| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Maria fixes Snuffy's toaster | |||||||||
| Air date | November 28, 1997 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, having just finished fixing Mrs. Guzman's (Alice Dinnean) toaster. It works! Gabi congratulates her mom on the good job she did, but Maria says it was no big deal - there was just this little spring that needed tightening. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Suddenly, Big Bird and Snuffy approach the Fix-it Shop with a giant, broken toaster that belongs to Snuffy's mommy. They also brought some giant Snuffle-bread that can be used to see if the toaster works when it's fixed. Maria is overwhelmed at the size of the toaster, but Gabi is confident that her brilliant mom can fix it. |
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Song | A salute to M-O-M. (First: Episode 3564) |
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Cartoon | How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Muppets | Elmo sings about "Emotion in the Ocean." (First: Episode 3532) |
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Cartoon | Zork lands on the coast of California, where he meets a slick agent. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2687) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster is in a disagreement about where to go for vacation: the mountains or the seashore. Cookie Monster says he likes both, better than going to Cucamonga for the National Cookie Convention. 2-Head gets inspired, and heads off for Cucamonga, leaving Cookie to choose between the mountains and the seashore. (First: Episode 2837) |
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Film | A man dances in a W costume on the beach. (First: Episode 3606) |
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Animation | W for water, wind, wave and wet (First: Episode 3198) |
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Film | Alphaquest: W (First: Episode 2712) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria struggles to get the giant bread in the giant toaster. Once she gets it in, Snuffy explains the problem, beginning with the fact that he and Alice are not supposed to use their mommy's toaster by themselves. Needless to say, Maria has a harder time pushing the toast down into the toaster than Snuffy's mommy does. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Snuffy continues describing the problem, which is revealed to them: the toast always pops up too early, and sails into the sky. Meanwhile, Susan asks Miles if he remembered his umbrella, and Miles doubts it'll rain, when the giant piece of bread falls near them! |
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Film | Children demonstrate "up" and "down" with balls. (First: Episode 3562) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Herry Monster sing "Up and Down." (First: Episode 3532) |
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Cartoon | An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise. (new music added) (First: Episode 1493) |
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Song | "Look Who's Dancing" |
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Muppets / Celebrity | The Count counts how many times Jock Soto and Lourdes Lopez spin around. Finally, they spin him around. (First: Episode 3638) |
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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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SCENE 3 | Maria thinks she knows what the problem is, but not even her biggest screwdriver is big enough to unscrew a small screw. She tapes a paint-scraper and a stick together, which makes her able to unscrew it! Gabi still believes her mom will fix the toaster, but Big Bird and Snuffy are unsure of it. |
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Song | Leon Redbone sings "What Do They Do When They Go Wherever They Go?" (First: Episode 3312) |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger, biggest (strongmen) (First: Episode 0792) |
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Muppets | Grover and Mr. Johnson Mr. Johnson asks Grover the concession stand monster for a box of popcorn. Grover asks him if he would want the big, bigger, or biggest box of popcorn. Mr. Johnson wants the big popcorn, but Grover suggests the bigger popcorn. The two have a tug-of-war over the popcorn, resulting in the biggest popcorn box falling over Mr. Johnson's head. (First: Episode 3489) |
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Film | Kid mural painting #17 (First: Episode 3639) |
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Animation | Seventeen derby hats drop onto a balloon head. (First: Episode 2820) |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #17 (First: Episode 2975) |
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Film | A blind class goes on a field trip to the park, using their other senses to experience their surroundings. The teacher sings "If You're Happy and You Know It." (First: Episode 2566) |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird and Snuffy have a hard time being patient while waiting for the toaster to be fixed. Maria suggests that they go do something else while they wait. Gabi follows them into the play yard, where they all sing The Alphabet Song twice, then go back to check on the status of the toaster. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Maria inserts another giant piece of bread into the toaster and pushes the lever down, and once again, it rockets out too soon, this time landing near Bob, who thinks the weather looks perfect today before he sees it land ... |
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Cartoon | A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Muppets | Baby Bear sings a "scrubby scrubby" song as he takes a bath. As he finishes, he discovers Goldilocks has been in the tub with him breathing from a snorkel. (First: Episode 3594) |
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Animation | In a classic painting, a boy blows a bubble. It pops, and some kids yell "Surprise!" (First: Episode 3311) |
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Film | Jerry Nelson, Roscoe Orman and Fran Brill narrate "Great Moments at the Sink," in which mud-pie champion Sasha Smith washes her hands. |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie announces that her cat Feff will jump ON a box and say meow, but he keeps jumping OFF when she puts him on, so Suzie does it instead. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3455) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria thinks she's fixed the toaster now, but it launches yet another giant bread slice, which lands near Humphrey and Ingrid. Maria, Snuffy and Big Bird start to lose hope, but Gabi doesn't. She tells her mom to give it one more try, which Maria does. |
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Song | "It's a Long Hard Road, But I'm Gonna Get There." (First: Episode 3398) |
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Cartoon | W for Willamina (new music added) (First: Episode 0512) |
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Muppets | Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers. (First: Episode 0366) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form a W. (First: Episode 3277) |
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Cartoon | "I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | An Indian boy narrates how Chapati bread is made. (First: Episode 3204) |
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Cartoon | Household appliances count 1-10 and 10-0. (First: Episode 2840) |
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SCENE 6 | The toaster is tested out, with a countdown from 10 to 0. It finally works! Big Bird misses the flying bread, but Snuffy doesn't. Maria feels proud of having fixed the world's biggest toaster, but just then, Eartha comes by with the world's SMALLEST toaster (and a small loaf of bread)! Miles announces the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Stinky pretends to be a cowboy, and Snuffy pretends to be a horse. |
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