Sesame Street | |||||||
Gina buys fish | |||||||
Air date | February 13, 1991 | ||||||
Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||
|
Picture | Segment | Description |
---|---|---|
SCENE 1 | Early in the morning, Gina returns to Hooper's Store with some fish. She speaks to the viewer quietly, as to not wake up her neighbors, but also to keep Wolfgang the Seal from hearing about them and allowing his barking to wake everyone up. She makes it inside, but Wolfgang appears she she says "fish." He barks loudly, waking everyone around up. She tells him he can't have any fish, so he leaves, but she has a feeling he'll be back... | |
Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2490) | |
Animation | Where do the a's fit? (First: Episode 1586) | |
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 he has is to wish her a happy birthday. (First: Episode 2727) | |
Cartoon | "Seven Sweet Sopranos" on a shaky piano Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1656) | |
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. | |
Cartoon | "Five Baby Oysters" (EKA: Episode 2257) | |
Film | In an Alaskan village, a doctor makes a regular visit to a clinic. (EKA: Episode 2410) | |
Cartoon | A man chases a runaway "no". (First: Episode 0794) | |
Muppets | Bip Bippadotta and The Androoze Sisters sing "Everybody's Song." (First: Episode 2064) | |
Cartoon | Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2727) | |
Insert | Big Bird and Snuffy sing a guessing game song about each other. | |
Animation | Two balls follow an arrow down a hole. (EKA: Episode 2096) | |
Film | Sounds Around the House with Violin (First: Episode 1706) | |
Muppets | "We Got a Brand New Baby" (EKA: Episode 2004) | |
Animation | D / d (drums and drumsticks) (EKA: Episode 2326) | |
Celebrity | Billy Joel sings the alphabet with Anything Muppets and kids. (First: Episode 2562) | |
Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989) | |
Film | Looking for shapes in a metal junkyard (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 2702) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Me Gotta Be Blue." (EKA: Episode 2398) | |
Animation | Sand A / a (First: Episode 0628) | |
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) | |
Cartoon | Two kids argue over a cat and a dog, who chase each other around the fence. (EKA: Episode 1210) | |
SCENE 3 | Big Bird, Elmo and the kids don D-shirts, declaring today to be "D Day." They all start to duck, which ends up attracting a real duck. | |
Cartoon | Don't cross the street alone. (EKA: Episode 2179) | |
Muppets | Pageant: The Four Seasons (First: Episode 1165) | |
Cartoon | A dog tries desperately to meow, but can only bark. (First: Episode 0829) | |
Film | Megan goes to the doctor and gets a cast on her arm so it can heal. (EKA: Episode 1288) | |
Muppets | Kermit sings "I Love My Elbows." (First: Episode 2582) | |
Cartoon | Seven piglets Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1546) | |
SCENE 4 | Snuffy and Barkley join the celebration, as everyone pretends to be another D word - dog. | |
Cartoon | Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle." Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2404) | |
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. (EKA: Episode 2398) | |
Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) | |
Cast | Maria (as Charlie 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. (EKA: Episode 1840) | |
Cartoon | An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A. | |
SCENE 5 | Gina gets three more fish and accidentally utters it aloud, attracting Wolfgang back to the store. "Why even try?" she asks before proceeding to feed Wolfgang. |
Notes
- This episode was later repeated in Season 24 as Episode 3032.
Previous episode: | Next episode: |
Episode 2812 | Episode 2814 |