| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Oscar's animal stampede | |||||||||
| Air date | January 24, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Bob asks Oscar why he's holding up a STOP sign. Oscar tells him that he's currently stopping something and finds it hard to describe what's being stopped. He decides to show Bob instead and lowers the sign. Suddenly, Bob gets caught in a large stampede of animals (scored by the "William Tell Overture"). |
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Cartoon | Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion) (First: Episode 0776) |
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Film | Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack) (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cartoon | M for Mail (First: Episode 0013) |
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Cast / Muppets | Olivia sings about her "One Two Blues" with two Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 1493) |
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Animation | A square tries to fit in a similarly-shaped part of a large geometric shape. (First: Episode 1599) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob now finds Oscar counting backwards from 10, with a counter in the corner of the screen. Once he reaches 0, the animal stampede returns to sweep up Bob. |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 12 fluttering finches. (First: Episode 1295) |
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Muppets | Ernie is tossing and turning in bed. He sings to the viewers how he feels "When Bert's Not Here." (First: Episode 2208) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - boy (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | A girl explains the concept of relativity by explaining how her house is a part of a neighborhood, the neighborhood is part of a city, the city is part of a country, etc. (First: Episode 2742) |
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Muppets | Spaceship Surprise The crew lands on the Planet CH, where they are greeted by Chunky Cheese. (First: Episode 2414) |
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Cartoon | C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob keeps his distance from Oscar, who wants to ask him an important question. Bob goes home and gets a phone call from Oscar, asking about his apartment number. Bob tells him it's #2B and soon after, a pig (David Rudman) arrives to confirm the address. When Bob says yes, the pig yells, "THIS IS IT!" and the animal stampede runs through his door. |
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Cartoon | The boss of Muzby's Treetop Flowers tells his secretary that he doesn't want any calls unless they're important. Employee Henry tries to make an important call while hanging out on a limb. (First: Episode 2747) |
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Song | "Playground Map Song" (First: Episode 2680) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rumplestiltskin — Kermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name. (First: Episode 0724) |
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Cartoon | Are you the monster that ate the television? (First: Episode 1970) |
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Song | Luis sings "Three of These Kids" -- three kids are playing basketball, and one is playing baseball. (First: Episode 0418) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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SCENE 4 | Flo Bear and Gladys the Cow cooperate to write a story called "The Little Girl." Throughout the process, Gladys suggests a cow be mentioned whenever Flo uses a simile, as she feels a cow is the best animal for each example. Flo has to keep correcting her until she gives in and says the girl can moo like a cow. |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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Cast | (Same and Different) Maria and Linda dress the same, then Linda dresses differently. (First: Episode 1819) |
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Animation | M / m (Gordon voiceover) (First: Episode 2232) |
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Film | Children dance to different rhythms from around the world. (First: Episode 2499) |
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Animation | "We Are Kids From Far and Wide": A girl describes the preparation for the Galungan festival in Bali, Indonesia. (First: Episode 2750) |
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SCENE 5 | Forgetful Jones returns to the street after a tiring day of cowpoke work (poking cows) and tries to sit in a chair Gordon has just painted. Gordon stops him before he can, when Forgetful notices Gordon has some paint somewhere on his face, but can't remember the name. Gordon finally wipes the paint off his nose and Forgetful sits down in the wet chair, feeling tuckered out from all that remembering. |
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Cartoon | A flea sets up camp on a dog. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1004) |
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Film | Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. Music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917) |
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Cartoon | The Bridgekeeper: Square (First: Episode 1618) |
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Muppets | "M-M-M Monster Meal" (First: Episode 0380) |
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Cartoon | A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT. (First: Episode 0304) |
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Film | Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. (First: Episode 0772) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly tells Gordon that he wants to cooperate with Oscar, and comes up with a way he can despite the Grouch's contrary nature. He announces a demonstration of "open" and "closed," which Oscar unwittingly demonstrates by going in and out of his trash can. |
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Cartoon | The Square (First: Episode 0536) |
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Muppets | The Count sings about what he does when there's "Nothing to Count" - he imagines counting birdies and elephants. (First: Episode 1940) |
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Animation | Three balls compare sizes. An orange ball (voiced by Daws Butler) boasts that he's the smallest, until his little brother comes onto the scene. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Film | A zydeco band plays "Bayou Pon Pon" while people dance and the townspeople of New Orleans wave at the camera. (First: Episode 2502) |
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Cartoon | "Love" word animation (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 7 | Bob finds Telly standing around, practicing saying "Look out!" as instructed by Oscar. He alerts Telly to say it for real now, as the animal stampede plows Bob once again. Oscar then coaches Telly through announcing the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- One of the animals in the stampede is a bear puppet that would go on to become Baby Bear, who would make his debut later in season 22.
Gallery[]
An outtake from scene 5, seen in the documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street.
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