| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | February 28, 1990 | ||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||
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Insert | Gordon exits 123 Sesame Street to find a beat-up phone booth just outside, complete with a couple of localized telephone poles and Ernestine the Telephone Operator seated at a switchboard. She explains that Oscar has set up the system, and to talk to him one must pay her a quarter and she'll phone him. Gordon becomes furious but calls Oscar anyway, who tells him the system is to make sure people won't bother him and hangs up. Not only does Gordon lose his quarter, but the cranky Ernestine refuses to take a message and goes on her break. (First: Episode 2594) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse (First: Episode 1167) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Different Shaped Cookies — Ernie asks Cookie Monster to name the cookie shapes before he eats them. (First: Episode 1158) |
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Film | A girl visits the stamp factory to see how stamps are made. (First: Episode 2263) |
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Cartoon | A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Insert | Ernestine demonstrates to Alice how to use the telephone using Snuffy's giant toy phone. Snuffy isn't sure Alice got the message, but she did learn how to imitate Ernestine's snorting laugh. (First: Episode 2594) |
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Cartoon | Dr. Nancy Einstein shows how the brain works. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2607) |
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Muppets | Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet. (First: Episode 0236) |
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Song | "Litter Rap" (First: Episode 2646) |
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Insert | Oscar feels a little lonely; his phone system's worked too well and nobody has bothered him in a long time. He asks Ernestine to scram for fun, but she gets upset and quits instead. When trying to get Gordon to call becomes too complicated, he abandons the system all together. (First: Episode 2594) |
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Cartoon | An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names. (First: Episode 1301) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts the Letter of the Day Pageant. (First: Episode 2212) |
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Cartoon | Can you see the car, frog and bird in the picture? (First: Episode 1479) |
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SCENE 1 | Ruby has a seashell to see if she can really hear the ocean in it. Unbeknownst to her, a Honker appears behind her and honks just as she starts listening. She is amazed and shows this to Maria, who quickly points out the source of the honking. Ruby is able to hear the ocean afterward and hands the shell to Maria, jokingly yelling, "Honk!" once she does so. |
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Animation | A girl skips home through the city, hearing all kinds of noises. When she gets home, she repeats all the noises she heard with a little dance. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1877) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Water Baby" over footage of seals and kids swimming. (First: Episode 2016) |
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Cartoon | Two caterpillars plus three caterpillars equal five (First: Episode 2324) |
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Muppets | Professor Grover teaches his students what "school" is, but he instead gets the lesson. (First: Episode 1969) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: H is for hole (First: Episode 0080) |
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SCENE 2 | Don Music plays some of his latest works for Luis, boasting that they are original. However, the pieces wind up being "Old MacDonald" and "Hickory Dickory Dock," which Luis explains are already in existence. Don Music mopes and considers changing careers, which inspires him to come up with a real original piece - "The Singing Dentist." |
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Cartoon | Animated quilt patterns. (First: Episode 1470) |
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Film | Sounds Around the House v2: chimes, snoring, a boy pretending to be an airplane, a man playing a trumpet, and a motorcycle outside. (First: Episode 1713) |
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Cartoon | "Mother Brown's Farm (Number Fifteen Song)" |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Alphonso what the word EXIT means. (First: Episode 1395) |
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Cartoon | A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT. (First: Episode 1879) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Snuffy have the "Best Friend Blues." |
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Animation | Stop-motion: tap-dancing shoes. (First: Episode 2367) |
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Song | Bob sings Joe Raposo's "Look a Little Closer." (apple tree) (First: Episode 2654) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Humpty Dumpty — Kermit doesn't help Humpty Dumpty's situation. (First: Episode 0657) |
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Cartoon | Number creatures 15 |
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Film | Prairie dog Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0283) |
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Cartoon | How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India. (First: Episode 1824) |
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SCENE 3 | Forgetful Jones asks for Luis' help in counting to 10 in Spanish. He happens to have 10 kids wearing 10 sombreros, which he is able to count in Spanish on his own (mostly). To celebrate, Forgetful calls for a fiesta and everyone dances the "Mexican Hat Dance." Maria announces the sponsors to a Latin-flavored version of the closing theme. |
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