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| Soap opera parodies | |||||||
| Air date | April 20, 1995 | ||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Big Bird lists what the viewer will see today: a couple of daytime dramas, one of Sonny Friendly's traveling game shows, and himself starring in a sunflower play. |
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SCENE 1 | An announcer (Jon Stone) introduces another episode of "As the World Takes Turns." As the story begins, Gina tries to call Jesse on the Hooper's Store payphone, but Telly and Zoe want to say hello to him over the phone. Gina says that they must... take turns and cooperate in saying hello to him. The monsters are able to get their messages out, but when Gina's turn comes the operator tells her she needs to deposit another quarter, leading into an argument between Telly and Zoe over who will do it. |
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Animation | We Are Kids From Far and Wide: Jittar, who lives in Thailand, describes the holiday of Songkran. (First: Episode 2765) |
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Film | A child in a classroom draws a picture of her dog Puck, and goes over the care required to keep a pet. A Bert and Baby Fozzie plush can be seen in the little girl's bedroom. (First: Episode 2853) |
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Animation | The word CAT is shown, followed by a black cat sitting on a chair. (First: Episode 3000) |
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Film | Kids talk about their CATs. (First: Episode 3308) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson gets a different waiter for a change, a light blue monster named Piño. Then Grover comes by and argues with Piño over which one of them is serving Mr. Johnson. (First: Episode 3061) |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) |
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SCENE 2 | The announcer presents a second soap opera - "The Young and the Vestless." Big Bird recites a poem about the letter V to Ruthie using several items stacked in his wagon, but needs her vest for part of it. After the poem is done he wagons his things away, forgetting to return Ruthie's vest. |
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Film | V for violin: kids play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on the violin. (First: Episode 3280) |
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Cartoon | Jim Thurman sings Calcutta Joe. Animation by Buzzco Associates, Inc. (First: Episode 2492) |
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Muppets | Spaceship Surprise The crew lands on the Planet CH, where they are greeted by Chunky Cheese. (First: Episode 2414) |
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Cartoon | A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All" as well as below. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2559) |
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Film | Farmer McFay is very sleepy because she only slept for 5 hours. (First: Episode 3215) |
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Cartoon | Something's missing ... is it a frog or a dog? (First: Episode 2389) |
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Song | Jerry Nelson sings "Don't Waste Water." (First: Episode 2804) |
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Cartoon | A story of a cat who hated rain, wished for it to stop, and witnessed the disastrous effects of no rain. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2724) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Los Lobos sings "Elmo and the Lavender Moon." (First: Episode 3101) |
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Cartoon | A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and crickets. Her snores frighten the real monster. Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2951) |
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Film | A park ranger speaks to a group of kids about trees and the fruits that come from them. Then all the kids hug a tree. (First: Episode 2891) |
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Cartoon | This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: V for Vacuum (First: Episode 0774) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Borrowing a Vacuum — Ernie wants to borrow Herbert Birdsfoot's vacuum cleaner, but he worries about how Herbert will respond. (First: Episode 0181) |
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Cartoon | Animals who eat crunchy things have nice teeth. (First: Episode 1487) |
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Film | At a zoo, monkeys clean each other and run around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2505) |
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Cartoon | The boss of Muzby's Treetop Flowers tells his secretary that he doesn't want any calls unless they're important. Employee Henry tries to make an important call while hanging out on a limb. (First: Episode 2747) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper asks, "Would ya like one?" (First: Episode 0408) |
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Cartoon | Hortense beats one drum. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2570) |
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SCENE 3 | Sonny Friendly arrives at the Fix-It Shop as part of his traveling game show, "The Number One Game," with Maria as his contestant; as usual, she refuses to play along. Sonny continues, telling her that the aim of the game is to find something that resembles the number one. She begins telling him off by wagging her finger at him, making the finger look like the number one and winning the game. Her prize is a fancy pair of shoes, which Maria finds surprising yet acceptable. However, since it's "The Number One Game," she can only keep one shoe and Sonny leaves with the other. |
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Cartoon | "Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0771) |
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Film | Kids talk about how many things they can do now that they're five years old. (First: Episode 1403) |
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Animation | Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish version) (First: Episode 3045) |
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Muppets | On a tropical island, Bert, Cookie, Grover and a Caribbean Anything Muppet back-up band sing "Take a Rest." (First: Episode 3107) |
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Cartoon | K - Key (First: Episode 0040) |
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Film | Girls dance and chant about K. (First: Episode 3012) |
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Animation | Playing cards form a capital and lowercase K as a queen and a jack tango. (First: Episode 3190) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie and Ernestine's Differences — Ernie talks about the differences between himself and his cousin, Ernestine. (First: Episode 2053) |
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Song | 14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street." (First: Episode 2556) |
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Cartoon | A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT. (First: Episode 0304) |
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SCENE 4 | Prairie Dawn hosts a pageant about flowers growing. Gabi, Lexine, and two other children play the flowers that quickly bloom in springtime, but the sunflower (played by Big Bird) is sad that he is the last to grow. By the end of the summer, though, he grows to be the largest flower of all. The audience cheers as Maria announces the sponsors and the players take their bows. |
Notes[]
- In addition to performing Telly, Martin P. Robinson voices Sonny's game show announcer Jack.
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