| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Trip to Puerto Rico — Day 2 | |||||||
| Air date | November 27, 1979 | ||||||
| Season | Season 11 (1979-1980) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | On a sunny morning in Puerto Rico, Maria comes out onto the porch. She spots David across the way from his residence in the country and invites him and the others over for breakfast with the family. |
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Cartoon | The word entrada tries to run through a wall, then runs through the entrance. (First: Episode 0939) |
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Film | Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. (edited) Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises (First: Episode 0008) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit the Frog talks about making the B sound, with much detail. When Beautiful Day Monster walks by, Kermit goes over the lesson again. The monster does the noise perfectly, but his "BAH!" scares Kermit away, and fogs up the screen. (First: Episode 0068) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird and a child (in voice-over) observe some oxen pulling loads of sugarcane in the fields for the market. |
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Cartoon | B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1147) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: A widow bird flies from one tree to another. (First: Episode 0391) |
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Muppets | Game Show: The Addition Game Hosted by Guy Smiley, the contestant has to figure out how to add numbers. The contestant is Herry Monster, who solves all the questions except "3+1=_", so he brings in four cars in the studio. (First: Episode 0960) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob and Linda are ready to bike to the beach, only they don't know where it is. Bob is able to speak enough Spanish to ask some local, biking children which way it is. A kid gives them complicated directions in Spanish. When they see the tourists don't understand, they gesture them to follow on their bikes. |
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Cartoon | A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be. (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Linda, Bob, and the kids cycle through Puerto Rico, observing all the sights on the way to the shore. They stop to snack on sugarcane, bike past the lines of palm trees, and when they finally arrive they watch one of the locals sewing a fishing net. While watching, Linda reminds Bob why they're there, and the two head to the waters to swim. |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Was Bert Captured By Martians? — When Ernie doesn't find Bert in his bed, he assumes that he's been taken away by The Martians. (First: Episode 1208) |
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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 4 | Oscar taunts Luis while he fixes the water fountain in the middle of town. Luis challenges Oscar that he can get it fixed, only to realize that it was one of Oscar's tricks when the fountain suddenly springs and soaks him. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — The Count asks Ingrid to teach him how to count to 20 in Spanish. (First: Episode 0477) |
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Cartoon | An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky. (First: Episode 0770) |
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Film | Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press. (First: Episode 1222) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria and Olivia accompany her Aunt Marguarita to market, where she has a few errands to run. Maria proposes that they split up and each take up a task to get everything done quicker. Olivia stops at Petra's fruit stand and is able to recite the grocery list in Spanish, though Petra reveals that they can speak English as well. |
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Cartoon | Jack waters a B, which grows into a B-stalk. He climbs it and travels to the Land of B. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy watches a circle around him get bigger and smaller. (First: Episode 0285) |
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Cartoon | Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever. (First: Episode 0320) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob strolls through "The Plaza" as he sings about the location. |
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Cartoon | 3 song (butterflies, birthday presents, waving pennants etc.) (First: Episode 0927) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty — Kermit doesn't help Humpty Dumpty's situation. (First: Episode 0657) |
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Song | "Starfish" (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | Small letter b (ball/bat) (First: Episode 1131) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird hears a peculiar chirp-like sound coming from all over the place. He tries finding the source, believing it's coming from a fellow feathered friend. He grabs some birdseed to lure the creature out, having no luck. He eventually finds himself back Marguarita's yard, where Maria explains the sound is coming from a coquí, a type of frog native to Puerto Rico. The kids catch one and show Big Bird, who remarks, "Wait'll I tell Kermit the Frog about this!" |
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Film | A group of kids enter a door marked ENTRADA. (First: Episode 0939) |
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Cartoon | A flea sets up camp on a dog. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1004) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Imaginary Baseball Game — While it's raining, Bert encourages Ernie to imagine playing baseball. (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 8 | Luis, Susan, and the kids make sandcastles at the beach. A young child announces the sponsors entirely in Spanish. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The signs are displayed over the beach landscapes at day and night. |
Notes
- The rest of the week uses a special new opening sequence set to a Latin tune (mixed with the "Sesame Street Theme") over clips from the previous episode. One clip used is an alternate take from Oscar and Osvaldo's first meeting.
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