| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Air date | March 4, 1985 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | Gary Belkin | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria tests out a scale she's just finished repairing and delights that it works just fine. Forgetful Jones thinks the device is still busted, mistaking it for a clock. As Maria gives him examples of how scales are used to measure things such as food, he realizes his mother sent him out to buy three pounds of tomatoes... three years ago. He produces the bag of now rotten tomatoes, having forgotten to bring them home. |
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Song | "Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight. (First: Episode 0578) |
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Cartoon | 3 song (butterflies, birthday presents, waving pennants etc.) (First: Episode 0927) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Reading the Newspaper — Ernie has a question but decides to wait until Bert is done reading the newspaper to ask. (First: Episode 0042) |
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Film | Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Animation | The mountains make a snack for a bird, but he forgets to brush his teeth afterward. (First: Episode 1429) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates noisy and quiet. (First: Episode 0241) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Cartoon | N is for nose. (First: Episode 1173) |
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Insert | The Professor explains to Big Bird how he invented the alphabet. (First: Episode 2018) |
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Film | Hippos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents 3 high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1339) |
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Muppets | Kermit at Home: Hairpiece — Grover tries to sell Kermit some accessories for a new hairpiece. (First: Episode 1972) |
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Cartoon | A girl counts her 5 cats using ribbon to keep track. (First: Episode 1001) |
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Film | Two kids help an old man (Taro Yashima) get his dragon kite in the air. (First: Episode 0444) |
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Cartoon | A salesman offers a passerby the letter N for next to nothing. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1804) |
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Cast | Luis and the kids put together a fractured letter "n." (First: Episode 0938) |
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Cartoon | Que es Esto?: Horse (First: Episode 1974) |
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Muppets | Oscar holds a musical rally in Central Park to bring awareness to the Grouch "Bill of Gripes." (First: Episode 1262) |
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Cartoon | Geometry of Circles #4 "Six Circles Connected" (First: Episode 1437) |
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Film | Mad Painter #3 (First: Episode 0343) |
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Insert | The Count (in voiceover) counts three kids who arrange themselves in different configurations with three boxes. (First: Episode 1352) |
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Film | Some kids observe a woman drawing pictures of a building, and eventually guess that she's an architect. (First: Episode 0768) |
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Muppets | "Circle the Girl" (First: Episode 1768) |
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Cartoon | Me and My M Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1545) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Bob shows the kids a rendering of Ernie and then some copies of the picture, each missing a certain part of the body. The kids draw in the missing part. |
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Cartoon | Two men debate whether or not a ladder has 5 steps. (First: Episode 1538) |
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Muppets / Cast | Gordon plays a game with the viewer - which person belongs in the Quiet Family and in the Loud Family? (First: Episode 1514) |
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Film | "Body Song" (First: Episode 0264) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob sees Forgetful Jones sitting in the yard with an orange on his hat. He brings this up to Forgetful, who claims this means he's lost an orange. Bob reminds of him of where the orange is, but Forgetful says that he already knew about the one on his hat - he originally had two oranges up there (thinking they would be safe). |
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Film / Animation | Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them. (First: Episode 1802) |
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Cartoon | A conductor conducts a choir to hum his music ("My Music"). Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1207) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Gadget — Grover watches as Ernie loads various things into a machine that start with M and N. (First: Episode 1207) |
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Cartoon / Film | Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. (First: Episode 0659) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria chats with Forgetful when Bob comes by and notices Forgetful is now missing his other orange. However, Forgetful doesn't believe their previous encounter ever happened and finds the idea silly, making Bob look foolish. As Bob tries to explain this to Maria, Forgetful announces the sponsors and begins to snack on an orange. |
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