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Sesame Street

Sesame Street in British educational children television program designed for preschoolers, and is recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary standard which combines education and entertainment in children's television shows. Sesame Street is well known for the inclusion of the Muppet characters created by the legendary puppeteer Jim Henson. More than 4,000 episodes of the show have been produced in over five decades, which distinguishes it as one of the longest-running shows in television history.

Nimble Numbers

 * Muppets/Song: School Zone Start to Learn: The Haughty Caterpillar: A ten-legged caterpillar (voiced by Sonia Manzano) outcounts a duck, a turtle, a firefly, and a spider every time until they all join feet in order to outcount her.
 * Cartoon: School Zone Start to Learn: Numbers 1-10: A two-dimensional computer animated segment takes place in a black background, in which one dog, two elephants, three butterflies, and so on appear. Animator Andrew Fishman at Avetka Productions Designed by Dino Kotopoulis in the same style as all four See and Learn cartoons.
 * Film: School Zone Start to Learn: Counting Close-up
 * Muppets: School Zone Start to Learn: Professor Know Knows Numbers: Professor Know the Computer talks about counting in many ways.
 * Animation: School Zone Start to Learn: Nine Men Chase a Hen Based on the children's book of the same name Designed by Swiss illustrator Etienne Delessert
 * Cartoon: School Zone Start to Learn: The Fisherman's Song: A fisherman sings "The Fisherman's Song", in which the fisherman uses a pencil to solve a connect-the-dots puzzle that turns out to be a giant hat owned by a whale. Animator Jane Aaron
 * Film: School Zone Start to Learn: Zoo Time
 * Muppets/Song: School Zone Start to Learn: The Philosophical Frog: A frog gazes at the countless stars and ponders about the possibility of millions of frogs sitting on lily pads.
 * Muppets: School Zone Start to Learn: School Zone Workbooks about Numbers: Inspector Nosey talks about how to follow up learning with workbooks from the School Zone Publishing Company. Workbooks featured: Numbers 1-10 and Connect-the-Dots.

School Zone Publishing Company Workbooks with Inspector Nosey

 * Inspector Nosey: [pops out from behind a wall] Hello. People think I'm nosy, because of my silly looks. They're right, because I read so many books. If you're nosy, like me, you should read a lot of books, too. So, follow my nose. Watch where it goes. And see what's in store for you. [the camera pans down to reveal several School Zone workbooks featured any given themed-subject under the wall] These books will not only help you learn what you have seen, but they will also help you learn what these new things mean. [cut back to Inspector Nosey, who is waving goodbye at the viewer, and then shoots himself back into behind the wall]

Episode 1 (November 10, 1969)

 * Gordon Robinson: Sally, you've never seen a street like Sesame Street. Everything happens here. You're gonna love it!
 * The first line spoken on the first episode from November 1969

Welcome, Sally.

Segment List
 * Film: One Song (Song of One)/Three Song (Song of Three)/Two Song (Song of Two)

 * Men: Three balls.
 * Boy: Three peas?
 * Baker: Three birthday cakes.

 * Boy: 2 ice cream cones.
 * Men: 2 hats.
 * Girl: 2 butterflies.
 * Baker: Two chocolate cream pies.

Episode 796 (December 1, 1975)
Segment List:

 * Cast: David is on, under and in the bed, Maria is on, under and in the car and Bob is on, under and in'' the book.

 * Film: Two Song (Song of Two)

 * Boy: 2 ice cream cones.
 * Men: 2 hats.
 * Girl: 2 butterflies.
 * Baker: Two chocolate cream pies.

Episode 1839 (November 24, 1983)

 * David: Look, look, I'm tellin' you, she's a great candidate! She says that she's against big spending, big business, and inflation. She says when she gets into office, there'll be enough money for government, social programs, and the space program.
 * Bob: Hey, sounds great. What's her name?
 * Gordon: Alice in Wonderland.
 * [everyone else laughs]

Big Bird in Japan (January 16, 1989)

 * Big Bird: Barkley! Barkley! Barkley! Barkley! It's me, Big Bird! Hey, wait a minute! Kaguya-Hime?! I knew I heard that name before! Come on, Barkley! She needs us now!

