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| Ruthie's birthday! | |||||
| Air date | April 30, 1998 | ||||
| Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||
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Ruthie enters Finders Keepers, and is surprised at the amount of mail she has today. She opens a few birthday cards, and remembers to tell the viewer that it's her birthday today. She then decides to close the shop and take some time off for herself. Oscar enters, and upon learning that it's her birthday and she's closing the shop, asks her if he can grab a few things upstairs, just so he can waste her time and make a mess of the place, and then change his mind at the last minute. | |
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"I'm Feeling Proud" (EKA: Episode 3663) | |
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Ernie and Bert: Ernie won't let Bert into the apartment. At first, Bert is sad -- but then he thinks Ernie might be hiding something, which makes him mad. He demands to be let in -- and finds that Ernie has thrown him a surprise party. Guests at the party include Roosevelt Franklin, Herbert Birdsfoot, Prairie Dawn, Sherlock Hemlock, Grover, Guy Smiley, and a Mailman. (EKA: Episode 0724) | |
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Girls sing a jump-rope rhyme about naming a puppy. (EKA: Episode 3712) | |
| Three characters try to watch a baseball game over a fence, then cooperate by stacking their blocks. | ||
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Big Bird and some kids have run out of ideas for a game to play. Jason Alexander shows them a fun game, causing him to miss his bus. | |
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Three scribbles exercise. (EKA: Episode 2482) | |
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Kids dance around at gymnastics to "Rockin' Robin." (EKA: Episode 3314) | |
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A television reveals many Z words. (EKA: Episode 3713) | |
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Telly and Zoe display things that begin with the letter Z. Telly brought such things as a (horse dressed like a) zebra, a zucchini, a zipper, and even a zydeco band, but Zoe only brought herself. | |
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Birds pop balloons of all the letters of the alphabet, making them lowercase. (new music added) (EKA: Episode 2642) | |
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"Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion) (EKA: Episode 3133) | |
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A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (EKA: Episode 2784) | |
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Oscar notices Miles, Gabi, Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Baby Bear and Papa Bear gathered on the steps, and accidentally informs them that it's Ruthie's birthday today. Luis decides that they should give her a surprise party. Oscar thinks Ruthie closing the shop will make it inconvenient for them to do so, but he's wrong. Everyone divides up jobs, and Baby Bear learns that his job is to stall Ruthie and keep her in the store. Will he do a good job? | |
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"Fido's Birthday" - a song about a birthday party for a goldfish. | |
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5 goldfish, take away 2, leaves 3. (new music added) (EKA: Episode 2977) | |
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The Count, dressed up as Elvis, sings "(You've Got to Count My) Blue Suede Shoes." (EKA: Episode 3368) | |
| Which shoe belongs in the square? | ||
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"Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate open and closed, but his efforts backfire. (EKA: Episode 3656) | |
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CLOSED (sheep running through door) | |
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Baby Bear approaches Finders Keepers, and is disappointed when he finds the store closed. He sees Ruthie inside the store, and does the best he can to keep her inside the store by asking her to dance, arm-wrestle etc. He then "feels" a hibernating nap coming on, and falls asleep in her arms, which makes it hard for Ruthie to move around. She calls Papa Bear and tells him her problem, but he tells her to make Baby Bear as comfortable as possible. She and Baby Bear lie down on the couch. | |
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Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps" (re-filmed version) (EKA: Episode 0406) | |
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Z doesn't like its sleepy Z image -- Z can also be zany, and zip and zoom. Artist: Fred Garbers (EKA: Episode 3699) | |
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Kid jungle explorers sight a wild Letter Z. (EKA: Episode 3713) | |
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Typewriter Guy: Z for Zoo Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2356) | |
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Snuffy sings "Bubble on My Snuffle." (EKA: Episode 3425) | |
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Jerry Nelson, Roscoe Orman and Fran Brill narrate "Great Moments at the Sink," in which mud-pie champion Sasha Smith washes her hands. (EKA: Episode 3665) | |
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"You're a Big Kid Now" (EKA: Episode 3525) | |
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"Do the Jelly" with Celina (EKA: Episode 3357) | |
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A girl likes to pretend she can fly. (EKA: Episode 2977) | |
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Kermit explains the importance of listening, using the Two-Headed Monster as an example. (EKA: Episode 1933) | |
| Pinball #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 1933) | ||
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Milo Counting: 11 (EKA: Episode 3699) | |
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Clown Honking #11 (EKA: Episode 3215) | |
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Zoe, Herry, Grover and Elmo sing "Fur." | |
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Stop-motion representation of "Happy Birthday," with balloons, gummi bears, glitter, etc. (EKA: Episode 3409) | |
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Baby Bear wakes up, and notices that Ruthie has fallen asleep. He gives the signal, and everyone quietly enters the store and hides behind the furniture. He wakes her up, and everyone pops out and yells "Surprise!" and then sing "Happy Birthday to You." Ruthie shows them the cards she got from her family, and everyone says they count as her family too. Oscar announces the sponsors and reports the status of Slimey's spaceship, and everyone treats themselves to cake. | |
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Coming soon on Sesame Street: Gordon offers Alice the choice of either blocks or a puzzle to play with. She chooses the blocks, but right when Snuffy chooses the puzzle, she decides she wants the puzzle instead. |
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