Sesame Street | |||||||
When they were little | |||||||
Air date | March 18, 1987 | ||||||
Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Susan and Forgetful Jones watch Gordon play ball with Miles and some kids. Oscar the Grouch points out that Miles is growing, and watching him play ball reminds Oscar of a special time when he was a little Grouch... | |
SCENE 1 cont'd |
In a flashback sequence, Oscar narrates the first time he and his Grandpa Grouch went for a car ride, and Grandpa showed him how to count to 10 by honking the horn. A Grouch cop (Martin P. Robinson) stopped by, and encouraged the two to keep making noise. | |
SCENE 1 cont'd |
Back in the present, remembering the special grouchy car ride makes Oscar want to repeat the car noise over and over, which drives everyone away from him. | |
Cartoon | An alligator and an elephant chat about how to remember their names. (First: Episode 1301) | |
Song | "Me and My Chair" (First: Episode 1706) | |
Cartoon | L for locomotive, letter, lamp, light, lion, lettuce, lips (First: Episode 1716) | |
Muppets | Three Honkers teach a newly-hatched baby Honker to honk. (First: Episode 1616) | |
Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) | |
SCENE 2 | Now sitting in the yard, Forgetful tells Gordon and Susan a time he (actually) remembers from when he was a baby... | |
SCENE 2 cont'd |
In the flashback sequence, Baby Forgetful Jones recites the alphabet as Baby Clementine cheers him on. He manages to get every letter in the right order, though he stops at the letter Y and celebrates. | |
SCENE 2 cont'd |
Back in the present, Forgetful still feels proud of having remembered the alphabet A to Y - until Gordon points out the last letter is actually Z. | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again." (First: Episode 0631) | |
Cartoon | I Thought a Thought ... about big things. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0226) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert wants to know why there is a cookie lying on the table. Ernie explains that he put it there to remind himself. (First: Episode 0095) | |
Cartoon | A playground is destroyed by bad weather, and a teacher has her class rebuild it from memory. (First: Episode 1453) | |
Muppets | Snuffy wears a green derby hat as he sings about L, "The Leading Letter of My Life." (First: Episode 1922) | |
Cartoon | L - shooting stars (First: Episode 2237) | |
Film | Elephants in a zoo Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0034) | |
Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Me, Claudius — Some monsters fight over which of them is Claudius. (First: Episode 1448) | |
Cartoon | C for Canary (role reversal) (First: Episode 0703) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Alice in Wonderland — Alice drinks a beverage that makes her grow. (First: Episode 1765) | |
Cartoon | Big / bigger / biggest (bikes) (First: Episode 1245) | |
Cast | Hey Nonny Nonny rain song (Bob, David, Olivia) (First: Episode 1921) | |
Cartoon | Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round. (First: Episode 1124) | |
Cast | Maria introduces Snuffy to Baby Natasha. Snuffy tries to teach Natasha how to say things like "table," "chair" and "street." She does succeed in learning how to say "Oh, dear" like Snuffy. (First: Episode 2215) | |
Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) | |
Film | Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air. (First: Episode 0444) | |
Cartoon | A boy does an addition problem in his head: 5 + 1 = 6. (First: Episode 0548) | |
Muppets | Game Show: "The Addition Game". Herry Monster is a contestant on Guy Smiley's game show "The Addition Game," in which Herry has to add items. Herry is unsure of the last addition problem, so he brings a few cars into the studio to add them up. (First: Episode 0960) | |
Cartoon | A father explains to his son why it is important to wear a seat belt when riding in a car. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1446) | |
SCENE 3 | Gordon observes that there has been a lot of remembering happening on Sesame Street today, and points out that another way to use one's mind is to imagine what things will be like in the future... | |
SCENE 3 cont'd |
The scene fades to Gordon's imaginary sequence, which takes place when Miles is now a grownup (played onscreen by Muppet performer Kevin Clash), is married to a woman named Gina, and has a baby of his own named Gordie. As Miles leaves Gordie in care with his grandparents for the day, Grandpa Gordon decides to teach the little one how to throw a ball. | |
SCENE 3 cont'd |
Back in the present, they all agree that this would be a nice thing to imagine. | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: C-cat (First: Episode 0779) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Grover and Madeline Kahn sing "Sing After Me." (First: Episode 1112) | |
Cartoon | Don't be a Snerd when you sneeze. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1487) | |
Animation | A white shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2061) | |
SCENE 4 | Gordon talks with the kids about things they remember from when they were toddlers, like landing in poison ivy and learning to swim; Gordon reminds them that remembering is one of the most important things their minds can do. Susan announces the sponsors. |
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