| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Buster meets Summer Squall | |||||||||
| Air date | January 3, 1994 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | Buster the Horse is making his way to Sesame Street to have lunch with Big Bird, when a silver horse rushes by. Buster can't believe his eyes: that was Summer Squall, the fastest (and prettiest, in his opinion) racehorse in the world! |
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SCENE 1 | Summer races by Hooper's Store, leaving a trail of debris. Gina, Big Bird, and Buster follow the debris to the Furry Arms Hotel, where Summer is about to enter. Buster is too nervous to approach her, thinking he's not good enough. ("Why would she wanna horse around with an ol' cattle-chaser like me?") After some prodding from his friends, he's able to talk to her and invite her to lunch. |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: instead of a parachute, the girl is carried to the ground by four birds. (First: Episode 2249) |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Sloth (First: Episode 2500) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise. (First: Episode 1493) |
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Song | "One of These Things" (with Fay Ray) (First: Episode 2604) |
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Muppets | Over the Top, a ZZ Top-like band, sings "ZZ Blues". (First: Episode 2317) |
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Animation | The Letter Z in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2855) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird notices how slowly Summer eats her lunch; she's still eating ten minutes after everyone else has finished. Summer asks what they do for fun on the street. Big Bird offers an idea - the alphabet! They each take turns saying parts of it, but Summer's goes very slowly. |
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Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) |
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Film | A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African American friend Jamal. (First: Episode 2787) |
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Cartoon | Apple: a riddle (First: Episode 2889) |
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Muppets | Game Show: The Triangle is Right The object of the game is to answer every question with "a triangle" as the answer. Contestant Prairie Dawn has little patience for this format. (First: Episode 2185) |
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Animation | Floral patterns are formed to Eastern European music. (First: Episode 1808) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | On a rainy day, Oscar recalls the way he met his worm, Slimey. (First: Episode 3071) |
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Song | "When You Grow Up" (First: Episode 2912) |
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Celebrity | Whoopi Goldberg introduces the sound "WH" and then yells, "Whoopi!" (First: Episode 2861) |
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Animation | WH words (wheel, which, whiz, where, white, whale) (First: Episode 2937) |
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Film | The floating kids form a rectangle. (First: Episode 3131) |
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Cartoon | The detective sees a hippo bouncing on a trampoline, and wonders how the hippo can bounce, since hippos are heavy, but the hippo thinks that he is light. (First: Episode 2537) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster brings in a suitcase filled with heavy and light objects, and places them on a wall. The right half lays out a feather, a ribbon, and a tissue. The left half puts down a book, a brick, a rock, and a 1000 pound weight, but the more weight that is placed on the wall causes the ground they're standing on to tilt! (First: Episode 2577) |
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Film / Animation | Lake (time-lapse) (First: Episode 2700) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 3 | Savion shows Big Bird and the kids how to "Do the Laundry." |
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Cartoon | Five outlines of people dance. Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3050) cut from the Noggin version |
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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. (new music added) (First: Episode 2727) |
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Animation | Playing cards form the letter Z and dance to zydeco music. |
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Cartoon | Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | The Count sings about the things hands can do. (new music added to intro) (First: Episode 3002) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup. (First: Episode 2283) |
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Song | "Zero Song": A female voiceover sings about the food that keeps being taken away to make 0. Arist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3003) |
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Film | Kids talk about the various writing methods they use. (First: Episode 2376) |
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SCENE 4 | Summer must make it back to the track to practice, and the two horses make a date for later. Meanwhile, Gina and Big Bird comment on how slow Summer is at everything but running when they witness her rushing off, leaving more debris outside the store. |
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Cartoon | The dancing birds dance fast and slow. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3072) |
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Muppets | The Singing Dentists sing "Say Toothpaste, Somebody!" (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 2705) |
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Cartoon | Pencil box I/i (First: Episode 2890) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I — Grover plays a king who dances with the letter I. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Cartoon | CGI sheep graze out I and i. (First: Episode 2896) |
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Film | At the harbor, kids learn about dolphins, and how to communicate with them using signals. (First: Episode 3010) |
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Cartoon | A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh". The other kids tell him that they heard the expression on TV. (First: Episode 0771) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | A boy dances his way into his family's portrait. (First: Episode 3129) |
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SCENE 5 | Buster (after helping Gina clean up the mess in front of Hooper's) is about to head to the track for his date, but not before announcing the sponsors... with help from Summer in voice-over. |
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