| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Gina's tunafish pyramid | |||||||
| Air date | March 6, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Today, Hooper's Store is having a sale on tuna fish. Gina stacks the cans in a pyramid formation on the window counter for display, counting all 40 as she does so. Mr. Snuffleupagus comes by and orders some spaghetti for a snack. He cools it down by blowing on it, knocking over the tuna fish cans in the process. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Healthy Food." (First: Episode 2404) |
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Film | Two boys working at the family Mexican restaurant show how they prepare for the day, and how tacos and enchiladas are made. (First: Episode 1890) |
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Cartoon | La letra O - opera, oeste, orquidea, ojos, ocho, y el orquestra de orangutanes. (First: Episode 0338) |
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Film | Letter O hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0338) |
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Cartoon | Maria (in voice-over) counts five oranges, which are then eaten by a snake. (First: Episode 2380) |
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SCENE 2 | Gina has restacked the cans when Big Bird and Clara stop by to get a baseball for their game. Later outside, someone hits a long fly ball that flies right toward the Hooper's window and knocks over the cans. |
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Cartoon | 8 Bats Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1552) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings "Waitin' at the Bus Stop Sign for You." |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Marmoset (First: Episode 2487) |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie buys a newspaper after hearing the newsboy yell out the headline: "Four People Fooled!" Ernie reads the paper, but finds no such news in the paper, making him the fifth person fooled. (First: Episode 1164) |
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Film | Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are. (First: Episode 0326) |
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Cartoon | A for apricot, alligator, acrobat, accordion, artist, airplane. (First: Episode 1586) |
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SCENE 3 | Gina has restored the stack of tuna fish, this time on the store's indoor counter. The Amazing Mumford happens in and orders some corned beef hash to show off his new rhyming trick. He waves his wand and gives Gina a sash. She asks for an encore and his trick causes the cans to crash on the floor. Mumford then makes a dash for the exit. |
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Cartoon | The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0955) |
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Muppets | "Would You Like to Buy an O?" (First: Episode 0364) |
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Animation | The big green balls and one little orange ball ride over the top of the hills. The little one can't make it over the big hill, but conquers the small hill. (First: Episode 1896) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Tony Danza and Big Bird play tennis without a ball, and count twenty hits, while Kevin Clash announces. (First: Episode 2170) |
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Film | A blind class goes on a field trip to the park, using their other senses to experience their surroundings. The teacher sings "If You're Happy and You Know It." |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cinderella's Fairy Godmother — The Fairy Godmother prepares Cinderella's gown. (First: Episode 2442) |
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Film | Cat block structure. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Cast | Gordon sings "I Heard My Dog Bark" as Susan, Bob, Uncle Wally, and some kids make the animal sounds. (First: Episode 2169) |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop has to bring 8 steamer trunks down 8 flights of stairs. (First: Episode 2511) |
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Song | “Drink of Water” (First: Episode 2545) |
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SCENE 4 | Count von Count finishes counting the tuna cans as Gina puts them back up. He exits gently upon warning, and goes looking for something else to count. Snuffy offers to jump up and down for him outside, causing disaster for Gina once more. |
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Cartoon | A bear counts 5 clouds. (First: Episode 2239) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Doing Nothing — Bert asks Ernie to help him carry his heavy groceries. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Film | A girl visits the stamp factory to see how stamps are made. (First: Episode 2263) |
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Animation | A/a (Gordon voice-over) (First: Episode 2240) |
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Song | David sings "Can You Tell Me What Belongs Here?" with kids dressed as kittens and bunnies. (First: Episode 2459) |
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Muppets | Director Kermit is filming Oklahoma with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful is supposed to enter sing "Oklahoma!" but sings "Aklahoma!", "Eeklahoma!", and "Iklahoma!" instead. When he finally gets it right, the production assistant says it's time for lunch. (First: Episode 2544) |
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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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SCENE 5 | Gina decides, since it's time to say goodbye, to purposely knock over the cans herself one last time. She has a good laugh (picking out one of the cans for herself) as the Count announces the sponsors. |
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