| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Natasha can't fall asleep | |||||||
| Air date | January 21, 1993 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | The street shakes around while dance music plays as Oscar announces two of today's sponsors: S and T, which stand for "Someone Tap Dancing." He'll reveal who it is after the opening theme. |
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SCENE 1 | Savion climbs out of Oscar's trash can, having just finished giving a tap dance lesson to Oscar's elephant Fluffy ("She got tired of ballet," says Oscar). Bob is amazed that an elephant can tap dance, so Savion has Fluffy show him what she can do by repeating all the steps he does. Fluffy gets so excited that she breaks through several floors and into the basement of Oscar's can, while her massive steps cause the ground to continue shaking and results in Bob losing grip of most of his groceries. |
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Cartoon | A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (First: Episode 2750) |
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Muppets | The Hispanic community of Anything Muppets sings "It Sure is Hot!" (First: Episode 2601) |
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Cartoon | Three turtles present the letter T. (First: Episode 1666) |
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Film | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster has Tara help him explain the word information by giving him cookies to eat. (First: Episode 2589) |
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Cartoon | Kids sing about the joys of celery. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2976) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird encounters Linda writing a letter to her mom in the yard, where Linda's thoughts are seen as well as heard in voice-over narration (voiced by Ivy Austin, signed by Linda in a vignette). She describes what happened yesterday when she went to the clothing store to buy a winter hat as seen in a flashback. It took the saleswoman (Judy Graubart) a while to figure out what Linda wanted, as she didn't know any sign language. The first hat picked out was too big for Linda, the second one too small, the third one just right. Back in the present, Linda finishes writing her letter, stating that while they eventually understood each other, it would've been easier if the saleswoman knew sign language. Bob then uses signing to invite her to go for a walk. |
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Cartoon | Abstract count to 17 (First: Episode 2820) |
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Muppets | Caribbean Anything Muppets sing about "Caribbean Air." (First: Episode 2688) |
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Animation | On a computer, a boy draws a sun setting between the mountains. |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster follows the arrows. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Song | The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square." Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel (First: Episode 2615) |
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SCENE 3 | Humphrey has to go to the dentist, so he asks Big Bird and Savion to watch her while she takes her nap. She doesn't want to go to sleep, so Humphrey tries singing her "Na-Na-Na-Na-Natasha's Lullaby." Though he says it always works, it ends up doing a better job of keeping Natasha awake. Savion and Big Bird agree to help Natasha while Humphrey is away, though Savion thinks it'll be very hard to get her to sleep... |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about her skin. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2611) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Muppets | Grover the elevator operator gives a demonstration of in and out which annoys the passengers. (First: Episode 0511) |
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Film / Animation | A class of Navajo kids use art to describe their families, or clans. (First: Episode 2985) |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0 (parachute under haystack) (First: Episode 2278) |
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SCENE 4 | Savion finishes reading Natasha the story of Cinderella, but it doesn't make her tired either. Chicago the Lion comes by and suggests a method his mother used on him as a cub - roaring her to sleep. Natasha remains wide awake, but all the roaring makes Chicago fall asleep instead. |
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Film | Lions (instrumental, with occasional lion growls) Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0018) |
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Cartoon | Spinning T (to the tango beat). (First: Episode 2933) |
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Muppets | Mysterious Theater: The Case of the Missing Toast — Sherlock Hemlock must find the thief of toast and a roast... who turns out to be Vincent Twice, the host. (First: Episode 2943) |
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Cartoon | What kind of print does a hand make? (First: Episode 0776) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird borrows a letter S from a couple of Honkers, thinking it'll work because the word "sleep" starts with S. Savion tries swaying it in front of Natasha's face, thinking she'll go to sleep through hypnosis. Big Bird and the Honkers also watch the swaying letter, and end up snoozing instead of Natasha. |
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Cartoon | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
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Song | Bob sings Joe Raposo's "Look a Little Closer." (dog) (First: Episode 2677) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Finger String — Ernie has a piece of string on each finger, in order to remind himself that they're all out of string. (First: Episode 0163) |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #17 (First: Episode 2975) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!" (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster wakes up and says "Good Morning, Morning" to everything. (First: Episode 2847) |
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Cartoon | Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat. (First: Episode 1580) |
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SCENE 6 | With everyone else around him dozing, Savion has no idea what else to do. At the sound of the word "awake," a short, funny-looking man materializes out of nowhere; he explains that he is the Sandman. Savion asks for his help, knowing that the Sandman is good at making people fall asleep. He makes two attempts to throw some of his magic sand onto Natasha's eyelids, but she spits it out when it goes in her mouth instead. When he considers putting a rock on her eyelids as an alternative, Savion suggests a safer idea: he'll sprinkle some of his sand on the ground and do a nice quiet dance to lull Natasha. |
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Animation | Sand S/s (First: Episode 0622) |
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SCENE 7 | Savion finishes setting up his dancing mat, and sprinkles the Sandman's sand on it. He dances gently on the sandy mat, but fails to get Natasha to go to sleep. The Sandman gets frustrated and makes one last attempt to blow sand in Natasha's face, but when he puts it on her crib she blows it into his face, and he drops off to sleep himself! |
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Cartoon | A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away. (First: Episode 1506) |
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Cartoon | A kid voice-over says, "Ocean," as a fish is seen swimming in the ocean. (First: Episode 2670) |
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Muppets | In the woods, a nature-loving baritone (Jim Henson) sings "Ah, For the Joys of the Countryside" about how much he loves the country, without noticing that his surroundings are being converted into a city. (First: Episode 1008) |
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Cartoon | T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (First: Episode 1990) |
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SCENE 8 | Savion looks around, and sees that he and Natasha are the only ones awake. Humphrey comes back and Savion explains that they tried everything to get her to sleep. Humphrey knows that she'll have to nap eventually and tells her it's time to go home, which causes Natasha to zonk right out! Relieved, Savion announces the sponsors, with Humphrey chiming in with the CTW slogan. Offscreen, Oscar then tells Fluffy it's time to do her somersaults and she causes a brief earthquake; thankfully, it doesn't wake Natasha up. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later repeated in Season 26 as Episode 3304.
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