| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 14, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | As Maria tries to read, the Count annoys her by counting every time she blinks. |
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Cartoon | A hippo has difficulty getting the succulent fruit down from a tree, and enlists the help of another hippo. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1899) |
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Film | Some kids learn how to use Logo, a computer programming language, to draw shapes on computers. (First: Episode 1968) |
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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 | Marching Band #4 (First: Episode 0529) |
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Cartoon | A magician writes in his diary about the many mishaps during his performance. (First: Episode 2053) |
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Muppets | The American Revolution: The National Bird — The founding fathers argue over which bird should be chosen as the national bird. |
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Cartoon | I-Ink (angry bird) (First: Episode 0462) |
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SCENE 2 | Grundgetta readies to play her favorite game - Trick or Triangle, where she asks someone if they have a triangle; if not, she plays a trick on them, in this case pulling on a string and dumping a basket of paper on the victim. Gordon, Luis, and Maria happen by and all happen to have triangles on them, with Luis having one on his keychain, Maria on her earrings, and Gordon in his math book. Gordon notices the basket of paper in the tree above and Maria now asks Grundgetta the question. Since she doesn't have any triangles, Maria dumps the paper on her (which she enjoys). |
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Cartoon | A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge. (First: Episode 1572) |
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Muppets | Ferlinghetti Donizetti delivers "The Easy Rhythm Rappin' Alphabet" while Grover displays his super smooth break-dance moves. (First: Episode 2033) |
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Film | Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack. (First: Episode 0968) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Planning Ahead at the Beach — Bert and Ernie have planned ahead for their day at the beach. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Insert | Big Bird reads a poem about how hard it is to be a sheep, and become cold when giving up one's wool: "So let's be fair when snow is deep, let's put the sweater on the sheep." Accompanied with cotton sheep illustrations. (First: Episode 1828) |
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Film | How sweaters are made from sheep's wool. (First: Episode 1009) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 1: Harvey Kneeslapper hangs an "OPEN" sign on a closet and has filled it with so many toys that when somebody opens it, all of the toys in the closet will fall on that person. A girl opens the closet, but none of the toys fall out. When Harvey opens it after she leaves, they fall all over him. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Cartoon | Que es Esto?: Horse (First: Episode 1974) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 2: Harvey has refilled the closet. A boy tries to open it, but the door is stuck. When the boy has left, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys land on him again. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Animation | A snail shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2039) |
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Muppets | OPEN the Door: Part 3: Harvey has refilled the closet again. The boy and girl come by again and open the door. Instead of toys falling, the closet leads to another place. After the two of them have gone through and closed the door behind them, Harvey opens the closet, and the toys fall on him. (First: Episode 0552) |
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Cartoon | An elephant (voiced by Marshall Efron) asks Nesbitt (voiced by Don Arioli) for directions to the zoo, but won't listen to him long enough. Artist: Janet Perlman (First: Episode 1631) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Forgetful Jones has gathered Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, and Keshia Knight Pulliam to help him with something, but he can't remember what it is. One by one, each kid has to leave, leaving Forgetful alone. At the last minute, Forgetful remembers what he wanted the kids to help him with: to explain what subtraction is. (First: Episode 2165) |
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Cartoon | Five tail feathers are subtracted from a peacock. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Film | Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | The kids form a capital I. (First: Episode 0462) |
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Cartoon | The weary traveler asks the wise man to demonstrate none, some, most and all with a basket of oranges. (First: Episode 0939) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover informs Mr. Johnson that the restaurant is out of a lot of items that are on the menu. The only thing still at the restaurant is milk... but there are no glasses. (First: Episode 0976) |
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Film | Various objects become OPEN. (First: Episode 0442) |
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Muppets | Simon Soundman tries to buy a saw at Sam's General Store. (First: Episode 0409) |
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Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (First: Episode 0427) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria is looking after Baby Natasha, but needs to make a call to Ms. Singer. She asks Telly Monster to watch the baby, but he doesn't think he can since he doesn't understand baby talk. As Natasha babbles, he's able figure out that she wants to feel his hair, then his nose. He repeats the different sounds she makes for each, thinking he's cracked a baby talk code. When Maria returns, he feels he has to hang around longer in order to help others understand her too. |
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Animation | 4 people, 4 wheels, 4 doors, and 4 windows make a carpool. (First: Episode 0910) |
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Film | Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach. (First: Episode 1122) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep." (First: Episode 1705) |
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Cartoon | A gorilla names "G" words. (First: Episode 1831) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly assembles the kids so they can all learn "Natashaglish." He holds up some objects and they repeat Natasha's babbles as if that's the "Natashaglish" word for it. Luis announces the sponsors. |
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