| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird's information booth | |||||||
| Air date | April 13, 1990 | ||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gilbert and Sullivan and the cast sing to Oscar about "Before and After." |
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Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "There's a Bird On Me." (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cast | Linda teaches a boy how to sign the word WALK. (First: Episode 2572) |
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Animation | Three lines attempt to individually reach the top of the TV screen, but fail. They succeed after they combine all of their lengths. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Muppets | The Martians are looking for the Earth and find pigs in space and the Moon along the way. |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift (First: Episode 0207) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird has opened up his own information booth out in the yard. A Muppet woman (Camille Bonora) asks about someplace to eat, so Big Bird recommends Hooper's Store and hypes the birdseed delicacies they have. Since she's not a bird, she considers this bad information and leaves. Inspired by Gordon, Big Bird starts peddling bird information specifically and is flocked by several curious birds who ask about Gordon's egg-like head. |
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Cartoon | Mi kat iz ... gone (First: Episode 1967) |
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Muppets | Every time Ernie tries to recite a poem about the number 12, it switches itself around to the number 21 (and vice versa). (First: Episode 2329) |
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Film | Two birds Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0295) |
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Cartoon | M for Mask (First: Episode 2079) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird needs to make a phone call and puts Telly Monster in charge of the information booth, though he doesn't know as much about birds. A Muppet man (Rick Lyon) asks about a strange bird sound he just heard. After Telly gives a few possible suggestions, the sound turns out to be Big Bird's typical "la, la, la"-ing. Once Big Bird returns and the man has his answer, he asks them to keep it down so his kid can nap. |
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Cartoon | "I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368) |
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Film | A farmer takes care of baby calves. (First: Episode 0784) |
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Muppets | "Readers of the Open Range" (First: Episode 2141) |
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Animation | ¿Que es esto? (una vaca) (First: Episode 1978) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Billy Dee Williams and Mr. Honker count backwards from 10 to 1. Homer has to blow his nose before he can honk the last number. (First: Episode 1819) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall. (First: Episode 0439) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis helps with Big Bird's next customer, a bird (David Rudman) wishing to fly South, only they don't know how to get there. Luis indicates on his map where they currently are and where South is from there. The bird flies straight down into the pavement, not getting the concept. Luis points him the right way South and the bird heads the opposite way to the bus depot (having hurt himself when he hit the ground). |
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Cartoon | I-Ink (Angry Bird) (First: Episode 0462) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Red Cookie Hood — Cookie Monster plays Little Red Riding Hood. (First: Episode 1676) |
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Song | Bob sings Joe Raposo's "Look a Little Closer." (apple tree) (First: Episode 2654) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster shares a pair of headphones. (First: Episode 1628) |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before & after. (First: Episode 0694) |
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SCENE 5 | The Birdketeers visit the stand for Bird Information Class, where Big Bird sets up a board with images of four eggs - three small ones and one large one. After finding out which one is different with a round of "Three of These Things," Big Bird informs them about each egg; the large one turns out to be his own baby picture. |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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Muppets | Ernie tries to find another cookie with a criss-cross of icing. He has trouble matching cookies, but Cookie knows a better way to match them. (First: Episode 0169) |
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Film | Body Part Shout-Out Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0264) |
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Cartoon | A conductor conducts a choir to hum his music ("My Music"). Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1207) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon plays a game with the Birdketeers - he shows them drawings of geographical locations (a lake, mountain, and city) which need to be matched with a bird that lives there. He also has a book that he claims is full of information about birds of all types - save for Big Bird, who skates past in shades singing "la, la, la." |
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Cartoon | Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615) |
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Muppets | Grover gets under his blanket, pretending that he is on the moon. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0257) |
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SCENE 7 | Hoots the Owl takes over the night shift for Big Bird's information booth. An early bird (Rudman) comes by asking where to find some worms, so Hoots directs them to the park. He then announces the sponsors along with some bird facts that relate to them, playing his sax in-between sentences. |
Note[]
- This is one of the few episodes to not have a credit sequence, despite being a Friday episode.
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