Sesame Street | |||||||
Irvine at day care | |||||||
Air date | March 23, 1990 | ||||||
Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo writes his own song and sings it for Big Bird and Snuffy, who then wish that they had their own songs. Elmo lets them insert their names into the lyrics, resulting in "Big Bird's Song" and "Snuffy's Song." | |
Cartoon | The Bellhop must take 10 terriers for a walk. (First: Episode 2507) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ A tough guy named Tough Eddie accidentally knocks over Bert's sand castle while he's sleeping. Ernie points that out to Eddie, and Eddie tells Ernie, in a threatening tone of voice, that he's "got something" for Bert. It turns out to be an ice cream cone. (First: Episode 0482) | |
Film | Kids narrate a film of how a river is formed. | |
Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater Grover is playing an old man in a rowboat, which is on a giant letter C. | |
Cartoon | A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239) | |
SCENE 2 | Maria and Oscar drop Gabi and Irvine (respectively) off at Lillian's day care. Irvine starts wailing, causing Natasha to spill her juice. | |
Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) | |
Muppets | The Martians find a telephone. (First: Episode 0398) | |
Film | A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478) | |
Cartoon | The king of the Farcums wants a pyramid built; he and his subjects get inspiration from a seesaw. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2631) | |
Celebrity | Candice Bergen stops by the Fix-It Shop to check on her boombox, which Maria has just fixed. She tests it out with a cassette of "C is for Cookie," which she lip-syncs and dances to (complete with props). | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203) | |
Film | Human and animal babies learn to walk. (First: Episode 1728) | |
Muppets | Guy Smiley takes his 39-member studio audience to a restaurant, but there is no place for him to sit. (First: Episode 2646) | |
Cartoon | A satellite view of the earth is shown on television, while a group of geese decide to fly south. Artist: Paul Fierlinger | |
SCENE 3 | Lillian checks out the finger paintings the kids have made. Irvine's paper is completely blank - she's painted her bib instead. | |
Cartoon | Pinball #10 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0990) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit meets the Seven Dwarves, seemingly from the Snow White story. However, in this version each is named after (and represents) an emotion. (Kermit ad-lib: "Hey Dulcy, we got the wrong dwarves again!") They are named Cheerful, Sad, Lovey, Angry, Proud, Surprised and Fearful. (EKA: Episode 2415) | |
Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) | |
Film | In a classroom, kids learn the musical scales through various exercises. (First: Episode 1717) | |
Cartoon | In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing. (First: Episode 0778) | |
SCENE 4 | As Oscar sorts his trash, he wonders how Irvine is doing at day care and starts singing "Thinkin' of You," while Slimey and Fluffy dance along. | |
Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) | |
Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster demonstrates feelings through song. | |
Video | Fay demonstrates addition by placing 4 balls on a table. Artist: William Wegman (First: Episode 2612) | |
Cartoon | A boy sits in a forest and plays the flute along with the birds' songs, but becomes sad when woodsmen demolish the forest. He plants more trees for the birds to live in. Artist: Richard Condie (First: Episode 1879) | |
Film | How paper is recycled | |
SCENE 5 | It's naptime for the kids, but everyone seems a little active. Lillian sings to them about how they're all like a "Daytime Family," which quiets them down and puts them to sleep...except for Irvine. | |
Cartoon | Cap'n Feenie asks, "What is it?" It's the ocean. Artist: ArtistMike | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ Ernie notices Bert looking sad for no reason. Ernie lists a number of reasons to be sad, and then Bert feels better, but now Ernie has become sad for no reason. (First: Episode 1520) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C - Cap (First: Episode 0154) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Peanut Butter." (re-filmed version) (First: Episode 1966) | |
Animation | Today's Secret Drawing will be a nurse. (First: Episode 0239) | |
SCENE 6 | Maria and Oscar come by to collect their wards. Oscar is immensely pleased with the mess Lillian's apartment has become, as well as Irvine's painted bib. |
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