| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Telly plays with Shira | |||||||
| Air date | May 9, 1990 | ||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird is in Bob's apartment to learn about the piano. The lesson is interrupted when Big Bird starts to feel warm but can't decide if he wants the window open or closed. Bob makes a compromise and opens it part-way so it doesn't become too chilly or warm. He begins to demonstrate different kinds of music by playing a loud march, but a bird (Martin P. Robinson) comes to the window to complain about the noise. |
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Cartoon | "Mother Brown's Farm (Number Fifteen Song)" (First: Episode 2693) |
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Muppets | The Three Little Pigs look for the Big Bad Wolf in a police line-up. (First: Episode 2541) |
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Cartoon | T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (First: Episode 1990) |
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Film | Cat block structure. (First: Episode 1824) |
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SCENE 2 | The bird has left and Bob tries to give his lesson to Big Bird, but he's now disrupted by the sound of his telephone, doorbell, and Oscar, who drowns out the piano music with the honking of his Sloppy Jalopy below. Bob shuts the window in a huff... when Big Bird claims he feels hot again. |
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Cartoon | A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle. (First: Episode 1834) |
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Muppets | Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers. (First: Episode 0366) |
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Cartoon | Gloria talks about 'W' (First: Episode 0806) |
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Film | A girl visits the stamp factory to see how stamps are made. (First: Episode 2263) |
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Cartoon | Number creatures 15 (First: Episode 2693) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) interviews Oscar about his sock collection. (First: Episode 2696) |
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Cartoon | Maria (in voice-over) counts five oranges, which are then eaten by a snake. (First: Episode 2380) |
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Muppets | Grover talks about the word walk. He is accompanied by styrofoam letters that form the word walk, and they keep walking back and forth. (First: Episode 1692) |
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Animation | Geometry of Circles #3 "Six Colored Circles" (First: Episode 1395) |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn and The Count are contestants on "Squeal of Fortune." (First: Episode 2331) |
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Cartoon | A man shows the difference between a regular slice of bread and a toasted one. (First: Episode 1497) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon sings "Animal Signing" as he, Linda, and the kids use their hands to make signs for various animals. |
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Cartoon | T for Turtle Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1146) |
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Film | A boy who lives in Arizona narrates a film of himself and his family, who travel through a canyon with their sheep to stay at their summer house. (First: Episode 2678) |
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Cartoon | An ant is pressured by his peers to finish the anthill all by himself, until he enlists the cooperation of the others. (First: Episode 1478) |
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Muppets | A series of trailers for school-related dramas are shown on WCTW's "School in the Afternoon" block. (First: Episode 2223) |
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Cartoon | A janitor sweeps up his own footprints the wrong way, then the right way. Just then, a giant centipede leaves tracks all over the floor. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0247) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly wants to play ball with Shira, a young girl sitting in the yard. He calls out to her, but she doesn't respond. Gordon and Linda point out that Shira is deaf and can't hear him. Telly makes some physical contact to get her attention, and manages to ask her to play. |
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Cartoon | W for Wash (First: Episode 0485) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep." (First: Episode 1705) |
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Cartoon | An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling. (First: Episode 0555) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit and Kimberly talk about how they're "different" and the "same." (First: Episode 1453) |
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Cartoon | Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t. (First: Episode 2223) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly and Shira draw and color together when Shira proposes they get some ice cream at Hooper's Store. Telly is unable to understand her signs and goes into a panicky fit. Shira draws a picture of some ice cream and points to the store, making Telly understand her idea. |
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Animation | A scoop of ice cream makes its way to the top of a cone. (First: Episode 0505) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word "hop" and starts hopping. (First: Episode 1482) |
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Cartoon | AMOR, amor, amor ... amoramor ... amoramor (First: Episode 2116) |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Sloth (First: Episode 2500) |
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Cartoon | An animated number 15 sings "How Hard It Is to Be 15" to a child who is trying to count from 1 to 20, but can't remember 15. |
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Muppets | Clementine and Elmo sing a song about things that are "Important." (First: Episode 2702) |
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Cartoon | A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird. (First: Episode 1616) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly and Shira have done many other activities now (as evident by all the playthings strewn about the street). Gordon and Linda must take her back home, but Shira teaches Telly a new sign to describe him - "friend." Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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