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Sesame Street | |
Plot | The adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus. |
Air date | November 18, 1985 |
Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) |
Sponsors | J, S, 6 |
Syndication | Sesame Street Unpaved |
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Since Mr. Snuffleupagus made his first appearance in the Season 3 premiere, the adults had thought that Mr. Snuffleupagus was just an imaginary friend of Big Bird's. Big Bird would often try to arrange for them to see Mr. Snuffleupagus, face-to-face, but Snuffy would always be gone by time they finally chose to look at him. After years of not seeing him and many near-misses, the adults finally got to see Mr. Snuffleupagus for the first time in this episode and finally believe he is real.
In the documentary Sesame Street Unpaved, hosted by Sonia Manzano, Snuffy's performer, Martin P. Robinson, revealed that Snuffy was finally introduced to the main human cast mainly due to a string of high profile and sometimes graphic stories of pedophilia and sexual abuse of children on shows such as 60 Minutes and 20/20. The writers felt that by having the adults refuse to believe Big Bird despite the fact that he was telling the truth, they were scaring children into thinking that their parents would not believe them if they had been sexually abused and that they'd just be better off remaining silent. In addition, during Robinson's explanation, Loretta Long uttered the words "Bronx daycare," a reference to news events on New York City TV station WNBC-TV in which there were reports of sexual abuse at the PRACA Day Care Center in The Bronx, NY.
In 1988, a book about the adults meeting Mr. Snuffleupagus, titled meet Mr. Snuffleupagus, was released. However, in that book, they meet him when he takes a toaster to The Fix-It Shop to get fixed. The sequence in which the cast meets Mr. Snuffleupagus was included in Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Streets Forever, Sesame Street Unpaved, The Street We Live On, and Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days. A script for most of the street scenes was featured in Sesame Street Unpaved.
This episode guide is missing segments cut from Noggin's broadcast. |
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Big Bird tells Snuffy about his plan to show the adults that he exists. |
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A boy acts out his feelings as animals. ("There's a zoo in me!") (EKA: Episode 0796) |
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Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it. (EKA: Episode 0723) |
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Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up". (EKA: Episode 1576) |
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"Name That Food" game show hosted by Don Carrot Artist: Elwood Smith |
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Big Bird calls the adults but Snuffy has gone to tell his mommy about Big Bird's plan. |
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Phil Donahue interviews the adults about whether they think Big Bird's plan is silly or not. |
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A car drives through blocks. (EKA: Episode 1446) |
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Muppet & Kid: Grover asks Maya to help him follow an arrow. The arrow changes direction until Grover falls down, exhausted. |
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Joe Raposo sings "Peanut Butter". (EKA: Episode 0720) |
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Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit asks the Three Little Pigs how they feel after the Big Bad Wolf has blown their houses down. |
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"Pinball Number Count" #6 Artist: Jeff Hale |
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Edith Ann (Lily Tomlin) tells Herry about feeling proud. (EKA: Episode 1096) |
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"Me and My Chair" (EKA: Episode 1706) |
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Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (EKA: Episode 1094) |
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The Count sings "The Batty Bat". |
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A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish. (EKA: Episode 1126) |
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A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. |
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Farm animals are counted 1-6. |
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Two-Headed Monster finds a pencil with a broken point, and demonstrates the fun you can have with it. |
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Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. |
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S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
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Big Bird asks Elmo to hang on to Snuffy's snuffle while he gets the adults. Snuffy tries to wander away but Elmo hangs on even when Snuffy swings his snuffle around. The adults arrive-and get their first look at Mr. Snuffleupagus. Big Bird returns to his nest and rejoices at the sight of the adults finally seeing Snuffy. He says, "At last! Oh, joy joy! I told you there was a Snuffleupagus and at last, you've seen him and you gotta believe it, right? I told you all along that there was a Snuffleupagus, my best pal. He's not imaginary but you never believed me!" Gordon reminds him that Maria and Linda and he believed him but Big Bird reminds the others that they never did. Susan says he has a right to be angry because they didn't believe him after all this time. Big Bird admits it was very hard for him. Susan apologizes "from the bottom of my heart". Bob tells Big Bird that from that day on whenever he tells them something, they'll believe him. Snuffy then says to Big Bird "Maybe we should get that in writing" to which Big Bird and all the adults laugh. |
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A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. |
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Ernie and Bert sing "Dance Myself to Sleep". (EKA: Episode 1707) |
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Two balls follow an arrow down a hole. |
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The adults introduce themselves to Snuffy. Phil Donahue gives him a hug. |
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Much of the following text comes from the timeline in Fallout Bible 0, written by Chris Avellone. Much of the information in Avellone's timeline comes from the original Fallout 1 timeline created by Brian Freyermuth and Scott Campbell, some post-FO1 stuff was laid out by Rob Hertenstein, and some dates were added by Chris Avellone himself. Additionally, this timeline includes all dates mentioned in Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout 3 holodisks, in the dialogues, and in old design documents published in the Fallout Bible, as well as Van Buren design documents. This is probably the most complete Fallout timeline ever compiled.
Note that the Fallout world is not our own, but it diverged from ours soon after World War II. So while it takes place in the future, it is not our future, but the future as imagined in 1950s science fiction. See: Divergence for more details.
17th century: 1697 |
Summer: The Blue Destiny Brothel, Herbert Dashwood's favourite whorehouse, shuts down when the girls die from a Cholera outbreak.
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