| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Sloppy is born | |||||||||
| Air date | January 17, 1995 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | In the company of Luis and Maria, Oscar announces that Slimey's mother Eartha is going to have a baby today, though they're not sure when. A very pregnant Eartha sits nearby nervously rocking in her chair as the baby kicks inside her tummy. |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar watches the skies for an airplane that Slimey's father Dusty will be riding from work to take his wife to the hospital; otherwise he'll have to take her there himself. They receive a wormgram from Dusty that Luis reads, saying he missed the plane and is waiting for the next one. He reiterates that Oscar had agreed to help if he couldn't make it, a favor Oscar groans about. Maria wonders if the baby will be a girl or a boy, and Oscar accidentally invites them to stick around and find out. |
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Film | Katie is going to be a big sister. (First: Episode 2769) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: MOM. (First: Episode 1481) |
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Animation | Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroses as pets. (First: Episode 2759) |
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Animation | Pencil box A/a (First: Episode 3082) |
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Film | A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A. (First: Episode 2813) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Jim Carrey shows Elmo and Telly how he expresses his emotions - with his feet (in speed-induced footage, no less). (First: Episode 3023) |
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Film | A Japanese boy plays taiko drums in the park. (First: Episode 3153) |
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Cartoon | How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India. (First: Episode 1824) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria and Luis help Oscar pack Eartha's overnight suitcase, reading from a list that her worm birthing book suggests will help. They load in several essential worm-sized items such as a robe, address book (should she need a lawyer), diapers, a bonnet, and a bungee cord. Maria makes the suggestion of a picture of a loved one, having gone through the experience when having Gabi, so Oscar produces a small photo of Slimey. They have trouble closing the full suitcase until Slimey gives a mighty jump on top of it. |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Caribbean dance Part 1 (First: Episode 3136) |
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Cartoon | A dog, a girl and a lizard dance to a bongo beat. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2795) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I — Grover plays a king who dances with the letter I. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Animation | Ornate I's swing through the air to a song. (First: Episode 2921) |
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Cartoon | CGI sheep graze out I and i. (First: Episode 2896) |
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Song | "Jump" (soul) (First: Episode 3136) |
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Animation | Luxo Jr.: Heavy and light (First: Episode 2860) |
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Muppets | Telly and Elmo sing about the difference between "Heavy and Light." (First: Episode 2809) |
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Cartoon | Don't cross the street alone. (First: Episode 1942) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Caribbean dance Part 2 (First: Episode 3136) |
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SCENE 3 | Everyone loads into The Sloppy Jalopy, though Luis is skeptical it'll make it to the hospital given its history of breaking down; Oscar reminds him it worked when they went to the hospital to give birth to Gabi. Oscar fastens Slimey's seatbelt and tests out the other worm seatbelts with Maria and Luis, who use their fingers in place of Eartha and the baby worm. Oscar then tests out the sirens and flashers of the car (a la "The Clapper"), which he says won't shut off for 20 minutes. The grown-ups find their fingers are stuck and they can't escape; they're trapped in the seatbelts! |
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Animation | Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You." (First: Episode 2873) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Caribbean dance Part 2a (First: Episode 3185) |
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Cartoon | Jake the Snake demonstrates body parts. Artist: Buzzco Associates, Inc. (First: Episode 2486) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form a letter A. (First: Episode 3292) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: A for airplane (First: Episode 0770) |
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Song | "I'm a Little Airplane" (First: Episode 3266) |
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SCENE 4 | Another wormgram arrives from Dusty. Maria reads the message, which says that Dusty is on the next flight and may be late, so start without him if he can't make it on time. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | On the plane, Dusty (voiced by John Raitt) imagines what it'll be like to have a child and sings an inner soliloquy. After his song, a flight attendant points out their proximity to Sesame Street and reminds the passengers of their "No Singing" policy. |
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Animation | Amelia likes to pretend she can fly. (First: Episode 2902) |
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Cartoon | Number Creatures #20 (First: Episode 2687) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count to 20. (First: Episode 0476) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #20 (First: Episode 2935) |
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Muppets | Big Bird is between what we just saw and what we're about to see ... (First: Episode 3145) |
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Song | Jerry Nelson sings "I'm the Big One Now." (First: Episode 2876) |
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Cartoon | Lillian discusses the adjustments she had to make when her parents had a new baby. She ultimately appreciates her sister. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2746) |
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SCENE 5 | Eartha is seated in the car and begins to wriggle back and forth, which everyone learns from the book means that the baby is coming. Maria thinks they should get Eartha to the hospital when another wormgram from Dusty arrives, telling them the same. As suspected, the Sloppy Jalopy won't start and Eartha begins to go into labor. Oscar starts to panic ("I don't know nothin' about birthin' worms!"), but luckily he has another worm birthing book, which instructs them how to help Eartha. Luis frees her from her car seat and Oscar assists her during the process, using his finger for her to push against to aid birth. Maria encourages Eartha to breathe (Luis: "I don't think she went to class.") and POP! It becomes quiet, and Oscar softly observes, "... it's born." After confirming it's a girl, Luis gives Slimey's baby sister her bonnet. |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Maria wishes that Dusty were here, when he arrives via parachute with a bouquet of flowers! He lands into the car and reunites with his newly-expanded family. Oscar is just as happy, a feeling Grouches don't usually like to show, so he celebrates having a broken car instead. |
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Song | "Doing the Family Thing" (First: Episode 3180) |
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Muppets | A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 1616) |
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Cartoon | A girl fantasizes what she could do without leaving her room if her nose, ears, legs, and arms got bigger. (First: Episode 3285) |
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SCENE 6 | A few kids watch as Slimey helps feed his new sister before the family heads to the hospital. Oscar reveals that the baby is named Sloppy after the car she was born in. Another wormgram arrives which Maria reads: it lists the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- The episode was later repeated in Season 28 as Episode 3640.
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