Sesame Street | |||||||
Air date | April 1, 1985 | ||||||
Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
Written by | Sonia Manzano | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Forgetful Jones and Olivia sing a song about sharing. | |
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) | |
Film | Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) | |
Cartoon | Consonant Sound: J, jaguar (First: Episode 1144) | |
Muppets | The Trading Game: Contestants Sally Screamer and Oscar the Grouch bring in items that they can trade for an item in a mystery box. (First: Episode 0279) | |
Cartoon | A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) | |
Film | Three kids want to paint, but each of them has only one item, so they all cooperate. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0318) | |
Cartoon | J family jamboree (First: Episode 0365) | |
Insert | Big Bird uses a grown-up's hand to cross the street -- don't leave home without one. (First: Episode 1595) | |
Cartoon | Pinball Number Count: 6 (First: Episode 0983) | |
Film | Some clowns, more clowns (First: Episode 0563) | |
Muppets | "New Baby" | |
Cartoon | Little Red Riding Hood is prepared for her trip to Grandma's. (First: Episode 1468) | |
Muppets | Lena Horne sings "How Do You Do?" to Grover. (First: Episode 0536) | |
Cartoon | 6 mice, 6 snakes, 6 fish, 6 monkeys, 6 witches (First: Episode 1711) | |
SCENE 2 | David impatiently waits as Luis tries to fix Hooper's Store's air conditioner before lunch. Luis promises that he will have it working in no time, but when he gets finished David turns on the supposedly repaired AC and it fails to work. Luis offers an irate David an alternate solution - fanning the store with some newspaper. | |
Cartoon | An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond. (First: Episode 1877) | |
Muppets | The Martians: Telephone (First: Episode 0398) | |
Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1499) | |
Film | A crane is shown, with a shovel and wrecking ball. (First: Episode 1164) | |
Animation | P for Pyramid | |
Celebrity | John Moschitta, Jr. plays Porter Pepper of Peter Piper's P Products, which produces products that begin with the letter "P". He mentions that two of his clients were Peter Pan and Pablo Picasso until Peter Piper, the boss, gives him a phone call. Pepper now presents a new problem: Peter Piper's "P" Products has been purchased, and is now Sam Singer's "S" Stuff Store. Pepper, without stalling, summons his staff to stand by, switches his products to stuff, and searches for snacks and saucers. | |
Animation | A white shell is uncovered in the sand. | |
SCENE 3 | Various city noises are heard as the camera catches Luis hammering (and hurting his thumb), Bob tutoring a violin student, Maria conversing in Spanish on the phone, Gordon vacuuming his curtains, and Ernie in his bathroom singing... | |
Muppets | "Rubber Duckie" (original version, beginning edited) (First: Episode 0078) | |
Cartoon | P is for Painting (First: Episode 0764) | |
Film | Exploring on the ocean rocks (First: Episode 1414) | |
Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin leads a counting practice for his Headball team. (First: Episode 0898) | |
Animation | The word ICE is formed with ice cubes, which melt. (First: Episode 1177) | |
Cartoon | An actor demonstrates anger towards a casting director - literally! | |
SCENE 4 | Big Bird gets angry trying and failing to build a "mountain" of blocks for Mr. Snuffleupagus to see later. Olivia teaches him to calm down by taking a deep breath and counting to ten. Big Bird gives it a try and finally makes a tower that stands up with the most violent of disruptions. As they head out to the movies, a sole feather from Big Bird falls to the ground, and the tower collapses. | |
Cartoon | Jughead Jones talks about the letter J (First: Episode 0231) | |
Muppets | "J Friends" (First: Episode 0339) | |
Film | Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917) | |
Muppets | Ernie sings "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon". (First: Episode 1910) | |
Cartoon | Five stripes make a circle. (First: Episode 0780) | |
Insert | The Count counts five children as they rearrange their positions. (First: Episode 1439) | |
Transition | Bridge #13 - Leaf Drop Bridge (First: Episode 0309) | |
SCENE 5 | Big Bird is about to settle in for the night, but gets frightened by a thunderstorm nearby. Gordon and Susan help him feel better by showing him how to count the time between the lightning and thunder as the storm moves away. Big Bird feels better, but wants Gordon and Susan to stick around and keep counting between the lightning and thunder with him. | |
Animation | Sand P/p (First: Episode 0634) | |
Muppets | Muppets cheer on a rocket launch. (First: Episode 0567) | |
SCENE 6 | Big Bird drifts off to sleep while still counting, and Susan whispers the sponsors as she and Gordon exit. Big Bird slightly overhears ("Children's Television what?"). |
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