[ Barkley barks gamely ]

(MYSTICAL MUSIC PLAYS)

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS)

(TWINKLING FANTASY MUSIC PLAYS)

Sesame Street: Alphaquest Segments

 * Child: A.

 * Child: B. Baseball, Butterfly, Bat, Bread, Brick, Banana, Book and Banana Boat
 * All: Bye!
 * Child: Bye! B.

 * Child: C.

 * Child: D.

 * Child: E.

 * Child: H.

 * Child: M. It must be meal time. Making Meals with Mittens-- how about Monster Mash? But, my mittens are missing? Start with the marshmallow mackerel. Add marigold muffins, miniature mud pies, monkey mustard. Mix it and mash it and mix it and mash it. M.

 * Child: P. A park, a pine tree park. I'll paint... a penguin. A purple penguin. A pack of purple penguins. A pack of purple penguins practicing a pop song. A pink pig with a parachute? Preposterous! P.

( pig oinks )

 * Child: R. I'm on a ramblin' road. Ramblin' by some rocks and a radio. And a rabbit. Hi, rabbit. And a rock n' roll record. A red ribbon? No! A rainbow. Remarkable. R.

 * Child: S. A swimsuit?
 * Grover: Ahh!
 * Child: A silly surfer. Should I go swimming? A seagull. Uh-oh! The sun is setting. I should swim back to shore. What's this? A submarine? Sensational. We'll sait into the stars. S.

( bird cawing )

 * Child: W. I wonder why the weather is so warm. Wow. Even the watch is wilted! A wooden window? Whoa! Wind weather. Whee! W.

( evil watch wilted whoosing )

Sesame Street: Alphaquest Segments

 * Child: F. Fire! A faucet. Fantastic. That finishes the fire. Uh-oh! A flood...filled up with fish. All forms of freaky fish. A flag fish, a football fish, a flying fish, a fishbowl fish! A finger fish, a flower fish, a frankfurter fish and one frog. F.

 * Child: G.

 * Child: I.

 * Child: J.

 * Child: K.

 * Child: L.

 * Child: N.

 * Child: O.

 * Child: Q.

 * Child: T.

 * Child: U.

 * Child: V.

 * Child: X.

 * Child: Y.

 * Child: Z.

Episode 3385 (May 5, 1995)
Segment List
 * Song: Do-Op Hop with Kermit the Frog
 * Animation: Words - Market/Music/Men's Shop/Movie/Maps
 * Alphaquest: The Letter M - Mittens,
 * Cartoon: Rap #7 - Hearts, Shapes, Birds, Houses and 7 Days of Week
 * Song: Elmo sings.
 * Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Seven Starfishes, Six Adult Walruses and One Walrus Pup, Six Cats and One Elephant in a Tree, Six Turtles and One Man, Seven Owls, Seven Piglets, and Seven Rabbits in Seven Hats
 * Film: The Letter T with Girls

Episode 3660

 * Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #6
 * Cartoon: Planet - The Letter Jj

Episode 3668 (December 3, 1997)
TBA

Episode 3721 (February 16, 1998)
( crashing )

 * Big Bird: Boy. You know, maybe, I'm not quite ready for Swan Lake. No, I can't dance!

Locations:
 * 1) Finder Keepers
 * 2) Celina's Dance Studio

Segment List:
 * Cartoon: A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.
 * Animation: Space Paint - The Letter Dd
 * Cartoon: I Love You, in American Sing Language
 * Cartoon: Number Cratures #20
 * Cartoon: Song - Redwood Tree
 * Cartoon: D is for Drug Store, Diner, Delicatessen, Dressers

Elmopalooza (February 20, 1998)

 * [Jon Stewart, Prairie Dawn and the crew are locked in the dressing room by accident]
 * David Alan Grier: Jon, you're on in 30 seconds.
 * Jon Stewart: David, we can't get out! The door's stuck!
 * David Alan Grier: What? Well, where's the handyman I sent in?
 * Jon Stewart: [seeing the handyman shake the oil can] In here with the rest of the crew.
 * Telly: Oh, no! If they can't get out, that means there's no show. And if there's no show, then all those people who wanted to hear the music will be sad. And if all those people are sad, they might not go to work tomorrow! And if they don't go to work tomorrow, the economy will collapse! And if the economy collapses, THE COUNTRY... WILL BE... DOOMED!!! Doomed, I tell you! This is terrible!
 * Elmo: [calming Telly down] Easy! Easy! Easy! Easy, Telly. It's just a TV show.
 * David Alan Grier: [gasps in shock] Watch your mouth, little guy! Now, I'd expect that attitude over on cable, but this is network.

