| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Big Bird makes a magazine / Cowboy X vs. Cowboy O | |||||||||
| Air date | December 27, 1990 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob informs the viewer that Uncle Wally, currently carrying a large load of items, will show how to count to 40. He points out to Wally that he doesn't have 40 items, but Uncle Wally states they're part of his plan to get Oscar to do it instead. He hangs around the trash can and sets out a small picnic on a table when Oscar tells him to beat it, giving him the count of 10 to leave. Uncle Wally reasons that won't be enough time, so Oscar eventually agrees to give a count of 40 to collect his many things and leave. Bob and Uncle Wally slap a high-five for a trick well done before going. |
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Cartoon | A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Film | A girl wants to learn a playground rhyme after watching some other girls do it, so one of them teaches her. (First: Episode 2284) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Brings Home a Surprise — Ernie brings a puppy home as a surprise for Bert. (First: Episode 1956) |
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Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0673) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird is bored and looks for something to do. He sees Bob enjoying himself as he reads the latest issue of Crescendo Magazine. Bob explains what the magazine is and how it comes together, inspiring Big Bird to create his own. |
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Animation | "The King of Eight" (First: Episode 0225) |
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Film | Looking for shapes in a metal junkyard (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 2702) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Guys and Dolls — Herry and Ruby sing about their favorite toys. (First: Episode 2591) |
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Cartoon | The wind blows one hat after another off a pig's head, onto the heads of birds. "The wind is very, very strong." (First: Episode 2378) |
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Film / Animation | Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them. (First: Episode 1802) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob stops by Big Bird's nest, where Big Bird is just about done creating the first issue of his magazine, titled Me - naturally, it's all about himself. Bob is skeptical that people are going to want to read Big Bird's magazine every week, and leaves with an idea. |
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Cartoon | A dinosaur tries to move around a rock. (First: Episode 2744) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids (upside-down girl) (First: Episode 0413) |
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Cartoon | Little girl and cat (she imagines role reversal) (First: Episode 0784) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "Do-Op Hop". (First: Episode 2071) |
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Cartoon | Worms form the number 8. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1563) |
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Muppets | Granny Snuffle demonstrates addition using coconuts. (First: Episode 2563) |
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Cartoon | A boy finds a set of doors with animals that make the wrong sound, and swaps the doors to correct them. (First: Episode 2711) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob makes his own custom magazine, titled Bob, to show Big Bird how off-putting his self-focused magazine might be. Big Bird is instead very interested in reading Bob and trades issues. Uncle Wally happens by and asks to borrow the copy of Me. |
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Cartoon | A man visits the police department to report a lost person and make sure the officer's sketch matches what he describes. (First: Episode 1609) |
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Film | Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | "Sing After Me" by Grover and Madeline Kahn. (First: Episode 1112) |
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Cartoon | A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. (First: Episode 1652) |
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SCENE 5 | Bob and Uncle Wally hang out chatting when they see that Cowboy X himself has arrived on the block (with his horse Duke). Given what they heard about the citizens of Sniddler's Gulch, they worry about all the X's he'll print over Sesame Street, when another cowpoke arrives - Cowboy O. Neither cowboy backs down when confronted by Bob and Wally, and are ready to make their patented X's and O's... which they wind up doing on a tic-tac-toe board. |
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Cartoon | "Alphabet Jungle" (First: Episode 2733) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street Game Shows: The Count is a contestant on Beat the Time, where today's wacky stunt is to bring back two things that come from the sky before the time runs out. The Count has too much fun counting the seconds, but ends up bringing his thunder and lightning. (First: Episode 1698) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film of what happens when it changes from fall to winter. (First: Episode 2459) |
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SCENE 6 | Cowboys X and O have finished another of several games and take a break. They recall the first time they ever played together at Miss Matty's Milk Bar. In a flashback, Miss Matty serves Cowboy X a piece of paper. It turns out to be the last one in the joint, upsetting Cowboy O, who wants one, too. They start to fight until Miss Matty gets them to share the paper by teaching them how to play tic-tac-toe. |
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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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Cast | Maria as Chaplin tries to throw away a newspaper into a rapidly moving litter can. When she finally does, the exit door also moves and she breaks down the wall. (First: Episode 0753) |
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Cartoon | The letter X appears on-screen. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about the letter X. (First: Episode 0560) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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SCENE 7 | Two kids have joined the cowpokes in the tic-tac-toe fun. Cowboy X is about to win his latest match with Cowboy O, but accidentally stamps an X right on Duke's muzzle. Big Bird announces the sponsors as everyone gets a good laugh. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Martin P. Robinson as Duke.
- Most of the cowpokes at Miss Matty's Milk Bar are later seen in Episode 2825, when Noel Cowherd recalls meeting with Billy the Grownup. The piano underscore used at Miss Matty's was also played by Buster the Horse in another saloon scene, when Forgetful Jones tries to figure out the name of a song.
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