| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Rebuilding Hooper's Store — Grand Reopening of Hooper's Store | |||||||||
| Air date | January 18, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | John Weidman | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Handford greets the viewer to a special day on Sesame Street. Everyone has spent all week rebuilding Hooper's Store, and today will be the grand reopening of the street's special gathering place. Outside the store, he encounters a dozing Big Bird, Snuffy, and Bob. Mr. Handford wakes Bob to find out what they're doing there. |
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SCENE 1, cont'd |
In a flashback from yesterday afternoon, Big Bird and Snuffy are "steamed" at the thought of having a different Hooper's Store. Bob explains to them that things change, which does not automatically mean things are worse or better. Big Bird and Snuffy hadn't thought of this, and begin to look forward to the opening. |
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SCENE 1, cont'd |
Back in the present, Mr. Handford still doesn't understand why everybody is sleeping outside. Bob attempts to answer this, but is engulfed in feathers and fur when Big Bird and Snuffy change their sleeping positions. |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Cartoon | V in space (First: Episode 0481) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster acts out different feelings. (First: Episode 1982) |
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Cartoon | A man illustrates 'between' in various situations throughout his work day. (First: Episode 0779) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Handford manages to free Bob from Big Bird and Snuffy's tight grip so he can continue. In the next part of Bob's story, Big Bird and Snuffy are even more steamed because they want to be first in the new store, but they can't because Snuffy's mommy informed them that they had to have a grown-up willing to spend the night "on line" with them. Bob almost sneaks away from the position when he realizes he is the only available option, especially when Big Bird and Snuffy vent how it was Bob's fault for getting them excited in the first place. He doesn't get too far when the two friends get an idea and politely begin to ask, "Oh, Bob..." In present day, Big Bird and Snuffy wake up only to learn that it's still not time to open Hooper's Store, smothering Bob once more as they get some extra sleep. |
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Film | A percussionist on the beach talks about how rhythm is everywhere, such as in breaking waves, walking and horse galloping. (edited) (First: Episode 0032) |
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Cartoon | The Carrot Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover tells Mr. Johnson the menu, which has the items numbered. Number 9 is the special of the day. It turns out to be a real number nine, but Mr. Johnson doesn't want it. (It's medium rare, and he likes his nines well-done.) (First: Episode 1377) |
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Cartoon | A girl picks the key that matches the keyhole in order to gain access to a cache of toys. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2050) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Handford shows off the interior of the new store to the viewer, and Gina steps in for the first time. Telly (wearing a firefighter's hat) and Juliet barge in with an "emergency." They are afraid that if the new stools are uncomfortable, Telly won't be able to drink his milk, won't grow big and strong, and therefore won't be able to become a fireman when he gets older. Mr. Handford pours him a glass of milk to calm his nerves, Telly drinks it down, and before they realize what he's just done, Telly's problem is solved! |
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Film | Wegman: Fay shows on the bench and under the bench. (First: Episode 2653) |
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Cartoon | Vitamins give vim, vigor and vitality to a droopy V Artist: John Hubley (First: Episode 0311) |
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Film | Jerry Nelson sings "The Inside Story," which shows what's inside various household objects. (First: Episode 2724) |
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Cartoon | G for Giggle (First: Episode 0357) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert goes out to mail a letter, and depends on Ernie to let him in when he knocks. Instead of letting Bert in, Ernie repeats his knocks on the drums. (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | A dog, a girl and a lizard dance to a bongo beat. Artist: Karen Aqua |
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SCENE 4 | Gina and Mr. Handford are excited about all of the new shirts and giveaways they have for their customers to celebrate when Don Music crams his piano into the store. He plays the song he's written in honor of the reopening, but he can't recall the last word that rhymes with "seed." After several wrong attempts (and banging his head on the piano offscreen), Gina and Mr. Handford tell him that it's "need" that rhymes with "seed." Don, with some Anything Muppet backup singers who pop up out of nowhere, performs a definitive version. |
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Cartoon | Words that rhyme with BALL (voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler) (First: Episode 0773) |
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Film | Kids take swimming lessons in the pool (First: Episode 1232) |
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Cartoon | David reminds a boy to wash his face and brush his teeth before going to bed. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Film | Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | A man finds and eats five apples, counting the number left after each one. (First: Episode 1578) |
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Film | Island (in sped-up film, kids travel to an island) (First: Episode 2731) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: Coffee (First: Episode 1169) |
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SCENE 5 | A long line has formed in front of Hooper's Store, stretching all the way to Oscar's trash can. Everyone (including Mike, Jelani, Maria, Luis, a few kids, Linda, Alex, a couple of Honkers, Gordon, Susan, Miles, Uncle Wally, and a still tired Bob) chatters in excitement about the big moment. The Count observes his pocket watch and begins a countdown, and Gina and Mr. Handford welcome everyone to come in. Big Bird stops the festivities when he realizes that while he and Snuffy are both first on the line, only one of them can be the first one into the store. Big Bird lets Snuffy go first, and the Count begins a second countdown. Snuffy proudly marches forward, but he winds up stuck in the doorway! Some of the others enter the back door (followed by the Count to do yet another countdown) and push Snuffy back outside before the rest of the crowd piles into the store. Even though Snuffy technically wasn't the first one in, Big Bird does say he's the first one to get stuck trying to get in. They get a good laugh and join the others as the shirts, bags, and hats printed with the "Hooper's Store" logo are passed around. |
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Cartoon | Rap #9 (First: Episode 2509) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Robin Williams asks Elmo and the kids whether they would allow a nonsense talking, horned two-headed stranger to play baseball with them. The Two-Headed Monster shows up to play. |
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Animation | New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball. (First: Episode 0777) |
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Film | At a fiesta, a group of kids try to break through a piñata. (First: Episode 0620) |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: The parachute becomes a large mattress. (First: Episode 2245) |
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SCENE 6 | At night, Gina and Mr. Handford are alone in the store as "everybody who's anybody" has been there... except for Oscar, who stands outside at a distance carried by Bruno. He's sure he'll hate the new store as it'll be all brand new and shiny, but becomes impressed when he sees the big mess the party has made. Oscar believes it'll take them all night to get the store back in shape, but when Maria, Mike, and others show up to help clean, Oscar can't handle the cooperation and leaves. |
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Cartoon | 9 Ants Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1485) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "Get Along" with some Anything Muppet greasers, the Martians, the Twiddlebugs, and a cow. (First: Episode 2600) |
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Cartoon | A gorilla applies for a job at the Gerfner Employment Agency. (First: Episode 0131) |
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SCENE 7 | Biff, Sully, and Stella have framed Mr. Handford's first dollar bill he earned from the store's re-opening and offer to hang it up for him on the wall. Since Biff is the one who caused the collapse of the original store in the first place, Mr. Handford insists on doing it himself instead. Gina announces the sponsors as he does so, followed by the nighttime version of the credit crawl from Episode 2255. |
Notes[]
- The two Anything Muppets that assist Don Music in his song previously appeared as extras for the Randy Travis song "You Gotta Ask Some Questions."
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