| Sesame Street | |||||
| Preston's "Illustration Activation" machine (repeat of 2646) | |||||
| Air date | December 11, 1991 | ||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||
| Written by | Mark Saltzman | ||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Preston Rabbit brings a present to the Sesame Street Library - an "Illustration Activation Machine," which brings to life the images in books. Gina and Elmo put a copy of "Little Red Riding Hood" into the slot on one side of the machine, and suddenly Little Red (speaking in a Valley accent) and the Big Bad Wolf are transported magically into the library! Elmo runs to get another book to try out. |
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Cartoon | "Beginning, Middle, End" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2556) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads the sign atop a miniature school building, and observes a small group of children that run out of it. Once they've left, the monster picks up the now empty building, and declares, "School's out!" (First: Episode 1907) |
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Film | A boy talks about living in Alaska and about racing sled dogs. (First: Episode 2388) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1347) |
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Muppets | "The UN Family Song" (First: Episode 0155) |
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Cartoon | What's missing? (parrot) (First: Episode 2103) |
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SCENE 2 | Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf learn from Gina about their new surroundings, though the Wolf is disappointed to find that they don't serve food. Elmo puts another book into the machine and out pops Mary and her little lamb. Elmo goes to get more books, while the hungry Wolf begins to chase after Mary's lamb. |
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Cartoon | Two crows sing "Stones Don't Grow." (First: Episode 1715) |
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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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Muppets | Game Show: Happiness Begins at 40 Guy Smiley gets the Sad Family out of their rut by having them count to 40. (First: Episode 2467) |
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Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Monsters of Venice — A misunderstanding about a surprise party leads to hurt feelings. (First: Episode 2836) |
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Cartoon | N is for nose. (First: Episode 1173) |
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SCENE 3 | While Gina explains what's happening to Linda, Elmo puts another book into the machine - The Three Little Pigs. Soon, the Big Bad Wolf is chasing after the lamb and the pigs. Preston is the only one who knows how to get them back in their books, but no one knows where he is. Linda gets an idea to write a book about Preston and put it into the machine, and she and Gina start to plan out the necessary supplies (rejecting the Wolf's suggestion of lamb chops). |
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Cartoon | A snake has a knot in his middle, and he can't find his end. The detective helps the snake find his end ... playing drums in a band. (First: Episode 2600) |
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Film | A construction machine and a horse look similar. (First: Episode 1566) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Hoots tells everyone to imagine that it's turning from nighttime to morning, and the birds are waking up in the forest, while Bobby McFerrin sings "Tweet in the Mornin'." (First: Episode 2874) |
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Cartoon | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) |
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Film | Some kids learn how to use Logo, a computer programming language, to draw shapes on computers. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Cartoon | "Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257) |
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SCENE 4 | As the library sits in disarray from the storybook character's antics, Gina, Linda, and Elmo finish writing The Story of Preston Rabbit and throw it into the machine. Preston magically appears and Gina begs for him to help solve their mess. When the Wolf gets hungry for bunny rabbit, Preston runs off to find the crank that will turn off the machine. |
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Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) |
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Muppets | Ernie asks Bert "Do You Like Me?" (First: Episode 1234) |
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Cartoon | What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts? (First: Episode 0488) |
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Film | In stop-motion, assorted furniture places themselves in a classroom. (First: Episode 0647) |
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Cartoon | With the help of his assistant, Dr. Geo shows the viewer what a mountain is. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2772) |
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SCENE 5 | The crank is attached to the machine, allowing it to go in reverse. Linda turns the crank and the storybook characters are subtracted one by one, narrowly missing the jaws of the Big Bad Wolf each time. Preston almost gets snapped up when the Wolf is the last one to go, and Preston becomes so grateful he decides to thank them by getting another present! |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a camel. (First: Episode 0593) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old MacDonald's Health Farm — Old MacDonald opens a health resort for his animals. (First: Episode 2688) |
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Cartoon | Two men try to go over a very steep hill. (First: Episode 1522) |
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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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Animation | A girl plays in, on, and under a sculpture. |
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SCENE 6 | Preston's gift is two movers (Tyrone and Gus), who arrive to take the machine away. Tyrone reads the sponsors (the fine print on their delivery form) and Gina takes care of the CTW slogan as the movers end up busting the machine on their way out. ("Butterfingers!") |
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