Episode 2040
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| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Snuffy goes to the movies / Big Bird counts backwards |
| Air date | March 1, 1985 |
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) |
| Sponsors | D, H, 10 |
| Syndication | Sesame Street Unpaved |
| DVD | |
| This episode guide is missing segments cut from Noggin's broadcast. |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Bob and David are waiting for Big Bird to come out of his nest area before they go to the movies. | |
 | Big Bird and Snuffy are at the movies but the others don't believe he's with him. Snuffy leaves and Big Bird gets into a noisy argument with Bob and David. | |
 | Fruta Manzana (original) Artist: Irra Verbitsky | |
 | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 1108) | |
 | | Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada's paintings in an art museum. (EKA: Episode 0927) |
 | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (EKA: Episode 0815) | |
 | Big Bird goes into Hooper's Store and starts counting backwards from ten to one to David. He calls Ernie and tells him the same. When David asks why, he explains that he likes it better because no matter where you start, you always end up at 1 - unless you're interrupted. | |
 | Yo-yo elevator | |
 | Grover demonstrates heavy and light (Big Bird cameo) (EKA: Episode 0406) | |
 | "Street Garden Cooperation" | |
  | Big Bird keeps counting backwards from ten to one to Oscar and Maria; Maria thinks it's silly for him to keep counting backwards to people, but Big Bird wants to teach everyone in the world to do it. The kids tells him they learned how to count backwards at school. | |
 | A girl thinks about what might happen if she popped a balloon behind her friend Donald. (EKA: Episode 1099) | |
 | Ernie and Bert: Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. Bert is excited but Ernie is afraid. They see statues that look like them. Bert decides to explore a tunnel while Ernie looks at the statues, and then the Ernie statue starts tapping Ernie on the head with his staff and talking to him. But when Ernie calls Bert back to the room, the statue doesn't move. Ernie is scared until the statue starts singing Rubber Duckie with him. Bert doesn't believe Ernie until he says "Bye-bye, statue," and the statue replies "Bye-bye!" and laughs... just like Ernie. (EKA: Episode 1706) | |
 | With their teacher kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names. | |
 | A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT. | |
 | Oscar reads his Grouch nursery rhymes to the Grouchketeers as Gordon thinks they're wrong - particularly since they don't rhyme. | |
 | Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse | |
 | Maria as Charlie Chaplin: COLD | |
 | Howard and Harold think of H words (EKA: Episode 1056) | |
 | Ernie and Bert: Ernie tries to fool Bert with his disguises such as a pirate disguise and a bearded Red Riding Hood disguise, but Bert has recognized him and tells him to stop fooling him. Then a wolf knocks on the door and Bert is convinced it's Ernie in disguise again- until Ernie appears at the door! (EKA: Episode 1170) | |
 | Crayon Animation Letter D | |
 | Is this the D train? | |
 | D, a delightful letter (EKA: Episode 0406) | |
 | Dizzy Gillespie plays his trumpet. | |
 | "Daddy Dear" (EKA: Episode 0406) | |
 | Three of These Kids (upside-down girl) | |
 | | "Geometry of Circles" (EKA: Episode 1576) |
 | Car assembly (EKA: Episode 0810) | |
 | Car stuck on tar | |
 | Grover tries to ignore three monsters who look big and scary to him. When they notice him carrying a flute, they grab his attention and ask -- in what appears to be a threatening way -- if Grover wants to play. The three monsters pull out a clarinet, an oboe and a basson and begin to play, urging Grover to join in. | |
  | Big Bird wants to tell everyone to go to school and learn to count backwards, using his megaphone. Gordon announces the sponsors. |
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