| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Experiences with Maria's unborn child | |||||||
| Air date | March 23, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis can't find a solution to fix a broken clock. He imagines it's able to talk (performed by David Rudman in an Ed Wynn voice), where he finds one of its "tick tock screws" is loose. He discovers that checking the screws works in real life, then starts to wonder if imagining a similar situation with a toaster would help fix it. |
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Cartoon | "Song of the Inuit Child" (First: Episode 2112) |
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Muppets | Grover teaches the campers at Camp Wannagohoma about trees. (First: Episode 1486) |
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Song | 14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street." (First: Episode 2556) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2 (First: Episode 2510) |
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Cast | Linda shows Jonathan how to sign the word "open." |
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Cartoon | Hortense counts four ants. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2501) |
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Cast | The Heartstrongs Revisited In the morning, Barnaby surprises his mother with breakfast in bed. They are happy, until they realize that Mr. Heartstrong is missing, which makes them sad. They are further saddened by the lack of a fork. Mr. Heartstrong comes back from his run, feeling happy, until he sees his wife and son both sad. They are once again happy when they see that Mr. Heartstrong has brought back a bag of forks from the store. (First: Episode 2478) |
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Cartoon | Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t. (First: Episode 2223) |
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SCENE 2 | Monster on the Spot reporter Telly has come to show how Maria's baby can eat a sandwich, though it's hard to show since the baby is still in Maria's tummy. Maria explains how babies eat inside their mothers' bellies through the umbilical cord. Telly instead switches the report to watching Maria eat, which in turn will feed the baby. He tries to get a response from the baby, but fails. |
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Cartoon | The Great Inventors Series: Willy Pinkham, intern at the rubber glove factory, invents the balloon. Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Peanut Butter." (First: Episode 1966) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly now tries to report on how Maria's baby breathes and is shocked to learn that the umbilical cord not only feeds it, but gives it oxygen as well. Telly still can't reach the baby for comment. |
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Cartoon | T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (First: Episode 1990) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417) |
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Cartoon | Jill walks up a hill to pick a daffodil. Artist: Jim Jinkins (First: Episode 2538) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Rhyming Game — Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyme game, but Ernie ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus know the baby can hear things inside of Maria, so they teach it how to count to 10 in Spanish. They yell the numbers so the baby can hear, disrupting Maria from her work, before trying to teach it to count to 10 in English, followed by the alphabet. |
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Film | A trip to the doctor's office. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0471) |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn and The Count are contestants on "Squeal of Fortune." (First: Episode 2331) |
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Cartoon | La letra T es para tigre, tomate, taxi, toro, telefono, televisión, y el terrible tiburon. (First: Episode 0351) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis strums some songs on the guitar, hoping it'll get a response from the baby, but Maria doesn't feel anything. Oscar, certain the baby will be Grouch-like, plays a screechy song on the violin. This immediately stimulates the baby, and Maria and Luis begin to panic that it prefers grouchy music. |
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Cartoon | T is for Trash and Ticket Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Celia Cruz and the Anything Muppets sing "Numero Comparsa." (First: Episode 2318) |
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Cartoon | Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | Gladys the Cow assists the Amazing Mumford on stage. Mumford says he will make her disappear, but his attempts fail, so he says he'll turn her into a duck instead. She runs offstage in fright, which means his trick did work this time. |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #4" (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar's still playing his song when Luis plays something else the baby likes - the theme song. Oscar still believes there's some Grouch in the baby; they'll just need to cultivate it. He joins Luis in playing the theme as Telly announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Martin P. Robinson voices the Monster on the Spot announcer.
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