| Sesame Street | |||||
| Telly and Alice practice saying hello and goodbye (repeat of 2477) | |||||
| Air date | December 5, 1989 | ||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||
| Written by | Norman Stiles | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Gordon comes across Telly practicing his welcome to the viewer to Sesame Street, worrying if he's practiced too much or too little. Gordon tells him everything will be fine, and points out that the viewer has arrived. Telly casually says his welcome, and he and the kids shower Gordon with praise for his encouragement. |
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Cartoon | "Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0771) |
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Muppets | Instead of cookies, Cookie Monster recites a poem about galoshes -- or at least he tries. (First: Episode 1626) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round." (First: Episode 0413) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents 9 elephants. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1366) |
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Muppets | Forgetful Jones needs something to ride around the ranch. Clementine gives him clues: it has four legs, a bushy tail, eats hay, and neighs. It's his horse Buster, who arrives with the jeep. (First: Episode 2081) |
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Animation | Sand P/p (First: Episode 0634) |
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Muppets | Big Bird writes a story about a frog, who was changed from a prince years ago. He visits the castle of a witch, who offers some P-word alternates. She finally finds her prince potion and returns him to normal, only now he's a much older prince (he said "a long time ago" he was a prince). The witch finds him appealing nonetheless and the two become engaged. |
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Cartoon | A boy listens to his surroundings by the ocean, until his mom calls him for lunch. (First: Episode 2053) |
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Song | "Ookyook Song," a Joe Raposo song with the Alaskan words for all the things you need to put on when it's ukiuq (winter). (First: Episode 2360) |
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Cartoon | Nine Ants Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1485) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Pretend to Be Angry — Ernie wants Bert to pretend to be angry, but Bert says that he can't because he has nothing to feel angry about. (First: Episode 0216) |
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Cartoon | A man chases a runaway "no." (First: Episode 0794) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Sesame Street News Flash: Ballerina's Body — Suzanne Farrell drinks a glass of milk. (First: Episode 1387) |
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Cartoon | A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird. Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 1616) |
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SCENE 2 | Meryl Sheep talks about her most famous film, Out of Africa, Asia, and America. She has the words of the titular continents displayed on the back of the Hooper's Store newsstand and has Jenny, Nat, and Jed pick out the As from the title. Afterward, Meryl grades them all an A for their work. |
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Cartoon | A for Acorn (First: Episode 1626) |
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Muppets | Name That Sound: Grover — Grover identifies two sounds with ease, but struggles with the third. (First: Episode 1643) |
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Cartoon | The front and back of a costumed horse follow an ice cream truck. (First: Episode 0782) |
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Film | A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppet beatniks say the alphabet. (First: Episode 1846) |
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Cartoon | "Magic Pig" Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 0772) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob watches Snuffy and Alice play "Three of These Things" using four baskets - three are filled with balls, and the other is filled with Brussels sprouts. Alice can't resist herself and snuffles down all the sprouts, with Bob noting that while they didn't belong with the balls, they did belong in her stomach. |
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Cartoon | "Have you seen my NO?" (First: Episode 0773) |
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Muppets | An octopus sings "Octopus Blues." (First: Episode 2221) |
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Animation | Where do the a's fit? (First: Episode 1586) |
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Film | A baby monkey Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0257) |
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Muppets | The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. (First: Episode 0545) |
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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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SCENE 4 | Maria finds Telly and Juliet digging a hole in some dirt, with the intention of burying Telly's bologna sandwich in it. Telly has never tried a bologna sandwich and worries some kind of disaster involving a traffic accident, a burning building, and stampeding elephants will await him. During the monsters' dramatics, Maria convinces him it's good by taking a bite herself, and encourages him to try it. Telly finds that he likes bologna, but soon he and Juliet change their made-up scenario to reflect if the sandwich had not been involved. |
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Cartoon | Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0478) |
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Animation | A snail shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2039) |
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Cartoon | Name That Food — The host challenges contestants to both identify *and* eat every food shown. Artist: Len Glasser (First: Episode 1491) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Pigeon Joke Book — Ernie doesn't think pigeons are able to laugh at Bert's jokes, but he's wrong. (First: Episode 1287) |
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Song | "Four Seasons" (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria takes care of Alice, combing her fur until Snuffy returns. Maria asks that Alice turn and say "hello" to the viewer. She takes this literally, and starts turning in circles saying "hello." Maria explains what she really meant, teaching Alice about "front" and "back." Snuffy returns and has Alice turn around to say goodbye to Maria, prompting his little sister to start spinning in circles again saying "goodbye." Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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