| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Maria's pregnancy — Maria's baby shower | |||||||||
| Air date | April 21, 1989 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gina explains to Big Bird that the party set up out in the yard is for Maria's baby shower, and invites him and Mr. Snuffleupagus to come. Though Gina says it's okay that he doesn't have to bring something, he insists on getting Maria a gift... but what will it be? |
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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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Muppets | Construction worker Sally Smith is the surprise contestant of the on-location game "This Is Your Lunch." Sally must guess the contents of her lunchbox correctly after each food item gives her clues. (First: Episode 1631) |
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Cartoon | Pistons push a capital H through a tunnel, where it breaks and turns into a lowercase h. (with voiceover by Roscoe Orman) (First: Episode 2217) |
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Song | "Garbageman's Blues Song" (First: Episode 1875) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cooperation Report — Kermit and Telly Monster interview each other. (First: Episode 2166) |
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Cartoon | A snake has a knot in his middle, and he can't find his end. The detective helps the snake find his end ... playing drums in a band. |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy wanders into Big Bird's nest area and learns about the party. He too wants to bring a gift, but because they don't know anything about the baby, they have a hard time thinking of the right present. Snuffy proposes a year's supply of cabbages and spaghetti (which is what his mom and dad received before Alice was born), while Big Bird suggests a year's supply of birdseed. They conclude more thinking is in order, and put their heads together (CLUNK) to think. |
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Cartoon | The Alphabet Song (country, gospel, Mexican) Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1576) |
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Film | A girl puts on her coat all by herself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0622) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Cookie Monster discuss hope. Ernie has something in a brown paper bag, and asks Cookie Monster what he hopes it is. Cookie Monster hopes that it is a cookie. It turns out that Ernie has ten cookies in the bag. (First: Episode 0233) |
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Film | Colored sand forms the letter B and a boat. (First: Episode 2374) |
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Film | Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press. (First: Episode 1222) |
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Muppets | Grover sits in a park and recites a poem about a butterfly that he sees. (First: Episode 1967) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle's three nephews demonstrate a round by singing "Redwood Tree." (First: Episode 2506) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Snuffy come up with several potential gifts which would be useful for a baby, but they learn everyone else has already gotten them: Susan got a onesie, Gordon got some rattles, Gina got a diaper bag, Bob got a Hello Kitty music box, and Linda got a teddy bear. They put their heads together once more (CLUNK)... |
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Cartoon | H - Horse (First: Episode 0474) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | The pair now have the letter H on the brain and think of gifts beginning with H (such as a haystack, helicopter, and hippo). Big Bird suddenly gets a great idea and heads for his nest. |
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Video | Ann Marie DeAngelo and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on. |
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Cartoon | Letter B becomes a banana and broccoli (First: Episode 2513) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "The Paperclip." (First: Episode 2578) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel. (First: Episode 0593) |
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Cartoon | A runner leaps over letter H hurdles. (First: Episode 2519) |
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Muppets | The Count has built a rocket with the help of Dr. Reinbrein and plans to launch it from inside his castle. The two count down from the computer console, but the rocket doesn't take off. Indeed, Count never intended for lift-off; he plans on counting down again and again. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Animation | Red and yellow dots play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (First: Episode 1979) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria continues opening her presents at the party. Big Bird and Snuffy's is a large posterboard with a poem written on it which everyone reads aloud; the poem says that their gift is plenty of love for the baby (as well as the poem itself). |
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Cartoon | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "Get Along" with some Anything Muppet greasers, the Martians, the Twiddlebugs, and a cow. |
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Cartoon | Two men push two large bird eggs to the top of two hills. (First: Episode 0773) |
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Film | Fish swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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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. (First: Episode 2579) |
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SCENE 5 | Everyone cleans up from the party as Big Bird and Snuffy announce the sponsors in voiceover. The nighttime credit crawl from Episode 2255 follows. |
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