Sesame Street | |||||||
Sloppy is born (repeat of 3307) | |||||||
Air date | April 25, 1997 | ||||||
Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Oscar announces Slimey's mother is having a baby...though they're not sure when. | |
SCENE 1 | Oscar watches the skies for an airplane that Slimey's father, Dusty, will be riding from work to take his wife to the hospital. They receive a wormgram from Dusty, saying he missed the plane and is waiting for the next one. He adds that Oscar had agreed to help if he couldn't make it. | |
Film | Katie is going to be a big sister. (First: Episode 2769) | |
Animation | A portrait of MOM hangs in a gallery. (EKA: Episode 3428) | |
Celebrity | "Rubber Duckie" with Little Richard. (EKA: Episode 3309) | |
Cartoon | Number Creatures #20 (EKA: Episode 2687) | |
Animation | A chicken lays 20 eggs, which hatch. (EKA: Episode 3122) | |
Animation | Parade of Numbers #20 (EKA: Episode 3365) | |
Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Whiskeyjack (EKA: Episode 3196) | |
Cartoon | "Family Dance" Artist: Karen Aqua (EKA: Episode 3487) | |
Muppets | A baby Honker hatches from an egg and learns to honk like all the Honkers. (EKA: Episode 1706) | |
Cartoon | How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India. (EKA: Episode 2062) | |
SCENE 2 | Maria and Luis help Oscar pack Eartha's overnight suitcase. They load in several (teeny, tiny) items, including a small photo of Slimey, who helps fit all the things into the suitcase. | |
Cartoon | Lillian discusses the adjustments she had to make when her parents had a new baby. She ultimately appreciates her sister. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2746) | |
Muppets | The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family." (EKA: Episode 2774) | |
Cartoon | An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A. (First: Episode 2813) | |
Muppets | Big Bird gives Grover 30 seconds to find the Letter A. Grover has a hard time, especially with the "big pink thing-a-ma-jig" in the way. | |
Animation | Pencil box A/a (First: Episode 3082) | |
SCENE 3 | Everyone loads into The Sloppy Jalopy. Maria and Luis are skeptical it'll make it to the hospital, but Oscar reminds them it worked when they went to the hospital to give birth to Gabi. Oscar fastens Slimey's seatbelt and tests out the other worm seatbelts with Maria and Luis, who use their fingers as worms. Oscar then tests out the sirens and flashers of the car, which won't shut off for 20 minutes. The grown-ups can't escape; they're trapped in the seatbelts. | |
Cartoon | A girl fantasizes what she could do without leaving her room if her nose, ears, legs, and arms got bigger. (EKA: Episode 3285) | |
Song | "I'm a Little Airplane" (EKA: Episode 3266) | |
SCENE 4 | Another wormgram arrives from Dusty, who says he's on the next flight and may be late. | |
SCENE 4 cont'd | On the plane, Dusty (voiced by John Raitt) imagines what it'll be like to have a child and sings an inner soliloquy. After his song, a flight attendant points out their proximity to Sesame Street and reminds the passengers of their "No Singing" policy. | |
Animation | Amelia likes to pretend she can fly. (First: Episode 2902) | |
SCENE 5 | Eartha begins to wriggle back and forth, indicating the baby is coming. Dusty sends another wormgram, telling them to just head to the hospital without him. The Sloppy Jaloppy won't start and Eartha begins to go into labor. Maria assists her and her new baby girl is born. | |
SCENE 5 cont'd | Just then, Dusty arrives via parachute with a bouquet of flowers. | |
Cartoon | Letter I (Beep Beep) (EKA: Episode 0514) | |
Muppets | Big Bird talks about between by showing that he is in the middle between Zoe and Radar. (EKA: Episode 3613) | |
Cartoon | A boy has a dream in which he floats in Outer Space between things. (EKA: Episode 3093) | |
SCENE 6 | Slimey feeds his new sister, whom they've named Sloppy after the car she was born in. Another wormgram arrives, reciting the sponsors (as read by Maria). | |
COMING SOON | Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Elmo and Telly appear with a giant M, for "monsters." |
Notes
- Jon Stone directed this episode.
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