| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | March 27, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
| Written by | Christian Clark | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Count von Count phones the Miami Mice to make an urgent visit to Sesame Street. The mice are disappointed to find that all they're needed for is to be counted by the Count. |
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Cartoon | A cat catches a TELEPHONE and eats it. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0154) |
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Muppets | "Big Kids Cry" (First: Episode 1488) |
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Film | A boy visits the hospital to see his mother's new baby. (First: Episode 1125) |
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Cast | Linda shows a boy how to sign the word "telephone." |
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Cartoon | S for Snail Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1158) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Pillow — The monster shares a pillow. (First: Episode 1669) |
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Cartoon | Uncle Al tells his nephew a story about a dog he had, but gets mixed up with the details. Artist: Marv Newland (First: Episode 0510) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria finishes painting a door and the Amazing Mumford offers to conjure up a "Wet Paint" sign for it. Maria tries to dissuade him given his history, but is pleased when the conjured sign looks fine. She grabs it to put on the door, discovering that the lettering on the sign itself has wet paint on it. Mumford quickly poofs himself out for a fast exit. |
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Cartoon | Once there were two men. Each had his own idea. One man told his thought to the other man, then the other man told his idea to the first man. Now both men knew twice as much. (First: Episode 0268) |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (First: Episode 0733) |
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Film | Some kids learn how to use Logo, a computer programming language, to draw shapes on computers. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Celebrity | John Moschitta, Jr. has a baby who has a name beginning with every letter of the alphabet. (First: Episode 2048) |
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Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon finds Simon Soundman, who uses animal sounds to describe how exercising makes him feel ("healthy as a horse" etc.). They both decide to take a run to the zoo. |
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Film | I hab a cauld ib by dose. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1170) |
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Muppets | Lefty wants to sell Ernie a scale. He uses two pounds of bananas and two pounds of apples to demonstrate how the scale works. Ernie is impressed. He already has a scale at home, but he'd like to buy the apples and bananas. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Film | David (in voice-over) finds rectangles. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a dentist and a bus driver. (remake) (First: Episode 2146) |
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Cartoon | Yo-yo elevator (First: Episode 1971) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon is about to dig into his lunch (a tuna fish sandwich and some chocolate ice cream) when Irvine begins wailing nearby. Oscar claims that she's hungry and Gordon should cooperate and share his food with her. She doesn't want some of the sandwich, or the ice cream, but a concoction of the two. Gordon mixes half of his lunch, and is rewarded for his cooperation by watching Irvine noisily gulp the meal down, making him lose his appetite. |
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Cartoon | A postal worker tells the viewer what the post office is good for. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0783) |
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Muppets | Here Is Your Life: Tooth — Guy Smiley reunites a tooth with elements of its past. (First: Episode 1057) |
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Film | A piece of construction equipment and a giraffe are shown side-by-side. (First: Episode 1550) |
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Muppets | On the vaudeville stage, Big Bird and Snuffy identify S words and tell gum-wrapper jokes. (First: Episode 2020) |
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Cartoon | S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria compliments Elmo for his drawing of something original - tap-dancing cows at the North Pole. It turns out to be a gift for a tap-dancing cow (Pam Arciero) wearing a scarf and winter hat. |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #2 (First: Episode 0987) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 1 Counting to 2 is not very exciting. (First: Episode 1156) |
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Animation | It's a monkey Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1767) |
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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 2 Nobody's favorite number is 2. (First: Episode 1156) |
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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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Muppets | Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 3 The huge visual aid falls on Grover. (First: Episode 1156) |
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Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2525) |
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SCENE 6 | Slimey has joined the Worm Scouts and they all prepare for a hike. Susan helps check to see if Slimey has everything he needs, and he's only missing his scout hat. Oscar retrieves the human-sized hat and Susan points out it's much too large for him to wear, but Oscar counters that it's not for wearing - the hat is what they're hiking up. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Hope — Ernie uses a brown paper bag to discuss the concept of hope with Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0233) |
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Film | A girls' jump-rope team trains for a contest. They end up winning second place. (First: Episode 2510) |
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Cartoon | "Magic Pig" Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 0772) |
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SCENE 7 | The Worm Scouts make it to the summit of the hat. Oscar then pulls out a ten-gallon hat (dubbed "Hat Everest") for tomorrow's trip. Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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