Sesame Street
Plot	Placido Flamingo sings opera
Air date	February 17, 1987
Season	Season 18 (1986-1987)
Sponsors	C, V, 6
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	A tango flavored version of the theme plays (instead of the regular opening music) as Luis carries some empty boxes over to the Fix-it Shop and accidentally drops them after walking into the closed door, thinking it was open. He complains about it in English and Spanish, which captures the attention of Placido Flamingo, who performs his "Naughty Door Opera" about a similar experience he went through.
	Cartoon	A man slips on his daughter's skate, and she points out that it makes him feel angry. (EKA: Episode 1141)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit is interviewing Cinderella and Prince Charming, who are dancing at the ball. After Cinderella leaves, she leaves one glass slipper behind. The prince wants to find Cinderella...so he can have the other glass slipper. (EKA: Episode 0516)
	Cartoon	A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from.
	Song	"Me and My Chair" (EKA: Episode 1706)
	Cartoon	First, Middle, Last (men on horse)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster looks at different shapes. (EKA: Episode 1646)
	Film	Some kids watch a film of a man working in a greenhouse, and try to guess what his job is.
	Animation	Seis flores (EKA: Episode 1646)
	SCENE 2	Gladys the Cow finishes telling a joke to Gordon and two kids, and then they greet the viewer. Gordon tells the viewer that they're looking for things that rhyme with the word "you." They come up with words like "moo," "chew," and "two." Gladys displays a shoe she's wearing, but when Gordon tries to take it off, Gladys trips and falls over, becoming "just a little black and blue."
	Cartoon	Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat (EKA: Episode 0814)
	Animation	The word ICE is formed with ice cubes, which melt.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie." (EKA: Episode 0677)
	Cartoon	C for Cowboy (EKA: Episode 1095)
	Film	Slide puzzle - boy (EKA: Episode 1110)
	Muppets	Here is Your Life: A sneaker is profiled.
	Cartoon	A mouse, who is looking for his pet, describes to his friend what they did yesterday. (EKA: Episode 1085)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird finishes telling a joke to Slimey, and notices Susan going to the day care center to drop off some of Miles' old clothes, which he's outgrown. Big Bird suggests that there may be others who will fit them, such as himself, but the shirt he tries on is too small for him. It's also too big for Slimey, but it's just the right fit for Elmo.
	Animation	Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third ball wants to join them (ending up in the middle).
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie brings a surprise home, and he tells Bert to guess what it is. The surprise turns out to be a puppy. Bert wants to call the puppy "Norman"; Ernie suggests "Godzilla the Wonder-Dog".
	Cartoon	A man explains to a girl what a surprise is. Artist: Bruce Cayard
	Film	Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP.
	Muppets / Cast	Professor David lectures his class on trees. He says they are only good for looking at and leaning against, but they mention other uses for them.
	Film	Counting six oryx (EKA: Episode 0573)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280)
	Cartoon	A boy sits in a forest and plays the flute along with the birds' songs, but becomes sad when woodsmen demolish the forest. He plants more trees for the birds to live in. Artist: Richard Condie
	SCENE 4	Elmo thinks the shirt looks good on him, and Susan and Gordon and the kids agree. Placido Flamingo shows up again, recalling an opera he performed at a National Convention of Dry Cleaners, "The Shirt of Seville," which he sings right then and there.
	Cartoon	La palabra cerrado
	Muppets	Miami Mice Ernie goes to a repair shop to pick up his broken rubber duckie, but neither he nor the mice can get into the shop because it's cerrado.
	Cartoon	V for Van (live-action/animation hybrid) Artist: Paul Fierlinger
	Film	An Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo).
	Cartoon	Typewriter - V for Vacuum Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 0952)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Oscar and Danny DeVito laugh it up.
	Cartoon	A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert decide to use both Bert's canvas and Ernie's paints to paint a picture of something. Bert wants to paint a bowl of oatmeal, but Ernie wants to paint a purple monster. Finally, they decide to paint a purple monster eating a bowl of oatmeal. (EKA: Episode 1446)
	Cartoon	A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end.
	Film	Two kids watch as a veterinarian fixes a baby robin's wing, then lets it go. Music: Joe Raposo
	Animation	The numbers 1-6 are carried away and/or demolished by construction equipment.
	Muppets	Grover asks Katie to hug him and scratch his tummy. (EKA: Episode 1710)
	Film	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (EKA: Episode 2096)
	SCENE 5	As the tango music from the first scene plays, Susan, Gordon and the kids tango together while Elmo announces the sponsors.

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