The Alphabet Jungle Game (July 7, 1998)
The Alphabet Jungle Game is a Sesame Street direct-to-video special.

The video is a companion piece to The Great Numbers Game.

Segment List:
 * Animation: Pencil Box - The Letter Bb

 * Cartoon: Fans - C: A fan revels the letter C.

 * Cartoon: C is for Car - A car drives by the car.

 * Cartoon: D is for Dance - A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.

 * Cartoon: H is for Heroes, Hardware, Hotel, Hairstyles, High School, Hats and Hamburgers - The letter H appers in word on buildings.

 * Animation: Pencil Box - The Letter Ii

 * Animation: Planet - The Letter Jj

 * Cartoon: Leaves - The Letter Nn: Leaves form N and n.

 * Cartoon: Airplane - The Letter Qq: Airplanes carve the letter Q.

 * Animation: Paper - The Letter Rr: A capital and lower-case R appear on sheet of paper.

 * Cartoon: V in Space

 * Animation: W is for Water, Wind, Wave and Wet

The Great Numbers Game (July 7, 1998)
The Great Numbers Game is a Sesame Street direct-to-video special

The video is a companion piece to The Alphabet Jungle Game.

Segement List:

 * Cartoon: Kids count to one duck in the pond.

 * Animation: Egpytian: #4

 * Cartoon: 5s are found in an icy environment.

Frame 2: Telly warns Elmo that a giant cookie is coming his way and the cookie starts chasing him.

 * Song: Rap: #7 - Heart, Shape, Bird, House, and Seven Days of Week

no elmo!

 * Animation: Ocean Countdown 10-0: Clam, Ship and Pitchfork

no elmo!

 * Animation: Clown Honking: #11

Elmo is gone!

 * Song: Pinball Number Count: #12 - The ball goes sightseeing through in American landmarks, including the State of Liberty, the Washinton Monument, Mount Rush, the forsethill Old Faithful, the Golden Gate Bridge and Rainbow Parade.

( steel drum starts begin playing )

 * Animation: Masked March: #13

 * Cartoon: Lightning Bugs: #14

 * Animation: Rubber Stamp: #15

 * Animation: Seventeen derby hats drop onto a balloon head.

 * Animation: 19 kernel of popcorn pop

 * Cartoon: Number Creatures: #20

How Do You Do? with Baby Bear (November 24, 1998)

 * Baby Bear: You know, sometimes, it's hard to make new friends. Well, here is a wee little song that my papa bear taught me that might help. Oh, and there's my wee little song cue.

Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (January 12, 1999)
Segment List:
 * Film: Vegetables - Carrot, Mushroom, Zucchini, Pea, Potato, String Bean, Corn, Brio and Onion

Kids Favorite Songs (March 9, 1999)

 * Telly: Oh, hi! I still can't quite make up my mind about my favorite song. I thought it was "The Alphabet Song". But, now, I don't know. Would you mind singing another song with me? Would you mild singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with me? Good. singing Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How

 * Elmo: Elmo is trying

 * Telly: Hmmm...maybe, "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is my favorie song. singing Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full. One for the master, one for the dame, and one for the little girl who lives down the lane. Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.

 * Telly: I-I got it! I know what my favorite song is!

 * Elmo: Oh, boy. Elmo was so tired from all this singing. Oh, maybe, Elmo will take right here. And start practicing his countdown again later.
 * Sooey: (singing) This little piggy went to market
 * Elmo: The Oinker Sisters. Excuse me, Elmo.
 * Pigs: (singing) Stayed home
 * Elmo: Okay.

