| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Preston's caps | |||||||||
| Air date | March 11, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Molly Boylan | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Gilbert and Sullivan and the cast sing to Oscar about "Before and After." (First: Episode 2725) |
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Cartoon | The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates before & after. (First: Episode 0694) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry. (First: Episode 2641) |
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Cartoon | Jake the Snake demonstrates body parts. (First: Episode 2486) |
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Muppets | Kermit at Home: Hairpiece — Grover tries to sell Kermit some accessories for a new hairpiece. (First: Episode 1972) |
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Cartoon | Two caterpillars plus three caterpillars equal five (First: Episode 2324) |
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SCENE 1 | The Count asks Susan if he can accompany her on her errands today. She soon realizes he'll be counting every step she takes and tells him she'll be driven crazy. The Count is thrilled and adds her to the total of people he's driven crazy so far (six) before he starts to follow Lillian. |
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Cartoon | "Birds Count 1-20" Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0134) |
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Film | A boy draws a picture of his friend, Katie. (First: Episode 2760) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep." (First: Episode 1705) |
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Cartoon | Three turtles present the letter T. (First: Episode 1666) |
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Film | A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station. (First: Episode 1217) |
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Cartoon | P for Pack (First: Episode 0504) |
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Muppets | Big Bird writes a story about a frog, who was changed from a prince years ago. He visits the castle of a witch, who offers some P-word alternates. She finally finds her prince potion and returns him to normal, only now he's a much older prince (he said "a long time ago" he was a prince). The witch finds him appealing nonetheless and the two become engaged. (First: Episode 2632) |
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Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) |
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Cartoon | A sleepy man counts 8 sheep. (First: Episode 2113) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Over, Under, Around and Through." (First: Episode 0258) |
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Cartoon | A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success. (First: Episode 1042) |
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SCENE 2 | Preston Rabbit gifts Elmo with an Alphabet Thinking Cap, a curled cap with letters printed all over it. Elmo puts it on and follows Preston's instructions before he leaves on how to use it - think of a letter and watch what happens. Elmo thinks of the letter T, and from thin air appears a toy train and a tambourine. However, when Susan appears with her telephone and Linda with her toothbrush, Lillian tries to remove Elmo's hat and finds it's adhered to Elmo's head. Lillian goes to find Preston while Elmo accidentally summons Telly with his tuba. |
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Animation | T for toothbrush and toothpaste (First: Episode 2811) |
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Muppets | The Singing Dentists sing "Say Toothpaste, Somebody!" (First: Episode 2705) |
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Cartoon | Worms form the number 8. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1563) |
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Film | A man (voice of Jim Thurman) finds a magic remote control that makes things go up and down. He tests it on various objects. When he presses "down" for a bridge, it crumbles and falls into the river below, prompting him to abandon the remote and slink away. A girl then finds it and makes the bridge go back up. (First: Episode 2614) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly is unable to get the cap off Elmo's head either when Lillian returns with Preston, who produces the instructions. In order to remove it, they must all sing "The Alphabet Song." The cap pops off and Preston promises to return the hat, but claims he'll return with a new one. |
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Cartoon | P for Planet (First: Episode 2008) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Bed — The monster sounds out the word "bed." (First: Episode 1932) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Sneak Peek Previews: Siskel & Ebert — Oscar and Telly get a lesson on "Thumbs up, thumbs down" from Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. (First: Episode 2791) |
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Cartoon | "Up and Down with Captain Brown" (First: Episode 2493) |
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Song | Jerry Nelson sings "The Inside Story" over film footage which shows the insides of ordinary household items. (First: Episode 2724) |
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Cartoon | An orange creature shows things that measure. (First: Episode 1969) |
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Muppets | Kermit Lecture: Surprises — Kermit takes some guesses at what kind of a surprise he can expect. (First: Episode 1770) |
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SCENE 4 | Preston now gives Elmo a number cap, which works similarly to the alphabet one. Elmo thinks of the number 10, and 10 colorful animated balls appear around them. The Count encourages him to think of a higher number, and Elmo then conjures 75 balls. When the Count suggests he think of the number one hundred million billion trillion, Lillian swiftly removes the cap from Elmo's head, handing it to Preston who takes it away. |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #8 (First: Episode 0998) |
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Film | Two girls walk on an island together, and a map of the island is shown. (First: Episode 2650) |
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Animation | Slide puzzle: Ernie (First: Episode 0403) |
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Cartoon | Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t. (First: Episode 2223) |
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SCENE 5 | Preston gives Elmo an ordinary baseball cap. Lillian is relieved and puts it on Elmo, but the hat proves it has power too as she suddenly finds herself in a baseball uniform. She angrily chases Preston off as Elmo announces the sponsors. |
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