| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Irvine's blanket (repeat of 3384) | |||||||
| Air date | April 18, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar attempts to separate Irvine from her blanket; he wishes to put it through a mud wash to make it even dirtier, but Irvine refuses to let go. When he gives up, Maria (having been through the situation before with Gabi) offers to help. Her solution is to get Irvine to exchange her blanket for her squeeze-toy alligator. She hands Irvine the toy, but the Grouch child keeps both instead. |
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Song | Hoots the Owl sings "This is How We Take a Bath." (First: Episode 3216) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs: Rub-a-Dub-Dub (First: Episode 3530) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: DIRTY (First: Episode 1121) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Monsters with Dirty Faces — Officer Grover coerces Rocky into washing his face. (First: Episode 3134) |
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Cartoon | M for Moon (new music and sound effects added) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1163) |
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Film | Two girls sing "Miss Mary M" as they clap. (First: Episode 3297) |
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Cartoon | Melba spells her name and her brother's name on their robot, Meltro. (First: Episode 3363) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar attempts to trick Irvine into dropping the blanket, but that also fails. Maria presses onward and talks Irvine into getting it washed, telling her how much messier it can get. Irvine is convinced, and even gets to put it into the mud herself! Maria is proud of her idea... until she gets a face full of mud while watching her inside Oscar's trash can. |
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Song | "Front Back Ballet" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3016) |
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Film | A group of girls do a playground cheer ("One step forward, one step back"). (First: Episode 3031) |
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Cartoon | Abstract count to 17 (First: Episode 2820) |
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Animation | Ornate 17s swing by. (First: Episode 3319) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #17 (First: Episode 2975) |
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Muppets | Elmo, Telly and Zoe want to show "between" by having Elmo appear between the other two. However, the never get in the right order and are forced to run around and switch place. (First: Episode 3384) |
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Cartoon | A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (First: Episode 2750) |
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Song | "Toothpaste Factory Rap" (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | A girl recites a poem about her first loose tooth. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3319) |
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Insert | Celina invites Benny Rabbit to dance with her and the kids and he declines, as he only likes doing his own dance - "The Benny Hop." He reluctantly shows them how the dance goes and finds himself having a great time. (First: Episode 3301) |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0337) |
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Film | A boy who lives in Alaska narrates a film of himself going ice-fishing with his grandfather and sister. (First: Episode 2375) |
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Cartoon | While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0004) |
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SCENE 3 | Irvine is now bawling since she misses her blanket while it's in the dryer. Oscar decides to put on a trashy videotape to keep her mind off it... |
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Film | "Box City Recycling Rap" Kids sing a rap song about recycling. They build a city out of boxes and cartons. (First: Episode 2851) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Irvine is in a much better mood after the video, scatting the tune. Maria accidentally mentions her blanket, so she starts bawling again. Oscar tells Maria to put in another trashy video... |
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Song | "Every Bit of Litter Hurts" (First: Episode 2721) |
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Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards: Big Bird visits the Green Market in Union Square. He thinks the food comes out of packaging, but his friends show him how food is grown on their farm. (First: Episode 3435) |
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Cartoon | P, for peas (First: Episode 3485) |
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Song | “Praise the Letter P, Please, Please, Please” (James Brown style) (First: Episode 3400) |
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Cartoon | P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452) |
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SCENE 4 | Irvine is still crying and doesn't want to watch any more trashy tapes. Maria returns from the library with something that might help - Grouchy Baby's Favorite Things, a picture book of grouchy items to take Irvine's mind off her blanket. It almost works, but Maria hesitates to read the last page as it is about Grouchy Baby's blanket. When they accidentally blurt it out Irvine starts crying again, so Oscar goes to check on the status of her blanket. |
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Film / Muppets | Alphaquest: M The girl uses mittens to make monster mush, which is eaten by a Muppet monster. (First: Episode 2724) |
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Muppets | The Sublime Miss M performs "The Sublime Ms. M." (First: Episode 2837) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: M for magic (First: Episode 0841) |
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Song | "You're Important" (First: Episode 3396) |
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Cartoon | Look both ways before you cross the street Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1397) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | "A New Way to Walk" Celebrity version (First: Episode 3233) |
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Film | The sign flashes WALK and DON'T WALK as kids read the indications out loud, and people wait and cross the street in fast-motion. (First: Episode 3272) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria tries to comfort Irvine when Oscar returns with her blanket, which Irvine immediately grabs and cuddles. He then tells Maria to scram before she upsets Irvine any further, but not before she can announce the sponsors. The credits follow. |
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