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| Irvine joins the Birdketeers | |||||||
| Air date | March 30, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Snuffy watches as Maria tries to measure how tall Gabi is. He learns about how a ruler is used, and wants to find out his height, so she measures him (he's six feet, ten 1/2 inches). He asks her to measure more of him, such as his snuffle, his foot, his tail... |
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Cartoon | "The Stranger" - a song about a baseball team hesitantly allowing a newcomer to join them, who ends up helping them win the game. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2108) |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Iguana (First: Episode 2938) |
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Cartoon | A man takes advantage of his television appearance to display his giant ME sign. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Muppets | "The Ten Commandments of Health" (First: Episode 1139) |
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Cartoon | P Words (including parachute and plug) (First: Episode 0296) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria prepares to take Gabi to today's Birdketeer meeting when Oscar points out they'll have another new member today. He gives some clues about the new recruit, who turns out to be Irvine as she emerges from the can in a Grouch-ified Birdketeer uniform, squawking loudly. |
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Cartoon | Three mice (Swedish animation) (First: Episode 1504) |
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Song | "Cow Dog Song" (First: Episode 0783) |
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Animation | Draw a line from the dog to the bowl and underline the hen. (First: Episode 2178) |
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Muppets | As ominous music plays, The Count walks around his castle, checks out the mirror (he has no reflection), and greets his bats. The mailman (Jim Henson) arrives, with a bunch of letters for Count. The mailman wonders why there are so many letters. The Count says that he wrote them all himself, so he could count them... and then he does. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Cartoon | Kids sing about the joys of celery. Artist: ArtistMike |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie won't let Bert into the apartment. Bert thinks he might be sad, and then Bert thinks Ernie might be hiding something from Bert, which makes him mad and demand to be let in. He comes in, and Ernie has thrown him a surprise party. Guests at the party include Roosevelt Franklin, Herbert Birdsfoot, Prairie Dawn, Sherlock Hemlock, Grover, Guy Smiley, and a mailman. (First: Episode 0461) |
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Film | Kids paint a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0064) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly, standing by a letter P, sobs after the previous segment, noting that "porcupine" is yet another word missing from the world if there were no letter P. He sings about what a struggle life would be with any P-words ("Life Without P"). He celebrates the letter when Gina comes in with some popcorn. |
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Cartoon | A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (First: Episode 0387) |
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Animation | Kids narrate how a Navajo blanket is weaved. |
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Celebrity / Muppets | Hoots tells everyone at Birdland to imagine that it's turning from nighttime to morning, and the birds are waking up in the forest, while Bobby McFerrin sings "Sweet in the Mornin'." (First: Episode 2874) |
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Animation | Sand U/u (First: Episode 0624) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper goes to a man and asks, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it. (First: Episode 0468) |
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Song | "Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429) |
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SCENE 4 | Snuffy teaches Alice the rules of crossing the street in the yard, with Mamoon pretending to be the traffic light. When he realizes that he and Alice don't have hands to hold with a grown-up friend's hand, Gina makes a special exception by holding onto both of their snuffles. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: DON'T WALK (First: Episode 1162) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster and Louisey sing "I Can Sing." |
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Cartoon | A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors. (First: Episode 0452) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Erik play a rhyming game. (First: Episode 1754) |
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Cartoon | An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling. (First: Episode 0555) |
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Film | A blind class goes on a field trip to the park, using their other senses to experience their surroundings. The teacher sings "If You're Happy and You Know It." (First: Episode 2566) |
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Cartoon | "Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2087) |
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SCENE 5 | At the Birdketeer meeting, Irvine doesn't participate in any of the flapping and tweeting the other group members are doing; she'd rather play with Big Bird's garbage as if it was blocks. Big Bird launches into a round of "Three of These Things" using today's members. |
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Cartoon | A dog learns about U. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Forgetful Jones and Clementine ride on horseback, and come across a rock. Clementine consults her book, The Cowgirl's Companion, to figure out how to handle a rock in your trail: go around it. (First: Episode 2586) |
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Cartoon | Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them. (First: Episode 0793) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Miss Muffet — The spider scares Kermit away. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | Heavy and light characters are weighed on a scale. (First: Episode 0843) |
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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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SCENE 6 | Irvine returns to the can after the meeting, squawking raucously. Maria announces the sponsors, with both Oscar and Irvine chiming in when they learn the letters spell out "P-U." |
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