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| Cleaning the lot, part 3 – Gordon's plan to turn the lot into a garden | |||||||||
| Air date | March 20, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | The Pigeon Sisters do some morning strutting and cooing, when Gordon shows off the trash bins the city has provided them. The Pigeon Sisters are disappointed he has bins and not buns. |
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Animation | Seventeen derby hats drop onto a balloon head. (First: Episode 2820) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — The Count counts the Three Little Pigs. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Cartoon | A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f. (First: Episode 2288) |
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Muppets | Is Barkley a DOG or a BANANA? (First: Episode 2724) |
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Cartoon | Do you know what it's like to be scared? (First: Episode 0547) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon observes the litter and has a flash of inspiration - they can turn the vacant lot into a garden! He and the pigeons imagine what it'll look like, singing "I See a Garden." |
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Cartoon | Two kids want to use their empty box as a pretend submarine or airplane. They agree to imagine it's a rocketship. Artist: Cordell Barker (First: Episode 2369) |
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Film | Fay Ray moves clockwise and ticks, until an alarm sounds. (First: Episode 2597) |
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Cartoon | "Big Sneeze": Larry Gold sings about sneeze safety, while a man destroys everything in his path when he sneezes. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1579) |
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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 | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) |
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SCENE 3 | As the grown-ups clean up the trash, Elmo and Big Bird arrive to help. Gordon tells them it's not safe for young birds and monsters to hang around there yet, and they become angry that they aren't allowed to help. They eventually understand that Gordon wants them to be safe, but still want to help. Mike starts feeling hungry, so Gordon sends the two to get food from Hooper's Store. The Pigeon Sisters perk up too, looking forward to the crumbs as everyone starts calling out their orders. |
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Cartoon | On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Muppets | The Count sings about "The First Day of School". (First: Episode 1736) |
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Animation | All living things need clean water. (First: Episode 2731) |
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Film | A voiceover recites a poem about trees, to music by Joe Raposo. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Cartoon | Fruita Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1485) |
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SCENE 4 | Everyone eats their lunch as the Pigeon Sisters snack on the crumbs. They tell the group how the lot became such a mess in the first place - somebody threw a piece of litter first and soon, others followed suit until it was the heap it became. Gordon assures the pigeons that they'll make sure it doesn't happen again. |
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Cartoon | Rap #17 (First: Episode 2488) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert says it's Ernie's turn to go to the laundromat. He puts numerous things in the laundry basket, including storybooks, cookies, his boots, and a radio. Before long, the basket has no room for the laundry, so he decides to go play baseball instead. (First: Episode 0458) |
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Song | Olivia sings "The Riddle." (First: Episode 1721) |
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Muppets | While building a doghouse with Sully, Biff sings "We Coulda," listing all the jobs they could've done outside the world of construction. (First: Episode 1782) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) |
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Film | Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack) (First: Episode 0926) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry & John-John observe a letter Q. (First: Episode 0571) |
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Cartoon | Campers don't want to play ring toss with Zork, until their counselor reminds them about being judgmental. (First: Episode 2761) In all airings subsequent of this, the dialogue at the end of this cartoon is slightly re-edited. |
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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 it's 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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Muppets / Celebrity | Ray Charles, Telly, Elmo and the kids sing "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 2778) |
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Song | "Come into the Garden" (First: Episode 1357) |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004) |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn talks about three important parts of the face which are the eyes, the nose, and the ears, with assistance from Cookie Monster. Prairie agrees that cookies can be seen and smelled, but not heard - unless eaten by Cookie Monster. |
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Cartoon | Kids try to guess what a bunch of shapes will form; eventually they form a chicken. |
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Animation | A girl's narration describing the city is illustrated with cutout animation. |
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Animation | Red and yellow dots play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (First: Episode 1979) |
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Film | A STOP sign spins around. (First: Episode 0930) |
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Muppets | At night, Ernie sings "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon". (First: Episode 1910) |
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Animation | Planet Q / q |
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SCENE 5 | As the clean up continues, Gordon reports that the city has allowed them to turn the space into a garden. The grown-ups then discover a small plant growing under all the litter, a promising start to their garden. They protect it using an old tire as the Pigeon Sisters announce the sponsors. |
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