Sesame Street | |||||
Take a Cowboy/Cowgirl to Lunch Day (repeat from Season 18)' | |||||
Air date | December 16, 1988 | ||||
Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Oscar the Grouch warns Chip and Dip to stay away from his trash can, but it only prompts them to sing a song about how they are the same with the exception of their voices. (EKA: Episode 2432) | ||
A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 0668) | ||
Story: "The Geefle and the Gonk" The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together. (EKA: Episode 0706) | ||
L for Lion (sand) (EKA: Episode 2107) | ||
Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (EKA: Episode 2164) | ||
Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third one wants to join them (ending up in the middle). (EKA: Episode 2292) | ||
A girl meets a blind woman who has a seeing-eye dog. (EKA: Episode 0994) | ||
Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Gordon, and Susan observes some of Mr. Snuffleupagus's home movies, including the one titled "Snuffy's First Steps". | ||
Song: "If You Lost Your L, Look Around" Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 1845) | ||
At a zoo, monkeys clean each other and run around. Music: Joe Raposo | ||
"Rebel L" | ||
A kerosene lamp assembles itself in stop-motion. (EKA: Episode 1646) | ||
Elmo sees Yo-Yo Ma's cello and thinks it's a "big fiddle" that belongs to Mr. Snuffleupagus, in contrast to Elmo's "little fiddle" (a violin). When Bob and Yo-Yo straighten things out, he and Elmo play music together. | ||
A woman displays a BUS STOP sign to a crowd. Artist: Irra Verbitsky | ||
A Hispanic boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (EKA: Episode 0829) | ||
The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feet of ten brown bears. Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2481) | ||
"At the Bus Stop Sign" | ||
Two caterpillars plus three caterpillars equal five. (EKA: Episode 2477) | ||
A girl visits the stamp factory to see how stamps are made. (EKA: Episode 2283) | ||
Forgetful Jones is at The Fix-It Shop to remind Luis about taking him to Take a Cowboy/Cowgirl to Lunch Day, which he uncharacteristically remembers (thanks to his calendar). | ||
Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Aritst: Tee Collins (EKA: Episode 0306) | ||
"Who Am I?" (Olivia) (EKA: Episode 2269) | ||
Cookie Monster does a taste test to compare square shaped, triangle shaped, and circle shaped cookies. (EKA: Episode 1952) | ||
N is for nose Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2176) | ||
David makes sure he has all the proper food prepared for "Take a Cowboy/Cowgirl to Lunch Day." He takes the cart outside and takes the cowpokes orders. | ||
Ten Turtles Artist: Bud Luckey (EKA: Episode 0815) | ||
Ernie and Bert: Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. He tries to, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. He tells Ernie that he'll wake up the whole neighborhood, and to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (EKA: Episode 0276) | ||
A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (EKA: Episode 0969) | ||
Luis and the cowpokes have had a great time at lunch. He wonders about the origin of the holiday; Forgetful shows him the origin book, "The Story of Forgettinest Jones or How Take a Cowboy/Cowgirl to Lunch Day Began". In the story, all the other cowboys and cowgirls are upset that Forgettinest (Forgetful's great, great grandfather) always forgets his lunch and takes parts of everyone else's. He arrives at the saloon, without lunch, but is shot down by his friends. As he exits, he spots a stampede of sheep heading through the joint. Everyone thanks him by sharing their lunch and declare him a hero, then take a nap. | ||
Luis has finished the story and sees the rest of the group asleep, which is part of the tradition. Forgetful nods off too and Luis announces the sponsors. |
Notes
- Jon Stone directed this episode.
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