| Sesame Street | |||||
| Teaching a baby Honker the alphabet. (repeat of 1862) | |||||
| Air date | December 17, 1985 | ||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria welcomes the viewer, then encounters Big Bird teaching a baby Honker to honk the alphabet. Big Bird recites it one part at a time in the form of "The Alphabet Song," and with Maria's help they get through the whole song with success. The baby Honker then wants to do it again, and Maria and Big Bird start to sense the pattern that's forming... |
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Cartoon | C is for Canary (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie and the Man Who Needs Help — Ernie has trouble understanding Simon Soundman, who's having car trouble. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Families." (First: Episode 0454) |
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Cartoon | C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
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SCENE 2 | At Hooper's Store, the baby Honker wants to honk the alphabet some more, but David declines and Big Bird follows him to help with some chores. The Honker then turns his attention to Barkley, and tries to get him to sing along. Big Bird and David are skeptical about this working since Barkley likely doesn't understand what the Honker is saying, but both are impressed when Barkley starts to howl along with the Honker's performance of the song. |
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Film | Luis announces "And now, the octopus!" Music: "Pomp and Circumstance" (First: Episode 0291) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit the Frog, Shola, and Fanny have just finished watching the previous film. Shola hugs Kermit, and he comments, "She learned a lot from the octopus ... how to squeeze!" (First: Episode 0534) |
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Cartoon | A domestic cat paints various wild feline versions of himself on his owner's canvas. (First: Episode 1521) |
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Muppets / Cast | "Singing in the Shower" - Olivia, Ernie, Oscar, and Big Bird sing about how they like to sing in their various modes of cleaning (shower, bathtub, mudbath, and birdbath respectively.) (First: Episode 1834) |
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Animation | Seis flores (First: Episode 1591) |
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Film | A man bounces a ball up the steps, and then it falls down the steps. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0435) |
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Cartoon | Various demonstrations of DOWN and UP (First: Episode 0847) |
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Celebrity | Sid Caesar emotes according to the instructions of a kid in voiceover. |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Emotional at the Movies — Ernie runs through the gamut of emotions during a movie. (First: Episode 0627) |
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Cartoon | A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Film | A girl explains her life in a motor home. (First: Episode 1235) |
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Muppets | Captain Breakfast unsuccessfully encourages a little girl to eat breakfast, the most important meal of the day. (First: Episode 1492) |
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Film | Cold things that begin with the letter I (First: Episode 0618) |
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Cast | Bob plays an explorer named Faversham Svedwick who spends twenty years searching all over the globe for Kermit the Hermit, the Wisest Man in the World. When he finds him, he challenges him to a game of tag. (First: Episode 0974) |
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Film | A STOP sign spins around. (First: Episode 0930) |
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Insert | The Count counts five children as they rearrange their positions. (First: Episode 1439) |
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Cartoon | A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird. Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 1616) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old Mother Hubbard — Kermit points out the lackluster cadence of Old Mother Hubbard's nursery rhyme. (First: Episode 0642) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar gathers David and Olivia inside Hooper's to screen Slimey's newly-completed movie, The Incredible Voyage Across Hooper's Counter. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
After Slimey appears in an MGM-esque bannered circle, the movie cuts to a POV shot of Slimey crawling across the counter, where objects look bigger than they are. The film follows Slimey's trek as he passes through a giant spoon, donut, and cup of coffee. The screen becomes dark when Slimey enters an apple, and Oscar claims that this part goes on for about half an hour. David turns off the projector, and Slimey emerges from the bowl of apples to take a bow. |
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Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | "Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing. (First: Episode 0295) |
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Cartoon | A man juggles until he is told to STOP. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1340) |
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Muppets | Game Show: "Say the Word" (First: Episode 1373) |
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Film | A marching band counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0504) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird, Olivia, and some kids encounter the Honkers having a parade. The Honkers invite them to join in, but Olivia demonstrates that their noses don't make any noise. The Honker leading the parade has planned for this, and gives the group their own toy horns and hats to blend in. Olivia feels slightly embarrassed, but joins the fun anyway. David catches Olivia acting silly, and compliments her hat. |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cast | Gordon, Maria, Luis and Bob explain how they cooperated to catch a fish for eat (a la "This is House That Jack Built"). (First: Episode 1449) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster follows the arrows. (First: Episode 1627) |
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Cartoon | Fruta Manzana sings about being happy and healthy. Artist: Don Duga and Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1231) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and David tell Maria about their day with the baby Honker, who shows up again wanting to sing the alphabet some more. Maria suggests that he can help her by honking the sponsors instead. |
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