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Sesame Street
Gus needs a job / Merry and Telly play
Air date May 6, 1993
Season Season 24 (1992-1993)
Written by David Korr
Production January 7, 1993
Sponsors L, Z, 2

3134

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
3134a
COLD OPEN At the Fix-It Shop, Snuffy approaches Luis with his Snufflepuppet, Gus, who is looking for a job that will pay "a jillion kazillion dollars." Luis gives Gus the task of mentioning today's sponsors.
3134b

3134c
SCENE 1 Snuffy suggests to Luis that Gus' next job could be translating the Fix-it Shop's "Se habla español" sign. Luis goes along with it, so Gus goes to work. Grundgetta, Savion and Rosita pass by, but it turns out they already know what the sign means, which frustrates Gus. Rosita lets Gus do his job, and gives him a hug, which he thinks is better than "a jillion kazillion dollars."
3144z
Cartoon "L Look Around Song"
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 1483)
PaulSimonLBM.ABC
Celebrity Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing the African Alphabet Song.
(First: Episode 2431)
Africanquilt2
Animation African quilt pattern #2
Mpiece.dirtyfaces
Muppets Monsterpiece Theater: Monsters with Dirty Faces — Officer Grover coerces Rocky into washing his face.
Detective.Lever
Cartoon The detective sees a lever, and thinks about what might happen if he pulls the lever, being prepared for anything.
(First: Episode 2613)
3134d
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentTelly and Shaun look at the word CAT, and Chicago the Lion says he likes the word because he's a kind of cat.
(First: Episode 3000)
FishBird.clay
Animation Fred the fish needs water to swim in, and Betty the bird needs air to fly in. Vanessa the vacuum cleaner sucks up all the air and water, but can't hold it all in. (new narration by Jim Thurman added)
(First: Episode 2564)
FamilyPortrait
Animation A girl dances her way into a family portrait.
Indian You Call
Muppets In a spoof of "Indian Love Call," a woman sings of how much she loves the word "you."
Findtheanimalsinthepainting
Animation Can you find the animals in the painting?
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 2705)
2356-39
Film A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him.
(First: Episode 0407)
3897.Citycutouts
Animation A girl's narration describing the city is illustrated with cutout animation.
(First: Episode 2838)
3134e
SCENE 2 Savion and Merry are about to have snacks together, when Merry asks him to read the words on her orange juice box. She then learns the meaning of "shake well before drinking."
Oranges!!
Film / Animation Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them.
(First: Episode 1802)
2257p
Cartoon Dry and Wet (near swimming pool)
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0309)
WetorDry
Muppets Little Chrissy always has fun whether he's "Wet or Dry."
ZforZebu
Cartoon Z for Zebu
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1185)
CrayonFactory
Film How Crayons are Made
Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey
(First: Episode 1579)
3134f
SCENE 3 Merry plays a guessing game with Telly, where she covers her eyes and tries to guess which sound Telly is making. Her guesses accurately describe what's really happening to Telly, which makes him frustrated.
Korty.girlskip
Animation A girl skips home through the city, hearing all kinds of noises. When she gets home, she repeats all the noises she heard with a little dance.
Artist: John Korty
(First: Episode 1877)
SaveYourEnergy1

SaveYourEnergy2
Muppets Polly Darton sings "Save Your Energy for Me," a song about energy conservation.
Number2.ChrisHinton
Cartoon A man points to the number 2 on a door, and counts 2 of his fingers (and 2 dinosaurs).
Artist: Chris Hinton
(First: Episode 2602)
Makingshoes
Film A boy's mother and grandmother make him a pair of moccasins.
(First: Episode 2987)
Giantpurplebird
Cartoon A girl notices some footprints near and far to her. They belong to a giant purple bird.
Artist: Fred Garbers
Snuffy-L
Muppets Snuffy wears a green derby hat as he sings about L, "The Leading Letter of My Life."
(First: Episode 1922)
2485p
Cartoon L - shooting stars
(First: Episode 2237)
Whatsinside1

Whatsinside2
Song "What's Inside?" (Cookie Monster cameo)
3164p
Cartoon How Andy Fritz Ate the Sun.
Artist: ArtistMike
(First: Episode 2730)
OneFineFace
Muppets Ernie and Elmo sing about the parts that make up "One Fine Face."
(First: Episode 2220)
3187zb
Cartoon A St. Bernard helps Zork down a snowy hill, later finding out that Zork wanted to go skiing.
Artist: ArtistMike
(First: Episode 2738)
Sgrover.annettebening
Muppets / Celebrity Annette Bening wants to travel with Super Grover when he is helping others, but both have trouble in figuring out how to get around since Annette cannot fly.
Film.FlyGirl
Animation Amelia likes to pretend she can fly.
(First: Episode 2902)
Cecille.UpDown
Animation Cecille sings “Up Down, In Out, Over and Under.”
(First: Episode 2746)
3187za
Muppets Jimmy is upset about moving to a new house, but Hoots the Owl shows up and sings "Things Are Always Changing."
(First: Episode 2937)
3976s
Cartoon Mary Shaboom reluctantly moves to a new house, and muses about the consequences.
(First: Episode 2959)
3134g

3134h
SCENE 4 Merry drives Telly crazy as she continues to accurately guess what he's doing. She hears the closing music, and announces the sponsors.


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