| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Luis is bothered at work | |||||||
| Air date | March 10, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||
| Written by | David Johnson | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis greets the viewer before tending to the large workload he has to do at the Fix-It Shop. Elmo suddenly appears dressed as "Captain Adventure," his favorite storybook hero. He shows how his outfit matches the titular hero on the cover of the book before he tries to fly like Captain Adventure, only to crash on the ground after jumping. |
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Film | Ornate Ks fly through the air to a song. Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 2945) |
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Muppets | Pageant: Ernie plays the role of Bart, a farm boy who plants a flower. Herry Monster plays the sun, and a nervous Cookie Monster plays a cloud. Bert reluctantly plays the flower. When it is said that Bert made the leaves for his costume out of lettuce leaves, Cookie and Herry proceed to eat the leaves and rip the costume apart. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Film | A boy draws a picture of his friend, Kerry. (First: Episode 2776) |
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Cartoon | An animated number 15 sings "How Hard It Is to Be 15" to a child who is trying to count from 1 to 20, but can't remember 15. (First: Episode 2743) |
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SCENE 2 | "Captain Adventure" wants to help out Luis, who needs to move some boxes into the store. To show off his super skills, he decides to pass on carrying the big and bigger boxes on the workbench and chooses to lift the biggest box, only to find it's too heavy. Since he's just using his imagination, Elmo pretends to lift the biggest box. |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger, biggest (strongmen) (First: Episode 0792) |
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Muppets | "The Ballad of Slippery Slim" (First: Episode 2827) |
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Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) |
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Cartoon | K is for Karate (First: Episode 0489) |
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Muppets | The Martians spy a leaky faucet through a kitchen window. As it continues to drip, a Fat Blue woman turns it off, shocked to see that she had been wasting water. |
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Cartoon | "Magic Pig" Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 0772) |
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SCENE 3 | The Count brings over his rabbit to show Luis a magic trick he's been working on. He waves his wand 40 times, counting each one; Luis eventually has his fill and goes inside the shop. The Count notes that he may not have made the rabbit disappear, but he did make Luis disappear! |
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Cartoon | Rap #15 (First: Episode 2567) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word disappear - which Gordon does. (First: Episode 2734) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another. (First: Episode 0391) |
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Muppets | Telly is shocked to see Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats at the library. They explain that in addition to being rock stars, they're also "Rock 'N Roll Readers." (First: Episode 2612) |
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Cartoon | C for cap (oversized cap) (First: Episode 0154) |
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SCENE 4 | The Count, with his assistants, promises his trick will now ensure Luis won't see the bunny. He and the kids count backwards from 10 and the Count waves his wand. In a poof of smoke, the rabbit remains, but Luis has been blindfolded. |
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Cartoon | A green man demonstrates dark and light. (First: Episode 1129) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Seat Belt — The monster drives an old green jalopy as they sound out words. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Song | Luis sings "Follow the Arrows" as a man does so. (First: Episode 1642) |
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Cartoon | An old woman emerges from the pouch of a bouncing kangaroo. She proclaims, "K! Kangaroo!" (First: Episode 0489) |
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Cast / Celebrity | Wanda the Word Fairy introduces the viewer to her parents. (First: Episode 2678) |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis allows the Count to demonstrate his trick one last time if it means he'll be left alone to work. The Count vows the rabbit will disappear this time and waves his wand. When the smoke clears, the rabbit has disappeared... but 20 new rabbits appear in its place, which the Count leaves with Luis. |
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Cartoon | "There's an Exercise That's Right" even for a snake. |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The 400 Blows — Grover has to blow out the candles on his birthday cake 400 times. (First: Episode 2680) |
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Cartoon | A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. (First: Episode 0542) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Six Dollar Man — Professor Nucleus Von Fission builds the Six Dollar Man. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Song | "Mom and Me" (First: Episode 2462) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count to 20. (First: Episode 0476) |
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Cartoon | Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks. (First: Episode 0478) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird has heard about how Luis has been bothered all day and sees how angry he has become. To help get him in a better mood, he has brought the Birdketeers over to tweet for him, which Luis finds helps make him feel less angry. He encourages them to tweet some more as he works. |
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Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: "That's What Friends Are For": Ernie sings to Bert about friends being tolerant of each other's differences, while Bert just wants to sleep. (First: Episode 1814) |
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Animation | A dune buggy is assembled. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive investigates the case of the missing guitar strings. (First: Episode 1234) |
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Film | The Count (in voiceover) counts five children standing behind a park bench. (First: Episode 2931) |
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Cartoon | A shy girl wants to join a group bouncing a ball. (audible dialogue) Artist: Joanna Priestley (First: Episode 2849) |
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SCENE 7 | Luis is feeling much better, and asks for some more tweeting. Elmo announces the sponsors, adding, "Happy tweeting!" |
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