| Shalom Sesame | |
| Air date | 1990 |
| Writer | Louise Gikow |
| Director | Moti Aviram (Israel) Ozzie Alfonso (USA) |
| Sponsors | shmone, nun, chet |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Daphna and Yoav anchor for the Rechov Sumsum World of Sports and announce that Kippi Ben Kippod is about to participate in the Chanukah torch run to Jerusalem. Jeremy Miller reports from the scene where Kippi is in training, and confirms the rumor of an injury. Kippi sets the record straight - his scraped knee has been taken care of. |
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SCENE 1 | Moishe Oofnik tries to sell some 2,000 year old sufganiyot (jelly donuts) to Jeremy that stretch, bounce, and fall to the ground like a rock. Jeremy runs in disgust of Moishe's "Oofganiot" offering, and Daphna and the torch runners have no interest either. "There's no accounting for some people's taste," the Oofnik laments. |
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Song | "Sufganiyah": A song plays over a film about making sufganiyot and people eating them. |
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Celebrity | David Brenner is coach of the "chet" softball team. They're named after the eighth letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet because it not only starts such words as "chag" (holiday) and "Chanukah," but also because their team always come in eighth place. |
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Muppets | The Count sings "Eight Beautiful Notes." |
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SCENE 2 | Jeremy Miller hosts "Dreidel of Fortune" (a "Wheel of Fortune" take-off). When contestants Moishe, Yoav, and Kippi can't guess what the final letters of a dreidel are, hostess Lavana White provides the missing clue and completes the puzzle: "A Great Miracle Happened Here." Since Ms. White works for the show all the contestants get the prizes, which include a dining room set made entirely of latkes and Maccabee-brand hammers. |
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Animation | "The Dreidel Song / Chanukah Chanukah" |
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Celebrity | David Brenner inspires his softball team to be heroes like Judah Maccabee; to fight to win the game the way he fought for freedom... at least until he and the team realize they'd be happier forgetting about the game and grabbing some latkes! |
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Film | A child narrates a film about making latkes at school. |
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SCENE 3 | Yoav and Jeremy visit the city of Modi'in where Judah Maccabee was born. When they wonder what life was like back then, they are transported back in time and sing a rendition of "The People in Your Neighborhood." They meet a boy who grinds wheat into flour, a blacksmith, and some girls who crush olives to make oil. Jeremy makes wisecracks all throughout their encounters before the two return back to the present, where they follow Kippi and his entourage. |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #8" This segment was cut when aired on PBS. |
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Muppets | Lefty the Salesman tries to sell Ernie a beautiful hand-painted picture of elephants. (Most of Ernie's dialogue is in Hebrew.) This segment was cut when aired on PBS. |
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Animation | In a clay animated segment, Joan Rivers provides the voice of a microphone who hosts "Here Is Your Life" for an olive oil jug currently living in a museum. The jug (voice of David Burdick) is reintroduced to the potter (Joshua Rifkind) who made him from a lump of clay, the olive tree (Nell Carter) who gave the oil that filled up the jug, and Simon Maccabee (Alan King) who saved him from the ruined temple. The jug was used to carry the oil to the menorah which burned for eight days. |
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Film | Kids sing "Ner Li," and talk about what Chanukah means to them and the traditions of the holiday. This segment was cut when aired on PBS. |
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Animation | A spaceship deploys a "nun" that lights a candle. This segment was cut when aired on PBS. |
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Muppets | "Do De Rubber Duck" |
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SCENE 4 | The Rechov Sumsum World of Sports checks back in to report on Kippi's torch run status. Jeremy Miller reports from the scene as Kippi reaches his destination and the torch is used to light the menorah. A short instrumental of the popular Chanukah tune "Ma'oz Tzur" (Rock of Ages) is heard over the torch-lighting sequence, and the music continues over the credits with "Mi Y'malel" (Who Can Retell?), reprised later in Show 7: Sing Around the Seasons. |
Notes[]
- The theme music for "Dreidel of Fortune" was previously used for Sesame Street's "Squeal of Fortune" parody.
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