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Sesame Street
Captain Vegetable comes to Sesame Street
Air date December 21, 1983
Season Season 15 (1983-1984)
Written by Jeff Moss
Production September 19, 1983
Sponsors C, Y, 2

1858

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
1858a

ProudtoBeaCow

1858b
Insert Buster and Fred, dressed as cows, approach Olivia, asking if she knows where Gladys the Cow is. They're helping with a song of hers and the lack of local cows forces them to play some. Gladys arrives and Olivia questions Gladys' loyalty to her species, due to the fact that she's always pretending to be other animals. Gladys is surprised and tells her she is proud, which is the subject of her song. The animals set up by some boxes and Gladys performs "I'm Proud to Be a Cow." Afterward, Olivia is speechless.
(First: Episode 1650)
Plantcartoon
Cartoon Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow.
(First: Episode 1484)
Namethatsound
Muppets Grover is a guest on the game show "Name That Sound."
(First: Episode 1643)
Pinball 02
Cartoon Pinball Number Count #2
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0987)
Song-LookAround
Song "Look Around, Look Around", a song about seasons.
(First: Episode 0556)
1706i
Cartoon Two giraffes
Artist: Owe Gustafson
(First: Episode 1468)
1858c

1858d
SCENE 1 Susan and Telly return from a car trip to the library. Susan is in such a hurry that she locks her keys in her car. While she goes to ask Luis for help, Telly discovers that while Susan locked her door, Telly didn't lock his. He opens the door with ease and Susan gives him a hearty thanks.
0926zb
Film Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant.
music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett
(First: Episode 0917)
Shoemaker
Cartoon A shoemaker shows how he measures (human) feet with his ruler.
(First: Episode 0618)
Castaways
Cast Maria and Luis play castaways on an island, when Bob shows up as a new friend.
(First: Episode 1476)
BabyBird
Cartoon A baby bird tries and tries again to fly from its nest.
Artist: Don Duga and Irra Verbitsky
(First: Episode 1510)
MeGoingtoMunchYou
Muppets Cookie Monster and the Crumbs Unlimited Orchestra perform "Me Going to Munch You, Munch You, Munch You."
(First: Episode 1703)
Letter C toon
Cartoon A man gets a letter C in the mail.
(First: Episode 0294)
1858e
SCENE 2 Big Bird and "little David" are talking about the letter C, when Big Bird realizes he forgot to bring some C-word items. He calls "big David" to see if he has anything, when a heroic theme fills the air. Suddenly, Captain Vegetable appears and helps Big Bird out by providing some healthy veggies that begin with C; namely a carrot, a cabbage, corn (on the cob), and a cucumber. After the demonstration, he urges them to eat the food as well before he flies off again.
1839ze
Film Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
(First: Episode 1122)
1095m Cartoon C is for Canary
(First: Episode 0703)
WheelbarrowFilm
Film A man shows a boy how to make a wheelbarrow.
(First: Episode 1488)
Grover.Library
Muppets Grover appears in a library to tell the viewers about what a library is. The librarian, however, keeps telling Grover to be quieter, until he can barely even be heard.
(First: Episode 0287)
1858f

1858g
SCENE 3 Gordon and Susan talk with Craig and Skye about "quiet" and "loud." Gordon thinks Oscar can provide the loudest noise of all, so the kids and Susan take turns knocking on his can and ask him to be loud, but he calmly declines each time. When Gordon finally knocks and asks, Oscar gives an explosive and loud "NO!"
Muppets.QuietLoud
Muppets In a subway station, two Anything Muppets observe how loud and quiet it is.
(First: Episode 1432)
YakYes
Cartoon A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak".
(First: Episode 0301)
1708h
Muppets Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y.
(First: Episode 1288)
Toon.Yak
Cartoon Y for Yak
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1184)
HiDeHoMan
Celebrity Cab Calloway sings "Hi De Ho Man."
(First: Episode 1540)
There's a Bird on Me
Song Joe Raposo sings "There's a Bird On Me."
(First: Episode 0416)
1858h
SCENE 4 Captain Vegetable, David, and the kids play a game of "Three of These Things" using vegetables and a glass of milk. Captain Vegetable feels like having a snack afterward, but David is surprised when he chooses the milk instead of the veggies. The Captain explains: "Man cannot live on crunchy vegetables alone!"
Typewriter.Y
Cartoon The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo
(First: Episode 0769)
SandwichCooperation
Muppets Muppet lettuce, bread, cheese, butter, and ham argue on who an Anything Muppet girl should have for a snack. They all cooperate to make a sandwich.
(First: Episode 1204)
CarsWalk
Cartoon Cars WALK.
(First: Episode 0556)
3161p
Muppets Grover talks about the word walk. He is accompanied by styrofoam letters that form the word walk, and they keep walking back and forth.
(First: Episode 1692)
Yellowyahoo
Cartoon The life of a Yellow Yahoo (final musical note cut)
(First: Episode 0043)
1858i

SesameStreet1858ClosingSign
SCENE 5 Gordon wants to show "quiet" and "loud" again with Oscar. When Oscar yells at him, Gordon points out that he's loud, but when Oscar doesn't respond to him, he's quiet. Oscar gets fed up and vows to never speak to Gordon again, as Captain Vegetable announces the sponsors. "Go out and eat a vegetable!"


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