| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | March 19, 1985 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Snuffleupagus doesn't understand the difference between "here" and "there," so Big Bird sings a song to help him. |
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Film | A girl puts on her coat all by herself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0622) |
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Cartoon | "Magic Pig" Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 0772) |
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Muppets | Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | A small man tries to use a seesaw, but can't get his associate (a very large man) to go up. (First: Episode 1121) |
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Film | Various things in a kitchen become CLOSED. (First: Episode 1337) |
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Cartoon | T for Turtle Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1146) |
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Film | A woman repairs wires for the telephone company. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Animation | David spots a hexagon out in space. (First: Episode 1427) |
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Insert | Luis teaches the Two-Headed Monster how to use the new telephone booths on Sesame Street. Once they've figured out how to use it, one of the heads uses one booth to call the other head on the other booth. (First: Episode 1863) |
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Animation | Stop-motion: A bunny tries to make a bench with blocks, but needs a chick's help. (First: Episode 1463) |
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Film | Sheep dog (First: Episode 1012) |
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Celebrity | Madeline Kahn (in limbo) comments on the previous segment. "Well, that's really a hard working dog. I wonder what he gets paid." (First: Episode 1110) |
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Cartoon | More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on. (First: Episode 0256) |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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Insert | David struggles to roller-skate down Sesame Street. Big Bird helps him to Hooper's Store and reminds him that "practice makes perfect." David imagines being a great skater: in his fantasy, he roller-skates through Central Park with ease. Back in reality, David skates on his own and falls down, but he doesn't mind. Music: "What Makes Music?" (First: Episode 1559) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: OINK (First: Episode 1163) |
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Cast | Luis tosses and turns in bed. Gordon hawks a sure-fire method of getting to sleep - counting. Luis orders Gordon to leave the bedroom in ten seconds, then falls asleep after counting. (First: Episode 1487) |
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Film | People of all ages ride bicycles. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0616) |
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Muppets | Captain Breakfast unsuccessfully encourages a little girl to eat breakfast, the most important meal of the day. (First: Episode 1492) |
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Cartoon | Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand. (First: Episode 1669) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria talks about hats with Zoe, Ralphie, and Ivy when a hatless Forgetful Jones drops by, having a particular hat on his mind but he doesn't quite know what it is. Maria thinks he might be able to express it by playing their game. They try on different hats and guess what job is associated with each one. Ivy tries on a cowgirl hat, which seems to steer Forgetful in the right direction. He instead brings in a cowgirl hat being worn by a cow girl. |
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Cartoon | Hats (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | La letra T es para tigre, tomate, taxi, toro, telefono, televisión, y el terrible tiburon. (First: Episode 0351) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At night, Ernie can't sleep because he's thirsty. Bert is out of town visiting his brother, so Ernie calls Bert on the phone to tell Bert he's thirsty. He follows Bert's advice to get a glass of water, but calls Bert again to thank him, and say he can't sleep. Bert suggests that he count sheep ... except Ernie doesn't hang up the phone. (First: Episode 1943) |
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Cartoon | T for typewriter and toe Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0506) |
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Film | Two boys working at the family Mexican restaurant show how they prepare for the day, and how tacos and enchiladas are made. (First: Episode 1890) |
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Cartoon | In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing. (First: Episode 0778) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria, Forgetful, and the kids begin a game where they count buttons. Forgetful screws things up at first by counting his own buttons several times over. Maria has the kids count their own buttons to demonstrate to Forgetful the right way to do it without losing his place. He manages to get it right, but forgets how to count higher than 3. |
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Cartoon | S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | "Bein' Green," with Lena Horne and Kermit. (First: Episode 0637) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #11 (First: Episode 0329) |
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Cartoon | A girl has trouble closing her suitcase after she's packed it, but has help from her four-legged friend. (First: Episode 1469) |
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Film | The letter T is a very useful letter. (First: Episode 0402) |
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Transition | Diamond transition (First: Episode 0007) |
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SCENE 4 | Grundgetta believes in giving the good folks of Sesame Street, particularly young Zoe, a break from grouchiness, to Oscar's annoyance. He reluctantly permits her to use his pots and spoon for a game of "Three of These Things," which she sings in a lovely soprano voice (provided by Ivy Austin). When Zoe makes her guess as to what doesn't belong, Oscar clarifies that the items are not used for cooking - they're used for banging on. Grundgetta sings the song again in a grouchy voice, piercing the ears of Zoe, Bob, and Olivia. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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