| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mumford's duck lays an egg | |||||||
| Air date | April 20, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird shows Snuffy a picture he's drawn of himself as a baby. Snuffy doesn't remember ever seeing Big Bird look like that, when he's reminded that he was born after Big Bird. He does have another drawing of the two together. |
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Song | "Mom and Me" (First: Episode 2462) |
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Animation | Four genies carry the number 4 into a castle. Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 2244) |
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Muppets | Professor Grover, in graduation cap, takes a bath and talks to the viewers about baths. He mentions everything except the water, when his Mommy comes in and turns on the water. (First: Episode 1992) |
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Cartoon | Elephants have 4 legs. (First: Episode 0560) |
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Film | Hands build things out of triangles and squares while off-screen voices try to figure out what the constructions will be. (re-recorded music) (First: Episode 0004) |
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Cartoon | A blue triangle looks for his friend in a museum. (First: Episode 1522) |
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Insert | Ask Oscar: Timi translates Oscar's words in sign language as he answers a letter from someone who wants to know what the longest Grouch word he knows is. Oscar states that the word is "supercalifragilistic-yucka-alidocious" (a reference to "Mary Poppins"), which is hard to sign, especially when Oscar repeats it many times. (First: Episode 1829) |
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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: Happy Birthday to U — Ernie sings "Happy Birthday" to a letter U. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | Seashells form various patterns in the sand. (First: Episode 2031) |
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Muppets | Kermit Lecture: Mystery Box — Cookie Monster must guess what's inside Kermit's box. (First: Episode 2307) |
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Cartoon | Is no one afraid of The Big Bad Wolf? (First: Episode 2405) |
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Celebrity | 14 Karat Soul sings about school. (First: Episode 1665) |
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Film | SCHOOL: the sign spins around. (First: Episode 0685) |
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Cartoon | Two crows sing "Stones Don't Grow." Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 1715) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Trumpet Practice or Sleep — One head wants to play the trumpet, but the other head wants to sleep. (First: Episode 1390) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter has an electric train. (First: Episode 0785) |
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Film | At school, a boy wants to be friends with a classmate, so he writes her a letter. (First: Episode 2373) |
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Muppets | Bip Bippadotta leads "Scratch My Back" as a song about two monsters named Jack and Jill who swear that they will always be there to scratch each other's backs. (First: Episode 2191) |
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Animation | An owl is formed out of seeds. (First: Episode 2368) |
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SCENE 2 | The Amazing Mumford announces some wonderful news - his assistant duck and her husband have made an egg, which their baby duckling will soon hatch from. Maria and Luis wonder what the daddy duck will be doing to help, and Mumford says he will help provide comfort while she sits on the egg. |
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Cartoon | A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing" ... (First: Episode 0787) |
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Film | A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117) |
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Cartoon | An orange creature shows things that measure. (First: Episode 1969) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman sounds out the word "call," and then demonstrates some calls of his own — including a bird call, cow call, pig call, and telephone call. (First: Episode 1700) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413) |
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Film | A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Love Boat — On the deck of The Love Boat, a uniformed Ernie expresses how much he loves this boat. (First: Episode 1958) |
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Cartoon | A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe." (First: Episode 0624) |
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Film | A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0680) |
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SCENE 3 | Mumford wants to show off his new letter T trick, but since his assistant is busy sitting on the egg, he's recruited Barkley to replace her. Barkley runs off to chase another dog in the distance, leaving him without a partner. As told through to Big Bird (who speaks duck), Mumford's duck still wants to keep her career and be a mother, and volunteers to take part. Mumford waves his wand and the mother duck now has a letter T on her head, while the father takes a turn sitting on the egg. Both ducks get a round of applause. |
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Cartoon | T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (First: Episode 1990) |
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Film | Stacy gets an examination at the eye doctor's and receives a new pair of glasses. (First: Episode 1129) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Upstairs, Downstairs — Grover runs up and down a flight of stairs. (First: Episode 1162) |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates up and down. Artist: Al Jarnow (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 4 | Everyone gathers 'round as the duckling hatches from the egg. They all sing "Someone's Here With Us Who Wasn't Here Before." Mumford's duck quacks the sponsors as the song ends. |
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