| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | January 7, 1986 | ||||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||||
| Written by | Gary Belkin | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | It has just finished raining on Sesame Street, and Telly finds himself admiring the pitcher of rainwater he just collected. He tries to tell Oscar, who doesn't see why he should care about how important water is. Telly goes on to explain how people (and fish) would not be able to stop bothering him in a world without water, which does little to convince Oscar otherwise. Telly also fails to get Oscar interested in his air collection. |
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Cartoon | Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. (First: Episode 0561) |
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Song | Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Cartoon | Lots of bunnies are needed to pull the huge carrot from the ground. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1473) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: What Time Is It? — Ernie sings opera loudly out his window in the middle of the night in order to find out what time it is. (First: Episode 1153) |
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Cartoon | A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Malcolm imagines a walk in the woods based on the music James Galway plays on his flute. His imaginary walk tuckers him out, so James plays him a lullaby. (First: Episode 1423) |
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Cartoon | Four elephants at the circus Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1489) |
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Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster drives a car, but puts on the seat belt first. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Cartoon | A colorful, rhythmic demonstration of the word IN (First: Episode 0337) |
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Muppets | Kermit shows what's inside of Herry Monster using the X-ray machine. (First: Episode 1974) |
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Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is told that his dog looks thirsty, and says that his dog is a hot dog. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1180) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates in and out. (First: Episode 0293) |
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SCENE 2 | Piri finds Forgetful Jones sitting next to assembled ingredients of lemonade, to which Forgetful doesn't remember what he's going to do with. Piri gives him hints, but Forgetful denies that he ever wanted to make lemonade. Oscar shows up and claims the ingredients as his, saying that Forgetful was just watching over them because he is going to make lemon-fish-ade. Oscar puts a whole fish into a pitcher of water, which sends a disgusted Piri running. |
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Cartoon | An ostrich is born on a football field, and learns that he can't fly. He saves the game by scoring the winning touchdown. (First: Episode 1870) |
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Film | Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Muppets | Two Anything Muppets sing the "City-Country Song" about the difference between life in the country and life in the city. (First: Episode 0681) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents four lordly lions. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1309) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cuppycakes — Cookie Monster keeps stealing the "cuppycakes" that Ernie is trying to photograph. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | The 3 Numero Brothers show addition and subtraction. (First: Episode 1182) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar rattles a can and promotes his lemon-fish-ade to everyone on Sesame Street. Bob, Susan, and some kids come along and sing "One of These Things" about his pitcher containing three lemons and one fish. Everyone agrees that the fish doesn't belong with the lemons except for Oscar. Susan says she likes fish that isn't used for lemonade, so Oscar tries unsuccessfully to sell her more fish. |
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Cartoon | Yo-yo elevator (First: Episode 1971) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Christopher Columbus — Kermit catches Christopher Columbus before his historic voyage. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Simon Soundman wants a chicken sandwich, which he orders as a "cluck-cluck" sandwich. Grover has trouble figuring out what his customer wants. Simon Soundman says that his brother always eats at that restaurant, implying that Mr. Johnson might be his brother. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Film | A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0690) |
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Insert | Maria leaves an old, dirty shirt of hers as a present for Oscar. Big Bird finds it and decides to clean it, only to find out what Maria's intention was. Big Bird gets it dirty again in reverse and Oscar thanks Maria for the gift. (First: Episode 1470) |
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Cartoon | It's a squirrel Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1736) |
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Muppets | The letter R joins U and N to make the word RUN. Anything Muppets run into the scene and take the letters. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0615) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob, Susan, and Telly, are listening to Don Music play the piano at his studio. Don then asks everyone to sing along with him to a song he just wrote. Telly stops him before he starts, and asks how they would sing along if they don't know the song. Don just instructs to sing after him and they all sing a song. |
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Cartoon | An ant is pressured by his peers to finish the anthill all by himself, until he enlists the cooperation of the others. (First: Episode 1478) |
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Muppets | The Count has prepared himself a picnic not far from his castle. As he counts the ants who come to take away his food, he eventually has nothing left. Which is just as well, since it has started to rain. |
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Cartoon | Four dolphins Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1491) |
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SCENE 5 | Piri plays with the kids in the yard as Bob announces the sponsors. |
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