| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| The Golden Cabbage of Snufertiti | |||||||||
| Air date | February 20, 1990 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, when an Indiana Jones lookalike (Jeff Goldblum) makes a grand entrance by swinging on the tire swing as if it were a vine. He asks Big Bird where to find Bob, so Big Bird points him out and soon learns that the two are brothers, even though they're different. Bob's brother, Minneapolis, needs to stay overnight while on a certain mission, so Bob lets him stay over at his apartment. Minny runs off to gather his things, and Big Bird asks Bob if he always ran like that. Bob replies, "Yeah... he was a very active child." |
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Cartoon | ADVENTURE! A man and woman escape a boulder, a crocodile, and other obstacles. (First: Episode 2080) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Against Bert's will, Ernie plays a game with him in which he says a word which is the opposite of every word Bert emphasizes. When Bert finally agrees to PLAY, Ernie becomes stumped, since he can't figure out of the opposite of the word PLAY. (First: Episode 2675) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play." Snow leopards version (First: Episode 2519) |
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SCENE 2 | Minneapolis sets some of his archaeology items on the Fix-It Shop bench (including his own teddy bear). He shows them to Big Bird as Bob explains what an archaeologist does, along with a verse of "The People in Your Neighborhood." Big Bird wonders if Bob always sang, and Minny confirms it: "He was a real noisy kid." |
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Cartoon | Indian guru counts to 20. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Film | A boy who lives in the Congo (in Africa) narrates a film of the kinds of games he and his friends play. (First: Episode 2668) |
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Cartoon | A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f. (First: Episode 2288) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Healthy Food." (First: Episode 2404) |
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Cartoon | A baby and father illustrate up and down. |
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SCENE 3 | Bob introduces Minneapolis to Snuffy. Minny can't believe he's meeting a real live Snuffleupagus, because for him, it means an advancement in his quest for... the Golden Cabbage of Snufertiti! |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Minny tells the story of Queen Snufertiti's quest to find the perfect favorite food for her Snuffle-subjects. The food she had in mind would have to be round, green, and leafy. One of her food-persons (Luis) brought her an apple (which has no leaves), and another one (Gordon) brought a tree (which isn't round). She felt like giving up, when her fan-person (Bob), whom she'd been ignoring all this time, presented her with a cabbage, which was round, green, and leafy (and great-tasting), making it the perfect favorite food for Snufflekind. She promised from then on to listen to everyone. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Minny concludes his story with the rumor that a special golden cabbage, made for Snufertiti, exists in a cave somewhere near them. Upon realizing that Snuffy's cave is the only one in the area, they immediately head there to look for the cabbage. Minneapolis swings off once more on the tire swing. Snuffy questions what's wrong with him, and Big Bird explains, "He was a very active child, that's all." |
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Cartoon | Zork lands on the coast of California, where he meets a slick agent. Artist: ArtistMike |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets cheer about the letter F. (First: Episode 0093) |
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Song | "Elbows and Knees" (First: Episode 2641) |
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Cartoon | A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (First: Episode 0046) |
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SCENE 4 | The gang enters Snuffy's cave, exploring an area that not even Snuffy has seen. Minny has brought a map of the cave, which indicates that they should be close to the letter Q. He removes a stone from the wall, and sees the Q. |
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Cartoon | A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All" as well as below. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2559) |
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Film | Fay Ray dresses up as different animals. ("It's Kermit the Dog!") (First: Episode 2639) |
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Muppets | "Cereal Girl" |
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Cartoon | Bruce the moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice. (First: Episode 2498) |
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SCENE 5 | Now that they've found the Q, which the golden cabbage is supposed to be behind, the gang tries pushing and kicking against the wall to see if that helps (briefly getting caught up in a "1-2-3 kick" dance while doing so). The wall still doesn't budge, so Minny looks at the map and sees a poem which indicates that Big Bird and Snuffy have to sing "Toora-loora-leer, do-wop do-wop and hippety hop." When they do so, they hear a rumbling, and quickly make their way out of the cave, away from the large circular silhouette that chases them... |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
They all make it outside safely, and the golden cabbage rolls into Minny's hands. (Big Bird: "For some reason, I thought it would be bigger.") |
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Cartoon | A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. (First: Episode 0309) |
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Song | Gina and Maria sing "The Word is "No"." (First: Episode 2548) |
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Cartoon | A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1652) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry. (First: Episode 2641) |
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Cartoon | Jake the Snake demonstrates body parts. (First: Episode 2486) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Maya to help him follow an arrow. The arrow changes direction until Grover falls down, exhausted. (First: Episode 1641) |
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Cartoon | Number Creatures #20 |
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SCENE 6 | Back on Sesame Street, Bob learns that Minneapolis has to leave soon and can't stay with him. He invites Bob to come adventuring with him, but Minny's exciting lifestyle doesn't really suit him. They each sing about what they'd rather be doing, and are happy to be brothers in the end ("A Sibling"). |
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Cartoon | How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Film | A zydeco band plays "Allons a Lafayette" while people dance. (First: Episode 2498) |
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Muppets | Great Movie Classics: Casablanca Rick keeps telling the pianist to keep saying the alphabet ("Say it again, Sam"). |
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Cartoon | A pig sings "Pig's Love Song." (First: Episode 0407) |
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SCENE 7 | Minneapolis prepares to leave with the golden cabbage so he can deliver it to the Snuffsonian Institute. Big Bird, Snuffy, and Bob say goodbye to Minny as he makes an heroic exit... into the garage. Bob, Big Bird, and Snuffy announce the sponsors as Minny exits, claiming he went the wrong way. Bob proudly states, "What a brother!" |
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