| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Magic Magazine | |||||||
| Air date | March 14, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Susan show Miles a picture with a duck, cow, and pig embedded within. The Amazing Mumford arrives and tries to make things easier by magically transposing the animals from the picture and onto the street. By the grown-ups request he reverses this, while also embedding himself into the drawing (to feed the animals). |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Film | Animals fight. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0567) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Peter Piper — Kermit interviews Peter Piper's family. (First: Episode 1342) |
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Animation | Pentagon in space (First: Episode 1714) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count It Higher." (First: Episode 0553) |
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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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Muppets / Celebrity | Dave Winfield talks to Big Bird about feeling proud about how tall he is. |
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Cartoon | A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Film | Kids with special needs do gymnastics at the Mamaroneck Co-Op Camp. (First: Episode 0953) |
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Muppets | Pageant: Ernie plays the role of Bart, a farm boy who plants a flower. Herry Monster plays the sun, and a nervous Cookie Monster plays a cloud. Bert reluctantly plays the flower. When it is said that Bert made the leaves for his costume out of lettuce leaves, Cookie and Herry proceed to eat the leaves and rip the costume apart. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cast | Linda teaches a boy how to sign the word WALK. |
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Film | The crosswalk light says WALK. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cartoon | A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All," as well as below. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2559) |
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Muppets | Here Is Your Life Guy Smiley salutes a still life painting of a bowl of fruit. |
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Cartoon | "The Noble Ostrich," a segment about the day-to-day activities of ostriches. Includes an animated appearance by Big Bird. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0998) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy and girl have a conversation using the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 0273) |
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SCENE 2 | David becomes a contestant on Sonny Friendly's latest traveling game show. This time, the game is "Find Your Prize," where whatever David identifies in the picture is part of his winnings. Sonny tells him he could win a sandwich, or some milk, or even a house. Eager to win a house, David looks through the picture but only finds a sandwich and a glass of milk. Sonny tells him there isn't a house in there and David has won some lunch. David has already eaten, so Sonny takes it. |
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Animation | P - Pyramid (First: Episode 2061) |
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Song | "Garbageman's Blues Song" (First: Episode 1875) |
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Muppets | Grover is about to talk about rhymes when a fox shows him a box that has locks and a hand inside that knocks and drops rocks and socks. An ox comes by and reveals he's the owner of the box. After all the commotion, Grover tries to finish his talk, but can't think of any rhymes. This first airing omits the music button and ending tag, which would be used in the subsequent airings of the segment. |
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Cartoon | What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around? Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0212) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob, Mr. Honker, and the kids (Sharon Roffman, Eric Choi, and Albert Pann) play a chamber ensemble version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," but Mr. Honker's honks are too loud. While being let go because of his volume, Mr. Honker begins to sob. Bob hands him a hanky, which Mr. Honker instead puts over his horns to soften his honks, keeping his place in the band. |
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Cartoon | Rap #9 (First: Episode 2509) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert and Ernie go fishing. Ernie catches fish by yelling "Heeeeere fishy, fishy, fishy!," and they come flying into the boat. Bert tries it, but only catches a shark. (First: Episode 1641) |
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Cartoon | It's a squirrel Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1736) |
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Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) |
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SCENE 4 | The Amazing Mumford asks David if he has a copy of Magic Magazine. David states he's never even heard of it, until several copies magically appear in the Hooper's Store newsstand. Mumford happens to be "Magician of the Month" and makes off with a copy. Gladys the Cow arrives to get an issue, claiming she's on the cover. Although David tells her Mumford's the one on the cover, the magazines change so that Gladys is featured. Meryl Sheep then arrives, asking for the magazine too, stating she's now on the cover. Sure enough, the magazine changes to an issue about her. When Mumford returns, David tries to ask about the magazines, while Mumford comments, "Oh yes! That's a great picture of you." Suddenly, the magazines change to a David-specific issue. "That's Magic Magazine!" Mumford says. |
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Animation | E / e (elephant / jazzy trumpet) (First: Episode 2222) |
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Muppets | After sounding the word "hat," The Two-Headed Monster shares one giant straw hat. (First: Episode 1349) |
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Film / Animation | Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them. (First: Episode 1802) |
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SCENE 5 | David tells Bob about his personalized issue of Magic Magazine, but when he hands his copy to him as proof, the cover changes back to Mumford. Bob tries to calm David down as he tries explaining himself while Mumford announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include David Rudman (cow) and Martin P. Robinson (pig).
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