| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | March 2, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird tells the viewer that nobody else is available to play with him. He doesn't mind and sings about all the fun he can have on his own ("I've Got Me"). |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fashion Report — Ernie gives a report on what the well-dressed trees are wearing each season. (First: Episode 2417) |
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Film | Finding round things in a supermarket (David voiceover) (First: Episode 0434) |
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Cartoon | Jake the Snake demonstrates body parts. Artist: Buzzco Associates, Inc. (First: Episode 2486) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts a dinner for all things that begin with the sound SH. Guests include a shirt, a shrieking shovel, a shepherd, and a shark. |
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Film | A boy and his dad go on a hike. (First: Episode 1801) |
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Cartoon | Number factory 1-10 (First: Episode 2541) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar ropes Maria into co-hosting this week's edition of "Ask Oscar" while Telly is at the dentist. Maria reads a letter from Mucky McBlegcch of Hobroken, New Jersey, who hasn't felt angry in a week and is coming to Sesame Street immediately for a solution. Sure enough, Mucky (David Rudman) arrives and begs Oscar to help. Oscar takes his sweet time coming up with a solution, aggravating Mucky more and more until he realizes he feels angry again. Maria cuts off Mucky to end the show and a three-way argument breaks out. |
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Cartoon | Words that rhyme with BALL (voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler) (First: Episode 0773) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover talks to Chelsea about what their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth can do. Chelsea mentions that they both have them and also have hands, feet, bellies, necks, arms, backs, and shoulders. Grover replies they have a cornucopia of parts, which means they have a lot of good stuff. (First: Episode 2389) |
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Song | "Starfish" by Joe Raposo. (re-filmed version) (First: Episode 2487) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Red Riding Hood's Directions — Kermit gives Little Red Riding Hood directions to her grandmother's house. (First: Episode 1955) |
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Cartoon | M for Mask (First: Episode 2079) |
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SCENE 3 | Daniel (Aranoff), who is blind, joins Big Bird at his nest to make a clay sculpture of Radar, and gets a sense of what the bear looks like by feeling him. After identifying the body parts, he begins working... |
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Film | In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it. (First: Episode 1171) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Daniel's sculpture is completed; Big Bird and Radar love it. Daniel now plans to make a sculpture of Cookie Monster. |
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Animation | El numero cinco (Luis VO) (First: Episode 2115) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster follows the arrows. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Cartoon | Letter G drawing with kid voice-over (First: Episode 0306) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Linda Ronstadt sings "La Charreada" with Elmo and Parker. (First: Episode 2540) |
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Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl reads the word "hug" with Herry. (First: Episode 1084) |
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Cartoon | One of These Footprints says "excuse me." (First: Episode 0487) |
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Insert | At day care, Dana reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Miles and the kids. (First: Episode 2463) |
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Cartoon | A man takes advantage of his television appearance to display his giant ME sign. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy: Two boys are fighting over a swing, so Teeny Little Superguy shows them how to share. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1967) |
 
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Muppets | The Count's main jumping-over-the-bed flock of sheep quits on him, so he calls the "24 Hour Emergency Counting Service." A reluctant deliveryman in sheep's clothing laments, "It's not an easy way to make a livin' ..." (First: Episode 2122) |
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Animation | Fred the fish needs water to swim in, and Betty the bird needs air to fly in. Vanessa the vacuum cleaner sucks up all the air and water, but can't hold it all in. |
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SCENE 4 | Maria is about to take a nap, as having the baby makes her more tired more often. Mr. Snuffleupagus wants to help out in any way he can, and starts coming up with ways to lull her to sleep. Maria doesn't think any of them will do (especially the offer of warm cabbage juice), but she does prop his snuffle behind her head like a pillow and instantly dozes off. |
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Cartoon | I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Alphabet Story (remake) — Ernie reads a story for Bert that he's written on his typewriter. (First: Episode 1112) |
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Cartoon | More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. (First: Episode 0772) |
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Cartoon | A conductor conducts a choir to hum his music ("My Music"). Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1207) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria offers to play with Big Bird now, but he's very tired from all the things he's done today. He has been thinking of some names for Maria's baby and thinks he has a good one - "Radar." He has several, similar alternatives if the baby turns out to be a girl: Radarella, Radarbelle, Radarina, Radarlou, and Radaranna. Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
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