Episode 2640

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Sesame Street
Plot	Did Gabi say "Oscar"?
Air date	December 15, 1989
Season	Season 21 (1989-1990)
Sponsors	D, J, 5
Syndication
DVD

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Luis attempts to teach baby Gabi to say "dad" by showing her a sign with the word. Maria thinks it won't work, since she's too young to read or talk at this point. He leaves to open the Fix-it Shop, and once he's gone, she writes "mom" on the other side of the "dad" card and attempts to teach Gabi to say "mom."
	Cartoon	Which legs belong on the man?
	Muppets	Game Show: To Tell A Face The object of the game is to identify the face of a relative. The contestant in this skit is baby Bobby, who must identify his grandmother. (EKA: Episode 2125)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat.
	Cartoon	"¡El juega hockey!" (EKA: Episode 2228)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: MOM.
	Cartoon	Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings.
	SCENE 2	Oscar objects to the cute baby sounds he hears from Gabi, so he attempts to teach her to say his name. He thinks she said "Oscar," but Maria begs to differ. Maria leaves him alone, and Gina admires Gabi as she passes by, and is the second to think she heard Gabi say "Oscar." Maria is flabbergasted.
	Cartoon	A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (EKA: Episode 0814)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and The Beetles sing "Hey Food."
	Film	A boy takes dance lessons at a dance studio. (EKA: Episode 1839)
	Cartoon	"Wash Your Hands Before You Eat" Artist: Bruce Cayard
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover and John-John count backwards from 10 to 1. (EKA: Episode 0752)
	Animation	El numero cinco (Luis VO)
	SCENE 3	Telly stops by for some "Monster on the Spot" coverage, asking Maria how Gabi came into the world. Maria gives him a kid-friendly version of the story, which he knows some of because he was there. Telly asks Gabi to say something, and thinks he heard her say "Oscar."
	Cartoon	Consonant Sound: J, jaguar (EKA: Episode 1364)
	Cartoon	Teeny Little Superguy RW wants a pet spoon, so TLSG teaches him the importance of being responsible with a pet. Artist: Paul Fierlinger
	Celebrity	Itzhak Perlman and a girl demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses. (EKA: Episode 1563)
	Cartoon	5 song (twinkles, candles, diamonds, horses)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie has Bert play a "Follow the Arrows" game, which leads him to the main camera, looking at the TV viewer. (EKA: Episode 1709)
	Cartoon	Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats. (EKA: Episode 1148)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird encounters Maria about to tell Gabi a story with Goldilocks in it, so he sits down and listens in. In the story, Goldie Locks comes home with her new baby, "Gabriela Locks," and stresses out about the conditions of her baby's room ("It's too cold! It's too hot!"), the bed ("It's too hard! It's too soft!"), and the light ("It's too bright! It's too dark!") when husband Luis Locks assures her that all of those things are "just right." Big Bird learns that Gabi can't talk yet, but to Maria's astonishment, he thinks he heard her say "Oscar."
	Cartoon	A man has a J under his hat. (EKA: Episode 1709)
	Muppets	Bob imagines himself in Colonial America, and meets two of the people in George Washington's neighborhood, the candlemaker and the saddlemaker.
	Animation	A kerosene lamp assembles itself in stop-motion. (EKA: Episode 1646)
	Muppets	Miami Mice Kermit tries to interview the mice about adventure, but finds it difficult to continue the interview when he's interrupted by a jet plane, an animal stampede, and a giant monster all making their way through the office.
	Cartoon	Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (EKA: Episode 0406)
	SCENE 5	Snuffy and Anna ask Maria if she's seen Linda, because Anna wants to learn some signs for show-and-tell. Maria shows her the signs for "Big Bird," "Snuffy," and "Oscar," and sees if Gabi can wave bye-bye. Snuffy thinks he saw Gabi make the sign for "Oscar," which confuses Maria even further.
	Cartoon	I Love You, in American Sign Language Artist: Steve Finkin (EKA: Episode 1186)
	Film	Kids watch as construction workers paint a number 5 on the street using a stencil.
	Cartoon	"The Adventures of Clever Bill!" The main character solves conflicts between two fighting giants and two fighting girls. (EKA: Episode 2475)
	Muppets	"Doin' the Pigeon" (First: Episode 0536)
	Cartoon	Typewriter Guy: J for jump Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2621)
	SCENE 6	Maria tells Luis about their day, and they both think everyone's "Oscar" assumptions were silly. Gina announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.