| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Gordon's day off | |||||||||
| Air date | December 23, 1994 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||||
| Written by | Lou Berger | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Zoe are surprised to see Gordon in the park, since he should be teaching at school. Gordon notes today's a school holiday and he has the day off. He plans to spend it reading, listening to music, and watching the clouds. Big Bird adds another thing he'll be doing: spending time with himself and Zoe! The two start singing to entertain him, though Gordon doesn't seem to be enjoying it. |
 |
Cartoon | A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1736) |
 |
Song | "Let's Go Tubbin' Today" (First: Episode 3024) |
 |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) |
 |
Film | A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause. (First: Episode 3266) |
 |
Animation | A/a (Gordon voice-over) (First: Episode 2240) |
 |
Insert | The Tokyo String Quartet and some kids show how important it is to practice, as Big Bird provides voiceover. |
 |
Cartoon | How to know a hippo when you find one. (new sound effects added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3081) |
 |
Muppets | The Singing Dentists sing "Say Toothpaste, Somebody!" (First: Episode 2705) |
 |
Animation | "Toothpaste ... coming soon to a mouth near you!" (First: Episode 2876) |
 |
SCENE 2 | Gordon tells the two he'd like to be left alone, though they suggest he read his book to them (or rather, they guilt him into it). Since his book is too advanced for them, they get him a fairy tale book instead. |
 |
Cartoon | "Beginning, Middle, End" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2556) |
 |
Film | A zydeco band plays "Allons a Lafayette" while people dance. (First: Episode 2498) |
 |
Cartoon | A spoof of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from. (First: Episode 2859) |
 |
Animation | Growing Numbers #18 (First: Episode 2933) |
 |
Animation | Abstract #18 (First: Episode 2859) |
 |
Muppets | "Do De Rubber Duck" (First: Episode 2304) |
 |
Cartoon | Two ducks look the same height when they're in the bathtub, but one duck (Joe Flynn) is short and the other is tall. (First: Episode 0303) |
  |
SCENE 3 | Now that the story is finished, Gordon moves on to watching the clouds through his binoculars. Zoe and Big Bird watch them too and Gordon recalls being in a play about clouds when he was Zoe's age. The two rush off and come back with two kids, all dressed like clouds for Gordon to observe. |
 |
SCENE 3 cont'd | Big Bird even has a surprise cloud: an elephant (Joey Mazzarino), who shows off his skills as a pretend cloud (and dog). |
 |
Video | Fay Ray dresses up as different animals. ("It's Kermit the Dog!") (First: Episode 2639) |
 |
Cartoon | Falling leaves form H and h. (First: Episode 3118) |
 |
Muppets | Spaceship Surprise: The Next Generation The crew lands on Planet H. They are greeted by Hopalong Hamster, and see Happy Harry the Hopping Haystack and hula dancing hens. (First: Episode 3195) |
 |
Film | The floating kids form H. (First: Episode 3118) |
 |
Animation | Cecille sings “Up Down, In Out, Over and Under.” (First: Episode 2746) |
 |
Film | The Count (in voiceover) counts five children standing behind a park bench. (First: Episode 2931) |
 |
Muppets | Wanda's friends beg her to stay in the water, but she'd rather explore land and be "A Fish Out of Water." (First: Episode 3247) |
 |
Cartoon | A boy puts together a fishbowl, and watches his fish swim around in it. (First: Episode 2030) |
 |
SCENE 4 | Gordon has relocated himself on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street as he listens to Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony," imagining being in the country. Big Bird and Zoe find him and provide him with a chicken (Mazzarino) to enhance the experience, which attracts its angry owner (Camille Bonora). She lets it slide when she sees how relaxed the chicken is by his music, claiming she needs a day off. |
 |
Cartoon | A chicken gets an idea to sit on a football and hatch it like an egg. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2360) |
 |
Song | "Playground Map Song" (First: Episode 2680) |
 |
Animation | A big paper clip and a small paper clip can hold papers together, and so can a small staple, with the help of its "mommy." (First: Episode 2930) |
 |
Film | Various situations of before and after, to a hip-hop beat. (First: Episode 3201) |
 |
Muppets / Celebrity | Kadeem Hardison says the alphabet with Natasha. (First: Episode 2787) |
 |
Cartoon | Letters appear over a sky-view of a neighborhood. (First: Episode 3267) |
 |
SCENE 5 | Zoe and Big Bird find Gordon writing a letter to his sister in the yard, and learn as he reads it back to himself how much trouble they've caused him. They conclude the best way to help him enjoy his day off is to leave him alone and alert Bob of the fact (Big Bird: "He's really over the edge."). Finally at peace, Gordon watches the clouds and enjoys his music. |
 |
Film | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) |
 |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Lexine talk about the letter A. (First: Episode 3263) |
 |
Animation | Sand A/a (First: Episode 0628) |
 |
Song | "Write Your Name" (First: Episode 3274) |
 |
Cartoons | Backward and forward: dancing, flying and swimming. (First: Episode 3083) |
 |
SCENE 6 | Gordon catches up with Big Bird and Zoe in the park, claiming to be free for playing now. The two, however, are pretending to have a day off themselves and watch the clouds through binoculars, asking to be left alone. Gordon announces the sponsors and is shooed away; the credits follow. |
| Previous episode: | Next episode: |
| Episode 3289 | Episode 3291 |