Sesame Street | |||||||
Elmo starts his own Fix-It-Shop | |||||||
Air date | December 25, 1986 | ||||||
Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo enters the Fix-It Shop with a small doll's bed to tell Maria and Luis he has a sick friend in it. They turn over the cover to discover his friend is actually his radio, which won't turn on for him. Luis fixes the loose wire inside it and it begins playing Elmo's favorite music, a Beethoven symphony. | |
Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) | |
Muppets | Kermit shows what's inside of Herry Monster using the X-ray machine. (First: Episode 1974) | |
Cartoon | Lightbulbs subtract from 5 to 0. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2188) | |
SCENE 2 | Elmo later starts his own Fix-It Shop, where Maria pretends to have an emergency - her popsicle stick is broken in half. Elmo isn't sure how to fix it, so he pretends to be the store manager (wearing a mustache), then the owner (in a curly blond wig), and ultimately has his friend Maria fix it herself. | |
Cartoon | At the Pride Day Ceremony, Donald is waiting to describe his proudest accomplishment, and is initially unsure of himself next to other impressive students. He finally proudly acclaims his achievement, tying his shoes all by himself. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2085) | |
Cast | Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a triangle. (First: Episode 1265) | |
Cartoon | A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge. (First: Episode 1572) | |
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. (First: Episode 2061) | |
Cartoon | P is for Puddle (First: Episode 0452) | |
Insert | Big Bird shows Bob his sad bird friend, Indigo. Singing cheers him up, so Bob encourages him to "Sing, Little Bluebird." Soon, Indigo is chirping along with Bob. (First: Episode 2076) | |
Cartoon | Picnic with P foods (carried away by ants) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0764) | |
Film | College students volunteer at the San Francisco Children's Zoo, which has such animals as ferrets, opossums, and chinchillas. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2227) | |
Cartoon | A peasant tries to woo a pretty girl by reciting the famous "Roses are Red" poem. The lines are fed to him by a poet behind a bush, whom the girl eventually runs off with. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 2058) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit, Shola and Fannie talk about giraffes, leading to... (First: Episode 0426) | |
Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: a herd of giraffes move their way through a field. (First: Episode 0316) | |
Cartoon | Pat the Pilot skywrites a letter P with her plane. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0478) | |
Film | Exploring on the ocean rocks (First: Episode 1414) | |
Muppets | A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet cowboy (Jim Henson) shouts across a canyon to hear the echo. "Yippee ki-yi-yo!" is repeated back to him perfectly. When he shouts "One!", the echo repeats back, "¡Uno!" The cowboy is startled. "Two!" he shouts, and the echo repeats, "¡Dos!" "You s'pose that's Mexico over there?" he asks. He continues to count to ten, with the echo repeating the numbers back in Spanish. Frustrated, he shouts, "How are you?" "¡Muy bien, gracias!" is the reply. "Oh, this is ridiculous," the cowboy says, and throws his cowboy hat into the canyon. A sombrero is thrown back in return. (First: Episode 0698) | |
Cartoon | Sign Sounds: KISS ME (First: Episode 1136) | |
Celebrity | Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe and Malcolm-Jamal Warner notice Telly and Keshia Knight Pulliam pretending to look sad, which escalates into the three of them arguing over what's more sad: losing a purple pen with a picture of Prince on it, not making the football team, or a best friend moving away. Telly and Keshia then pretend to look angry, and then notice that they look just like them. (First: Episode 2127) | |
Cartoon | An aviator and his son cooperate to start their plane. Artist: Tom Gabbay (First: Episode 1476) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is trying to write a letter to Mr. Rogers, but finds it difficult when Ernie operates his electric fan right next to him. Bert blows up at Ernie and says he is "hot and bothered," and Ernie has just the thing for that: more cool air. (First: Episode 0544) | |
Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) | |
Muppets | "Ladies and gentlemen, the Starlight Hotel takes great pride in presenting the world's favorite six-year-old entertainer, Miss Prairie Dawn!" Prairie sings "All By Myself" with a backup group of monsters. (First: Episode 1824) | |
Cartoon | A supermarket worker stacks 12 cans, which keep collapsing every time someone grabs one. (First: Episode 0782) | |
SCENE 3 | With Maria's help, Oscar reads a cranky Irvine the story of "The Wizard of Blaahs." In the story, Dirtothy is on her journey to the land of Blaahs, which is made entirely out of trash. All is well in the land of Blaahs until the Trash Collector of the East and the Trash Collector of the West come to take some of her trash away. She does away with the pair by dumping water on them, turning the collectors into mud. | |
Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985) | |
Film | A look at how families do chores both on a farm and in the city. (First: Episode 2226) | |
Cartoon | Typewriter: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0808) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster comes to the bakery looking for something delicious that rhymes with BUY. He tries the I (from the MIKE'S BAKERY sign) and the baker's TIE, both of which aren't that delicious. Finally, Guy Smiley comes in and loudly announces that he would like to BUY a PIE. Cookie then knows what he can get in the bakery that rhymes with BUY and is delicious: it's GUY! A chase ensues, and Cookie asks the baker to send him the bill. (First: Episode 0481) | |
Cartoon | A man jumps up onto an UP. (First: Episode 0546) | |
Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a dog. (First: Episode 0601) | |
Animation | Draw a line from the dog to the bowl and underline the hen. (First: Episode 2178) | |
Transition | Bridge #14 - Hourglass Slow/Fill (First: Episode 0303) | |
SCENE 4 | Elmo is missing the box he needs to reach his typewriter. Oscar (the culprit) gives him clues as to who took it. After Elmo guesses Barkley and Mr. Snuffleupagus (who are furry), then Kermit the Frog (who is green), he puts the clues together and figures out it was Oscar. He yanks the box from underneath him, causing Oscar to fall over and run off in frustration. As he types (sometimes with his bottom), Elmo announces the sponsors. |
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