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Sesame Street
Bob gives music lessons
Air date January 3, 1983
Season Season 14 (1982-1983)
Written by Tony Geiss
Production November 10, 1982
November 29, 1982
(Scene 5)[1]
Sponsors R, Z, 9
Syndication Sesame Street Unpaved

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Today, Bob is giving music lessons to his friends on Sesame Street, first briefly checking up on Gordon's flute playing before going to his apartment. As Gordon practices, Oscar, Grundgetta, and a couple of other Grouches arrive to enjoy the "concert," cheering whenever Gordon hits some sour notes.
ZforZebu
Cartoon Z for Zebu
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1185)
cut from the Noggin version
Doitbymyself

ButtonHole

ItsEasy
Film "I Can Do It By Myself"/"Old Button Hole"/"It's Easy"
Films of children trying to put on their clothes.
(First: Episode 1727)
1736c
Cartoon It's a squirrel
Artist: Ishu Patel
1839zc
Muppets Prairie Dawn presents a pageant about feelings. Bert dresses as Cupid to represent love, but his lines don't ring true. Instead, he sings his own song — "That's Love" — expressing that, to him, love means pigeons, oatmeal... and Ernie.
(First: Episode 1731)
ButterflyCloud
Cartoon A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects.
Artist: Irra Verbitsky
cut from the Noggin version
1736d
SCENE 2 Gordon's slowly improving on his flute playing, much to the disgruntlement of Oscar and the other Grouches. However, they're relieved when Gordon decides to continue the rest of the piece and makes more mistakes.
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SCENE 2, cont'd In his room, Bob gives the Two-Headed Monster a singing lesson: singing "Sing."
1736f
Cartoon A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself.
(First: Episode 1717)
2059s
Song "Water, Wind, and Sun"
(First: Episode 1711)
cut from the Noggin version
1736g
Film A voiceover lists many R words.
(First: Episode 0661)
1186m
Muppets Herry and John-John: Up and Down
(First: Episode 0565)
1736h
Cartoon Boy and the UP balloons
(First: Episode 0364)
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SCENE 3 Telly watches Gordon practice playing his flute and compliments how good he's getting.
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SCENE 3, cont'd Back in Bob's apartment, he is giving Biff and Sully a piano lesson. Biff wants Bob to listen to him play first. He pounds out the notes to London Bridge, starting off adequately but then goes off-key halfway through. All the same, he tells Bob that the piano lesson is for his partner rather than for him, saying that Sully sometimes fools around while playing. Sully proves him wrong, however, by playing a beautiful, full Chopinesque piece. Biff seems oblivious to his obvious gift, though, and asks Bob if he could teach Sully to play like him. Bob says it would be impossible. "There it is, Sul," says Biff. "Some people got talent, some people don't." "You can say that again," Bob says softly to the camera.
1736k
Celebrity Victor Borge talks about practicing by showing how he's "improved" at playing the scales from a young age.
(First: Episode 1173)
1736l
Animation Sand Z/z
(First: Episode 0614)
1736m
Film Buffalo in the water (jazz soundtrack)
2485x
Cartoon Madrigal Alphabet
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0615)
Youngcount
Muppets The Count sings about "The First Day of School".
1736n
Cartoon A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
(First: Episode 0410)
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SCENE 4 Bob's next student is Fluffy, whom by Oscar's request only learns to play an E flat on his trumpet. After which, Fluffy is able to join Herb Elephant and the Yucatán Brass.
Gurucountsto20
Cartoon Indian guru counts to twenty.
(First: Episode 0276)
Maria Chaplin brick exit
Cast Maria as Charlie Chaplin tries to leave through the door marked EXIT, but the sign keeps moving, and a brick wall appears behind each opened door. Finally, she makes her own exit through a hole in the wall.
(First: Episode 0832)
2356-14-Alphonso-exit
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentKermit tells Alphonso what an EXIT is.
(First: Episode 1395)
2125r
Film EXIT
(First: Episode 0935)
Bridgekeeper.Triangles
Cartoon A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge.
(First: Episode 1572)
cut from the Noggin version
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SCENE 5 Bob plays "Practice, Practice" on the piano as he gives three kids a violin lesson.
1736r
Cartoon A boy learns to play his violin.
(First: Episode 1513)
1706i2
Film Sounds Around the House v1: a dripping water faucet, a man playing the violin, a woman vacuuming, a teenager listening to pop music, and a passing elevated train.
(First: Episode 1706)
Toon.R.Robber
Cartoon R is for Rooster, and Robber, and Rake ...
Artist: Fred Calvert
(First: Episode 0011)
E&BJungle
Muppets Ernie and Bert search for Dr. Livingstone in the jungle.
1736s
Cartoon A wizard turns into R things.
(First: Episode 0369)
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1736u
SCENE 6 Gordon is up in Bob's apartment and shows him how his practice has been coming along. Accompanied by Bob on the piano, he's able to play the flute without making any mistakes. Outside the window, Oscar and the Grouches voice their disapproval and begin to argue with each other, claiming that's the best part of listening to music.
1736v
Cartoon Nine Striped Cats
Owe Gustafson
(First: Episode 1564)
Sposethatsmexico
Muppets A cowboy hears his echo in Spanish for the numbers one to ten.
(First: Episode 0698)
Toon.Chickenheart
Cartoon What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts?
(First: Episode 0488)
1736w
Film Saxophone Factory
(First: Episode 1446)
2125v
Cartoon "Dinner for Nine"
Artist: Paul Fierlinger
(First: Episode 1658)
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Transition Bridge #8 - Rectangle Bridge B
(First: Episode 0290)
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SCENE 7 A weary Bob is finished with music lessons for today until Oscar stops him and asks that Slimey be given a lesson on his sousaphone. Bob finds this ridiculous until Slimey begins to play the "Sesame Street Theme." "Wait till the worm parade next week, when he carries this thing in the marching band!" Oscar comments. Grundgetta announces the sponsors.
KermitKid1189

Maria1736
CLOSING SIGNS Kermit and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.

Supporting cast[]

Notes[]

  • This episode's street plot would later be adapted and reshot for Episode 2906.

Sources[]


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