Sesame Street | |||||
Do pineapples have dentists? | |||||
Air date | December 23, 1992 | ||||
Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Ernie and Bert: Bert asks who Ernie is decorating the room for. It turns out to be the viewer at home. (EKA: Episode 0352) This segment appears as the episode's cold open. | ||
Mr. Handford and some kids welcome the viewer to Sesame Street, when Mr. Handford notices Chicago the Lion looking very sad. He's sad because he's small and he eats vegetables, which makes him different from all other lions. Mr. Handford points out that Chicago is also friendly, gentle, and can talk, which makes him special. Chicago lets out a proud roar, now that he's aware of how accepted he is. | ||
The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (EKA: Episode 0844) | ||
Two Navajo kids go to school in Arizona. This year, Dante enters pre-school. (EKA: Episode 2932) | ||
Number creatures #20 (EKA: Episode 2687) | ||
Kermit the Frog goes to see his doctor, who listens to his heart. Describing what he hears as "groovy," the doctor sings "Heart of a Frog" about different kinds of noises (backed by frog nurses) (EKA: Episode 2649) | ||
V for violin Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 1285) | ||
Chicago finishes his lunch, and Mr. Handford jokes, "I guess you're finished unless you want to lick the plate," which Chicago does. Chicago now thinks Mr. Handford is angry with him, but Handford explains that he's not. Chicago happily runs off with the plate, saying he'll bring it back later. | ||
"It's Harder the First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve. | ||
The Typewriter - L for Lion Artist: Jeff Hale | ||
Ferlinghetti Donizetti delivers "the easy rhythm Rappin' Alphabet" while Grover displays his super smooth break-dance moves. (EKA: Episode 2234) | ||
"¡Él juega beisbol!" | ||
A blind class goes on a field trip downtown, and visits a produce stand. (EKA: Episode 2822) | ||
A girl tries on big, bigger, and the biggest shoes. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2926) | ||
Monty introduces an exciting movie, "The Adventures of the Pineapple Dentist." Prairie Dawn is confused, because as she shows Monty and the kids, pineapples don't have teeth, and thus do not need dentists. Instead, Monty introduces a different film, with a llama dentist. Llamas have teeth, so this one makes more sense. | ||
"Llama at Dentist Song" (EKA: Episode 2234) | ||
Both Monty and Prairie liked the segment that was just shown, and Prairie says she knows what she wants to be when she grows up. Monty thinks it's a llama, but she wants to be a dentist. She shows Monty what a dentist does by making him a pretend patient. Monty, however, still thinks his pineapple needs its teeth checked ... | ||
Edgar Turtle's three nephews show him how a round is sung. (EKA: Episode 2506) | ||
A gymnastics team practices tricks for the circus. (EKA: Episode 3006) | ||
A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. (EKA: Episode 2755) | ||
"Circle the Girl" (EKA: Episode 1927) | ||
Circles (string formations) | ||
"Elbows and Knees" (EKA: Episode 2641) | ||
Monty pops into view: "And now, everyone on Sesame Street will say the alphabet at the exact same time, for absolutely no reason at all." Everyone does so. | ||
Kids hear an L poem. (EKA: Episode 0198) | ||
Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play". (First: Episode 0047) | ||
Ernie and Bert: Ernie won't stop saying how thirsty he is, no matter how many glasses of water Bert brings him. Even after he's finished, he still won't stop: "Boy, was I thirsty." (EKA: Episode 1144) | ||
First, Middle, Last (men on horse) (EKA: Episode 0929) | ||
Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap, with the help of a policeman fishy. (EKA: Episode 2637) | ||
Growing Numbers #20 | ||
Johnny Cash sings "Don't Take Your Ones to Town," while Big Bird, the Count and the Countess act it out. (EKA: Episode 2982) | ||
A white boy hangs out with his Latino friend. (EKA: Episode 2257) | ||
The Two-Headed Monster finds a newspaper. (EKA: Episode 2122) | ||
A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive. | ||
Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover and Tanya play the "hug/stop" game. | ||
A man makes a shadow puppet of a horse. (EKA: Episode 1068) | ||
Telly displays vibrantly-colored shapes to Merry Monster: a square, a rectangle, a circle, and a triangle, which he thinks is the best shape. Her favorite shape, however, is a scribble which she makes on the screen. Telly laments, "Aw, these kids today!" and walks off. Chicago announces the sponsors. |
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