| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Pile Appreciation Day | |||||||
| Air date | January 8, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis and Gordon see the street is inundated with large junk piles all over the place. Oscar, Grundgetta, and Smudgey tell them that today is an important Grouch holiday - Pile Appreciation Day; all year long, Grouches make piles of all kinds of junk and spend the holiday celebrating the work they've done. The three then launch into their "Pile Appreciation Day Song." They agree to move some of the piles out of the way of the residents, right after they dig into their celebratory pile of lunch (prunes with gravy). |
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Cartoon | Nine Striped Cats Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1564) |
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Film | Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is. (First: Episode 0772) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Is Missing at the Beach — Sherlock Hemlock helps Ernie find Bert at the beach. (First: Episode 0278) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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Film | The Alphabet Dancers make a letter X. (First: Episode 0456) |
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Cartoon | A cowboy sings about "Feelings That Are Real." (First: Episode 0954) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar has a present for Luis in honor of the holiday. He assures Luis there is no trick snakes or water squirts from within the gift box. Luis unwraps the box and pulls out all the newspaper and tissue paper inside, leaving nothing in the box. Oscar points out Luis' gift is the pile of trash he's made from unwrapping the box. |
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Cartoon | A mysterious little box on a tightrope entraps a bird, a train, and a cat, which can still be heard. A large frog eats the box, and makes all of the sounds inside. (First: Episode 1518) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a dentist and a bus driver. (remake) (First: Episode 2146) |
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Film | Elephants in the zoo. (First: Episode 0283) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Chris, with his sister Stephanie, counts to 20 for Kermit. (First: Episode 0424) |
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Cartoon | Why did the chicken cross the road? (First: Episode 2050) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "Mystery Guest," where the blindfolded panel of Cookie Monster, Don Music, and Sherlock Hemlock must guess the identity of a special guest - the letter X. (First: Episode 1447) |
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Cartoon | Jasper and Julius: Apple (First: Episode 0485) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus have trouble taking a picture of themselves, as one of them is always behind the camera and the other is in front of it. They try both getting in the picture, then behind the camera until Gordon offers to take the picture. |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates above and below. (First: Episode 0262) |
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Cartoon | "Dinner for Nine" Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1658) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Cooperation Report — Kermit and Telly Monster interview each other. (First: Episode 2166) |
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Cartoon | Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand. (First: Episode 1669) |
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Film | Two boys working at the family Mexican restaurant show how they prepare for the day, and how tacos and enchiladas are made. (First: Episode 1890) |
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Cartoon | A girl imagines herself as a car that rescues fire victims. (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cast | Olivia and the kids spend an afternoon with Barkley in the park. By the end of it all, he's much too tired to return to Sesame Street. They situate him in the backseat of a Hansom cab as they follow along. (First: Episode 1301) |
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Cartoon | “Signing Alphabet,” an animated film by Steve Finkin. Music for voice and electronics by Joan La Barbara. (First: Episode 1056) |
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Muppets | Ernie is tossing and turning in bed. He sings to the viewers how he feels "When Bert's Not Here." (First: Episode 2208) |
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Animation | Sand X/x (First: Episode 0638) |
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Muppets | Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with "knee". Grover guesses the first one (key), but doesn't get the last two (ski and tree) right. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly build a bookshelf. (First: Episode 1287) |
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Celebrity | Ray Charles sings his own version of "The Alphabet Song." (First: Episode 1060) |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of her grandpa putting a horseshoe on their horse. (First: Episode 0505) |
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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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Muppets | Ice Follies: Count von Count skates to the tune of "The Song of the Count" ending with the rink lights simulating lightning. (dialogue and sound effects omitted) (First: Episode 0884) |
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Cartoon | Mr. Tweak can't sleep because his neighbor above snores, and his neighbor below sneezes. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0528) |
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Muppets | Japanese Story: The Mystery of the Four Dragons — The Emperor's son must find four dragons in order to take the throne. (First: Episode 0299) |
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Cartoon | Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg. (First: Episode 0796) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis notices all the piles are now gone. Gordon points out one pile still remains - a pile of fish that Miles is making at Oscar's direction. Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
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