| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird learns about siblings | |||||||
| Air date | February 11, 1988 | ||||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird prepares a speech about some, more, and all. Before he begins, he sips from his glass of milk in various increments until it's all gone. He's confused when the crowd applauds, until Gordon points out how he just demonstrated the concepts. |
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Cartoon | Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0478) |
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Muppets | Monster on the Spot: School — Telly Monster gives a report on the first day of school from an empty classroom, only to find that school starts tomorrow. (First: Episode 1850) |
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Film | A variety of cat-shaped objects walk in front of the screen. (First: Episode 1802) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word "dance" at a disco. (First: Episode 1395) |
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Cartoon | A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Insert | Elmo explores Sesame Street, and observes Susan as she does some writing. (First: Episode 2285) |
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Animation | A/a (Gordon voice-over) (First: Episode 2240) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Counting Fruit — Bert wants to sort his paperclips, but he can't concentrate because Ernie is counting fruit. (First: Episode 2315) |
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Cartoon | "Pirate Plan" Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2236) |
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Cast | The Great Addini (Maria) performs her famous bottle-balancing trick with her assistant Bill (David), who is doubtful the stunt will work. (First: Episode 1937) |
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Film | Footage of a coral reef, showcasing the plant life and the fish. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0466) |
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Cartoon | A man finds many ways to "EXIT", which slowly irritates him. (First: Episode 1301) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy brings his little sister Alice over to Big Bird's nest. When Big Bird asks what it's like having a little sister, Snuffy sings a song about it. |
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Cartoon | What if I looked like George Washington... (First: Episode 0586) |
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Film | A crane is shown, with a shovel and wrecking ball. (First: Episode 1164) |
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Cartoon | A playground is destroyed by bad weather, and a teacher has her class rebuild it from memory. (First: Episode 1453) |
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Celebrity | Sally Ride announces that A is for Astronaut and blasts off. (First: Episode 1949) |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets tell Grover in song how to plan making various objects (such as a sandwich or a birdhouse); unfortunately, all Grover wanted to make up was his mind - regarding which of two ice cream cones to eat first! By the time said song is finished, both cones have completely melted. (First: Episode 1385) |
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Film | Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Cartoon | Ivy Austin sings about a rabbit's day of eating grapes and swimming with pals. (First: Episode 2314) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Snuffy ask Luis to read them a pre-nap story. He picks out "Little Red Riding Hood." The two gush about their favorite parts of the story in order, essentially reading it themselves. |
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Cartoon | Super 2 solves problems by doubling things. (First: Episode 1643) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 1 — When the Count can't sleep, Ernie instructs him to try counting sheep. (First: Episode 0941) |
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Cartoon | P for Pyramid (First: Episode 2061) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 2 — The Count stayed up counting sheep all night, much to Ernie's dismay. (First: Episode 0941) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film about how cheese is made. (First: Episode 1124) |
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Cartoon | Two Farm Animals Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1447) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird has a tom-tom drum and Gordon initiates a game - whatever he says, Big Bird drums out a beat with the same syllables. Gordon warns him that he doesn't want Big Bird to get carried away and stops him from repeating even after the game is finished. Big Bird understands, but decides to keep drumming whatever he hears (including his own speech) just for fun. |
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Animation | Where does the triangle fit? (First: Episode 1883) |
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Film | Some kids observe a woman drawing pictures of a building, and eventually guess that she's an architect. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Muppets | Backed by the Monster Mountain Band, Cookie Monster sings "Handful of Crumbs". (First: Episode 1702) |
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Animation | A boy adds his crayons, then uses them to draw a number 5. (First: Episode 2345) |
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Film | Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit tells Alphonso what an EXIT is. (First: Episode 1395) |
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Cartoon | A for Acorn (First: Episode 1626) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird reads Luis his illustrated version of "The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe" with an expanded ending - the Old Woman moves the whole family into a boot, which has much more room. Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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