| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Gordon agrees to visit Snuffy's cave | |||||||
| Air date | March 21, 1985 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Buster the Horse greets Gladys the Cow as his "sister," to which she objects. She launches into a song about how they're different, while Buster and his fellow horses sing about how they're the same. |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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Muppets | Grover the Waiter at La Casa de Comidas (First: Episode 1793) |
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Film | Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cartoon | A red PELI and an explosive green GRO form the word PELIGRO. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Song | "Summer Song" - A singer describes what happens in the summertime. (First: Episode 1304) |
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Animation | Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third ball wants to join them (ending up in the middle). |
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Insert | The Professor explains to Big Bird how he invented the alphabet. (First: Episode 2018) |
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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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Muppets | The Beetles are "Thinking of U." (First: Episode 1486) |
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Cartoon | Teeny Little Super Guy explains to Eugene why going to school is important. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1966) |
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Song | "I'm Not a Baby Anymore" (First: Episode 0652) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria finds Gladys in the midst of an acting exercise. She's going to play the titular cat in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, thus she dresses as a cat and tries to mimic the meowing a real cat (Kevin Clash) makes. However, Gladys never gets it quite right and Maria has to demonstrate. Gladys grows resentful of Maria's intervention and eventually forces the cat outfit on her, haughtily proposing she play the role instead. |
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Animation | Blue, red and yellow ovals play "Old MacDonald." (First: Episode 2002) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Two is You and Me." (First: Episode 0375) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyming game, but Ernie ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (First: Episode 0798) |
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Cartoon | Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110) |
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Film | Parts of a clown are shown in close-up as kids guess what it is. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge. (First: Episode 1572) |
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Cast | Mass Communication (Maria, Olivia, Susan and Linda) perform their hit song "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10." (First: Episode 1401) |
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Cartoon | Ten brightly-beaked birds land on a statue. (First: Episode 1524) |
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Film | "Pig's Love Song" (live-action version) (First: Episode 0572) |
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Animation | A ball looks for its match on a brick wall. (First: Episode 1470) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird interrupts a photoshoot with Gordon and Olivia, asking if they can write a note for him; he needs written permission from an adult in order to spend the night at Mr. Snuffleupagus' cave. Although Olivia wants to take her photos, Gordon agrees to help write it and states, "How long can it take to write a note?" He arrives at Big Bird's nest to find a giant pencil and sheet of paper for him to use. He finds it difficult to write quickly and effectively like this, until Big Bird offers him a normal pad of paper and regular-sized pencil to use instead. |
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Cartoon | Letter U salesman (First: Episode 0202) |
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Muppets | Lefty tries to sell a letter U, which he claims to have had in his family for years. The U is actually a string tied to two poles. However, Ernie already has a U, but when he says that yesterday he could have used a V, Lefty stretches out the U's bottom to turn it into a V. (First: Episode 0126) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound: V, violin (First: Episode 1157) |
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Film | Some kids learn how to use Logo, a computer programming language, to draw shapes on computers. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Cartoon | 1-10, 10-1 count with stripes. (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 4 | Olivia comes by to see what's taking Gordon so long. He is now helping Big Bird pack for his sleepover, going over the list of things he needs. He's confused to see his own name on the list, which means Big Bird wants to take him with him. Gordon is reluctant at first, but ultimately agrees to come along. He heads home to pack and explains this to Olivia, who can hardly believe what she hears. |
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Film | An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | An old woman goads a man into guessing who she met today. Through the clues she gives, he soon finds out she's referring to him. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0798) |
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Muppets | Professor Grover teaches his students what "school" is, but he instead gets the lesson. (First: Episode 1969) |
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Film | Empty / full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0475) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird gets off the phone just as Snuffy arrives to escort him back to his cave. Big Bird has some bad news: Granny Bird wants him to come over and help prepare some birdseed brownies. Snuffy understands and heads back home, just as Gordon arrives, eager to visit Snuffy's cave. Big Bird breaks the news to him too, but Gordon's mind is made up; he'd like to visit the cave anyhow. Big Bird struggles to describe how to get there and isn't able to escort Gordon there personally. "Things were a lot simpler when I didn't believe [Snuffy] was real," Gordon remarks. Big Bird comforts him as Olivia announces the sponsors. |
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