| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Telly loves Oscar | |||||||||
| Air date | December 31, 1990 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Lou Berger | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Holding a suitcase, Telly bangs on Oscar's trash can to let Oscar know that he will be away visiting his cousin for... one whole day! Telly fears that Oscar will miss him in his absence, so he has prepared all kinds of love messages to remind him - though Oscar is more disgusted than sad. |
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Once Telly leaves, Oscar gets a singing telegram delivered from a tap-dancing Anything Muppet (David Rudman). |
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Cartoon | "O Imagination" Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Karlena talk about the word "love" on a sign. (First: Episode 2392) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Weaver Bird." (First: Episode 0372) |
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Cartoon | A man walks in an IN. (First: Episode 0511) |
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Muppets | Kermit describes the times it is appropriate to use the in and out doors. To his dismay, a group of monsters keeps going out the in door. (First: Episode 2220) |
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Cartoon | Gloria Globe appears sick and ailing, because of pollution and damage to the planet. Only by taking better care of the Earth can Gloria become well again. |
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Film | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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SCENE 2 | For the second love message, Snuffy and Slimey dress up in Telly masks and visit Oscar, who insists that he is not sad and doesn't miss Telly at all. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Just then, the real Telly comes back to report that his mom's car has broken down and he won't be able to visit his cousin today. He tells Oscar to pretend he isn't here as the rest of Telly's surprises are delivered to him - including the Sub-Human Cannonball, who blasts all the way from the circus. |
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Cartoon | A top-hatted man tries to show a girl how many uses a box has, but she prefers kicking it. (First: Episode 0763) |
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Film | Cat block structure. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Muppets | "African Alphabet Song" (First: Episode 2360) |
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Cartoon | Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (First: Episode 0516) |
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Film | Letter O hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | "Would You Like to Buy an O?" (First: Episode 0364) |
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Film | Two kids visit the police department and watch a policeman prepare some horses for a parade happening in New York City. The kids even get to ride the horses and watch the parade. (First: Episode 1243) |
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SCENE 3 | Yet another one of Telly's surprises happens: a police officer (Jim Martin) comes by to help Oscar by letting him know that Telly loves him. The officer gives a spiel about a policeman's duty to help those in need, and presents a Polaroid photo of Telly (the "missing person"). |
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Film | Alphaquest: H Heading over the hills in a helicopter to a hippo's house. (First: Episode 2741) |
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Cartoon | "Sing a Song of Fourteen" (First: Episode 2670) |
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Film | Kids climb in and out of a tire. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar doesn't like pretending that Telly's away, so instead he pretends that Telly has come home. Before he can, Telly believes he should first pretend to get ready going home by packing his pretend suitcase, getting into the pretend car, and going on the long pretend drive. Just then, a barbershop quartet (Bob, Susan, Luis, and Gina) shows up to sing "He's almost hoooooome, so don't miss him anymoooooore!" |
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Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0673) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Brad's Bath — It's time for Bert to give his nephew, Brad, a bath, but Ernie thinks the tub needs some toys. (First: Episode 1134) |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop is asked to carry a guest's two small (but heavy) bags to room 14. (First: Episode 2571) |
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Film | Milk! (From Farm To Market To Home) (First: Episode 0795) |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets | Elmo writes his own song and sings it for Big Bird and Snuffy, who then wish that they had their own songs. Elmo lets them insert their own names into the lyrics, resulting in "Big Bird's Song" and "Snuffy's Song." (First: Episode 2710) |
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Animation | Number creatures #14 (First: Episode 2712) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Cab Calloway and the Count sing "I Want to Count." (First: Episode 1545) |
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Cartoon | An alien comes across a pair of tree trunks; one with multi-colored leaves, the other without. He finds and grows leaves to mount on the other tree, then strings a hammock between the two. (First: Episode 1451) |
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Film | Operation Playground: A group of students at P.S. 87 come up with ideas for a new playground, and raise money for the effort. Together with their parents and other people from the neighborhood, they build the playground. (First: Episode 2360) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Headphones — The monster listens to some funky music on headphones. (First: Episode 1628) |
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Animation | Un rectangulo (First: Episode 1630) |
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Muppets | At night, Ernie sings "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon." (First: Episode 1910) |
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Cartoon | The moon listens to everyone say "Good night" in different languages. (First: Episode 2243) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly has finally "returned" from his pretend trip, and showers Oscar with a big hug and kiss. Gina announces the sponsors. |
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