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| The Honker Help Game | |||||||
| Air date | January 28, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird introduces today's sponsors when a Honker arrives, helping him come up with some H words. It then proposes they play the "Honker Help Game," where they find people and help them. Big Bird believes it'll be fun and the two look for someone in need. |
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Animation | Soul H! (First: Episode 3368) |
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Film | H for Hat - kids try on different hats as camera shutters go off. (First: Episode 3292) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Fish in the Cowboy Hat — Ernie tries to put a pot on Bert's head. (First: Episode 0305) |
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Animation | "Wild West Patterns" |
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Film | A Navajo boy who lives in the dessert talks about how his family has to pump water from the ground. (First: Episode 2646) |
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Cartoon | Babies and doggies pattern: What comes next? Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3039) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "Goin' for a Ride", while traveling in a car, train, and boat. (First: Episode 0037) |
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Cartoon | A car drives by the water. (First: Episode 3378) |
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SCENE 2 | The two come across Gordon, who is trying to fix the horn in his car. Big Bird and the Honker imagine they're driving the car when they're blocked by some pretend sheep. The Honker honks the sheep away, giving them the idea to let the Honker be Gordon's horn. However, Gordon is able to get it working on his own and Big Bird and the Honker go on their way. |
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Cartoon | Beginning / middle / end: a beatnik follows a trombonist's note through a long horn. Artist: Frank Gresham (First: Episode 3266) |
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Film | A girl wants to learn a playground rhyme after watching some other girls do it, so one of them teaches her. (First: Episode 2284) |
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Cartoon | "Sing a Song of Fourteen" (First: Episode 2670) |
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Cartoon | Growing Numbers #14 (First: Episode 2930) |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop is asked to carry a guest's two small (but heavy) bags to Room 14. (First: Episode 2571) |
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SCENE 3 | The two now run into Bob, who has a problem: the trumpet player in his orchestra can't make it to their performance tonight. Big Bird recommends the Honker take her place, but since Bob is skeptical he suggests Bob imagine how it would go. He has Bob conduct his imaginary band as the Honker honks along to Leo Delibes' "Pizzicato." Bob is impressed and decides to let the Honker to join when Mara, the trumpet player, shows up after all. |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | "Pretty Great Performances" features Placido Flamingo singing "Italian Street Song" with the All-Animal Orchestra, led by conductor Seiji Ozawa (First: Episode 2485) |
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Cartoon | A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and crickets. Her snores frighten the real monster. Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2951) |
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Film | Girls sing a jump-rope rhyme about naming a puppy. (First: Episode 3279) |
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Animation | Arnold uses his imagination. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2754) |
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Muppets | Elmo sings about "Emotion in the Ocean." (First: Episode 3532) |
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Cartoon | A shy girl wants to join a group bouncing a ball. (audible dialogue) Artist: Joanna Priestley (First: Episode 2849) |
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SCENE 4 | Tarah rolls by Big Bird and the Honker, carrying an alarm clock. They assume it's broken and act out how the Honker could help by being her alarm, having Tarah pretend to be sleeping. Tarah goes along with it, but it turns out the clock is just fine - it's a brand new one she just got from the store. |
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Song | "Counting Alarm Clock" (First: Episode 3090) |
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Cartoon | Zork lands on the coast of California, where he meets a slick agent. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2687) |
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Song | "At the Coastline" (Beach Boys style) (First: Episode 2792) |
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Muppets | Mysterious Theater: The Mystery of the Missing Cat — Sherlock Hemlock and Watson the dog search for a missing cat, knowing it's under something rhyming with "at." Watson finds the cat, and the inevitable animal fight ensues. (First: Episode 2569) |
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Cartoon | A beatnik bat reads poetry at a nightclub, as everything rhymes with the "AT" sound. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3396) |
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Film | Farmer McFay subtracts green apples from 5 to 3 to 1 and is bothered by a fly. (First: Episode 3208) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Glenn Close vents to Oscar the Grouch about her bad luck, which makes her feel much better... but her affection towards Oscar makes him want to blow off steam. (First: Episode 2729) |
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Film | Alphaquest: H Heading over the hills in a helicopter to a hippo's house. (First: Episode 2741) |
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Cartoon | A runner leaps over letter H hurdles. (First: Episode 2519) |
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Film | The floating kids form H. (First: Episode 3118) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (underscore added to intro) (First: Episode 1789) |
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Cartoon | The word "Subway" rides the MBTA subway. (First: Episode 3375) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and the Honker are sad; their game has been a total bust. Suddenly, everyone they met with today (plus a couple of kids) shows up needing the two's help for their song. They all sing and dance to "Shake Your Head One Time," and Big Bird and the Honker feel much better. Afterwards, Big Bird announces the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Gordon sings to a baby about their family tree. |
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