| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Spring on Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 15, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob tends to some of his crocus plants, noting that spring is in the air at last. Telly comes by with a problem - he planted his own crocus bulb in the winter, but he's discovered a nasty green thing is starting to take up space in the flower pot. Bob points out the bulb is his crocus plant, just starting to bloom for the spring. Telly apologizes to the bulb for yelling and starts to fret that he doesn't know how to take care of a baby plant, thinking it's much like human baby care. Bob tells him to give it plenty of sunshine, occasional water, and sometimes talk to it. Telly goes off to read his plant the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk," and when no one is looking, Bob decides to start telling one of his plants a joke. |
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Cartoon | Super 2 solves problems by doubling things. (First: Episode 1643) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Little Plant." (First: Episode 2144) |
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Animation | El Numero Dos (Luis voice-over) (First: Episode 2211) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster finds a newspaper. (First: Episode 2097) |
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Cartoon | A pattern of daisies and tulips - can you tell what comes next? (First: Episode 2256) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Flying." (First: Episode 0394) |
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Cast | Olivia and the kids spend an afternoon with Barkley in the park. By the end of it all, he's much too tired to return to Sesame Street. They situate him in the backseat of a Hansom cab as they follow along. (First: Episode 1301) |
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Cartoon | Subtracting three mules (First: Episode 0767) |
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Muppets | A group of Anything Muppet children wander into a classroom and wonder where they are. They lift up their desks and find the letters forming "SCHOOL" on them. (First: Episode 1391) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Z" -- A figure tries to sell a Z. His only customer stops him by locking him inside a zoo cage. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0085) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "I'll Love You in Springtime." (First: Episode 2088) |
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Cartoon | Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand. (First: Episode 1669) |
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Animation | Rocks turn in circles to a song. (First: Episode 2234) |
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Cartoon | Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot. (First: Episode 0795) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly sits and waits for his crocus to grow into a flower, thinking the plant might not know what to do and should go to "crocus school." Big Bird has the kids pretend to be plants and grow to help inspire his plant, but Telly is disappointed when this doesn't seem to work. Mesha lets Telly know that plants take a while to grow, so he just needs to wait. The others go to Hooper's Store for some lemonade, leaving Telly to quietly encourage his plant to grow. |
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Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) |
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Film | Footage of a sunflower seed factory, where birdseed bells are manufactured. (First: Episode 1181) |
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Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Muppets | Here Is Your Life: Guy Smiley salutes the life of a house, 2102 Shady Lane, with visits from Frank Lloyd Left the architect, Mr. Bricklayer and Ms. Carpenter who built the house, Tommy and Sally Wilson, children of the family that once lived in the house, and even 2104 Shady Lane, the house that used to be located next door to 2102 Shady Lane, before it was replaced with a highway. (First: Episode 2225) |
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Film | In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it. (First: Episode 1171) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Mookie Wilson and Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets try to play baseball with The Count, but he would rather swing the bat and count strikes. |
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Animation | "¡Él juega beisbol!" (First: Episode 2101) |
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Film | Students prepare for a spelling bee. (First: Episode 2208) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie makes a mess of the apartment in order to find a note he wrote to Bert. (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Oscar's CASA is drawn. (First: Episode 2095) |
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Animation | A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!" (First: Episode 1981) |
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SCENE 3 | The cast sings a song to commemorate that "Spring is Here." |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: Z for Zoo (First: Episode 0776) |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about nature through winter and spring. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Muppets | Grover sits in a park and recites a poem about a butterfly that he sees. (First: Episode 1967) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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SCENE 4 | Everyone enjoys the last few moments of the first day of spring as the sun begins to set. They all go inside when Telly starts to protest that the sun is going away; his plant needs sunlight to grow. Gordon tells him that even plants need rest and it will be perfectly fine set outside waiting for the sun to rise tomorrow. Telly then announces the sponsors. |
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