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Sesame Street
Elmo learns about air
Air date March 24, 1989
Season Season 20 (1988-1989)
Written by John Weidman
Production November 29, 1988
Sponsors O, Z, 6

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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2580 01b
SCENE 1 Elmo has gotten up early to be able to surprise everyone. He hides behind Oscar's trash can and unsuccessfully tries surprising Bob, Luis, and Linda. Oscar emerges and asks for the yelling to cease. Elmo, smashed by Oscar's lid, finds he was the one who has been surprised.
0926b
Cartoon A hand draws a farm backdrop for the animals.
(First: Episode 0925)
2356-4
Muppets Over the Top, a ZZ Top-like band, sings "ZZ Blues."
(First: Episode 2317)
Toon.Zinspace
Cartoon Z In Space
(First: Episode 0509)
1839ze
Film Kids talk about building sand castles and sand structures at the beach.
(First: Episode 1122)
Pigeon Book
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie doesn't think pigeons are able to laugh at Bert's pigeon jokes, but he's wrong ...
(First: Episode 1287)
2914.6fish
Animation Counting animals (1 butterfly, 2 frogs, 3 birds, 4 turtles, 5 bees, 6 fish)
(First: Episode 1700)
ThatsTalkinScat
Cast Hoots shows Gordon and some kids the art of "Talkin' Scat."
(First: Episode 2389)
Baldeagle
Film Kids narrate what a bald eagle sees when it flies over islands.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0424)
1261-JoJive
Cartoon Billy Jo Jive looks for the missing batch of strawberry shortcakes.
(First: Episode 1261)
LifestylesBigLittle

LifestylesBigLittle2
Muppets Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little."
(First: Episode 2206)
Film.Listen
Film "Listen ..." to various sounds, including the ocean, a heart beating, a clock ticking, a horse galloping, crickets chirping, a passing train, and others.
(First: Episode 0951)
Appleorangepear
Cartoon An apple, an orange, and a pear learn they can cooperate by rocking and rolling.
(First: Episode 0555)
2580 02
SCENE 2 Elmo needs Luis to fix his broken toy airplane, but Luis is too busy at the moment putting together a piñata for Mrs. Friedman. Elmo feels sad, until Luis tickles him by blowing a party favor toward him. After Luis explains how the air tickled him, Elmo decides to find some air to use as a toy.
Toon.ILoveYou
Cartoon A heart that says "I love you" is drawn.
(First: Episode 1971)
Erik-grover-rhyme
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and Erik play a rhyming game.
(First: Episode 1754)
Blindclass.produce
Film A blind class goes on a field trip downtown, and visits a produce stand.
Closetheopen
Cartoon Would you mind closing our OPEN?
(First: Episode 0438)
KermTwiddBugParty
Muppets Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party.
(First: Episode 0280)
Plantcartoon
Cartoon Two hippie kids wonder how to make their droopy plant grow.
(First: Episode 1484)
2580 03
SCENE 3 Elmo has been looking around for air, but can't see any. Bob explains how air is all around him, but invisible. He plays a game with Elmo - he hands him some grocery bags with fruit in them, then one without to see if Elmo can tell if there's something inside or not. Bob blows into the final bag, showing Elmo how one can feel air. Elmo asks him to blow into the bag so he can have a bag full of it. Soon he recruits Luis, Linda, and Big Bird to blow into more bags for his collection.
3960n
Cartoon Rap #6
(First: Episode 2502)
Copydrums
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie plays a game with Bert where Ernie plays riffs on his drum set and Bert has to repeat them back. Bert is surprisingly good at the game.
(First: Episode 1809)
1845h
Cartoon Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them.
(First: Episode 0793)
PaulSimonLBM.ABC
Celebrity Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing the African Alphabet Song.
(First: Episode 2431)
2795i
Cartoon A girl picks the key that matches the keyhole in order to gain access to a cache of toys.
Artist: Dan Haskett
(First: Episode 2050)
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2580 04b
SCENE 4 Elmo carries his many bags of air, when Oscar tells him he can demonstrate another thing air can do - surprise someone. He takes the bags from Elmo ("Climb up here, you little red menace.") into his can and places them on the piano. Fluffy jumps on them all, causing the bags to burst and sending Oscar flying out of his can (a major shock for Elmo).
Cartoon-eat a Z
Cartoon A red armless character is stalked by the letter Z until he eats it.
(First: Episode 1340)
Firestationfieldtrip
Film A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station.
(First: Episode 1217)
3161q
Muppets Gordon reads the story of "Stan and Dan." Dan copies everything that Stan does, until Dan becomes a hippie.
(First: Episode 2030)
2580-SandO
Animation Sand O/o
(First: Episode 0621)
Monkeysfilmpianomusic
Film Chimps running around (piano music)
(First: Episode 2493)
2257za
Cartoon Splash (girl on beach)
(First: Episode 0996)
2580 05
SCENE 5 Ruby wants to grow up and become a scientist like Albert Einstein, and tries brushing her hair to get his well-known look. Luis points out that brushing her hair a certain way won't make her a scientist overnight. Ruby knows she has to read and study in school - she just wants the hairdo for fun. Luis starts helping her out as Big Bird and Oscar announce the sponsors.


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