| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 6, 1986 | ||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | The Count recruits Maria to help him in "Counting Toes." |
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Animation | 4 people, 4 wheels, 4 doors, and 4 windows make a carpool. (First: Episode 0910) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster gets MAD when it sees the word. (First: Episode 1513) |
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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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Film | A variety of cat-shaped objects walk in front of the screen. (First: Episode 1802) |
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Animation | Scanimate Films #4 (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Four Anything Muppet cheerleaders give four big cheers for the number 4. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Film | Footage of a Chinese noodle factory. (First: Episode 0984) |
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SCENE 2 | Simon Soundman brings his vacuum cleaner to the Fix-It Shop and describes, using sounds, the evening when it stopped working. Maria deduces that he tripped on the wire and it merely became unplugged. |
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Cartoon | Various alien creatures perform in an otherwordly music performance conducted by a trumpet-nosed creature. (First: Episode 1181) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog performs "Disco Frog." (First: Episode 1407) |
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Cartoon | At the Pride Day Ceremony, Donald is waiting to describe his proudest accomplishment, and is initially unsure of himself next to other impressive students. He finally proudly acclaims his achievement, tying his shoes all by himself. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2085) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Important Note for Bert — Ernie has an important note for Bert, but he can't find it. (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (First: Episode 0768) |
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SCENE 3 | Elmo wants to play with Luis, who is occupied with his book. He points to Barkley and suggests Elmo play with him instead. Elmo finds Barkley pawing at an open crate, barking madly. Elmo thinks this is a game and repeats the pattern of barks, joined by Maria and the kids. Luis, disturbed by the noise, comes by and finds Barkley trying to reach his toy bone which somehow ended up there. He tosses it away and Elmo returns with the bone in his mouth instead. |
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Animation | Blue, red and yellow ovals play "Old MacDonald." (First: Episode 2002) |
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Muppets | Grover gets under his blanket, pretending that he is on the moon. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: A for airplane (First: Episode 0770) |
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Film | How sweaters are made from sheep's wool. (First: Episode 1009) |
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Cartoon | A for Acorn (First: Episode 1626) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird learns about disabilities from Itzhak Perlman and Rafael. (First: Episode 1547) |
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Animation | Where do the a's fit? (First: Episode 1586) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Water Baby" over footage of seals and kids swimming. (First: Episode 2016) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Cartoon | The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on. (First: Episode 1242) |
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Film | Cat block structure. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Muppets | The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink. (First: Episode 1468) |
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Animation | Sand O/o (First: Episode 0621) |
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SCENE 4 | While Maria sings an experiment tune, she, Biff and Daniella experiment to see what tool is best for driving a nail into a block of wood. |
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Cartoon | Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow. (First: Episode 1484) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin finds a HAT sign near a hatrack with a new hat. He tries replacing his crummy, worn-out one with it, but the sign falls apart each time. (First: Episode 1580) |
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Film | Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0032) |
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Muppets | "This is Your Story" salutes Forgetful Jones, with visits from his parents, a teacher, and his Uncle Ned (who he continually guesses for every other voice). Guy Smiley then gives Forgetful Jones a photo album so next time he can actually recognize his loved ones. (First: Episode 1700) |
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Film | George the Farmer uses barrels to count to ten. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Cartoon | A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (First: Episode 0862) |
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Insert | Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a rectangle. (First: Episode 1276) |
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Cartoon | A man walks in an IN. (First: Episode 0511) |
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SCENE 5 | Biff watches as Daniella continues using the hammer, while Maria swings two kids on the tire swing. Luis announces the sponsors. |
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