 * [Elmo and Pigs stay hops, Sooey is left hops, left and right, kiss noses and up in the sky all red skin, she is say la la la la black sad and end credits.]
 * Elmo, Sooey and Pigs: This little piggy run wee, wee, wee all the way... home.

Songs in Order:

1. I've Been Working On The Railroad

2. Row, Row, Row Your Boat

3. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

4. This Little Went To Market with Elmo and The Oinker Sisters

Segement List:
 * Animation: Ten Mask Dancers
 * Animation: Ocean #1-10
 * Cartoon: Number Factory #1-10

Episode 3831 (March 22, 1999)
Segment List
 * Alphquest: The Letter B - Ball, Boat
 * Animation: Number Creatures #19
 * Film: Growing Numbers #19
 * Cartoon: Kernels Popcorn #19
 * Film: B is for Ball, Bat and Base
 * Song: Little Things

Episode 3835 (March 26, 1999)

 * Film: Jungle The Letter Z
 * Cartoon The Letter Zz
 * Cartoon: Number Creatures #20

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (October 1, 1999)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is a feature length film and sequel of Sesame Street.

Episode 3872 (February 1, 2000
Segment List:

 * Film / Animation: A class makes

 * Film: The Letter C - Girls clap.

 * Cartoon: Noodles & Ned: The pair.

 * Muppets: Sesame Street Goes to Day Care: Big Bird and Dora recite the alphabet.

 * Animation: A girl reads a book, a magazine, and a newspaper and a letter.

 * Cartoon: Kids count to one duck in the pond.

Episode 3884 (March 30, 2000)
Segement List:

 * Film: Floating 2 Kids - The Letter T
 * Song: Where's My Bear?
 * Animation: Airplane The Letter T
 * Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: One Caterpillar, One Alligator Hatching out of One Egg, One Snake, One Goldfish, One Whale, One Unknown, and One Unknown
 * Film: Milo Counting: 9
 * Cartoon: Clown Honking #9
 * Cartoon: Nine birds land in a tree.
 * Animation: Airplane T t

Computer Caper (May 3, 2000)
Segment List:
 * Animtion: A boy changes the size of a picture on his computer to demonstrate short and tall.

Episode 3913 (May 10, 2000)
Segment List

 * Film: The Letter N. A very happy and.
 * Cartoon: Leaves N n
 * Animation: Rubber Stamps #11
 * Animation: A girl types the number 11 on a computer, matches it with another one, and sees 11 elephants. ( alarm wrongs )
 * Cartoon: Rap #11 - Heart, Shape, Bird, House, Cookie, Hand and Finger
 * Film: Milo Counting: 11 - Lake, Door, Chair, Lantern, Slide, Home, Ladder
 * Animation: Clown Honking #11
 * Cartoon: A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.

Episode 3922 (January 9, 2001)
Segment List

 * Cartoon: Rap: #11 - Heart, Shape, Bird, House, Kids, Cookie and Hand

 * Film: Milo Counting: #11 - Up the Lake, Open the Door, Sit the Chair, Around the Grass, Right the Black Lantern, Down the Slide, Open the Door in an House and the Ladder

 * Animation: Clown Honking: #11

 * Cartoon: The Letter O Words: Open, On, Off, Owl and Ocean

 * Film: A gymnast twirls ribbons to the letter O.

 * Cartoon: A girl the number 11 on a computer, matches it with another one, and see 11 elephants.

 * Animation: Rubber Stamp #11

Let's Make Music (July 18, 2000)

 * Elmo: Aw, Telly. Don't be sad. Someone will find your tuba.
 * Telly: You don't understand, Elmo. I was really looking forward to playing it with some musicians. Now what am I going to do?
 * Elmo: You see, Telly? There are lots of ways to make music.
 * Telly: I know, but it's not the same.
 * Baby Bear: Any good luck yet, Telly?
 * Telly: No, Baby Bear.
 * Baby Bear: No, no, no, no, no!
 * Telly: Oh, nothing.
 * Baby Bear: Oh, well. It figures. All right, now. Hit it, guys!
 * Elmo: Why not?
 * Telly: Hey! That's my tuba! Is this yours?
 * Telly: Oh, I never will again. Oh. Welcome back, tuba. I missed you.
 * Luke: Okay, everybody! Let's play!
 * [Everyone resumes playing their instruments as they celebrate and cheered for everyone at the street]

Segment List:
 * Film: Six kids dance on a playground on the same beat.
 * Film: Pot, Pan, Barrel and Washboard
 * Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #12 - Artist: Jeff Hale
 * Cartoon: Alien Orchestra Animator Bill and Colleen Davis at ArtBear Pigmation, Inc..

