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| Good Day Sesame Street (repeat of 2540) | |||||||||
| Air date | December 21, 1990 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird and Birdketeer troupe 1-2-3 deliver a program ID spot for Good Day Sesame Street. From a cozy living room set, Buster the Horse and Gladys the Cow introduce their morning show and the topics we'll be seeing today. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Buster then delivers the morning news. Today's top story come straight from the Fix-It Shop, where Big Bird has learned about the number 0. Buster conducts a satellite interview with Big Bird from outside the shop, where Big Bird demonstrates how he learned it. He tried counting to 0 using his 5 oranges, but they always totaled 5 no matter how he arranged them. He discovered that by removing them one at a time, he could count down to 0. As Big Bird begins listing off the other things he can now count 0 of, Buster cuts to a report from Sal the skydiver... |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: Instead of a parachute, she has a helicopter propeller. (First: Episode 2262) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Buster concludes the news for now and teases a visit from their weatherman, Millard Hog, right after this message from the letter X... |
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Cartoon | Brand X (First: Episode 0299) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Millard Hog gives a half-birthday shout-out to young Hillary Honker before taking a look at the weather map. Millard notes a "wet front" on the map, as water drips profusely down the front of the map. He flips the map over, where he reports a "dry back." Good Day Sesame Street will continue after this commercial break. |
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Cartoon | Leanna Williams tells a story of how she traveled to Hawaii and bought a Hawaiian shirt. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2745) |
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Muppets | "Wet and Dry": the sailors on the Good Ship Wet love when it rains, but the Arabs like living in the dry desert. (First: Episode 2745) |
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Cartoon | Various alien creatures perform in an otherwordly music performance conducted by a trumpet-nosed creature. (First: Episode 1181) |
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SCENE 2 | From Bob's apartment, Bob and Uncle Wally give a shout out to Good Day Sesame Street. Gladys shoos Buster off-set as she begins her segment on books. She repots that Luis has been reading an interesting book and shows the footage their crew shot down at the Fix-It Shop... |
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Insert | While fixing Big Bird's record player, Luis tells him of a story he's reading about Captain Swashbuckle, a pirate. He tells Big Bird a synopsis of what he's read so far, but Big Bird throws several ideas what happens next, such as Swashbuckle having run-ins with a giant fish and bird. Luis reads him the remainder of the story: Captain Swashbuckle is sailing in a storm, when Luis' phone rings, and he must put the story on hold. Big Bird then thinks up the obvious ending - the bad guys call Swashbuckle and call off the fight because of rain. (First: Episode 2173) |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Back in the studio, Big Bird joins Gladys for an interview. Big Bird had since been given the Captain Swashbuckle book to read and he's so engrossed in the book, he virtually ignores Gladys' questions. Good Day Sesame Street will return after this word - love. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Chelsea, What is love? (First: Episode 2397) |
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Film | Chimps running around (piano music) (First: Episode 2493) |
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Cartoon | A mother bird adds her eggs that hatch. (First: Episode 2230) |
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SCENE 3 | Buster introduces the entertainment news portion of the program, with anchor Flo Bear. She delivers the scoop on some new films by Mia Sparrow (I'm Alive) and Sylvester Stone (Rock 10), conducting brief interviews with each star. After one last tidbit on the new Meryl Sheep flick (Come Back Little Sheep Baa), Flo throws to another break. |
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Cartoon | C is for Canary (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | Kids play in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | A witch turns a little girl into a variety of things, but the girl insists "I'm still ME!" (First: Episode 0793) |
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SCENE 4 | Good Day Sesame Street resumes, as Gladys teases some of the upcoming segments. Buster then throws the show to their on-location correspondent Kermit the Frog, reporting from Old MacDonald's farm... |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Old MacDonald's Spaceship — A spaceship lands on Old MacDonald's farm. (First: Episode 2021) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Buster continues the news and presents some footage from earlier in the day, where Placido Flamingo unveiled his new artwork. For a small crowd of street residents, Placido announces he's painted a picture of "me," which turns out to simply be the word. Buster adds that the painting will be donated to the Nestropolitan Museum of Art, then teases another report from Millard Hog after this message... |
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Cartoon | The letter X (First: Episode 0482) |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Millard Hog shows that his weather map now has a hot top and a cold bottom, then cues another commercial break. |
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Cartoon | A crocodile, snake, and kangaroo all cooperate to escape from the zoo and get ice cream. (First: Episode 1577) |
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Song | Kevin Clash sings "Skin." (First: Episode 2749) |
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Animation | A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!" (First: Episode 1981) |
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SCENE 5 | Gina now delivers a program ID from behind the counter of Hooper's Store. Gladys introduces the Critic's Can, where Oscar (imitating Gene Shalit) will review a new movie starring Ernie and Bert. He first rolls the entire film for the audience... |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert wants to sort his paper clips, but he can't concentrate because Ernie is counting fruit. Bert decides to wait until Ernie is done. This proves to be a bad idea: after counting all of the fruit in the bowl, Ernie begins to count all the fruits of which he has zero. (First: Episode 2315) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Oscar has four stars set out in his desk, intending to give the film a high rating. But, he finds different reasons for not completely enjoying it and subtracts one star at a time until he gives it a zero-star rating. Gladys states that today's movie review was sponsored by the number 0... |
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Cartoon | A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup. (First: Episode 2283) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Buster tells the audience that next, their very special correspondent, Linda Ronstadt, is south of the border to learn about charros... |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Linda Ronstadt sings "La Charreada" with Elmo and Parker Monster. (First: Episode 2540) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Gladys tells Buster she's disappointed because she assumed the report would feature cows, not cowboys, before they throw to another short break. |
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Cartoon | A boy thinks it's raining outside, so he puts on his rain gear and goes outside, only to find sunny weather. It turns out the lawn sprinkler was near his window. (First: Episode 1627) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | It is now time for Gladys' fashion block. She first gives a look at what's currently trending in the snowy lands of Alaska. |
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Song | "Ookyook Song," a Joe Raposo song with the Alaskan words for all the things you need to put on when it's ukiuq (winter). (First: Episode 2360) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Gladys begins to overheat while showing off the Alaskan fashion and calls for the crew to get her out of the clothing, throwing to the next break. |
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Cartoon | Howard Coolsell finds out about exercise. (First: Episode 1631) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2 (First: Episode 2510) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar delivers one last program ID from inside his trash can for "Get Lost, Sesame Street." |
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SCENE 6 cont'd | Buster gives a summary of the day's events and reports and teases one last report from Millard Hog, right after this... |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster spells the word TAP, then tap-dances away. (First: Episode 1912) |
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Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine." |
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SCENE 7 | Millard Hog reviews the weather for today before throwing back to Buster and Gladys, who close the show. Just before announcing the sponsors, however, Buster shoos Gladys away and steals the show, announcing the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
See also[]
- Gladys and Buster host news shows in Episode 2129 and Episode 2330.
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