Sesame Street | |||||||
Maria's pregnancy — Grundgetta becomes nice due to the baby | |||||||
Air date | May 9, 1989 | ||||||
Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
Written by | Mark Saltzman | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Grundgetta rushes into the baby's room to see the newborn child, but Maria explains yesterday's incident was merely a false alarm. Maria shows off some of the baby items she's preparing in the meantime, which even Grundgetta can't help but call cute. | |
Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) | |
Song | "Starfish" by Joe Raposo. (re-filmed version) (First: Episode 2487) | |
Muppets | Here Is Your Life: Guy Smiley salutes the life of a house, 2102 Shady Lane, with visits from Frank Lloyd Left the architect, Mr. Bricklayer and Ms. Carpenter who built the house, Tommy and Sally Wilson, children of the family that once lived in the house, and even 2104 Shady Lane, the house that used to be located next door to 2102 Shady Lane, before it was replaced with a highway. (First: Episode 2225) | |
Cartoon | Nine sheep (Maria voice-over added) Aritst: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1501) | |
SCENE 2 | Oscar teaches the Grouchketeers the "Heimyuck maneuver," meaning whenever they see a Grouch acting nice, they yell, "Yuck! Yuck-yuck-yuck!" until the Grouch is back to normal. | |
Cartoon | C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) | |
Muppets | Telly is shocked to see Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats at the library. They explain that in addition to being rock stars, they're also "Rock 'N Roll Readers." | |
Cartoon | Sign Sounds: KISS ME (First: Episode 1136) | |
Film | Kids narrate a film of how a lift bridge works. (First: Episode 2253) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is confused when he sees Bert playing checkers with his pigeon, Bernice. Ernie thinks it's amazing that a pigeon can play checkers, but Bert thinks it is no big deal, because Bernice has only beaten Bert in two out of ten games. (First: Episode 1227) | |
Animation | CH words are formed on a set of hanging click-balls. (First: Episode 2591) | |
Song | "Drink of Water" (First: Episode 2545) | |
Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) | |
SCENE 3 | Oscar continues his lesson, when he sees Grundgetta and Maria strolling past having a nice conversation. The Groucketeers surround Grundgetta and give her the Heimyuck maneuver, snapping her out of her pleasant demeanor. | |
Film | Fay demonstrates addition by placing 4 balls on a table. Artist: William Wegman | |
Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves — Alistair Cookie runs out of time counting the 40 thieves. (First: Episode 2402) | |
Cartoon | Two orange balls perform "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2160) | |
Film | Exploring on the ocean rocks (First: Episode 1414) | |
Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster acts out different feelings. (First: Episode 1982) | |
Cartoon | Rap #9 (First: Episode 2509) | |
SCENE 4 | Oscar sends the Grouchketeers off to find Grouches in need of the Heimyuck maneuver. Grundgetta explains how seeing all the baby stuff made her feel nice and she even imagined having a whiny, Grouch baby of her own. Oscar finds this a pleasant idea, when the Groucketeers deliver the Heimyuck maneuver to the two of them. | |
Cartoon | Circle In Space (with voiceover by Northern Calloway) (First: Episode 1441) | |
Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) | |
Cartoon | "In and Out Crowd" Artist: Sally Cruikshank | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie not to open the locked door until he gets back from his shopping trip. After he leaves the apartment, however, he realizes he forgot his money, but no matter what he does, Ernie won't let him in the apartment because he thinks this is practice. (First: Episode 1787) | |
Film | Kids climb in and out of a tire. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) | |
Cartoon | A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be. (First: Episode 0406) | |
Muppets | Snuffy says the "big alphabet," while Alice says the "little alphabet." (First: Episode 2553) | |
Cartoon | Monster in the dark (finding a light switch) (First: Episode 0493) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Linda Ronstadt sings "La Charreada" with Elmo and Parker Monster. (First: Episode 2540) | |
Cartoon | The Great Inventors Series: John Montague, Earl of Sandwich, invents a new type of food that can be eaten while playing cards. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2574) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Alphabet Mine — Kermit interviews J miners. (First: Episode 2302) | |
Cartoon | J - Jam (First: Episode 0012) | |
SCENE 5 | Grundgetta makes Maria promise not to tell anyone else about her acting nice. Suddenly, Maria feels the baby pushing inside her and sends Grundgetta to fetch Luis. Oscar announces the sponsors. |
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