Episode 3943
Segments:

 * Cartoon: P is for Pea, Plant, Pod, Pick and Pot

 * Film: : Alphaquest - P is for Park, Pine Tree, Paint, Purple Penguins, Pack, Practice, Pop, Pink Pop and Parachute

 * Film: Vegetables - Carrot, Mushroom, Zucchini, Pea, Potato, Green Bean, Corn, Broccoli and Onion

 * Film: Growing Numbers: #20

 * Animation: Rubber Stamps: #20

Episode 3944 (February 8, 2001)
Segment List
 * Film: Number #15
 * Cartoon: Words - Heroes, Hardware, Hotel, Hairstyles, High School, Hats and Hamburgers
 * Cartoon: The First Original Mickey Mouse: Mickey Mouse asks a very early Black and White Mickey Mouse, "Are you the first original Mickey Mouse?". Animator Walt Disney
 * Cartoon: What if a monkey and a weasel switched body parts? Animator Cliff Roberts at UPA.
 * Big Bird and Maria: The Frog and the Ox with Big Bird and Maria: A pregnant Maria is jealous of how big Big Bird is, so she expands herself into a very large, round woman. She becomes so self-important and big she ends up exploding.

Episode 3945 (February 9, 2001)

 * Cartoon: Storybook #4: Four genies carry a number 4 to their palace, and four pegasi fly away. Animator Ishu Patel at National Film Board of Canada
 * Film V is for Violin: Kids play Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star on the violin. (Episode 3654) The Young and the Restless
 * Sign: Dance
 * Cartoon: Wall of Numbers #4
 * Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: One Duck and Three Ducklings, Four Elephants, Four Dolphins, a Mother Cat puts her Three Kittens and One Puppy in a Basket, Three Monkeys and One Orangutan, Four Coconuts for Three Gorillas and One Man, and Three Pigs and One Goat

Episode 3967 (March 13, 2001)
Segment List
 * Animation: The Letter Rr
 * Animation: Computer Words - Rainbow/Refrigerator/Rocket/Radio
 * Cartoon: Wall of Numbers #6
 * Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Five Bactrian Camels and One Dromedary Camel, Six Pigs, Six Ladybugs, Three Adult Kangaroos and Three Joey Kangaroos, Six Piranhas, Five Seals and One Penguin, and Five Chickens and One Rooster
 * Film:

All By Myself with Prairie Dawn and The Oinker Sisters

 * Prairie Dawn: Hello! Prairie Dawn here! Go with it? Well, okay! Yikes! Oh! [singing] You should see me tie my shoe
 * Oinker Sisters: Shoe
 * Prairie Dawn: Hear me add up two and two
 * Oinker Sisters: Four

 * Prairie Dawn: [singing] See, me a glass of juice
 * Oinker Sisters: Juice
 * Prairie Dawn: Wiggle my front tooth, that's loose
 * Oinker Sisters: Loose
 * Prairie Dawn: Things that I can do all by myself Ooooo

Episode 3971 (March 19, 2001)
Song List:

1. Little Things

2. Praise the Letter P, Please, Please, Please

3. Somebody Come and Play

Song Lyrics:

I believe in little things that you hardly see like honeycomb and spider webs and starfish in the sea. I believe in little things like icy drops of rain that melt into the morning mist when, winds are warm again. I believe in little things like colors in the sky and noticing the waves roll in and how the flowers die knowing they'll be back again whenever it's July. I belive in little things like you and me and just how big little things can be.

