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| Monty and the word NO | |||||||||
| Air date | January 29, 1993 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | Gina welcomes the viewer, and gives a teaser of today's sponsors. Monty pops into view and announces that he'll be talking about the word "NO" today, holding a sign with the word printed on it. Gina cuts him off as now is not the time to do so, assuring him that she'll let him know when the time is right. |
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Animation | Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroces as pets. (First: Episode 2759) |
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Muppets | "M-M-M Monster Meal" (First: Episode 0380) |
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Cartoon | M for Mask (First: Episode 2079) |
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Animation | Stop-motion: what goes in the hot dog bun? (First: Episode 1494) |
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Animation/ SCENE 1 |
Can you find the flamingos? (First: Episode 2791) Monty interrupts the segment in progress to talk about the word "NO," citing as an example his attempt to have tea with the Queen. Gina tells him again that this isn't the time for his "NO" speech, but she'll let him know when it is. Monty complies, and the flamingo segment resumes. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Big Bad Wolf's School for Huffing and Puffing — The Big Bad Wolf teaches Kermit how to huff and puff like him. (First: Episode 2578) |
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Cartoon | Me and My M Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1545) |
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Film | Old paper, new paper Music: "Blue Nosed Gopher" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0911) |
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Song | Gina and Maria sing "The Word is "No." (First: Episode 2548) |
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SCENE 2 | Monty is offended that Gina beat him to the punch by explaining the word "NO" with the song she just sang with Maria. Gina apologizes and gives him time to explain the word, but he declines to do so, thereby showing what the word means. Gina applauds his work as he keeps repeating the word in stupefaction. |
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Song | "Counting Birthday Candles" |
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Muppets | Mysterious Theater: Dial M for Mother! — Sherlock Hemlock tries to figure out what he needs to call his mother before Big Ben strikes midnight... as he stands next to a London telephone booth. The message Sherlock has is to wish his mother a happy birthday. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Cartoon | "Sixteen Blues" (First: Episode 2755) |
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Cartoon | Teeny Little Super Guy explains to Eugene why going to school is important. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1966) |
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Song | "School Song" (First: Episode 0986) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar tells Irvine what he does when he feels a little too cheerful: he sings "A Grouchy Song." |
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Animation | A puzzle of an orangutan is put together. |
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Muppets | On Vacation with Guy Smiley Guy Smiley and his tour guide have difficulty taking pictures of animals in the jungle because of Guy's uncontrollably loud voice. A tiger recognizes him, and offers to take a picture of him and some other animals. "Say TREES!" (First: Episode 1949) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #16 (First: Episode 2959) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "Birdland" at Birdland. (First: Episode 2304) All shots with David in the audience are omitted from the segment in this episode. |
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Cartoon | A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird on a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen. (First: Episode 0565) |
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Insert | Big Bird and Snuffy sing a guessing game song about each other. (First: Episode 2813) |
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Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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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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Film | A metal crane and a real crane look alike. (First: Episode 1544) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads "SAD" (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their body parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar invites the public to go fishing with him. Telly shows up prepared with his fishing hat, net, pole, and bucket. Oscar, however, doesn't believe he's prepared well enough and gives him the only thing he needs: a baseball glove, so he can catch the fish that he throws at Telly! |
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Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) |
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Cartoon | Don't mess with the Mighty M. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1578) |
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Muppets | Mr. Johnson has been served a bowl of soup, but flags down his waiter to make a complaint. He asks Grover to inspect the fly that's in his soup, but Grover looks under; next to; and above the soup before he agrees to bring out a new bowl. The kitchen is all out of what Mr. Johnson ordered, so he brings him Cream of Mosquito. (First: Episode 1134) |
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Cartoon | The Great Inventor Series: Science Salutes the Men and Women Who Have Changed the Way We Live. Cartoon about the days when people tried drinking ice cream soda before straws were invented. Awful messes were made getting more of the refreshment on their clothes than in their bellies. Until one day an ice cream parlor janitor, one Ronald Marky by name, noticed that when people brought their leashed pet anteaters in to enjoy an ice cream soda, the floor was always sucked completely clean. Realizing that nature had solved the problem, the janitor invented artificial anteater noses that strapped on over people's mouths... which eventually evolved into the modern straw. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2595) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar throws some more fish at Telly, who is now joined by some kids who have brought their own gloves to play along. Gina announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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