Episode 3057

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Sesame Street
Plot	Mother Goose visits
Air date	January 19, 1993
Season	Season 24 (1992-1993)
Sponsors	O, W, 5
Syndication
DVD

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Big Bird comes out of his nest area, mentions today's sponsors, and also points out that Mother Goose is coming to visit today.
	SCENE 1	At Hooper's, Big Bird tells Gina that Mother Goose will be meeting him here today. Gina guesses how she might be traveling, as they hear the sounds of a car, a bike, an airplane, and then a goose (which is how she got her name).
	SCENE 1 cont'd	The goose lands with a crash, after which Mother Goose herself (played by Judith Ivey) enters the store and greets everyone. She brings in her dog, Rhymeraner, then Gina warns her that she might not want to leave her goose double-parked outside. She leaves Rhymeraner with them as she goes to park her goose in the garage.
	Film	Alphaquest: W
	Muppets	"Ballad of the Sad Café"
	Animation	A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause. (EKA: Episode 2208)
	Song	Girls wish they were "Short or Tall."
	SCENE 2	Everyone admires Rhymeraner, and Mother Goose reveals that the dog got her name from doing whatever rhymes with what she hears. (If MG goes out to get the mail, Rhymeraner wags her tail.) MG remembers that she needs to get her toaster fixed, and they agree to look after Rhymeraner for a few minutes while she's gone. Right after she leaves, Rhymeraner starts crying. Gina points out that MG said "Bye" before she left, and that "bye" rhymes with "cry." Gina then says "Enough," and Rhymeraner starts barking "ruff-ruff!"
	Cartoon	A loud-voiced girl talks about her dog Pete. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 2951)
	Film	Animals and children bathe in water. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 1158)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie is confused when he sees Bert playing checkers with his pigeon, Bernice. (EKA: Episode 2485)
	Cartoon	A map of Australia morphs into the shape of animals that are found there. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 3021)
	Song	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. Re-filmed version (EKA: Episode 2490)
	Cartoon	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. (EKA: Episode 0198)
	SCENE 3	To get Rhymeraner to stop barking, Gina decides to say something that rhymes with "stop." She says out loud that she's going to get a soda pop, and Rhymeraner starts to hop instead. Big Bird says he'll be getting a broom to sweep, hoping to get Rhymeraner to sleep, but instead, the dog starts to baa like a sheep. Gina wishes she would take a nap, after which the dog starts to tap.
	Film	Children dance to different rhythms from around the world. (EKA: Episode 2558)
	Animation	Sand W / w (EKA: Episode 1710)
	Muppets	"It is I, Captain Vegetable!" (EKA: Episode 3022)
	Film	Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 1041)
	Cartoon	Jim Thurman sings "Calcutta Joe." Animation by Buzzco Associates, Inc. (EKA: Episode 2571)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Elmo thinks that Whoopi's skin is a very pretty brown. Whoopi likes Elmo's soft red fur. Elmo admires Whoopi's bouncy hair, too. Elmo suggests that they trade, but Whoopi says that they can't -- it doesn't come off. But even if she could trade, she wouldn't want to. She likes her skin and her hair, and she wants to keep it. Elmo says that he wants to keep his fur, too. (First: Episode 2746)
	Song	"At the Coastline" (Beach Boys style)
	SCENE 4	At the Fix-it Shop, Maria feels honored to be fixing Mother Goose's toaster. MG feels lucky as well, since there's no way to get a toaster fixed in Nursery Rhyme Land. Maria wonders what happened to all those nursery rhyme characters, and MG shows her a scrapbook documenting what they all grew up to be. In song, she reveals that Little Jack Horner became a cook, Jill (of Jack and Jill) became a doctor, and Little Miss Muffet became a bug-and-spider specialist. After the song, Maria asks MG what she wanted to be, and she answers, "Famous, dear, very famous."
	Animation	Five turtles walk across the land.
	Muppets	Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree." (EKA: Episode 2773)
	Cartoon	The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on. (EKA: Episode 2503)
	SCENE 5	Back at Hooper's, Rhymeraner continues to tap dance, while the others just sit there, clueless of what else to do. Mother Goose comes back to see how things are going, and tells them all to tap, after which Rhymeraner gets tired and goes off to take a nap. MG leaves again to fetch her toaster, and the others become bothered with Rhymeraner's snoring.
	Song	"Moonshine" (EKA: Episode 2980)
	Muppets	The Adventures of Prairie Dawn Prairie Dawn has a so-called "adventure" by trying a kumquat (which she's never tried before). (EKA: Episode 3022)
	Song	14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street." (EKA: Episode 2727)
	Film	A child narrates a film of him and his brother, Andrew, taking a ride on the ferry. (EKA: Episode 2951)
	Animation	The number 5 (EKA: Episode 2486)
	Insert	Telly notices some kids playing a Spanish hand-clapping rhyme game, and wants to play with them. Rosita sings him a song that tells him what to say in that situation: "Quiero Jugar."
	Animation	Two giddy female scribbles introduce themselves to a bar code, who can only beep. They recognize him from the supermarket. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 3012)
	Film	Letter O hoist Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 2341)
	Muppets	Director Kermit is filming Oklahoma with Forgetful Jones as the star. Forgetful is supposed to enter sing "Oklahoma!" but sings "Aklahoma!", "Eeklahoma!" and "Iklahoma!" instead. When he finally gets it right, the production assistant says it's time for lunch. (EKA: Episode 2979)
	Cartoon	A baby and father illustrate up and down. (EKA: Episode 2749)
	Song	Jerry Nelson sings "Salt, My Salt." (EKA: Episode 2909)
	Cartoon	Lightbulbs subtract from 5 to 0. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 2895)
	SCENE 6	Mother Goose knows how to wake her dog up: just nudge her and say "Time to get up!" Big Bird remarks, "What do you know," after which Rhymeraner indicates it's time to go. Then, as MG is about to leave with her dog, they say "So long," and Rhymeraner starts singing a song while MG announces the sponsors.