| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 23, 1985 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | As Maria greets the viewer, she becomes distracted by the sounds of Oscar laughing. He's revisiting his first grade reader book and recites some of it. The book opens with dialogue matching the Dick and Jane book that Maria read from in first grade. However, Oscar's book casts Dick and Jane as Grouches, and Spot is a pig. He reads some more, picturing himself and Grundgetta as Dick and Jane, along with Oscar's pet pig Spot who doesn't follow any of their commands. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: HOT DOG (First: Episode 1142) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Jack and Jill — Jill refuses to go up the hill with Jack. (First: Episode 1071) |
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Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Bird Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0269) |
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Film | Kids dancing. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | 1-10, 10-1 count with stripes. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cast / Muppets | Olivia sings about her "One Two Blues" with two Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 1493) |
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Animation | Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third ball wants to join them (ending up in the middle). (First: Episode 2054) |
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Insert | Alaina Deleon does some speed jump-roping with the Double Dutch Jumpers. (music added) (First: Episode 1424) |
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Film | People jump. (First: Episode 0774) |
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Cartoon | A crocodile, snake, and kangaroo all cooperate to escape from the zoo and get ice cream. (First: Episode 1577) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie tries to figure out what time it is at night. It's too dark to see the clock, so Ernie has a new solution: he pokes his head out the window and sings some loud, off-key opera ("O SOLE MIO, O SOLE YOU-OH") which causes everyone to wake up and yell at him to stop singing, and even mention what time it is. It's 3:00 AM. (First: Episode 1153) |
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Cartoon | What's missing? (a baby) (First: Episode 2023) |
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SCENE 2 | Forgetful Jones sees if a grown-up, Bob, can correctly guess what letter he has without being able to see it. Bob quickly can tell it's a letter X, but Forgetful insists on giving him clues before he can say it, all while getting Bob's name wrong every time. When Forgetful permits an answer and gets Bob's name wrong again, Bob sternly and loudly reminds him of what his name is. Forgetful takes this as Bob's answer and states it's a letter X, not a letter Bob. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty X": A peanut-shaped figure lists the words that the letter "X" can be found in. (First: Episode 0006) |
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Film | Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster gets MAD when it sees the word. (First: Episode 1513) |
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Film | Marching band forms a square (First: Episode 0514) |
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Cast | Luis is dressed for snow, but is stuck at the beach. David dresses for the beach, but finds himself in the snow. They happily switch places. (First: Episode 0497) |
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Cartoon | A poem about changing seasons. (First: Episode 0962) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola discuss the difference between heavy and light. (First: Episode 0549) |
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Cartoon | Light and heavy (bird falls on man) (First: Episode 0785) |
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Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0515) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly confidently delivers a lecture on the phrase "muchas gracias." |
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Animation | Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover prepares a table for a family who's celebrating their grandmother's birthday, but Grover doesn't know her name, so when each family member refers to her as a different relative each time, Grover thinks there's more than one party going on, so he ends up bringing out seven cakes. (First: Episode 1958) |
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Film | Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder. (First: Episode 0254) |
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Cartoon | A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Muppets | The Honkers count to 3. (Part 2 only) (First: Episode 1458) |
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Cartoon | Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat. (First: Episode 1580) |
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Muppets | Big Bird presents the letter X, but it is upside down. (First: Episode 1426) |
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Cartoon | A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over. (First: Episode 0010) |
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Film / Cast | Gordon hangs out in a classroom. He joins the kids and the teacher as they play with an elastic rope and get into different shapes. (First: Episode 1068) |
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Cartoon | A girl sorts everything she finds which is alive and not alive. (First: Episode 1526) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive." (First: Episode 1482) |
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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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Film | Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Film | Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0318) |
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Cartoon | Superman demonstrates the letter S and some of the words it stands for. (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 4 | Gordon describes the parts of a plant to Forgetful Jones and Buster the Horse, which makes them hungry. They produce some vegetables that are edible parts of plants (such as carrots as roots, celery as stems, and lettuce leaves). |
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Cartoon | The Carrot Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Cab Calloway sings "Jumpin' Jive" when the Two-Headed Monster can't decide whether to jump or jive. (First: Episode 1575) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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SCENE 5 | Gordon, Forgetful, Buster, and the kids crunch down on their vegetable snacks as Grundgetta announces the sponsors. |
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