| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mother Goose visits | |||||||
| Air date | January 19, 1993 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Big Bird comes out of his nest area, mentions today's sponsors, and also points out that Mother Goose is coming to visit today. |
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Big Bird tells Gina, Evelyn, and Arlana that Mother Goose will be meeting him there today. Gina guesses how she might be traveling, as they hear the sounds of a car, a bike, and an airplane outside; Big Bird confirms that none of these are her means of transportation. Just then, they hear a goose honking (which is how she got her name), announcing her arrival. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
The goose lands with a crash, after which Mother Goose herself (played by Judith Ivey) enters the store and greets everyone. She brings in her dog, Rhymeraner, then Gina warns her that she might not want to leave her goose double-parked outside. She leaves Rhymeraner with them as she goes to park her goose in the garage. |
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Film | Alphaquest: W (First: Episode 2712) |
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Muppets | "Ballad of the Sad Café" (First: Episode 2974) |
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Animation | A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause. (First: Episode 2021) |
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Song | Girls wish they were "Short or Tall". (First: Episode 3019) |
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SCENE 2 | Everyone admires Rhymeraner, and Mother Goose reveals that the dog got her name from doing whatever rhymes with what she hears. (If MG goes out to get the mail, Rhymeraner wags her tail.) MG remembers that she needs to get her toaster fixed, and they agree to look after Rhymeraner for a few minutes while she's gone. Right after she leaves, Rhymeraner starts crying. Gina points out that MG said "Bye" before she left, and that "bye" rhymes with "cry." Gina then says "Enough," and Rhymeraner starts barking "ruff-ruff!" nonstop. |
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Cartoon | A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog Pete. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1266) |
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Film | Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Cartoon | A map of Australia morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2646) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2490) |
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Cartoon | An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. (First: Episode 0173) |
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SCENE 3 | To get Rhymeraner to stop barking, Gina decides to say something that rhymes with "stop." She says out loud that she's going to get a soda pop, and Rhymeraner starts to hop instead. Big Bird says he'll be getting a broom to sweep, hoping to get Rhymeraner to sleep, but instead the dog starts to baa like a sheep. Gina wishes she would take a nap, after which the dog starts to tap dance. |
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Film | Children dance to different rhythms from around the world. (First: Episode 2499) |
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Animation | Sand W/w (First: Episode 0641) |
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Muppets | "It is I, Captain Vegetable!" (First: Episode 1741) |
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Film | Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0516) |
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Cartoon | Jim Thurman sings "Calcutta Joe." Animation by Buzzco Associates, Inc. (First: Episode 2492) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Elmo thinks that Whoopi's skin is a very pretty brown. Whoopi likes Elmo's soft red fur. Elmo admires Whoopi's bouncy hair, too. Elmo suggests that they trade, but Whoopi says that they can't -- it doesn't come off. But even if she could trade, she wouldn't want to. She likes her skin and her hair, and she wants to keep them. Elmo says that he wants to keep his fur, too. (First: Episode 2746) |
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Song | "At the Coastline" (Beach Boys style) (First: Episode 2792) |
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SCENE 4 | At the Fix-It Shop, Maria feels honored to be fixing Mother Goose's toaster. MG feels lucky as well, since there's no way to get a toaster fixed in Nursery Rhyme Land. Maria wonders what happened to all those nursery rhyme characters, and MG shows her a scrapbook documenting what they all grew up to be. In song ("When I Grow Up"), she reveals that Little Jack Horner became a cook, Jill (of Jack and Jill fame) became a doctor, and Little Miss Muffet became a bug-and-spider specialist. After the song, Maria asks MG what she wanted to be, and she answers, "Famous, dear, very famous." |
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Animation | Five turtles walk across the land. (First: Episode 2816) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree." (First: Episode 1920) |
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Cartoon | The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on. (First: Episode 1242) |
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SCENE 5 | Back at Hooper's, Rhymeraner continues to tap dance while the others just sit there, clueless of what else to do. Mother Goose comes back to see how things are going and tells them all to tap, as "rhyming backwards" is the trick to getting her to do so. Rhymeraner gets tired and goes off to take a nap in the Hooper's corner booth. MG leaves again to fetch her toaster, and the others become bothered with Rhymeraner's very loud snoring. |
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Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine." (First: Episode 2775) |
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Muppets | The Adventures of Prairie Dawn Prairie Dawn has a so-called "adventure" by trying a kumquat (which she's never tried before). (First: Episode 2984) |
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Song | 14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street." (First: Episode 2556) |
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Film | A child narrates a film of him and his brother, Andrew, taking a ride on the ferry. (First: Episode 2951) |
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Cartoon | Two red curtains are dropped to reveal a number 5 covered in colorful dots that vibrate and disperse. (First: Episode 0940) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly notices some kids playing a Spanish hand-clapping rhyme game, and wants to play with them. Rosita sings him a song that tells him what to say in that situation: "Quiero Jugar." |
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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 | Letter O hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0338) |
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Muppets | Director Kermit is filming Oklahoma with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful is supposed to enter sing "Oklahoma!" but sings "Aklahoma!", "Eeklahoma!" and "Iklahoma!" instead. When he finally gets it right, the production assistant says it's time for lunch. (First: Episode 2544) |
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Cartoon | A baby and father illustrate up and down. (First: Episode 2687) |
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Song | Jerry Nelson sings "Salt, My Salt." (First: Episode 2909) |
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Cartoon | Lightbulbs subtract from 5 to 0. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2188) |
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SCENE 7 | Mother Goose knows how to wake her dog up: just nudge her and say "Time to get up!" Big Bird remarks, "What do you know," after which Rhymeraner indicates it's time to go. Then, as MG is about to leave with her dog, they say "So long," and Rhymeraner starts howling a song (the closing theme) while MG announces the sponsors. |
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