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Episode 2293
| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Big Bird and Snuffy go exploring,Maria falls victim of the Amazing Mumford's trick |
| Air date | February 18, 1987 |
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) |
| Sponsors | W, Z, 8 |
| Syndication | Sesame Street Unpaved |
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| This episode guide is missing segments cut from Noggin's broadcast. |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
  | Big Bird and Snuffy pretend to explore Sesame Street. They encounter some native Sesame Streetians speaking Sesamese and attempt to communicate with them and learn their customs. | |
 | Z For Zebra & Zoo (EKA: Episode 1041) | |
 | Fireworks Alphabet | |
 | Three Honkers teach a newly-hatched baby Honker to honk. (EKA: Episode 1706) | |
 | The Ringmaster showcases eight skating penguins. | |
 | Pageant: The Food We Eat Prairie Dawn plays the piano for a pageant about food. Elmo plays an asparagus. Herry Monster is stuck in a fish costume that's too tight. Leo the Party Monster portrays a potato, which as a bag of chips makes a typical party food. Telly, in the role of milk, carries a full glass of milk on his head and is concerned about spilling it. When he proudly announces that he managed to say his lines without making a mess, Herry tells him to take a bow... | |
 | Muppet & Kid Moments: Forgetful Jones asks Daniela to read his sign, which she does. | |
 | Typewriter Guy: W, Wall (EKA: Episode 1710) | |
 | An octopus sings "Octopus Blues." | |
 | Raposo: Two kids participate in a speed-skating competition. (instrumental) (EKA: Episode 1129) | |
   | The Amazing Mumford performs a trick where Barkley speaks like a duck and a duck speaks like Barkley, but accidentally makes Maria speak duck and the duck speak in Maria's voice. | |
 | Z In Space (EKA: Episode 0872) | |
 | Luis & Gordon demonstrate OPEN and CLOSED | |
 | Two kids & a teenage male gym teacher do exercises. (EKA: Episode 1203) | |
 | 6 Apples Minus 3 = 3 (EKA: Episode 2257) | |
  | Bob sees that Maria speaks like a duck. He offers to help, but can't understand her at all. Big Bird understands duck, so he answers the phone. | |
 | Raposo: Footage of all types of birds on land, including flamingos and pigeons. (First: Episode 0019) | |
 | Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016) | |
 | Ernie and Bert: After watching the Jazz #8 cartoon, Ernie gets Bert to play a game with him, in which he says, "I one the sandbox," and Bert says, "I two the sandbox,” and so on until Bert gets to "I eight the sandbox." "You ate the sandbox? How'd it taste?" Ernie asks. (First: Episode 0019) | |
 | Difficult Ways to Travel on the Bridge (with a car, a robot, and a duck) (EKA: Episode 1446) | |
  | Gina brings in a hair dryer. Big Bird doesn't understand Spanish on the phone, so Jason, who's been helping at Hooper's, fills in for him. Then, a Dinger shows up. | |
 | W For Wilbur (EKA: Episode 0433) | |
 | Kermit and the word “taxi.” | |
 | Kids have a lost-dog poster made using an old-style printing press. | |
 | Hands Play Along With Each Other (EKA: Episode 1575) | |
 | Mumford has looked for a book about how not to speak like duck, but only finds an unhelpful one. | |
 | Mad Painter #8 (EKA: Episode 0348) | |
 | Two-Headed Monster: PAT (EKA: Episode 2107) | |
 | Kermit and Lena Horne sing "Bein' Green" (EKA: Episode 0871) | |
 | Name That Food ("Will you eat it?") (EKA: Episode 2096) | |
  | When Mumford says his magic words "À-la peanut butter sandwiches on quackers" backwards, Maria finally speaks normally, but now Mumford and the duck have their voices switched! |
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- In later episodes, when Maria encounters Mumford, she tries to keep her distance from him, often citing his duck trick as the key reason for her not trusting him. One such example occurs in episode 2341.
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