Sesame Street | |||||||
Birth of Gabriela | |||||||
Air date | May 19, 1989 (season finale) | ||||||
Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) | ||||||
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Big Bird wants to know if Maria's baby has arrived yet. If so, is it a boy or a girl? Does anyone on Sesame Street know yet? | ||
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Meanwhile, at the hospital, Luis tells Oscar to call Hooper's Store and update everyone on the status. He does so... | |
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... but when the phone rings, there's no one to pick up. And when everyone realizes they should keep an eye on the phone at Hooper's, it stops ringing by the time they get there. | |
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Meanwhile, Oscar has a conflict: the night before, he drove Maria and Luis to the hospital, which was a nice thing. And just now, he tried to call everyone at Hooper's, which would have also been a nice thing. He's confused, because grouches aren't supposed to be nice. | |
Joe Raposo sings "I Believe in Little Things." (EKA: Episode 2485) | ||
Ernie and Bert: Ernie and Bert play "the feelings game." (EKA: Episode 2356) | ||
The Bellhop has to bring 8 steamer trunks down 8 flights of stairs. | ||
Telly walks by Susan and Gordon reading a book to Miles. He wonders how they can nonchalantly do this while everyone else on Sesame Street is excited about the arrival of a new baby. Susan explains that having a new baby around will change a few things, but many things will still be the same. | ||
The Two-Headed Monster takes turns reading itself a story. | ||
Letter B/b (bouncing circles) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. | ||
Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are. (EKA: Episode 2367) | ||
A conductor conducts a choir to hum his music ("My Music"). Artist: Paul Fierlinger | ||
Monsterpiece Theater: "The Sound of Music" (EKA: Episode 2596) | ||
Fay demonstrates addition by placing 3 balls on a table. Artist: William Wegman | ||
The phone rings at Hooper's -- could it be Luis? No...it turns out to be someone who wants lunch. | ||
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While David talks to the customer, he ties up the line at the exact moment when Luis tries calling Hooper's himself. | |
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Oscar tells Luis that he's embarrassed about doing nice things for Luis and Maria. He even admits that he's happy the baby is coming! Luis explains that babies make everybody happy, and tells Oscar to keep reminding himself that he's still a grouch. | |
AMOR, amor, amor ... amoramor ... amoramor ... (EKA: Episode 2404) | ||
A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (EKA: Episode 2291) | ||
B for banana and ballerina | ||
Kermit sings about his youth, or as he calls it, "My Polliwog Ways". | ||
The birth and growth of a frog is documented. At the very end, the fully-grown frog hops in the middle of a field and calls out, "Hey, Kermit!" (EKA: Episode 1839) | ||
Someone calls Hooper's again ... but it's a wrong number. Then, Telly says it's quite exciting when a new baby is about to show up, and that pretty soon, Linda and Bob will get married and have a baby of their own! Gina gets excited, but Linda and Bob both vehemently deny that they have any plans. | ||
Dr. Annie Eyeball, PhD., looks at breathing. Artist: Bruce Cayard | ||
Muppet & Kid Moment: Grover and Zelda look above and below. | ||
A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All" as well as below. Artist: Sally Cruikshank This segment was cut from the Noggin version. | ||
Oscar, now back from the hospital, refuses to tell Gordon, David and Bob whether or not the baby has been born yet. This makes them furious, and reassures Oscar that he's still as grouchy as ever! | ||
Ann Marie and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on. | ||
Melvin the Moving Man This segment was cut from the Noggin version. (EKA: Episode 0276) | ||
Ernie and Bert: Ernie tries to get baby Ernestine to say his name. It turns out she's much better at saying "Bert!" | ||
The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square." Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel | ||
At the hospital, Luis tries calling Hooper's once again. No one answers. But suddenly everyone shows up behind him! Luis tells everyone... "It's a girl." | ||
Three Honkers teach a newly-hatched baby Honker to honk. (EKA: Episode 1706) | ||
The 8 Brothers Circus displays 8 elephants. Artist: Paul Fierlinger This segment was cut from the Noggin version. | ||
Joe Raposo sings "There's a Bird On Me." (EKA: Episode 0536) | ||
B for boats, bouquet, baby, bonnet, etc. | ||
Everyone visits Maria in the delivery room. Maria recalls that the experience of giving birth was quite an adventure. | ||
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Everyone meets baby Gabriela for the first time. | |
Madrigal Alphabet (EKA: Episode 1093) | ||
On a rainy night, The Count brings Susan Sarandon to a locked castle. He knocks on the door just for the sake of counting the knocks, until it's revealed that the castle is his own. He then proceeds to unlock the numerous locks. | ||
A man counts 40 stars at night. (EKA: Episode 2269) | ||
At night, Luis knocks on Oscar's can and tells him that the baby came, and that it's a girl. | ||
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After Luis leaves, Oscar gives Maria a call at the hospital to see how she and the baby are doing. Gordon announces the sponsors. A nighttime credit crawl follows with the standard harmonica theme. So ends the 20th season of Sesame Street. |
Note
- This was Northern Calloway's final episode as David. After the episode aired, Calloway left the show due to medical reasons with the explanation that David moved away to live with his grandmother and that ownership of Hooper's Store was turned over to Mr. Handford. Calloway later died in 1990.
- Episode 2615 is the most recent episode of Sesame Street Unpaved.
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