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Sesame Street
Hiroshi visits from Japan
Air date April 7, 1988
Season Season 19 (1987-1988)
Written by Nancy Sans
Production December 15, 1987
Sponsors C, L, 7

SS-2459

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
2459streetstory1
SCENE 1 Elmo asks Bob and Gina why they are wearing bathrobes; they correct him, saying they're actually called kimonos. The son of one of Bob's best friends named Hiroshi is visiting from Japan, and they want to make him feel at home. They've decorated the yard with paper lanterns, plan to serve fish, rice, and tea for lunch, and they practice greeting him by saying "Konnichiwa, Hiroshi-san." Hiroshi arrives wearing a sweater and a baseball cap, speaks fluent English, and wants a hamburger for lunch. Elmo doesn't believe this is really Hiroshi from Japan until Hiroshi explains that Japanese people wear sweaters and eat hamburgers sometimes, too. They all decide to go for some burgers over at Hooper's Store.
BunFactory
Film Hamburger bun factory
(First: Episode 0615)
SB--CCarrot
Cartoon Speech Balloon: C for carrot
(First: Episode 0203)
MM.Kermit
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Miami MiceKermit interviews Tito and J.P., the Miami Mice.
(First: Episode 2200)
2059c
Cartoon Seven animals in a tree.
Artist: Owe Gustafson
(First: Episode 1530)
2459-01
SCENE 2 Hiroshi shows Elmo how people traditionally serve tea in Japan. Bob teaches Elmo to say "Domo arigato," which means "thank you very much," and Bob comments how he feels as if he were back in Japan.
2459-02

2459streetstory2
SCENE 2 cont'd Elmo thinks Japan sounds nice and wants to go there right now, but Bob tells him that it is too far. Elmo understands how "near" and "far" works: he is near Bob, then runs to the other side of the street so he is far. To explain to Elmo that Japan is much farther than that, Hiroshi sings a song ("How Far is Japan?") about how long his airplane flight was.
2356-19
Cartoon Two itchy gorillas agree to scratch each other's backs.
(First: Episode 1456)
GroverErik.Teeth
Muppets Muppet & Kid Moment — Erik shows Grover his teeth, and tells him how teeth are used.
(First: Episode 1639)
L-Lion.Hale
Cartoon L for Lion (poem)
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1149)
Pageant-seed
Muppets Pageant: How a flower grows
Gladys the Cow stars as a seed. Ernie plays a rain cloud and Herry Monster is the sun, whose attentions cause the seed to bloom into a flower.
(First: Episode 2420)
Film.Falltowinter

Inthesnow
Film A boy narrates a film of what happens when it changes from fall to winter.
2459streetstory3
SCENE 3 Bob and Hiroshi sing "Three of These Things" with a toy fire engine, a spoon, chopsticks, and a fork. Elmo is stuck because he doesn't know what one does with chopsticks. Hiroshi demonstrates how to eat with them, and Elmo gets the correct answer.
1576r
Cartoon "L" for "Large" and "l" for "little"
Artist: Tom Gabbay
(First: Episode 1455)
OldFilm.DangerSign
Film Kids watch a silent movie with a man resting on the train tracks with an oncoming trolley - DANGER!
(First: Episode 0480)
StorySevenMice
Insert Bob reads the kids a story about seven mice, with some animated mice displaying the story. (framing scenes removed)
(First: Episode 1699)
Readersoftheopenrange
Muppets "Readers of the Open Range"
(First: Episode 2141)
Toon.Froghater
Cartoon A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies.
(First: Episode 0387)
Umeko01

Umeko02
SCENE 4 Hiroshi prepares a story for everyone - including Oscar and Slimey - called Umeko and Kuwa. In the story, some Japanese Anything Muppets mock a young girl named Umeko for having a worm for a pet. When the annual festival arrives, Umeko is without a new kimono to wear. Overnight, her worm friend Kuwa turns into a moth and has her use his cocoon for silk for a new kimono. At the festival, everyone is amazed at her new outfit. When Hiroshi finishes the story, Oscar is disgusted by the happy ending, though Slimey really liked it.
2459-Sand
Animation Sand C/c
(First: Episode 0625)
Lemurs
Film Lemurs leap and play in a zoo cage.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0032)
1706l
Cartoon Toothpaste March
Artist: Ray Favata
(First: Episode 1446)
EdithPricklySellsShoes
Celebrity Maria and Grundgetta wander into a shoe store so Maria can buy some shoes. The sales woman, Edith Prickley (Andrea Martin), tries to find the right size shoe, but none of them are the right size. Maria shows her how to use the foot scale, which shows her shoe size. They begin looking for the right looking shoe...
Part 1
(First: Episode 2203)
Toon.CatMouse
Cartoon A pink circle splits into a cat, and a gray circle splits into a mouse.
(First: Episode 0452)
EdithPrickleyToTT
Celebrity Edith has gone through all the shoes she has in Maria's size, with only four pairs remaining: three pairs of boots and a pair of pumps. After playing "Three of These Things," Maria chooses the pumps. Edith thinks she tackle any customer now, until Mrs. Snuffleupagus enters with a large request.
Part 2
(First: Episode 2203)
PaddleballCount
Cartoon A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird.
(First: Episode 0152)
Snuffy-L
Muppets Snuffy wears a green derby hat as he sings about L, "The Leading Letter of My Life."
(First: Episode 1922)
FindElephant
Cartoon A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture.
(First: Episode 0510)
1186y
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie buys a newspaper after hearing the newsboy yell out the headline: "Four People Fooled!" Ernie reads the paper, but finds no such news in the paper, making him the fifth person fooled.
(First: Episode 1164)
Whatbelongsheredavid
Song David sings "Can You Tell Me What Belongs Here?" with kids dressed as kittens and bunnies.
Lpoemkids
Cartoon Kids hear an L poem.
(First: Episode 0198)
MonsterMarchingBand
Muppets An Anything Muppet girl tells two different monster marching bands to play the same song and march together.
(First: Episode 1450)
Splasho.Beforeafter
Cartoon The Magnificent Splasho demonstrates "before" and "after".
(First: Episode 0694)
2459streetstory5
SCENE 5 Elmo has been practicing saying "konnichiwa," and is very excited to say it to Hiroshi. He becomes sad because just as he learns to say hello, it's time to say goodbye. Hiroshi teaches him to say "sayonara" instead while Bob announces the sponsors.


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