Sesame Street | |||||||||
Oscar's phone system / Elmo imitates his friends (repeat of 2594) | |||||||||
Air date | December 4, 1990 | ||||||||
Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon exits 123 Sesame Street to find a beat-up phone booth just outside, complete with a couple of localized telephone poles and Ernestine the Telephone Operator seated at a switchboard. She explains that Oscar has set up the system, and to talk to him one must pay her a quarter and she'll phone him. Gordon becomes furious but calls Oscar anyway, who tells him the system is to make sure people won't bother him and hangs up. Not only does Gordon lose his quarter, but the cranky Ernestine refuses to take a message and goes on her break. | |
Cartoon | HEN / PEN / TEN / MEN Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 1881) | |
Film | A boy who lives in the Congo (in Africa) narrates a film of the kinds of games he and his friends play. (First: Episode 2668) | |
Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0673) | |
Muppets | Bip Bippadotta and The Androoze Sisters sing "Everybody's Song." (First: Episode 2064) | |
Cartoon | Three mayonnaise jars follow three different paths after they leave the factory. Artist: ArtistMike | |
SCENE 2 | Ernestine demonstrates to Alice how to use the telephone using Snuffy's giant toy phone. Snuffy isn't sure Alice got the message, but she did learn how to imitate Ernestine's snorting laugh. | |
Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2490) | |
Cartoon | Which legs belong on the man? (First: Episode 1691) | |
Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (First: Episode 0733) | |
Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) | |
SCENE 3 | Oscar feels a little lonely; his phone system's worked too well and nobody has bothered him in a long time. He asks Ernestine to scram for fun, but she gets upset and quits instead. When trying to get Gordon to call becomes too complicated, he abandons the system all together. | |
Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) | |
Film | Alphaquest: H Heading over the hills in a helicopter to a hippo's house. (First: Episode 2741) | |
Muppets | Elmo enjoys being Super Grover's friend and thinks they're the same. Grover tries to prove they're different. (First: Episode 2343) | |
Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. (First: Episode 1295) | |
SCENE 4 | After imitating Super Grover earlier, Elmo tells Luis at the Fix-It Shop that he's now pretending to be the Count (complete with cape, monocle, bowtie, and sash). Luis and the real Count von Count count the ways the two are similar and different. Elmo goes off to find someone to be the same as. | |
Cartoon | Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1167) | |
Film | Children dance to different rhythms from around the world. (First: Episode 2499) | |
Cartoon | An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. (First: Episode 0173) | |
Muppets / Cast | Ernie and Bert: The Picnic at the Movies — Ernie and Bert go to the movies to see a silent movie called "The Picnic." (First: Episode 2071) | |
Cartoon | A man (voice of Richard Hunt) answers the TELEPHONE and gives it to the plant. (First: Episode 1828) | |
SCENE 5 | Elmo now pretends to be the Amazing Mumford, who claims there's more to being the same than just wearing the same outfit. Mumford attempts to demonstrate by magically making Elmo's costume disappear... but only makes his own clothes disappear. Elmo offers his smaller outfit to Mumford, who leaves embarrassed. Elmo realizes he and Mumford aren't the same, but is still determined to find a match. | |
Cartoon | Sign Sounds: One Way (First: Episode 1125) | |
Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cinderella at the Ball — Kermit interviews Cinderella and Prince Charming at the ball. (First: Episode 0516) | |
Cartoon | Two boys peek into a fire house, and write HAT, HOSE, and HOOK on the window using their breath. Two dogs come by and wonder what a HAT HOSE HOOK is, but their question is answered when the fire truck leaves the station. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1204) | |
SCENE 6 | Elmo now tries to be the same as Herry Monster, but can't lift a brick pile the same way (or even at all). Elmo realizes there's no one like himself. Luis is happy to hear that, but Elmo knew it all along; he was only playing a game. He starts playing a new game - riding Luis like a horse. | |
Cartoon | A chair displays the word SIT, and a beast sits on him. (First: Episode 0399) | |
Film | A man takes two kids on a boat ride through the Louisiana bayou. (First: Episode 2520) | |
Cartoon | A girl draws in her entire body. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1008) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR". (First: Episode 0601) | |
Cartoon | A song about a rolling O Animation by John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0011) | |
SCENE 7 | Elmo's piggyback ride has finished, and he hopes one day he can be a little like Luis when he's older. Elmo then announces the sponsors (which appear in his mouth). |
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