| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Chicago feels sad; Pineapple dentist | |||||||
| Air date | December 23, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | Norman Stiles | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Special Day — Bert is curious as to whom Ernie is decorating the room for. (First: Episode 0352) This segment appears as the episode's cold open. |
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Handford, Samantha, and Alexis welcome the viewer when Mr. Handford notices Chicago looking very sad. He feels rotten because he's small and eats vegetables, which makes him different from all the other lions. Mr. Handford points out more of Chicago's unique attributes which makes him very special: "A friendly, gentle, small lion that eats vegetables is my kind of lion! If you ask me, it's the perfect combination for a lion living here on Sesame Street." Chicago lets out a proud roar now that he's aware of how accepted he is and orders a broccoli-filled lunch. |
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Cartoon | The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507) |
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Film | Two Navajo kids go to school in Arizona. This year, Dante enters pre-school. (First: Episode 2680) |
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Cartoon | Number creatures #20 (First: Episode 2687) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog goes to see his doctor, who listens to his heart. Describing what he hears as "groovy," the doctor sings "Heart of a Frog" about different kinds of noises (backed by frog nurses) (First: Episode 2650) |
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Cartoon | V for violin Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1157) |
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SCENE 2 | Chicago finishes his lunch and Mr. Handford jokes, "I guess you're finished unless you want to lick the plate." Chicago takes this literally, sending veggie debris all over the counter of Hooper's Store. Chicago now thinks Mr. Handford is angry with him, but Handford explains that he's not. Chicago happily runs off with the plate, saying he'll bring it back later. |
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Song | "The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve. (First: Episode 2950) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: L for lion (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | Ferlinghetti Donizetti delivers "the easy rhythm Rappin' Alphabet" while Grover displays his super smooth break-dance moves. (First: Episode 2033) |
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Animation | "¡Él juega beisbol!" (First: Episode 2101) |
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Film | A blind class goes on a field trip downtown, and visits a produce stand. (First: Episode 2580) |
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Cartoon | A girl tries on big, bigger, and the biggest shoes. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0252) |
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SCENE 3 | Monty introduces an exciting movie, "The Adventures of the Pineapple Dentist." He brings out a pineapple while Prairie Dawn is confused, because as she shows Monty and the kids, pineapples don't have teeth and thus do not need dentists. Instead, Monty introduces a different film, with a llama dentist. He produces a picture of one to show that llamas have teeth, so this one makes more sense; Prairie still finds the idea of such a film ridiculous. |
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Song | "Llama at Dentist" (First: Episode 1241) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Both Monty and Prairie liked the segment that was just shown, and Prairie says she knows what she wants to be when she grows up. Monty thinks it's a llama, but she wants to be a dentist. She shows Monty what a dentist does by making him a pretend patient. Monty, however, still thinks his pineapple needs its teeth checked and drives a frustrated Prairie away. |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle's three nephews demonstrate a round by singing "Redwood Tree." (First: Episode 2506) |
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Film | A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus. (First: Episode 2889) |
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Cartoon | A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. (First: Episode 2627) |
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Muppets | "Circle the Girl" (First: Episode 1768) |
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Animation | It's a Circle! (First: Episode 0550) |
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Song | "Elbows and Knees" (First: Episode 2641) |
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SCENE 4 | Everybody goes about their business on Sesame Street as Monty leans into view: "And now, everyone on Sesame Street will say the alphabet at the exact same time, for absolutely no reason at all." And they do. |
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Cartoon | Kids hear an L poem. (First: Episode 0198) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play". (First: Episode 0047) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Gets Thirsty — Ernie keeps saying "Boy, am I thirsty" even when Bert brings him water. (First: Episode 1144) |
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Cartoon | First, Middle, Last (men on horse) (First: Episode 0827) |
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Muppets | Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap, with the help of a policeman fishy. (First: Episode 2637) |
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Film | Growing Numbers #20 (First: Episode 2967) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Johnny Cash sings "Don't Take Your Ones to Town," while Big Bird, the Count and the Countess act it out. (First: Episode 2982) |
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Cartoon | A white boy hangs out with his Latino friend. (First: Episode 1471) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Newspaper — The monster finds a newspaper, and thinks up different uses for it. (First: Episode 2097) |
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Cartoon | A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive. (First: Episode 1737) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Tanya play the "hug/stop" game. (First: Episode 1562) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a horse. (First: Episode 0908) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly displays some vibrantly-colored shapes to Merry Monster: a square, a rectangle, a circle, and a triangle, which he thinks is the best shape. Her favorite shape, however, is a scribble which she makes on the screen. Telly laments, "Aw, these kids today!" and walks off. Chicago announces the sponsors. |
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