Segment List
 * Cartoon: Letter P

 * Cartoon: Words - Panda, Pyramid, Pear and Pot

 * Muppets / Celebrity: Drum / Violin

 * Animation: 6 Legs/1 Beachball/2 Gasolines/4 Eggs/1 Spoon/3 Tutus/1 Couch :No Kids: Zero!

 * Sign: Imagine

 * Cartoon: P is for Pea, Plant, Pod, Pick and Pot

 * Film: The letter P dances at the beachwall.

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Episode 3972 (March 20, 2001)
Segments:

 * Film: Song: S, You're the Best - The Letter S - Sail, Sun, Stop, Sing, Soup, Sit and Sand

 * Animation: Letter Flipdoors: The Letter S

 * Film: Kids Mural Painting: #16

 * Animation: An animated truck displays 16 television sets.

 * Amimation: Growing Numbers: #16

 * Film: Four kids fly around and form a rectangle.

Episode 3973 (March 21, 2001)
Segements:

 * Animation: Plant - The Letter E

 * Cartoon: Number Creatures: #17

 * Animation: Seventeen derby hats drop onto a balloon head.

 * Animation: Growing Numbers: #17

 * Cartoon: Rap # 17: Heart, Shape, Bird, Cookie, Kids, House, Flower, Clock, Shell, Leaf and Hand

 * Animation: Writing utensils form the upper and lowercase letter E.

Sesame Street: I Spy Song with Abby and Elmo | Find Blue with Elmo and Abby (November 21, 2018)

 * Abby: [singing] Come along and find it with me

Elmo's World: Hats
( grunts )
 * Elmo: Hats.

First, put the hat is on. Next, around your hat. Good!

Hats off the hats!

Elmo's World: Jackets
( sighs )
 * Elmo: Jackets! You know, jackets.

 * Elmo: Tricycles, don't wear jackets. Hot dogs don't wear jackets, they wear buns. Chairs don't jackets, even though they have arms.

Elmo's World: Books
( books clattering )
 * Elmo: Oh, Wow!

 * Women: Feel the fuzzy monster with your hand. Feel. Nice. The end.

Elmo's World: Bananas
Title Name: Bananas/First Appearance 3858

Segment List: Door: Bananas Fall

Mr. Noodle: No, he is pop out! Stop!!!

Elmo: Stop, Elmo! Left the drawer now! Oh, boy!!!

Question: Why you do with a banana?

Film: Michael is make in the kitchen room lists: the table is bread, put the oven and the blender is milk and bananas, push on the start right now. And the refrigerator is open and close.

Elmo's World: Pets

 * Boy: Wow, Dorothy, I like lizards. My lizards can change colors. They change colors to brown and green.

Elmo's World: Hands

 * Boy: Dorothy, this is how I wash my hands. It's not too hot, Dorothy. I am wash.

Elmo’s World: Birthdays
Title Name: Birthdays/First Appearance: 3940

Segment List: Door: Birthday Party Supplies Fall

Mr. Noodle: No, he is on your finger! Stop!!!

Kids: The girl is folding the present and bow. Happy birthday, Dorothy.

 * Girl: This is how wrap a present, Dorothy. I fold the paper onto the the box like this. Then, I fold the corners. And I do the same thing on the other side. Now, I put a bow on.

Quiz: Do telephones vs birthday cake?

Film: Hampton and his Dad bake and decorate a birthday cake for Hampton's Mom.

 * Hampton: My dad and I made a cake

Episode 1449
Segment List
 * Cartoon: Storybook #5: Five witches carry a number 5 to their haunted castle, and five ghosts fly away. Animator Ishu Patel at National Film Board of Canada
 * Cartoon: Zipper, Snap, Hook, Button, Shoelace and Tie Animator Catherine Aison
 * Cartoon: Birth of Butterfly: How do butterflies make more butterflies? The life cycle of the butterfly is documented. At the end, the fully-grown butterfly flies into an open field, and calls out, "Hey, Tibi!". Animator Catherine Aison Music by Charles Gross
 * Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #5
 * Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Five Butterflies, Five Flies on a Face's Nose, Five Worms in an Apple, Five Swans, