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| Natasha joins clubs (repeat of 2456) | |||||
| Air date | January 31, 1990 | ||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||
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Muppets / Celebrity | Billy Joel and Marlee Matlin bring Oscar a used piano, but Billy uses it one last time to sing "Just the Way You Are" to Oscar while Marlee signs the lyrics. (First: Episode 2533) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty K" - Karen the Kangaroo talks about words that start with the letter K. Featuring the sped-up voice of Gene Moss. (First: Episode 0142) |
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Film | Three dolphins jump together. (First: Episode 0222) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty. (First: Episode 0441) |
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Cartoon | The Great Inventors Series: Willy Pinkham, intern at the rubber glove factory, invents the balloon. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2579) |
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SCENE 1 | Placido Flamingo sings the "Flamingo Lullaby" to Big Bird and the Birdketeers, who pretend to sleep the way flamingos do; Placido ends up falling asleep by the end of his performance. |
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Cartoon | K for kite (First: Episode 0489) |
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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 | A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (First: Episode 0387) |
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Film | A wall painter on a high-rise spells and paints the word "WET PAINT" in red, but accidentally puts his hand on one of the painted letters and looks at his hand, all painted red, and shouts, "WET PAINT!" (First: Episode 1036) |
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Cartoon | As night falls, five house lights are counted as they turn on and off. (new audio) (First: Episode 2475) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Cartoon | Spike's Scribble Theatre Presents: "Island" |
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SCENE 2 | Maria is taking care of Baby Natasha, who refuses to eat. Big Bird and the Birdketeers arrive and want her to join their club, providing her with a hat. They try getting her to flap her "wings" with a lot of practice, but she's unable to. Maria thinks she can learn after she has her lunch, so the Birdketeers leave for now. Natasha ends up making a mess with her cereal, but when Maria glares at her she innocently gives out some tweets and flaps her arms. |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Pig's Straw House — Kermit interviews the pig who built the straw house. (First: Episode 0551) |
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Animation | Fred the fish needs water to swim in, and Betty the bird needs air to fly in. Vanessa the vacuum cleaner sucks up all the air and water, but can't hold it all in. (First: Episode 2564) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Little Things." (First: Episode 2485) |
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Cartoon | Igor listens as Dr. Frankenstein names body parts in creating another Igor. Animators: Irra Verbitsky and Don Duga (First: Episode 1637) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird returns and is happy to see that Natasha has learned to flap and tweet. He then gives Maria clues about their newest recruit: they're little, crawls around, and loves mud. It turns out to be Slimey, and Big Bird recommends Natasha be his "tweeting teacher." |
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Cartoon | Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round. (First: Episode 1124) |
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Film | Kids talk about how many things they can do now that they're five years old. (First: Episode 1403) |
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Muppets | Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little." (First: Episode 2206) |
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Animation | Sand K/k (First: Episode 0645) |
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Film | The Steam Shovel (First: Episode 1144) |
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Cartoon | How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India. (First: Episode 1824) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar now wants Natasha to be a Grouchketeer, but she must learn the Grouchketeer oath before earning her trash can hat. Natasha puts her thumb in her mouth, over her eye, and under her nose before finally getting it in her ear. She also refuses to wear the hat, which is a good sign for Oscar. |
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Film | Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left. (ending edited) (First: Episode 0589) |
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Cartoon | A white boy hangs out with his Latino friend. (First: Episode 1471) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — On the deck of The Love Boat, a uniformed Ernie expresses how much he loves this boat. "Ernest" shares his love with Amanda, a grumpy patron, a fish, and soon several passengers who join them in their love for this boat. (First: Episode 1958) |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (First: Episode 0427) |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy: Two boys are fighting over a swing, so Teeny Little Superguy shows them how to share. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1967) |
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Muppets | The Hands count to 11. (First: Episode 0217) |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly find a place for their picture of their favorite rock star, Danny. (First: Episode 1295) |
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SCENE 5 | Natasha has on both her Birdketeer and Grouchketeer hats, with one thumb in her ear and her other arm flapping. Oscar believes this makes her a "Birdke-grouchketeer." Oscar begins to play with Natasha as Placido announces the sponsors. |
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