| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Getting lunch for Oscar | |||||||
| Air date | April 24, 1990 | ||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gina drops off the broken Hooper's Store toaster with Luis, who assures her he can have it fixed within a few minutes. As he tends to a phone call inside the Fix-It Shop (taking the toaster with him), Maria strolls by with Gabi and shows the viewer a very beat-up toaster she found, looking very similar to the one Gina brought over. She places it on the workbench to salvage some of the parts and continues her walk. Elmo has been sent by Gina to retrieve the toaster and finds the beat-up one; he doesn't think it looks fixed, but takes it anyway. Luis comes back out and starts working on Gina's toaster. Maria comes by again and is impressed with Luis' skills, believing he's just fixed the beat-up one she had. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Gina is appalled at the toaster Elmo has brought back; Elmo hopes this won't lead to an argument. After Maria tells them about Luis' great work, Luis enters with Gina's toaster, fully repaired. When Gina pulls out Maria's beat-up one, Luis comments that nobody is good enough to fix something like that. Gina and Elmo shower Luis with praise, which he bewilderedly accepts. |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (First: Episode 0427) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Get Moving — Bert joins Ernie in listening to a radio exercise program. (First: Episode 1025) |
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Film / Animation | Lake (time-lapse) (First: Episode 2700) |
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Cartoon | Knights use different words for "big." Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1985) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo orders 100 marbles from Gina. She doesn't have time to count each individual one and asks if the Count could instead. He uncharacteristically declines and says he's saving his counting energy to count Big Bird's feathers later. Gina begins doing it herself but loses track whenever the Count tries to bring her attention to something, which turns out to be a simple solution - read the jar's label (which says "100 Marbles"). Gina simply hands the jar to Elmo, who now orders 200 jellybeans. |
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Film | To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. (First: Episode 0156) |
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Cartoon | A mother bird adds her eggs that hatch. (First: Episode 2230) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Prince Charming Looks for Cinderella — A surprising suitor fits Prince Charming's glass slipper. (First: Episode 1233) |
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Cartoon | R for rose (First: Episode 2363) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has been spending the day in the park with Oscar, who is still there playing in the mudbox. Telly has come to Hooper's to get themselves lunch, but he can't remember what Oscar wanted to eat. Gina gives him a pen and paper to write it down upon returning to the park. |
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Cartoon | The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events. (First: Episode 1113) |
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Muppets | Ice Follies: Grover and Cookie Monster get into zany antics as they try to play leap frog. (First: Episode 0795) |
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Cartoon | Kids count dinosaurs, octopuses, and paper dolls. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Song | 14 Karat Soul sings “Hand Talk." (First: Episode 2622) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Linda Ronstadt sings "La Charreada" with Elmo and Parker. (First: Episode 2540) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon - I: An iron irons the word. (First: Episode 0314) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly returns to the store, unable to write down Oscar's order - he doesn't know how to spell "pickle." Gina dictates the letters to him. |
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Cartoon | Five butterflies Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1471) |
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Film | A garfish swims around. (First: Episode 0254) |
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Cartoon | Stop-motion NUTS (First: Episode 1178) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Batty Bat." (First: Episode 2096) |
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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 | Gina has prepared both lunches, when Telly realizes he's left her pen back in the park. Oscar comes in to return it, tired of Telly's back-and-forth panicking. Telly is overly appreciative of Oscar, who runs out in disgust. Telly follows, forgetting their lunches. |
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Cartoon | R for Rhinoceros (poem) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1151) |
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Muppets | Here Is Your Life: Guy Smiley salutes the life of a house, 2102 Shady Lane, with visits from Frank Lloyd Left the architect, Mr. Bricklayer and Ms. Carpenter who built the house, Tommy and Sally Wilson, children of the family that once lived in the house, and even 2104 Shady Lane, the house that used to be located next door to 2102 Shady Lane, before it was replaced with a highway. (First: Episode 2225) |
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Film | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) |
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Cartoon | A lost number 5 looks for his brother. (First: Episode 0934) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird asks the mail carrier (Jerry Nelson) if he has any mail for him. The mail carrier laughs at the fact that a big bird is named Big Bird, and has no mail for him. Big Bird feels a little insulted and wonders what it would be like having a name like Bob. He imagines himself being named Bob, while Bob is named Big Bird. The human receives some birdseed cookies from Granny Birdwhistle, while the bird is given a missing sweater. Big Bird realizes he likes his name as is, but warns Bob not to accept any birdseed cookies. |
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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 and Bert: Bart Visits — Ernie notes the differences between Bert and his brother Bart. (First: Episode 0594) |
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Film | Five dancers disappear one by one, until there are none left. (First: Episode 0675) |
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Cartoon | When a bird pops a balloon, the balls represent Sad and Happy. (First: Episode 2102) |
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SCENE 7 | Gina takes her break from work and feels like visiting someone, but notices everyone else on the street is invested in other activities. She decides to just sit and listen to her new cassette, when suddenly everyone's activities spill over to her and make tons of noise. Luis, having finished Bob's metronome, announces the sponsors before joining the others. |
Notes[]
- All of the street scenes for this episode were used in previous shows from the 1970s. Scenes 1 and 7 were originally from Episode 0935, and the rest were from Episode 0829.
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