| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Monty bothers Prairie Dawn | |||||||
| Air date | February 17, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | While reading a copy of Anna Karenena, Prairie Dawn notices the viewer and mentions today's sponsors. Monty then pops into view, announcing a song that has nothing to do with cabbages. |
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SCENE 1 | Monty brings a cabbage over so he can point out the similarities between Prairie Dawn and cabbages. Prairie points out that they have no similarities whatsoever and storms off, having nothing further to say - which Monty also notices about the cabbage. He then announces something that has nothing to do with pineapples... |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Water Baby" over footage of seals and kids swimming. (First: Episode 2016) |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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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 closed. (First: Episode 2473) |
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Cartoon | Gloria Globe attempts to pull a rabbit out of her hat, but pulls out a kangaroo instead, which belongs in Australia. (First: Episode 2811) |
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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 its 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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SCENE 2 | Monty brings a pineapple over to Prairie so he can point out the many things one can do with a pineapple, such as play on a tire swing with it, pretend it's a dog, or teach it to play checkers. He points out some kids doing those things, but Prairie informs him that that's not what you do with a pineapple. "Well, what do you do with a pineapple?" asks Monty. "Eat!" says Prairie. Failing to get the point, Monty invites the pineapple to a restaurant. |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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Muppets | Forgetful Jones forgets what he has to do at night. Clementine tells him it involves using a toothbrush, and he remembers that he and Buster the Horse have to brush each other's teeth. Remade version (First: Episode 2068) |
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Cartoon | A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of. (First: Episode 1476) |
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Muppets | On the vaudeville stage, Big Bird and Snuffy identify S words and tell gum-wrapper jokes. (First: Episode 2020) |
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Cartoon | A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414) |
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SCENE 3 | Monty stands next to Prairie once again to talk about opposites. Monty says hello; Prairie says goodbye, then walks off. |
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Cartoon | 40 lemmings (doo-wop) (First: Episode 2873) |
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Muppets | Mysterious Theater: The Mystery of the Missing Cat — Sherlock Hemlock and Watson the dog search for a missing cat, knowing it's under something rhyming with "at." Watson finds the cat, and the inevitable animal fight ensues. (First: Episode 2569) |
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Cartoon | Seven piglets Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1546) |
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Film | Song: "School Song" (First: Episode 0986) |
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Cartoon | A flea circus performs feats beginning with the letter F. (First: Episode 0309) |
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Celebrity | At Birdland, Hoots introduces Bobby McFerrin, who does a call-and-response scat song with the audience. (First: Episode 2874) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a laughing man. (First: Episode 1845) |
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SCENE 4 | Gina finds Prairie in the yard hiding from Monty, who shows up yet again with his cabbage and pineapple, wishing to discuss the nature of the universe. Prairie cuts him off so she can talk about "near" and "far." Right now she is near Monty, but then she walks far away from him. Monty decides to catch up with her again to tell her how much he enjoyed that demonstration. |
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Muppets | Grover, on a surfboard, demonstrates near and far. (First: Episode 2859) |
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Cartoon | "Seven Sweet Sopranos" on a shaky piano Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1656) |
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Muppets | While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself... or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). Bert then corrects them on the actual production phase. (First: Episode 2391) |
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Cartoon | Are you the monster that ate the television? (First: Episode 1970) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster goes to the carnival and plays the "test your strength" game. Unbeknownst to him, the carnival barker rigged the game so nobody can win -- until Cookie finds out what the prize is. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Song | A girl invites the listener to "Swing Up High." Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 5 | Prairie hides in Big Bird's nest area, but sure enough Monty finds her there. He tries to display a sad cabbage, but Prairie cuts him off and tells him that cabbages don't have feelings - but she does, and she feels very angry right now. With that, she storms off; Monty points to her and says, "Now, that is one angry cabbage." |
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Cartoon | A little boy describes a time when he got angry after his toy truck was destroyed by a big kid. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2764) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Linda Ronstadt sings "La Charreada" with Elmo and Parker. (First: Episode 2540) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: HOT DOG (First: Episode 1142) |
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Film | In Alaska, a sculptor makes carvings of cold climate animals. Music: David Snell (First: Episode 2365) |
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Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 6 | Prairie tells Gina how overwhelmed she is that she yelled at Monty just now. Monty comes by and apologizes for bothering her all day: "I know that I'm annoying, but I just can't help it." She apologizes for yelling at him and acknowledges that they're different, but can still be friends. Monty agrees that they can be friends, too - all four of them, including the cabbage and the pineapple. Monty chases after an annoyed Prairie again as Gina announces the sponsors. |
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