3 Talk

Show 4: The People of Israel

Shalom Sesame
Release date	1986
Sponsors	Vav, Hay, 5, Exit

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Itzhak Perlman is playing his violin by Oscar, who is enjoying the music, which confuses Itzhak, who asks why he likes it some much. The reason turns out to be his revenge on Grundgetta, who wants it to stop, for touching his trash collection
	SCENE 1	Kippi Ben Kippod sees Itzhak playing on a bench. Kippi asks him if he knows any porcupine music. Itzhak doesn't know of any. Kippi asks him what he plays at porcupine concerts.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Kippi remembers when a band came to the street, who wants him to help play the music, but Kippi doesn’t know how to play any instruments, but the band sings him a song that shows him he can play a special instrument, singing.
	Film	A boy talks about his school day.
	Muppets	Ernie sings "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked a Cake" to Cookie Monster.
	Cast	Bonnie Franklin introduces the letter "hay", which starts "mountain".
	Cartoon	The letter "hay" morphs into a mountain.
	SCENE 2	Itzhak plays his violin to some kids, but Moishe Oofnik complains how nice it is. He explains that it is music from the countries where the kids grew up. When nothing pleases Moishe, he plays the first song he ever played, which sounds awful and off-key, but perfect for an oofnik.
	Cartoon	A cat tries to teach the alley cats to play music in harmony.
	Muppets	A group of Anything Muppets are afraid of a group of nearby monsters, who don’t believe they’re scary at all. A brave little girl confronts them to see how nice they really are.
	Film	A girl makes pitas for her grandparents.
	Cartoon	Country Fiddler # 5 Artist: Bud Luckey
	Film	A boy talks about the two different Jews.
	SCENE 3	Bonnie talks about "vav" when a little boy brings her a rose, which he calls "verred", but Bonnie thinks he’s saying "very red", until she learns "verred" is rose in Hebrew.
	Animation	A UFO with a Vav lands on a planet with a rose.
	Celebrity / Muppets	Mandy Patinkin hosts PMV (Porcupine Music Video) and introduces a song from Kippi’s personal collection, Little Jerry and the Monotones singing "Proud".
	Film	Kids show how to do "Eni Mini Mini Moe" in Hebrew and Arabic.
	Celebrity	Mandy Patinkin and a girl recite the aleph-bet, but he only makes it up to "yod" as he forgets the rest.
	Animation	A man sees a Hebrew exit sign over a revolving door, but when he tries to get out, he spins back inside. He decides to stick the sign over a window and leave through there.
	SCENE 4	The cast sings "It's a Small World" in English, Hebrew and Arabic.
	Closing	Kippi announces the sponsors.