| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Snuffy's drum | |||||||||
| Air date | February 16, 1990 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Elmo and Snuffy argue over whether the mailbox is big or little. Luis returns from grocery shopping and points out how it can be both from each of their unique perspectives - to Snuffy it's little, and to Elmo it's big. The two then start to debate over whether Luis' groceries are heavy or light. |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Film | Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Cartoon | A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog, Pete. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1266) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids are wearing winter gear in the cold, but one is not. (First: Episode 0463) |
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Cartoon | A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Oogle Family — Kermit the Frog attends a musical tribute to the "Oogle Family". (First: Episode 1822) |
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Cartoon | Y is for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0036) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis has found some golfing equipment in the basement and practices some putting out in the yard. Telly and Juliet bring over a pair of binoculars and a duck whistle in case Luis hits the ball into the sky toward a flock of ducks. Luis insists he'll be putting softly, so the monsters begin to wonder if the patch of rug used as fake grass is actually a flying carpet that takes Luis away. |
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Cartoon | Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0561) |
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Film | A boy makes fruit salad. (First: Episode 1195) |
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Cartoon | The story of sheep, or where wool comes from. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1524) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin looks in a mirror and sees "ME." Maria's reflection is played by Linda. (First: Episode 1032) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another hole. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0439) |
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Film | A zydeco band plays "Bayou Pon Pon" while people dance and the townspeople of New Orleans wave at the camera. (First: Episode 2502) |
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SCENE 3 | Elmo hides behind a crate and tells Gina he's going to surprise her. She tells him this doesn't work, as she is now expecting it. She suggests he tries surprising the next person he sees and Elmo tries again with Luis, asking him ahead of time if he's expecting a surprise. |
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Cartoon | Gordon voiceover R/r (First: Episode 2195) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads the sign atop a miniature school building, and observes a small group of children that run out of it. Once they've left, the monster picks up the now empty building, and declares, "School's out!" (First: Episode 1907) |
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Animation | An orange pops out of a basket of fruits and gets "made up" as the face of Carmen, the role in the opera of the same name. While singing "Habanera," the famed aria from the opera, Carmen loses her "face" and can't resume singing until the wig returns. (First: Episode 0277) |
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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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Film | A baby monkey Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop is sent to the grocery store to get twenty grapefruits. He counts to 20 on the way there so that he can remember the quantity, but forgets what item he was sent for. (First: Episode 2533) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria has much difficulty with a cuckoo clock, showing Elmo that the cuckoo makes the sounds of various farm animals. The clock happens to belong to Old MacDonald (Richard Hunt), who notes that this is how the clock is supposed to sound. He and Elmo sing a verse of his song about the clock before he takes it home. |
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Cartoon | Howard Coolsell finds out about exercise. (First: Episode 1631) |
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Song | "All By Myself Song" (First: Episode 2044) |
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Cartoon | "¡Él juega fútbol!" (First: Episode 2104) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y. (First: Episode 1288) |
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Cartoon | A witch turns a little girl into a variety of things, but the girl insists "I'm still ME!" (First: Episode 0793) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird watches over Snuffy's favorite drum. He accidentally bumps it off his toy chest with his tail feathers, causing it to roll and a hole is punctured in it. He believes Snuffy will be very mad at him and at first tries to hide the hole, but soon decides to skip town. He grabs his suitcase and is about to dart off until Gina stops him from leaving, encouraging him to tell the truth when Snuffy arrives. Snuffy is mad at first when told, but calms down when he learns it was all an accident. They confirm their friendship and Gina suggests they bring the drum to Luis to fix, something Big Bird didn't think of. |
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Cartoon | Y for Yak Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1184) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | On the stage at Birdland, Telly scats with Joe Williams. (beginning edited) (First: Episode 2260) |
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Cartoon | Building a dog house is easy if you have a ruler. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Imaginary Baseball Game — While it's raining, Bert encourages Ernie to imagine playing baseball. (First: Episode 0410) |
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Film | A still of construction equipment fades into a shot of a parrot. (First: Episode 1535) |
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Cartoon | They'd play with me if I had... (First: Episode 0815) |
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SCENE 6 | To pass the time while Luis repairs the drum, Big Bird asks Snuffy to think of an item and Big Bird will guess what it is. The item turns out to be Snuffy's drum, which Luis has now finished. Snuffy tests it out as the sponsors are announced by Gina, and the credits roll. |
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