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| Trip to Montana — Preparing to leave | |||||||
| Air date | November 18, 1991 | ||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||
| Written by | John Weidman | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | Big Bird excitedly re-introduces the viewer to Francis and his family and reminds them that they're going to Montana today! Maria is the least enthused, as she still has to fix Mrs. Greenberg's toaster. |
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SCENE 1 | Snuffy arrives at Big Bird's nest and offers to help him pack for the trip. Big Bird has made an illustrated list of all the things he thinks he'll need - clean underwear, some film, a toothbrush, and Radar. His teddy bear is the only thing he can actually bring, though - he doesn't wear clothes, own a camera, or have teeth. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) |
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Muppets | Elmo bumps into Kermit the Frog on the way to the post office, begging to help him with one of his demonstrations, during which the post office closes - a perfect prompt to demonstrate open and closed. (First: Episode 2473) |
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Cartoon | An army of ants gets to the bakery, only to find that it's closed. (First: Episode 2088) |
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Film | Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Muppets | An octopus sings "Octopus Blues." (First: Episode 2221) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it. (First: Episode 0770) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis goes over their checklist for Montana and thinks they're all ready, but Maria says they won't be ready until she finishes Mrs. Greenberg's toaster, which is giving her a hard time. The Count enters the Fix-It Shop to say farewell, as he had a strange feeling he should arrive now. He begins counting Maria's failed attempts to fix the toaster, until Maria has him count elsewhere; he chooses the other side of her. Luis returns with some good news: Mrs. Greenberg won't need her toaster until they get back. |
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Cartoon | A man shows the difference between a regular slice of bread and a toasted one. (First: Episode 1497) |
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Muppets | Mr. Johnson goes to Pizzeria Dos to get a piece of pizza, but comes to find that at this restaurant there is two of everything, including himself. (First: Episode 2842) |
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Film | Most animals have two eyes, ears, etc. ... but some snakes have two heads. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0287) |
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Cartoon | Little Red Riding Hood uses a map to get to Grandma's house. (First: Episode 2686) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Too Much TV — On a rainy day, Ernie watches TV, when Bert suggests he do something else, like write a story. (First: Episode 1293) |
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Cartoon | Y for Yak Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1184) |
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SCENE 3 | Francis' father Lonn stumps Gina with his coin trick in front of the kids, and Francis does the same; she learns that the Crow Indians have been playing that game for a long time. Snuffy joins them, wanting to meet Big Bird's friend Francis and learns about the origin of why they're called the Crow Indians. Lonn explains that the Crow people's original name was the Apsáalooke, which means "Children of the Long-Beaked Bird." Snuffy immediately thinks of Big Bird, and when Gina invites him to stay and play the game he rushes off with this new information. |
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Cartoon | What kind of print does a hand make? (First: Episode 0776) |
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Muppets | A heartbroken groom sings "Don't Walk." (First: Episode 2454) |
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Cartoon | A cat follows its ears to a squeaking noise, which he thinks is coming from mice, but it's coming from swings. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1518) |
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Film | A boy hikes up a mountain with his family. (First: Episode 2734) |
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Muppets | Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #4) (First: Episode 0101) |
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Cartoon | "In and Out Crowd" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2612) |
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SCENE 4 | Snuffy rushes to Big Bird to tell him about the Crow name and asking why he wasn't told Big Bird had children. Big Bird explains the name is not literal, but represents the importance of birds to them. Snuffy is relieved; if all the Crows were his children, he'd be really busy! |
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Film | Footage of various bird species including hens, flamingos, pigeons, owls, ostriches, cockatoos, and others. Music: (piano and whistling) Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0019) |
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Cartoon | K-kick (First: Episode 0463) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Sesame Street News Flash: Ballerina's Body — Suzanne Farrell drinks a glass of milk. (First: Episode 1387) |
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Cartoon | Snacks On Parade: The Raisin Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1171) |
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Muppets | Clementine hears water running, which reminds Forgetful Jones that he was about to do something. Using the clues at hand (a bar of soap, a backbrush, and a towel), Forgetful remembers that it's bath time. Buster's bath, that is... (First: Episode 1666) |
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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 5 | Everyone is waiting on the stoop for the taxi to arrive when Maria spots the Count counting the suitcases (or rather the locks, handles, and reinforced leather edges). While he resumes counting quietly, Big Bird is amazed that pretty soon, he's going to see Francis perform his first Crow Indian dance, but learns that it won't happen for a few days as Francis has to practice his dance and get his Crow name with the help of his uncle Philip. The Count breaks his silence to announce he's counted 44 leather corners. ("My name is not the Count von Count for nothing!") |
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Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (First: Episode 0241) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Over, Under, Around and Through." (First: Episode 0258) |
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Animation | A poem about oranges. |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about nature through winter and spring. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Muppets | "The Sneeze Song," with Kathleen the Cow with a Pig, a Sheep, and Fred the Wonder Horse. (First: Episode 2784) |
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Cartoon | Karen the Kangaroo talks about words that start with the letter K. Featuring the sped-up voice of Gene Moss. (First: Episode 0142) |
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SCENE 6 | As the Count now counts scuff marks on the luggage, Oscar pops from his can wondering when all the nice people will be leaving. Telly then makes a shocking discovery - one of the suitcases doesn't have a name tag. Maria points it out and Telly is relieved and goes into another worried tangent, envisioning that the airport could possibly send the suitcase to the jungle by mistake, where it would get mangled by an alligator and fall down a waterfall. He ends on a happy note, saying that since the name tag is there, it can be sent safely back to Maria. Impressed by Telly's story, Oscar suddenly announces he's going to join them in Montana, asking to be put in with the luggage in the hopes he'll get lost. The taxi arrives and they begin to bring the luggage over. The Count is not finished counting yet... so he says he's joining them, too! As they gather the luggage, Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
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