| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | April 29, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
| Written by | Lloyd Garver | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar introduces David to Slimey's new pet stick, Sticky. David believes a stick can't be a pet as it's not even alive. Oscar counters that Slimey likes Sticky, and that's what's important. He claims he can even play fetch. Oscar tosses Sticky away and Barkley comes back with it in his mouth; Oscar claims Sticky "fetched" Barkley. |
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Song | "Beet Beet, Sugar Beet." (First: Episode 1171) |
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Cartoon | E for Eel (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | The Twiddlebugs get a smoke detector installed in their home by the Twiddlebug Superintendent, but at first don't know what it is, but are pleased that it is working when it is tested. After Tessa figures out what it is and what it's for, smoke comes out of their oven (due to Tessie's stuffed bean being left unattended), and Ernie pours water over it to put out the smoke. (First: Episode 2263) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (First: Episode 0002) |
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Film | A variety of cat-shaped objects walk in front of the screen. (First: Episode 1802) |
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Cartoon | Eleven gumballs minus 4 equals 7. (First: Episode 2268) |
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SCENE 2 | At today's Grouchketeer meeting, Oscar tells the club that they will be sorting his trash today into three groups - metal, torn-paper, and sticky/gooey stuff. Telly tries to chime in with something, but Oscar keeps telling him to keep quiet. They sort through Oscar's pile of trash and eventually find a metal paint can with a paper label that's covered in goo. Oscar says it doesn't matter whether it's sorted as metal, paper, or gooey. Oscar realizes now that his trash is now neatly put away, which is what Telly was trying to tell him. Oscar orders the kids to dump all the trash back in his can, forming a proper mess. |
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Cartoon | A man saws a letter E through the wall. (First: Episode 0370) |
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Film | Two kids watch as a veterinarian fixes a baby robin's wing, then lets it go. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2292) |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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Muppets | Elmo enjoys being Super Grover's friend and thinks they're the same. Grover tries to prove they're different. |
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Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) |
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Film | With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names. (First: Episode 1735) |
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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. (First: Episode 1616) |
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Cast | Olivia sings "Listen to the Wind." (First: Episode 2092) |
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Cartoon | "Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257) |
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Muppets | The School Game, hosted by Guy Smiley. Three students have to guess what their teacher does and doesn't do for a living. (First: Episode 2282) |
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Film | A film shows parts of a flower. Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo (First: Episode 0008) |
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Cartoon | A black cat chases after a white bird, until a white lion steps in. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0255) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Vincent Van Grouch (Danny DeVito), curator of the Museum of Trash, has a look at Oscar the Grouch's pieces of Grouch art, and is always finding reasons why they are not grouchy or rotten enough for the museum. (First: Episode 2156) |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Counting Fruit — Bert wants to sort his paperclips, but he can't concentrate because Ernie is counting fruit. (First: Episode 2315) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335) |
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Cast | "A word from your local chicken" - A nerdy Gordon interprets a chicken's words. (First: Episode 2329) |
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Animation | Three rocks use different methods to get across a lake. Artist: Al Jarnow (First: Episode 1459) |
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Muppets | A cowboy hears his echo in Spanish for the numbers one to ten. (First: Episode 0698) |
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Cartoon | Big, bigger and biggest elephants (first half only) (First: Episode 0389) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - truck (First: Episode 0403) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly tells Maria that he's been hanging out with Forgetful Jones, and worries he'll soon start becoming so forgetful too that he'll forget how to say the alphabet. He manages to recite it anyhow while trying to describe how he might forget it. Maria points out his success, but he now worries that he won't be able to say it a second time. David announces the sponsors. |
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