| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Gina buys fish | |||||||||
| Air date | February 13, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Early in the morning, Gina returns to Hooper's Store with some fish. She speaks to the viewer quietly, mainly wanting to keep Wolfgang the Seal from hearing about them and allowing his barking to wake everyone up. She makes it inside, but Wolfgang manages to sneak in behind her and appears when she says "fish." He chases her around the store and barks loudly, waking everyone around up. She throws him out and he sadly sulks away, but she has a feeling he'll be back... |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2490) |
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Animation | Where do the a's fit? (First: Episode 1586) |
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Muppets | Mysterious Theater: Dial M for Mother! — Sherlock Hemlock tries to figure out what he needs to call his mother before Big Ben strikes midnight... as he stands next to a London telephone booth. The message Sherlock has is to wish his mother a happy birthday. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Cartoon | "Seven Sweet Sopranos" on a shaky piano Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1656) |
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SCENE 2 | Gina prepares the fish as today's lunch special, saving one in particular for Luis. Wolfgang wheels his horns over to the store and starts playing "Frere Jacques." Gina notes that Uncle Wally always rewards Wolfgang's playing with a fish and allows him to have one. He then starts playing "Feelings" and Gina, feeling guilty, gives him another fish. When Luis enters, he sees Wolfgang playing and rewards him with the last fish, only to realize he's given up his lunch. |
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Cartoon | "Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257) |
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Film | In an Alaskan village, a doctor makes a regular visit to a clinic. (First: Episode 2390) |
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Cartoon | A man chases a runaway "no". (First: Episode 0794) |
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Muppets | Bip Bippadotta and The Androoze Sisters sing "Everybody's Song." (First: Episode 2064) |
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Cartoon | Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2727) |
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Insert | Big Bird and Snuffy sing a guessing game song about each other. |
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Animation | Two balls follow an arrow down a hole. (First: Episode 2035) |
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Film | Sounds Around the House v1: a dripping water faucet, a man playing the violin, a woman vacuuming, a teenager listening to pop music, and a passing elevated train. (First: Episode 1706) |
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Muppets | "We Got a Brand New Baby" (First: Episode 2061) |
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Animation | D / d (drums and drumsticks) (First: Episode 2188) |
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Celebrity | Billy Joel sings the alphabet with Anything Muppets and kids. (First: Episode 2562) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989) |
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Film | Looking for shapes in a metal junkyard (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 2702) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Me Gotta Be Blue." (First: Episode 1828) |
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Animation | Sand A/a (First: Episode 0628) |
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Film | A boy who lives in Arizona narrates a film of himself and his family, who travel through a canyon with their sheep to stay at their summer house. (First: Episode 2678) |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over a cat and a dog, who chase each other around the fence. (First: Episode 1210) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird, Elmo, and the kids don D-shirts, declaring today to be "D Day." After Elmo warms everybody up with some exercises, they all start to duck, which ends up attracting a real duck. The duck has its own D-shirt, and proceeds to duck as well. |
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Cartoon | Don't cross the street alone. (First: Episode 1942) |
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Muppets | Pageant: The Four Seasons (First: Episode 1165) |
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Cartoon | A dog tries desperately to meow, but can only bark. (First: Episode 0829) |
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Film | Megan goes to the doctor and gets a cast on her arm so it can heal. (First: Episode 1205) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "I Love My Elbows." (First: Episode 2582) |
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Cartoon | Seven piglets Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1546) |
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SCENE 4 | Snuffy and Barkley join the D Day celebration, as everyone pretends to be another D word - dog. They all agree that Barkley does it the best. |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle." Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 2404) |
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Muppets | Professor Grover, in graduation cap, takes a bath and talks to the viewers about baths. He mentions everything except the water, when his Mommy comes in and turns on the water. (First: Episode 1992) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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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 | An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A. |
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SCENE 5 | Gina gets three more fish for lunch and accidentally utters it aloud, attracting Wolfgang back to the store. "Why do I bother?" she asks before proceeding to feed Wolfgang. Luis announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later repeated in Season 24 as Episode 3032.
- Voices for the neighbors heard yelling at Wolfgang to keep quiet during scene 1 include Martin P. Robinson, Caroll Spinney (as Oscar), Jim Martin, Lillias White, and Kevin Clash.
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