| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Uses for an oatmeal box | |||||||||
| Air date | February 4, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Elmo and Zelda have been given some empty oatmeal boxes to play with from Gina. Luis helps them use the boxes as a secret telephone device. Elmo thinks they can imagine being secret agents, and pictures himself, Zelda, and Luis dressed in trenchcoats and fedoras on a foggy Sesame Street. They use their "phones" to communicate a secret message to each other from opposite sides of the street - the alphabet. |
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Cartoon | A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from. (First: Episode 2248) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and The Beetles sing "Hey Food." (First: Episode 1815) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about her skin. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2611) |
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Film | Orangutans playing (piano music) (First: Episode 2486) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Rapunzel — Prince Charming attempts to rescue Rapunzel from the tower. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | Three owls blink. (Gordon VO) Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1469) |
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Song | "Conga Counting Song" (First: Episode 2778) |
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SCENE 2 | Gina helps Elmo and Zelda turn the oatmeal boxes into hats. They remind Elmo of the kind of hats the royal guards wear when protecting the Queen, and they begin to imagine themselves as such... |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | In their imagination, the royal letter carrier and the royal dry cleaner arrive (both played by David Rudman), but neither know the password (“oatmeal”), so Elmo and Zelda take the Queen's goods on her behalf. Finally, the Queen (Gina, speaking with a Bronx accent) reveals that she has been behind them the whole time and promotes them to captains of the guard, rewarding them with oatmeal cookies. |
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Cartoon | A map of Brazil morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Prepares for His Bath — Bert scoffs at Ernie bringing an umbrella, a flashlight, and a bowling ball to the bathtub. (First: Episode 0269) |
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Film | A little girl narrates a film about how cans can be recycled. She washes them and collects them in a wagon, which she takes to the recycling center. There it is sorted and separated with a magnet. After its loaded onto trucks, it is taken to a factory to be melted and shaped into new cans like the ones seen in her fridge at home. (First: Episode 2740) |
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Cartoon | AMOR, amor, amor ... amoramor ... amoramor ... (First: Episode 2116) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving." (First: Episode 2095) |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly argue over whether to get a pet cat or a dog, so their mom gets them a turtle instead. (First: Episode 1314) |
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Celebrity | 14 Karat Soul sings "The Alphabet Song," followed by "The ABCs of Love." (First: Episode 1675) |
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Cartoon | A man has a J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "I Like Alaska," along with a montage of kids saying what their hobbies are, and what they like about their community. (First: Episode 2356) |
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Cartoon | What does the word COLD match with? (First: Episode 2087) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon." (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word snow, and Gordon gets snowed on. (First: Episode 2712) |
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Cartoon | Campers don't want to play ring toss with Zork, until their counselor reminds them not to be judgmental. (First: Episode 2761) |
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Celebrity | Isaac Stern plays "Follow the Fiddler" with Big Bird and the kids, who alter the way they move based on the song Issac plays. (First: Episode 2658) |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin. (First: Episode 1513) |
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Muppets | Sneak Peek Previews: The Last Emperor — Telly and Oscar watch a film where monster emperors show "first" and "last." (First: Episode 2607) |
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Cartoon | With the help of his assistant, Dr. Geo shows the viewer what a mountain is. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2772) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster finishes drinking milk, and doesn't know what to do with the cartons at first, but gets the idea to "recycle" them and play with them like a train. (First: Episode 2726) |
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Cartoon | P is for Pillow (First: Episode 0374) |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy notices his friend Alice wanting to join a baseball game. He gives her the idea to go over there and ask them if she can play. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1900) |
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Cartoon | A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing" ... and promptly wiggle around. Artist: James Rizzi (First: Episode 0787) |
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SCENE 3 | At Hooper's Store, Gina shows Luis, Zelda, and Elmo something else an oatmeal container can be used for - to make oatmeal. She assures Elmo that the dry, flaky contents from a full container will become oatmeal and starts to prepare some. Gina says it will take about 40 seconds to cook, so Elmo invites the viewer to count along... |
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Animation | A voiceover counts forty dots, each one rising on a musical scale as their colors shift from red to orange. (First: Episode 2406) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Everyone enjoys the oatmeal, but Elmo prefers using the container as a drum. He keeps drumming (and singing "Babalu!") as Hoots announces the sponsors. |
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