| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Luis and his old chair | |||||||||
| Air date | November 25, 1988 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar overhears Maria telling Linda that she needs to get rid of some things since her and Luis' apartment has no room. He wants to have the stuff, but is told otherwise by Maria - it's not trash unless she throws it away. Linda orders Barkley to stay put while they go inside; Oscar tries to get him to disobey and start frolicking, but the dog stays put. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Meanwhile, Luis rests in his old chair when Maria brings in Linda. He wakes up and suggests she not take the chair, claiming it's junk. He promptly goes back to sleep in it, though. |
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Cartoon | The One Two Three Dogs do circus stunts. (First: Episode 1480) |
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Film | Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays. (First: Episode 1234) |
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Muppets | Kermit has a leak in his roof, and the Monster Repair Team, consisting of plumber Grover, telephone repairman Herry, and a female electrician, comes to the rescue. Grover fixes the leak, but he had to remove a telephone wire. Herry fixes the telephone but had to remove a light switch. The electrician solves the problem; except she had to remove a pipe. (First: Episode 2377) |
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Cartoon | 3 owls blink. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1469) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Love Boat — On the deck of The Love Boat, a uniformed Ernie expresses how much he loves this boat. (First: Episode 1958) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #3 "Six Colored Circles" (First: Episode 1395) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar throws a stick for Barkley to fetch, but he stays still. He tries to get him to move with a chewed-up bone, then tries to claim there's a cat in his trash can, but it also doesn't work. He tells Fluffy to set off an explosion in his can, but Barkley remains put. He recalls a sign Linda used and uses it to call him over and making him disobey. Maria and Linda hear what he did and tell Oscar that he never disobeyed - he just obeyed him. Despite this, Oscar still had fun doing it. |
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Cartoon | A is for ape. (First: Episode 0006) |
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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 | Shelley the Turtle sings "I Get There" on his way to a picnic. (First: Episode 2314) |
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Cartoon | Three cannonball men switch spotlights as they dance. (First: Episode 1469) |
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Film | Photographic collage demonstration of ALL, MOST, SOME and NONE of an apple. Artist: Frank and Caroline Mouris (First: Episode 0979) |
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Cartoon | The big green balls and one little orange ball ride over the top of the hills. The little one can't make it over the big hill, but conquers the small one. (First: Episode 1896) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria calls the Sanitation Co. and asks them to pick-up Luis' chair and her old bookcase. She goes to open the Fix-It Shop and leaves Luis to bring them outside, double checking to make sure he really wants to get rid of his chair. When she's gone, Luis begins reminiscing about his comfy chair through a song ("This Old Chair"). Sentimental, he takes the bookcase outside first. |
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Cartoon | "Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her little brother offers her part of his orange. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2087) |
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Celebrity | John Moschitta, Jr. has a baby who has a name beginning with every letter of the alphabet. (First: Episode 2048) |
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Cartoon | At a construction site, a blue man builds a cuckoo clock, which gives him his lunch. (First: Episode 1924) |
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Film | Animals fight. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0567) |
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Cartoon | A - acrobat ball (First: Episode 2453) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings "Wavin' Goodbye to You with My Heart." (First: Episode 1475) |
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Cartoon | Little girl and cat (she imagines role reversal) (First: Episode 0784) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis has brought the chair outside and sadly imagines what could happen to it. He tries to give it to Oscar, who refuses to take it due to its comfiness. He decides to sit in it one last time, eventually falling asleep in it. Bruno comes to collect the stuff, but leaves the chair with Luis in it. |
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Cartoon | A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (ending snipped) (First: Episode 0046) |
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Song | "Brothers Song" (First: Episode 1476) |
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Cartoon | What's missing? (cow) (First: Episode 2028) |
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Film | Empty/full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0475) |
 
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Muppets | The Count's main jumping-over-the-bed flock of sheep quits on him, so he calls the "24 Hour Emergency Counting Service". A reluctant deliveryman in a sheep costume laments, "It's not an easy way to make a living." (First: Episode 2122) |
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Cartoon | A for Acorn (First: Episode 1626) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly, Oscar, and Barkley observe Luis still sleeping in the chair. Telly wants to wake him up, but Oscar threatens to kick him out of the Grouchketeers; he'd rather have Luis get caught in the upcoming rainstorm. Telly worries if Luis can love both Maria and the chair at the same time when Maria, Linda, and Gina find him and Maria is completely understanding of the fact that he still loves the chair. The girls, with Matt and Tish's help, carry the chair (with Luis still in it) back upstairs. Undeterred, Oscar enjoys the rain as a silver lining to the situation. |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over a cat and a dog, who chase each other around the fence. (First: Episode 1210) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a laughing man. (First: Episode 1845) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Dressing a Snowman — Bert tries to assure Ernie that their snowman won't feel the cold. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Cartoon | Q/q (balloons) (First: Episode 2241) |
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SCENE 6 | Luis and Maria discuss how to fix up the chair, and Maria shows how the chair can now fit both of them. Bob announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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