| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Great Nineteeni | |||||||
| Air date | March 20, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||
| Written by | Lou Berger | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | Dressed in a red cape, Big Bird poses as famed magician "The Great Nineteeni." He introduces the sponsors for today and teases some magic tricks he'll be performing using the number of the day. But first, he has to run down some steps with some kids, leading to the theme song... |
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SCENE 1 | For his first act, the Great Ninteeni will guess what number his assistant Snuffy is thinking of. He waves a flag marked with a 19, and a large banner depicting a 19 appears, but Snuffy claims to be thinking of the number 4. Trying to save the act, Snuffy tries thinking again but Big Bird decides to quit the magic business. |
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Cartoon | The boss of Muzby's Treetop Flowers tells his secretary that he doesn't want any calls unless they're important. Employee Henry tries to make an important call while hanging out on a limb. (First: Episode 2747) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Copies the Drums — Ernie instructs Bert to repeat his drum riffs and finds that he's quite good at it. (First: Episode 1809) |
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Cartoon | A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (First: Episode 0862) |
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Film | A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0096) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy begs Big Bird to try another trick, but he doesn't have one yet. He instead turns Snuffy's attention to the next segment... |
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Animation | Abstract count to 19 (First: Episode 2827) |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy shows his friend Harry the importance of sleep. (First: Episode 2047) |
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Cartoon | Me and My M Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1545) |
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Film | A film shows parts of an elephant. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0034) |
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SCENE 3 | At the Fix-It Shop, Merry Monster sings to Maria about being quiet and loud. |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: C-cat (First: Episode 0779) |
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Muppets | Dicky Tick hosts "In, On and Under." He interviews Paul Pencil in a drawer, Vivian Vase on a mantle, and Jacques Shoesteau under a chair. (First: Episode 2360) |
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Film | "One Thousand Faces" (First: Episode 2894) |
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Muppets | Caveman Days: Taking the kid to school Ernie (the father) and Bert (the kid) go over the procedure of crossing the street. (First: Episode 1950) |
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Insert | Wanda the Word Fairy demonstrates the word TELEPHONE, but is unable to remove the word from the telephone booths. (censored version) (First: Episode 2655) |
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Animation | All, none, some and one fish swim around. (First: Episode 2109) |
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Muppets | The Martians are looking for the Earth and find pigs in space and the Moon along the way. (First: Episode 2725) |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073) |
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Muppets | Kermit at Home: Grover comes to Kermit's house to fix his sink. Kermit fills him in on a demonstration of "big, bigger and biggest" when it comes to wrenches. Even so, the sink repair goes awry, and the house floods. (First: Episode 0821) |
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Cartoon | A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away. (First: Episode 1506) |
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Celebrity | Basketball player Isiah Thomas shows a girl that it takes practice to play the game, but she makes a basket on her first try. (First: Episode 2933) |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle's three nephews demonstrate a round by singing "Redwood Tree." (First: Episode 2506) |
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Film | A girl draws a picture of her friend Amelia. (First: Episode 2784) |
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Cartoon | The wind blows one hat after another off a pig's head, onto the heads of birds. "The wind is very, very strong." (First: Episode 2378) |
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Muppets | "It's Zydeco" (First: Episode 2666) |
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Cartoon | The secret drawing is a mailman. (First: Episode 0220) |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo pretends he's a letter carrier bringing a letter to Oscar, who reluctantly plays along on the condition that Elmo scrams after he gets his mail. Before he can get it, Elmo must travel through all different types of weather, which Merry noisily provides sound effects for. Oscar finally gets his letter, but must now wait some more as Elmo delivers him a package. |
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Film | Growing Numbers #19 (First: Episode 2937) |
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Muppets | Farley sings "Figure It Out." (First: Episode 1626) |
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Cartoon | C is for Canary (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615) |
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SCENE 5 | The Great Nineteeni has a new trick: he will guess what number is on the card Snuffy picks, as revealed by his assistant "The Teeny Ninenteeni." Big Bird turns around so as not to see the card and correctly guesses it's the number 19. He does the same with the remaining cards, which all have a 19 printed on them. Big Bird announces the sponsors and the credits follow, while an amazed Snuffy wonders if the trick can work with different numbers on the cards. |
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