| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Goldilocks is absent from day care | |||||||
| Air date | November 25, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | Joey Mazzarino | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Monty introduces today's sponsors, as well as a special word of the day - TOOTHPASTE, depicted on a large tube that falls into his hands (and causes him to fall over). |
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SCENE 1 | Monty gives a lecture on toothpaste as he brushes his teeth, rendering most of everything he says unintelligible. |
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Animation | TOOTHPASTE: Coming soon to a mouth near you! (First: Episode 2786) |
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Film | A boy talks about living in Alaska and about racing sled dogs. (First: Episode 2388) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree." (First: Episode 1920) |
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Cartoon | C for Candle (blows man away) (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0516) |
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Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards Big Bird visits a Puerto Rican casita in East Harlem. He tries to find out what people do there, but everyone is too busy raising chickens, planting tomatoes, cooking and planning music to answer. |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Pretty Baby". (First: Episode 0040) |
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SCENE 2 | Baby Bear enjoys spending the day at Lillian's day care, especially since Goldilocks isn't there today. Lillian decides to engage the gang in a letter game to help Baby Bear forget about her. The musical game (sung to the tune of "C is for Cookie") is to come up with things that begin with the letter P, including peanuts and pie. Baby Bear refuses to play because the only P word he can think of is porridge, and porridge reminds him of how angry Goldilocks makes him. He gives it a try anyway, and twists the song's ending into one about his frustrations. |
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Animation | P - Pyramid (First: Episode 2061) |
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Muppets | Upon Mr. Johnson's latest visit to Charlie's Restaurant, the waitstaff has been implemented with a new service device. Grover instructs his guest to ring the bell three times to get his attention, instead of yelling across such an upper-crust establishment. After Mr. Johnson has trouble deciphering the speed with which he must ring the bell, he calls Andre the manager out to address his concerns. Andre, having been interrupted while eating a sour cream soufflé, doesn't think there's anything wrong with the bell. In fact, he thinks it looks so good that he eats it, as Mr. Johnson notices the time, and rushes out of the restaurant. (First: Episode 2848) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines his room turning into a jungle. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2808) |
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Cast | In a spoof of a famous Coke commercial, football player "Big Murray" (Gordon) accepts a number 7 from a young fan, whom he rewards with a towel that also has a 7 on it. (First: Episode 1535) |
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Cartoon | A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and crickets. Her snores frighten the real monster. Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2951) |
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SCENE 3 | Baby Bear is still upset over Goldilocks and Lillian asks him why, so Baby Bear decides to let her know in the form of a "wap"; Lillian doesn't understand what he means until Baby Bear begins rapping. Baby Bear raps about the story of the Three Bears about to eat porridge, but it was too hot. So he, Mama Bear, and Papa Bear go for a walk as the porridge cools. Meanwhile, Goldilocks drops by to try the porridge - with Papa's being too hot, Mama's being too cold, but his being just right. |
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Cartoon | C for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | A series of trailers for school-related dramas are shown on WCTW's "School in the Afternoon" block. (First: Episode 2223) |
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Animation | Two giddy female scribbles introduce themselves to a bar code, who can only beep. They recognize him from the supermarket. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2981) |
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Film | Some clowns, more clowns (First: Episode 0563) |
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Cartoon | P for Planet (First: Episode 2008) |
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SCENE 4 | Lillian asks the kids what story they want to hear for storytime when Baby Bear chimes in, asking to tell the story for today. Lillian is sure he wants to tell the story he's in, but Baby Bear insists he'd rather tell the story of "The Chair-Smashing Villain." In the story, Baby Bear listens to the report of a Chair-Smashing Villain on the radio. The radio announcer (Martin P. Robinson) tells listeners to be on the look-out for the villain, who has blonde curls and is wearing a mask. Baby Bear asks for a visual aid, so the radio pops out a picture of Goldilocks wearing a burglar's mask. Baby Bear sets up a trap to catch the villain by lining up the chairs in the cave for the villain to smash. Sure enough, the villain appears and deems Papa and Mama Bears' chairs to be too large, but Baby Bear's is just right. She then proceeds to karate chop it to pieces when Baby Bear confronts her. He shows how she matches his picture until she points out that she has a mustache unlike the person in the picture. Baby Bear sees that the mustache is fake and rips it off before chasing the villain. He concludes his story with a satisfying ending (to him) where the chair-smasher ends up in prison. |
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Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings "In My Book." (First: Episode 2983) |
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Film | Photographic collage demonstration of ALL, MOST, SOME, and NONE of an apple. Artist: Frank and Caroline Mouris (First: Episode 0979) |
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Muppets | Bert regrets not being able to go to the park today like Ernie did, but Ernie helps him imagine a quiet day at the park -- which has more noises than Bert expected, even at night. (First: Episode 1953) |
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Film | The Count (in voiceover) counts three children on a bench, then adds two more. (First: Episode 2950) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to get directions to a parking space, and eventually uses a map to get there. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 2734) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry asks John-John if he knows the difference between up and down. (First: Episode 0565) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1312) |
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SCENE 5 | As other kids are being taken home from day care, Baby Bear is still fuming over Goldilocks - he's even holding one of the broken legs from his chair. Lillian tells him that it's not good to be angry all the time, and sings him a song as to what to do to help quell his anger. |
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Cartoon | Lazy Wanda's knees converse with each other. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1075) |
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Muppets | The Singing Dentists sing "Say Toothpaste, Somebody!" (First: Episode 2705) |
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Cartoon | With the help of his assistant, Dr. Geo shows the viewer what a globe is. (First: Episode 2836) |
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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 | Mysterious Theater: Sign of the Circle — Sherlock Hemlock tries to find a shape matching a circle before the clock strikes five... and it turns out to be the round clock face. (First: Episode 2706) |
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Cartoon | Animals who eat crunchy things have nice teeth. (First: Episode 1487) |
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SCENE 6 | Baby Bear has finally calmed down, and points out that he had a great time at day care today - especially since Goldilocks wasn't there, as Lillian correctly guesses. She suggests that because he talked about her all day long, perhaps Baby Bear may even like Goldilocks a little bit, which he emphatically denies. Baby Bear's anger returns, however, when Goldilocks shows up and informs him that Mama Bear had to go shopping and asked her to pick him up. Baby Bear is even more enraged to learn that Goldilocks was also invited to dinner, but Lillian reminds him of what to do when he feels angry. While Baby Bear starts counting to five over and over, Lillian announces the sponsors. |
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