Sesame Street | |||||
Humpty Dumpty looks for a new place to sit (repeat of 3076) | |||||
Air date | January 19, 1995 | ||||
Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||
Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Maria and Luis work at the Fix-It Shop, when all of a sudden they hear sirens. Just then, all the king's horses and all the king's men enter with a box containing the remains of a broken Humpty Dumpty, and request that he be fixed. | |
SCENE 1 | Humpty Dumpty, having been fixed, decides to sit on a trash can instead of a wall, thinking he'll be safer if he does. Telly tries to warn him that it's Oscar's trash can, which is not a safe place to sit. Oscar opens his lid, and Humpty Dumpty falls off and shatters. All the king's horses and men come to pick up the pieces and take him back to the Fix-it Shop. | |
Animation | The words EGGS is shown, followed by eggs frying in a skillet. (First: Episode 3045) | |
Animation | A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!" (First: Episode 1981) | |
Song | "Reach Your Hand Up High" (First: Episode 2702) | |
Cartoon | A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird. (First: Episode 1646) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. Bert is excited, but Ernie is afraid. They see statues that look like them. Bert decides to explore a tunnel while Ernie looks at the statues, and then the Ernie statue starts tapping and talking to Ernie. But when Ernie calls Bert back to the room, the statue doesn't move. Ernie is scared until the statue starts singing Rubber Duckie with him. Bert doesn't believe Ernie, until he says "Bye-bye, statue," and the statue replies "Bye-bye!" and laughs... just like Ernie. (First: Episode 1621) | |
Cartoon | Several circles try to get past a large square. (First: Episode 1486) | |
SCENE 2 | After being put back together yet again, Humpty Dumpty decides to sit on Big Bird's nest, thinking he'll be able to share it with Big Bird. However, Big Bird accidentally cracks him when he sits on him, and Telly directs the king's horses and men towards the broken egg. | |
Song | Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?" (First: Episode 0276) | |
Animation | R / r (space paint) (First: Episode 3227) | |
Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper tells the mailman that he has a letter for his mother: the letter R. (First: Episode 0583) | |
Cartoon | A capital and lower-case R appear on sheets of paper. (First: Episode 3127) | |
Celebrity | "Rubber Duckie" with Little Richard. (First: Episode 3263) | |
Cartoon | Yellow drops don't want to play with a red ball at first, but they make a good flower together. (First: Episode 1895) | |
Film | Lauren, a blind girl, learns to write using a braille gun, and wins a classroom race to write the alphabet the fastest. (First: Episode 3142) | |
Cartoon | "Alphabet Jungle" (First: Episode 2733) | |
SCENE 3 | Next, Humpty Dumpty decides to sit on a tuffet, like Little Miss Muffet. Unfortunately, he falls off and shatters when he sees a spider. | |
Cartoon | "Island of Emotion" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2822) | |
Muppets | Grover asks Frazzle about his day, and Frazzle responds with growls to demonstrate how he felt. (First: Episode 0491) | |
Film | Ann Marie DeAngelo and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on. (First: Episode 2600) | |
Animation | An umbrella is shaped like an octagon ... and so is a STOP sign. (First: Episode 2092) | |
Song | "What's Inside?" (Cookie Monster cameo) (First: Episode 3134) | |
Cartoon | Leaves form an R (First: Episode 3110) | |
Cartoon | R-robot, rabbit, run, read, rock, and rocket. (First: Episode 3088) | |
Cartoon | A detective decides to exercise on a slow day, as a crook attempts to get rid of him. (First: Episode 2607) | |
Muppets | "It's Zydeco" (First: Episode 2666) | |
Cartoon | Five outlines of people dance. Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3050) | |
SCENE 4 | Humpty Dumpty, though cracked in more places than ever, is still able to be put back together again at the Fix-it Shop. He likes sitting on the operating table so much that he decides to stay there - but how are Maria and Luis going to fix all those toasters if he won't move? They suggest that he could sit in a chair, and decide to sit him in one. Their attempt to get him off the table results in crash #5. | |
Song | "Doing the Family Thing" (First: Episode 3180) | |
Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster asks Lexine if she knows any words that begin with L. (First: Episode 3259) | |
Cartoon | "The Little Letter L", a poem by Louise. (First: Episode 1526) | |
Film | Flamingos walk around to classical music. (new child voiceovers added) (First: Episode 2498) | |
Muppets | Here Is Your Life: Carton of Eggs (First: Episode 2661) | |
Cartoon | A dinosaur tries to eat an apple on a tree. A group of kids keep telling him to "GO HIGHER!" (First: Episode 2908) | |
Song | "Elbows and Knees" (First: Episode 2641) | |
Film | Growing Numbers #18 (First: Episode 2933) | |
Insert | Big Bird requests to see that number one more time. (First: Episode 3247) | |
Cartoon | The Bellhop is told that somebody at table 18 has a phone call, and after he struggles to get to the table, he is told to take a message. (First: Episode 2549) | |
Muppets | Two flowers, a bird and two bunnies sing "That's How I Got Here." (First: Episode 2983) | |
Cartoon | A satellite view of the earth is shown on television, while a group of geese decide to fly south. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 2710) | |
SCENE 5 | Now that Humpty Dumpty has a proper place to sit (a chair), the king's horses and men think they're no longer needed, but he invites them to lunch anyway. Telly announces the sponsors, and Maria and Luis head back to the Fix-it Shop, but once they leave ... CRASH! It happens again. |
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