Sesame Street | |||||
Richard Stoltzman visits (repeat of 2439) | |||||
Air date | December 6, 1989 | ||||
Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||
Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Telly Monster introduces the viewer to their special guest today, Richard Stoltzman, who plays a jazzy version of the opening theme song on his clarinet for Telly, Bob, and the kids. | |
Cartoon | "Me Tarzan ... you parrot!" Artist: Fred Garbers | |
Muppets | Pageant: Tooth (First: Episode 1160) | |
Cartoon | How many legs does a horse have? (First: Episode 1523) | |
Film | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) | |
SCENE 2 | Oscar observes a clarinet that's been taken apart. Richard shows him and Telly that just playing one piece doesn't produce a good sound -- but when you put all the pieces together, you can make music. He finishes the demonstration by playing a sample of Rhapsody in Blue for Oscar and Telly, as well as some grouchy-sounding notes just for Oscar. | |
Animation | Three stripes form a jazz trio. (First: Episode 2410) | |
Muppets | The Amazing Mumford sounds out the word MAGIC, then makes himself disappear. (First: Episode 1075) | |
Film | A man and a little girl perform small aerobic workouts. (First: Episode 1710) | |
Animation | Four genies carry the number 4 into a castle. Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 2244) | |
Muppets | The Martians discover a radio. They tune into three different styles of music, none of which they like. Then they tune into some static, which they start joyfully dancing to. (First: Episode 1329) | |
Cartoon | A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday. (First: Episode 0764) | |
SCENE 3 | Bob and Richard demonstrate how wind instruments work, then hear a noisy sound coming from Oscar's trash can. Oscar reveals the sound came from a grouchinet, a Grouch musical instrument played by Fluffy. Though Oscar loves the noise, Richard offers some music lessons when asked by Fluffy. ("We musicians understand each other," remarks Richard.) | |
Cartoon | Zazu the Zebra feeds their pet Z. Artist: Chris Hinton (First: Episode 2525) | |
Film | Joe Raposo: On the beach (instrumental) (First: Episode 0411) | |
Cartoon | A girl sorts everything she finds which is alive and not alive. (First: Episode 1526) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster asks John-John if he knows the difference between up and down. (First: Episode 0565) | |
Cartoon | The Alphabet Song (country, gospel, Mexican) Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1576) | |
Muppets | Waiter Grover has a new method of remembering orders: He makes up a poem to remember what is ordered and who ordered it. Mr. Johnson orders a cheeseburger with a pickle and French fries, which Grover interprets as "Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, French fries, yum, yum, yum!" However, he brings Mr. Johnson a grapefruit on a bun. (First: Episode 2418) | |
Cartoon | A Spanish-speaking man falls into a hole, and a dragon helps him out. Artist: Chris Hinton (First: Episode 2211) | |
SCENE 4 | Bob is skeptical that Richard can give an elephant a music lesson, which offends Fluffy. He reluctantly agrees to assist in helping hold the grouchinet as Richard goes over the musical scales with her. Afterwards, Richard uses his clarinet to chat with Fluffy in elephant language, much to the chagrin of Bob. | |
Cartoon | A for astronaut, airplane, airport and automobile. (First: Episode 2250) | |
Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) | |
Cartoon | A peasant tries to woo a pretty girl by reciting the famous "Roses are Red" poem. The lines are fed to him by a poet behind a bush, whom she eventually runs off with. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 2058) | |
Cast | Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (First: Episode 2062) | |
Cartoon | Two orange balls perform "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2160) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert build a snowman, but Ernie fears that the snowman will be cold if they don't dress him. Even though Bert tries to tell him that snowmen aren't alive and can't feel the cold, that doesn't stop Ernie from dressing the snowman in Bert's clothing. (First: Episode 1824) | |
Cartoon | Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) | |
SCENE 5 | Richard cues Bob, Telly, and the kids to snap to the beat as he plays "Fascinating Rhythm" on his clarinet. | |
Cartoon | "Up and Down with Captain Brown" (First: Episode 2493) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: London Fog — The fog in London dissipates before Kermit can report on it. (First: Episode 2360) | |
Cartoon | HEN / PEN / TEN / MEN (First: Episode 1881) | |
Film | Footage of a Chinese noodle factory. (First: Episode 0984) | |
Muppets | "Zig Zag Dance" (First: Episode 1567) | |
Cartoon | A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510) | |
SCENE 6 | Telly, Françoise, and Herbie help Richard play the clarinet by pressing the keys as he blows, each kid pressing one button when prompted for each tune. Bob announces the sponsors as Telly helps him play the "Sesame Street Theme" again. |
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