| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Did Gabi say "Oscar"? | |||||||||
| Air date | December 15, 1989 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||||
| Written by | Sonia Manzano | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis attempts to teach Gabi to say "Dad" by showing her a card with the word on it. Maria thinks it won't work since she's too young to read or talk at this point (being only six months old). He leaves to open the Fix-It Shop, and once he's gone Maria writes "Mom" on the other side of the "Dad" card and attempts to teach Gabi to say it. |
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Cartoon | Which legs belong on the man? (First: Episode 1691) |
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Muppets | Game Show: To Tell A Face The object of the game is to identify the face of a relative. The contestant in this skit is Baby Bobby, who must identify his grandmother. (First: Episode 2125) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106) |
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Cartoon | "¡El juega hockey!" (First: Episode 2114) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: MOM. (First: Episode 1481) |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings. (First: Episode 1309) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar objects to the cute baby sounds he hears from Gabi, so he attempts to teach her to say his name. He interprets one of her gurgles as her saying "Oscar," but Maria begs to differ. Maria leaves him alone, and Gina admires Gabi as she passes by. For a moment, Gina thinks she heard Gabi say "Oscar," and Maria is flabbergasted. |
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Cartoon | A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and The Beetles sing "Hey Food." (First: Episode 1815) |
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Film | A boy takes dance lessons at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. (First: Episode 1716) |
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Cartoon | "Wash Your Hands Before You Eat" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1523) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but he has a little trouble. (First: Episode 0547) |
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Animation | El numero cinco (Luis VO) (First: Episode 2115) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly stops by for some "Monster on the Spot" coverage, asking Maria how Gabi came into the world. Maria gives him a kid-friendly version of the story, which he knows some of because he was there. Telly asks Gabi to say something, and thinks he heard her say "Oscar." |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound: J, jaguar (First: Episode 1144) |
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Cartoon | Teeny Little Super Guy RW wants a pet spoon, so TLSG teaches him the importance of being responsible with a pet. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1986) |
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Celebrity | Itzhak Perlman and a girl demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses. (First: Episode 1563) |
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Cartoon | 5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses) (First: Episode 0973) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Follow the Arrows — Ernie has Bert play a "Follow the Arrows" game. (First: Episode 1697) |
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Cartoon | Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats. (First: Episode 1148) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird encounters Maria about to tell Gabi a story with Goldilocks in it, so he sits down and listens in. In the story, Goldilocks comes home with her new baby, "Gabrielalocks," and stresses out about the conditions of her baby's room ("It's too cold! It's too hot!"), the bed ("It's too hard! It's too soft!"), and the light ("It's too bright! It's too dark!") when husband Luislocks assures her that all of those things are "just right." Big Bird learns that Gabi can't talk yet, but to Maria's astonishment, he thinks he heard her say "Oscar." |
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Cartoon | A man has a J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231) |
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Muppets | Bob imagines himself in 1789, and meets two of the people in George Washington's neighborhood, the candlemaker and the saddlemaker. (First: Episode 2294) |
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Animation | A kerosene lamp assembles itself in stop-motion. (First: Episode 1473) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Miami Mice — Kermit interviews Tito and J.P., the Miami Mice. (First: Episode 2200) |
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Cartoon | Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 5 | Snuffy and Anna ask Maria if she's seen Linda, because Anna wants to learn some signs for show-and-tell. Maria shows her the signs for "Big Bird," "Snuffy," and "Oscar," and sees if Gabi can wave bye-bye. Snuffy thinks he saw Gabi make the sign for "Oscar," which confuses Maria even further. |
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Cartoon | I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (First: Episode 1170) |
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Film | Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil. (First: Episode 0497) |
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Cartoon | "The Adventures of Clever Bill!" The main character solves conflicts between two fighting giants and two fighting girls. (First: Episode 2068) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon". (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: J for jump (First: Episode 0772) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria tells Luis about their day, and they both think everyone's "Oscar" assumptions were silly. They wonder what her real first word will be, and begin to try to teach her to say "mama" and "dada" as Gina announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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