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Sesame Street
Bob talks to the Phone
(repeat of 1663)
Air date February 16, 1984
Season Season 15 (1983-1984)
Written by Emily Perl Kingsley
Sponsors U, W, 4
Releases Sesame Street Classics

1899

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
1899 bob phone 1

1899 bob phone 2
SCENE 1 Bob welcomes the viewer and notices that his watch has stopped. As he wonders what time it is, the pay phone outside his apartment rings. Bob answers it, but to his shock, the voice is not another person but from the telephone itself! The phone plays a prank on Bob, who slams the receiver down and tries to explain to David about the mysterious phone call, but David is skeptical and thinks it's the work of Oscar the Grouch.
1899 bob phone 3

1899 bob phone 4
SCENE 1 cont'd Bob confronts Oscar, who denies any involvement with the talking telephone as he and Bruno have been at the junkyard all day. Bob doesn't believe him until the phone rings again with them present. Oscar and Bruno leave, and the phone tries to make up for its misinformation by giving Bob the correct time... with four deafening chimes. A shaken Bob hangs up the phone and makes a run for it when it starts to ring again.
Words telephone
Cartoon A boy looks for the telephone as it rings.
(First: Episode 0684)
Madpainter4
Film The Mad Painter #4
(First: Episode 0344)
Pinball 04
Cartoon Pinball Number Count #4
(First: Episode 0984)
Kermtelephonelecture
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit comes across the word "Telephone", spells it, and then teaches the word to the viewer. When an Anything Muppet boy who stands too far away says that he can't hear Kermit, Kermit dials the T, and the boy answers with the last E.
(First: Episode 0314)
No4
Film Four Song (Song of Four)
(First: Episode 0006)
Scanimatekids
Video Scanimate kids intro
(First: Episode 0798)
Olivia count pic 1

Olivia count pic 2
SCENE 2 Count von Count finds Olivia taking a picture of Patricia in the yard. He encourages her to include Brandon, then Jane and finally himself in the picture, counting everyone that joins in. Olivia makes a total of five people in the picture after setting the camera's self-timer.
Hippo coconut
Cartoon A hippo has difficulty getting the succulent fruit down from a tree, and enlists the help of another hippo.
Artist: John Korty
Cookiebunny
Muppets Cookie Monster and Ernie: Ernie meets the "Cookie Bunny" (Cookie Monster), who adds up the total number of cookies he has in his basket. After finding that there are three of them, he decides to hide them where nobody will find them... in his tummy!
(First: Episode 1147)
Gnomes flower vase
Cartoon Three little men climb up the three flower stems.
(First: Episode 0634)
Maria conductor
Cast Maria, dressed as conductor Hubert von Carryoff, instructs David, Luis and Gordon in a performance of "Concerto for Cigar Box, Washtub and Jug". David should play first, Luis should play next, and Gordon should play last.
(First: Episode 1222)
Film-FeetFirst
Film A kid enters a tunnel made of snow to demonstrate "head first" and "feet first."
(First: Episode 0290)
EBSharingaCookie
Muppets Ernie & BertBert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie, who tells Bert that if the cookie was his, he wouldn't mind sharing. Ernie takes the cookie, and asks Bert to ask him if he would share it.
(First: Episode 0472)
Ivelostmypet
Cartoon A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday.
(First: Episode 0764)
JudyCollins Fishermen
Muppets / Celebrity Judy Collins sings "The Fisherman Song" with several Anything Muppets.
(First: Episode 0796)
UforUniform
Cartoon U for uniform.
(First: Episode 0702)
1396p
Muppets Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Can I take a picture of U?" The man gives him permission, but Harvey tells him that his shoes are untied, and when the man looks down, Harvey slaps the letter U on top of his head and takes a picture of it.
(First: Episode 0468)
1396j
Cartoon A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U.
(First: Episode 0416)
I'mpretty-original
Song David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.
(First: Episode 0389)
Forgetful jones banana

Forgetful jones banana 2
SCENE 3 Forgetful Jones comes to Hooper's Store, looking for a fruit... but he can't remember which one. David helps him remember that the fruit he's looking for is yellow, has a peel, and is long and skinny -- and David brings him a banana. Forgetful Jones turns to leave, and David asks if he wants the banana. Forgetful doesn't; he just needed to see a banana because it reminds him to go to the laundry and pick up his bandanas.
Dog imagination
Cartoon A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying.
(First: Episode 0862)
Word.ICE
Animation The word ICE is formed with ice cubes, which melt.
(First: Episode 1177)
Udogcartoon
Cartoon A dog learns about U.
(First: Episode 0131)
SSNF Shoe2
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Old Woman Who Lives in a ShoeKermit looks for the Old Woman who Lives in a Shoe.
(First: Episode 1050)
Speechballoon.Up
Cartoon Speech Balloon: U for UP
(First: Episode 0650)
Mushrooms
Film Through close-ups, children identify mushrooms.
(First: Episode 0357)
Ferlinghetti-3Prettykitties

3Prettykitties
SCENE 4 Ferlinghetti Donizetti reads a story to the kids about three pretty kitties living in a celery house.
2342-BirdTeeh
Animation The mountains make a snack for a bird, but he forgets to brush his teeth afterward.
(First: Episode 1429)
Cookie-Maria healthysnacks
Muppets / Cast Cookie Monster has agreed to help Maria on her lecture on good things to eat. Unbeknownst to Cookie, she has raisins, cucumber spears, carrot sticks and apples. Cookie tries all of them and he likes them. He finishes by eating all the dishes.
(First: Episode 1518)
Wandawitch1
Cartoon "Wanda the Witch"
Animation by Tee Collins
(First: Episode 0001)
1899-Farm
SCENE 5 Bob describes his old farm life in song ("That Indiana Farm Where I Was Born") to Simon Soundman, who provides the animal noises.
1710w
Cartoon The Typewriter: W, Wall
(First: Episode 0790)
1709m
Muppets Grover teaches the campers at Camp Wannagohoma about trees.
(First: Episode 1486)
George counttoten
Film George the Farmer uses barrels to count to ten.
(First: Episode 0293)
Catfollowsqueak
Cartoon A cat follows its ears to a squeaking noise, which he thinks is coming from mice, but it's coming from swings.
Artist: Don Duga and Irra Verbitsky
(First: Episode 1518)
1899-Closing01
SCENE 6 Bob has Simon recreate some quieter sounds from his farmland memories. Simon then makes a dash for the bus.
1899-Closing02

1899-Closing
SCENE 6 cont'd David closes up shop while wishing Bob a good night, when the telephone rings again. With no one around to claim it, he's forced to answer. The telephone talks to him again, reminding him to announce the sponsors and assures him he'll be calling back tomorrow.


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