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Sesame Street
Air date January 2, 1989
Season Season 20 (1988-1989)
Written by John Weidman
Sponsors JP0


Picture Segment Description
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.

(EKAEpisode 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.

(FirstEpisode 1697)

Song Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again."

(EKAEpisode 0774)

Cartoon Mr. Hand is instructed to draw a circle around an apple.
Artist: Fred Garbers
Muppets News FlashPeter Piper's Pickled Peppers.

(EKAEpisode 1563)

Cartoon Light and heavy (ball and seal)

(EKAEpisode 0815)

[1]

Film As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat.

(EKAEpisode 1086)

[2]

Insert Bob and the kids play "Practice, Practice."

(FirstEpisode 1736)

[3]

Cartoon P is for Pillow

(EKAEpisode 0296)

[4]

Muppets "Muppets Rhyme in School"

(EKAEpisode 2291)

[5]

Animation Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third ball wants to join them (ending up in the middle).

(EKAEpisode 2292)

[6]

Film A girl wants to learn a playground rhyme after watching some other girls do it, so one of them teaches her.

(EKAEpisode 2345)

[7]

Cartoon Counting eight figures

(EKAEpisode 2253)

[8]

Muppets / Celebrity Celia Cruz tells Big Bird about a hummingbird, and sings "Zunzun."

(EKAEpisode 2492)

[9]

Cartoon Heavy and light characters are weighed on a scale.

(EKAEpisode 1094)

[10]

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.

[11]

Cartoon A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup.

(EKAEpisode 2283)

[12]

Film A boy takes dance lessons at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

(EKAEpisode 1839)

[13]

Cartoon ADVENTURE! A man and woman escape a boulder, a crocodile, and other obstacles.

(EKAEpisode 2256)

[14]

Muppets Monsterpiece Theater: "Gone With the Wind"

(EKAEpisode 2393)

[15]

Cartoon I've Got a Mind: Wind-up toy

(EKAEpisode 0560)

[16]

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.

[17]

Cartoon J family jamboree

(EKAEpisode 0423)

[18]

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?

(FirstEpisode 1639)

[19]

Animation Finding shapes in colored pixel-blocks

(FirstEpisode 1455)

[20]

Film City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover)

(FirstEpisode 0132)

[21]

Cartoon In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing.

(EKAEpisode 0971)

[22]

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.

[23]

Cartoon Jughead Jones's J story

(EKAEpisode 0231)

[24]

Muppets Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep."

(FirstEpisode 1705)

[25]

Cartoon P for Penguin
Artist: Jeff Hale

(EKAEpisode 2179)

[26]

[27]

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.
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