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| Gina and Mike practice driving | |||||||
| Air date | February 21, 1990 | ||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
| Written by | Sonia Manzano | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gina and Mike gush over their newly-earned learner's permits, explaining to Big Bird that it means they will be learning how to drive a car. Big Bird claims to already be an expert driver, referring to his toy car (which he winds up crashing). |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203) |
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Film | Scenes of flowers set to harmonica music (First: Episode 2497) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob reads "The Turtle Who Wanted to Make Friends" about a turtle who comes to the forest, but is afraid of every potential animal friend he sees. (First: Episode 1959) |
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Cartoon | "Wash Your Hands Before You Eat" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1523) |
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Film | The kids form a capital I. (First: Episode 0462) |
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Animation | A set of blocks reveal a square, a triangle, and a circle. (First: Episode 1184) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy and Alice join Big Bird for a game. Big Bird initiates a round of follow the leader, but Alice gets in Snuffy's way doing each action instead of following him. They decide to make her the leader instead. She does nothing at first, but when Big Bird mentions his toy car, she begins acting like one. |
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Cartoon | I - ice cream. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Muppets | Caribbean Anything Muppets sing about "Caribbean Air." |
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Cartoon | Kids narrate a countdown of a bowler knocking down five pins. (First: Episode 2514) |
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Film | James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico. (First: Episode 0153) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin tries to throw away a newspaper into a rapidly moving litter can. When she finally does, the exit door also moves and she breaks down the wall. (First: Episode 0753) |
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Cartoon | Un pajaro. (First: Episode 1977) |
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Celebrity | Patti LaBelle and The Sweeties sing "Take the Hand of Someone You Love." (First: Episode 2231) |
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Cartoon | Several circles try to get past a large square. (First: Episode 1486) |
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Film | Kids compare animals and human tools and technology. (First: Episode 0491) |
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Muppets | Mysterious Theater Sherlock Hemlock is on the search for Lady Agatha's missing cat, knowing that it is under something that rhymes with "at", while Watson discovers the cat is under a mat, which leads into a big cat-and-dog fight. (First: Episode 2569) |
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Cartoon | Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1485) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly frets over how Gina and Mike will learn to drive if they don't own a car; they assure him they've planned to practice in Susan's car. Since there's only one car, Telly begins to worry again until the teens explain they will take turns. However, just when Mike begins his turn, Susan's car won't start. Telly moans, "You and Mike cooperated, but the car didn't!" |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert and Sherlock Hemlock ask John-John if he wants to count, and John-John enthusiastically rises to the occasion. (First: Episode 1474) |
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Animation | Red and yellow dots play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (First: Episode 1979) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old MacDonald's Health Farm — Old MacDonald opens a health resort for his animals. |
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Animation | A boy adds his crayons, then uses them to draw a number 5. (First: Episode 2345) |
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Film | Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people. (First: Episode 0455) |
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SCENE 4 | In exchange for learning to drive in the Sloppy Jalopy, Gina and Mike bring Oscar his disgusting lunch. However, before he lets them behind the wheel he goes over some very important things about driving, such as the words "GO" and "STOP," and going forwards and backwards. After the brief lesson Gina hops in the driver's seat, but the car won't start, forcing Gina and Mike to push it to the local Grouch garage. |
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Cartoon | I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | Snacks on Parade: Peanut Butter Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1301) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Batty Bat." (First: Episode 2096) |
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Cartoon | A horse falls apart into a jigsaw puzzle. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Video | Ann Marie DeAngelo and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on. (First: Episode 2600) |
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Cartoon | A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment. (First: Episode 0550) |
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SCENE 5 | Susan has fixed her car and is ready to give the teens a lesson. Telly wants to go with them, but his mommy phones Oscar to send Telly home now. Telly becomes sad that he'll miss the fun until Susan points out they can give him a ride back home. Oscar is disgusted by the happy ending and announces today's sponsors as Gina begins her first lesson (clunkily driving in reverse). |
Notes[]
- The events of this episode were later recalled in Episode 3081.
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