herb huffs and puffs it down the block. |
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Cartoon | An ant is pressured by his peers to finish the anthill all by himself, until he enlists the cooperation of the others. (First: Episode 1478) |
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Muppets | "Muppets Rhyme in School" (First: Episode 2291) |
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Film | College students volunteer at the San Francisco Children's Zoo, which has such animals as ferrets, opossums, and chinchillas. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2227) |
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Cartoon | K for kangaroo (First: Episode 2498) |
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SCENE 4 | Herb conducts one last experiment before he has to leave. A tub of water is set up in the yard and they use air to move a toy sailboat, demonstrating how air can take up space and move things at the same time. Herb climbs into his wolfmobile, which is powered entirely by huffing and puffing and gets blown off into the road by Mr. Snuffleupagus. Gordon notes, "That guy makes you proud to be a science teacher." |
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Cartoon | K is for kiss. Animation: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Cartoon | A cowboy adds two different herds of cows. (First: Episode 2255) |
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Muppets | How Now Brown and the Moo Wave performs "Wet Paint." (First: Episode 2033) |
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Cartoon | A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0244) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "What's Prairie's Problem?" in which contestants try to figure out why Prairie Dawn can't use one of her senses (i.e., which part of her face is covered). (First: Episode 2466) |
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Cartoon | A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle. (First: Episode 1834) |
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Muppets | Big Bird and Snuffy make up a story about a castle under the sea where a deep-sea diver prince lived. (First: Episode 1797) |
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Film | A wall painter on a high-rise spells and paints the word "WET PAINT" in red, but accidentally puts his hand on one of the painted letters and looks at his hand, all painted red, and shouts, "WET PAINT!" (First: Episode 1036) |
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Cartoon | Rap #6 (First: Episode 2502) |
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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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Cartoon | Birds pop balloons of all the letters of the alphabet, making them lowercase. |
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Film | Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0911) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Me Gotta Be Blue." (First: Episode 1828) |
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Cartoon | A bird displays the front and back of a turtle. (First: Episode 0789) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon and Uncle Wally watch as the kids blow the spool back and forth as Herb announces the sponsors. |
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