Sesame Street | |
Air date | January 2, 1989 |
Season | Season 20 (1988-1989) |
Written by | John Weidman |
Sponsors | J, P, 0 |
Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | At today's Grouchketeer meeting, Oscar teaches the kids why his favorite number is 0. He has three pretty flowers with him, then subtracts them one by one. Luis happens in on the meeting and when Oscar subtracts the last of the flowers, Luis suddenly must leave to feed his tennis shoes. | |
SCENE 1cont'd | The meeting is then visited by none other than Señor Zero! His attempts to impart his knowledge of the number 0 are shut down by Oscar, who declares this a private meeting. Señor Zero whips out his own Grouchketeer headgear and choses to sit in, so Oscar declares the meeting over. He's driven back into his can when Señor Zero points out that there are now zero Grouchketeers present. | |
SCENE 1cont'd | After Señor Zero makes his escape, Luis returns and wonders who left a mysterious black hat behind... | |
Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: The parachute becomes a large mattress.
(EKA: Episode 2484) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie has Bert play a "Follow the Arrows" game, which leads him to the main camera, looking at the TV viewer. | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again."
(EKA: Episode 0774) | |
Cartoon | Mr. Hand is instructed to draw a circle around an apple. Artist: Fred Garbers | |
Muppets | News Flash: Peter Piper's Pickled Peppers.
(EKA: Episode 1563) | |
Cartoon | Light and heavy (ball and seal)
(EKA: Episode 0815) | |
Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat.
(EKA: Episode 1086) | |
Insert | Bob and the kids play "Practice, Practice." | |
Cartoon | P is for Pillow
(EKA: Episode 0296) | |
Muppets | "Muppets Rhyme in School"
(EKA: Episode 2291) | |
Animation | Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third ball wants to join them (ending up in the middle).
(EKA: Episode 2292) | |
Film | A girl wants to learn a playground rhyme after watching some other girls do it, so one of them teaches her.
(EKA: Episode 2345) | |
Cartoon | Counting eight figures
(EKA: Episode 2253) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Celia Cruz tells Big Bird about a hummingbird, and sings "Zunzun."
(EKA: Episode 2492) | |
Cartoon | Heavy and light characters are weighed on a scale.
(EKA: Episode 1094) | |
SCENE 2 | Forgetful Jones strolls over to Hooper's Store to pick up some lunch for Clementine, only he can't remember what she wanted to eat. Maria suggests that next time, he try writing down the order. He remembers Clementine did exactly that, but he doesn't remember when the paper is. Maria discovers it under his hat. Gina brings over Maria's egg salad sandwich, which is exactly what Clementine wanted. Forgetful winds up taking the Maria's sandwich. | |
Cartoon | A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup.
(EKA: Episode 2283) | |
Film | A boy takes dance lessons at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
(EKA: Episode 1839) | |
Cartoon | ADVENTURE! A man and woman escape a boulder, a crocodile, and other obstacles.
(EKA: Episode 2256) | |
Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: "Gone With the Wind"
(EKA: Episode 2393) | |
Cartoon | I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy
(EKA: Episode 0560) | |
SCENE 3 | Having skipped lunch, Gina prepares a large sandwich for herself and takes a break to eat it. Before she can dig it, Oscar beckons her over to help think of some words that rhyme with "jam" for a poem he's writing. She gives him a suitable rhyme and he reads his revolting limerick that makes her lose her appetite. | |
Cartoon | J family jamboree
(EKA: Episode 0423) | |
Muppets | Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse spot a kitty stuck in a tree. Grover tries to find ways to get the kitty down such as shaking the tree trunk. He finally came to the conclusion that to get the kitty down, he would climb up the tree to bring it down. However, Fred has another idea to bring the kitty down by calling the kitty by saying "Kitty" and the kitty comes down. Now that the kitty is down, they now have another problem - how is Grover going to get down? | |
Animation | Finding shapes in colored pixel-blocks | |
Film | City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) | |
Cartoon | In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing.
(EKA: Episode 0971) | |
SCENE 4 | Gina is excited to find herself on Sonny Friendly's newest game show. She correctly answers are three questions, each correct answer signaled by a stuffed dog falling from above. He prize winds up being the stuffed dog. She then excitedly shares her experience with David. | |
Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story
(EKA: Episode 0231) | |
Muppets | Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep." | |
Cartoon | P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2179) | |
SCENE 5 | Gina shows off her winnings to Maria and Luis. Maria is very scorn that she's never won a practical prize on any of Sonny Friendly's shows. David announces the sponsors. |