| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Gus needs a job / Merry and Telly play | |||||||
| Air date | May 6, 1993 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | At the Fix-It Shop, Snuffy approaches Luis with his Snufflepuppet Gus, who is looking for a job that will pay "a jillion kazillion dollars." Luis gives Gus the task of mentioning today's sponsors, though he pays him with an elaborate "muchas gracias" message instead. |
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SCENE 1 | Snuffy suggests to Luis that Gus' next job could be translating the Fix-it Shop's "Se habla español" sign. Luis goes along with it, so Gus goes to work. Grundgetta, Savion, and Rosita pass by, but it turns out they already know what the sign means, which frustrates Gus. Rosita lets Gus do his job, and gives him (and Snuffy) a hug, which he thinks is better than "a jillion kazillion dollars." |
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Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) |
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Celebrity | Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing the African Alphabet Song. (First: Episode 2431) |
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Animation | African quilt pattern #2 |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Monsters with Dirty Faces — Officer Grover coerces Rocky into washing his face. |
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Cartoon | The detective sees a lever, and thinks about what might happen if he pulls the lever, being prepared for anything. (First: Episode 2613) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Telly and Shaun look at the word CAT, and Chicago the Lion says he likes the word because he's a kind of cat. (First: Episode 3000) |
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Animation | Fred the fish needs water to swim in, and Betty the bird needs air to fly in. Vanessa the vacuum cleaner sucks up all the air and water, but can't hold it all in. (new narration by Jim Thurman added) (First: Episode 2564) |
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Animation | A girl dances her way into a family portrait. |
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Muppets | In a spoof of "Indian Love Call," a woman sings of how much she loves the word "you." |
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Animation | Can you find the animals in the painting? Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 2705) |
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Film | A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Animation | A girl's narration describing the city is illustrated with cutout animation. (First: Episode 2838) |
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SCENE 2 | Savion and Merry are about to have snacks together, when Merry asks him to read the words on her orange juice box. She then learns the true meaning of "shake well before drinking" after taking the instructions too literally. |
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Film / Animation | Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them. (First: Episode 1802) |
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Cartoon | Dry and Wet (near swimming pool) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy always has fun whether he's "Wet or Dry." |
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Cartoon | Z for Zebu Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1185) |
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Film | How Crayons are Made Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey (First: Episode 1579) |
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SCENE 3 | Merry plays a guessing game with Telly, where she covers her eyes and tries to guess which sound Telly is making. His first attempts are too easy for Merry, so Telly enlists Michael's help with his basketball. The basketball ends up hitting Telly, which Merry is somehow able to guess with great accuracy. He then trips while going to Hooper's Store for things for his game; Merry still doesn't find his "clues" that challenging, and even somehow knows that Telly tripped on the basketball. |
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Animation | A girl skips home through the city, hearing all kinds of noises. When she gets home, she repeats all the noises she heard with a little dance. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1877) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings "Save Your Energy for Me," a song about energy conservation. |
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Cartoon | A man points to the number 2 on a door, and counts 2 of his fingers (and 2 dinosaurs). Artist: Chris Hinton (First: Episode 2602) |
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Film | A boy's mother and grandmother make him a pair of moccasins. (First: Episode 2987) |
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Cartoon | A girl notices some footprints near and far to her. They belong to a giant purple bird. Artist: Fred Garbers |
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Muppets | Snuffy wears a green derby hat as he sings about L, "The Leading Letter of My Life." (First: Episode 1922) |
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Cartoon | L - shooting stars (First: Episode 2237) |
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Song | "What's Inside?" (Cookie Monster cameo) |
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Cartoon | How Andy Fritz Ate the Sun. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2730) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Elmo sing about the parts that make up "One Fine Face." (First: Episode 2220) |
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Cartoon | A St. Bernard helps Zork down a snowy hill, later finding out that Zork wanted to go skiing. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2738) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Annette Bening wants to travel with Super Grover when he is helping others, but both have trouble in figuring out how to get around since Annette cannot fly. |
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Animation | Amelia likes to pretend she can fly. (First: Episode 2902) |
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Animation | Cecille sings “Up Down, In Out, Over and Under.” (First: Episode 2746) |
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Muppets | Jimmy is upset about moving to a new house, but Hoots the Owl shows up and sings "Things Are Always Changing." (First: Episode 2937) |
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Cartoon | Mary Shaboom reluctantly moves to a new house, and muses about the consequences. (First: Episode 2959) |
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SCENE 4 | Merry drives Telly crazy as she continues to accurately guess what he's doing, even when he says he's not playing anymore. She hears the closing music, and announces the sponsors. |
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