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| Launching a lamb into space/The Toothpaste Fairy | |||||||||
| Air date | April 3, 1992 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Maria welcomes the viewer as she and the kids notice "those crazy lambs" nearby, who always seem to have the best time... |
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Muppets | Four lambs sing about how they always add up to four. |
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Cartoon | A girl puts imaginary things in a jar, which makes her laugh. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1304) |
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Song | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The Old Man and the C — Old man Grover loves the sea. (First: Episode 2710) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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Song | "Reach Your Hand Up High" (First: Episode 2702) |
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Cartoon | A dinosaur demonstrates up and down with a pull-down window shade. (First: Episode 2887) |
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SCENE 2 | In the yard, one of the four lambs is now in a rocketship, which the other sheep intend to send to the Moon. "If a cow can get there, why not us?" one of them says. They get Maria, Luis, and the kids to count backwards from 10 to 1 for liftoff. The rocket stays grounded, but the lamb inside is launched out of the rocket and lands on the mailbox. The lambs are still proud of their achievement: they may not have got the first sheep launched to the Moon, but they did get the first sheep onto the mailbox! |
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Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine." (First: Episode 2775) |
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Film | Two boys walk though a city neighborhood to some funky break dancing music. (First: Episode 2679) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Gonna Rock You to Sleep." |
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Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) |
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Cartoon | S - Serpiente (First: Episode 0382) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob reads "The King Who Wasted Paper." (First: Episode 2738) |
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Cartoon | Hands embrace the word "LOVE." (First: Episode 0926) |
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Song | "Litter Rap" (First: Episode 2646) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Alice in Wonderland — Alice drinks a beverage that makes her grow. (First: Episode 1765) |
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Cartoon | C for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | Oscar sings "I Love Trash." (First: Episode 2785) |
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Cartoon | A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster shares a pair of headphones. (First: Episode 1628) |
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Film | Looking for shapes in a metal junkyard (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 2702) |
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Muppets | Mac TV host Old MacDonald introduces the newest music video, "A New Way to Walk" performed by The Oinker Sisters. (First: Episode 2268) |
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Cartoon | Big / bigger / biggest (bikes) (First: Episode 1245) |
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SCENE 3 | Alexia shows Big Bird and Maria the baby tooth she recently lost. Big Bird wishes he had teeth so he could wait for the Tooth Fairy as well, but neither he nor Maria knows what the Tooth Fairy looks like. Suddenly, a lady with wings in a frilly outfit adorned with teeth appears out of nowhere, having heard that someone just lost a tooth. |
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Cartoon | Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool. (First: Episode 0954) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Carol Channing sings a spoof of "Hello, Dolly!" with Sammy the Snake, praising his ability to look and sound like an S. (First: Episode 1951) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #12 (First: Episode 2932) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Planning Ahead at the Beach — Bert and Ernie have planned ahead for their day at the beach. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | A caterpillar sings "Exercise Song." Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2839) |
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SCENE 4 | The lady turns out to be not the Tooth Fairy, but the Toothpaste Fairy; her job is to give toothpaste to children who lose their baby teeth. She has Alexis promise to keep brushing her teeth, and for everyone else she has new toothbrushes and a "squeeze" for them to brush their teeth right now. Big Bird doesn't have teeth, but he accepts a brush as he can still use it for his beak. |
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Animation | "Toothpaste ... coming soon to a mouth near you!" (First: Episode 2876) |
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Muppets | Telly and Elmo sing about the difference between "Heavy and Light." (First: Episode 2809) |
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Animation | Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks (First: Episode 0195) |
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Cartoon | A girl picks the key that matches the keyhole in order to gain access to a cache of toys. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2050) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song." (First: Episode 0492) |
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SCENE 5 | While the sheep arrange themselves in different ways and count to 4, Luis and Maria announce the sponsors. The credits follow. |
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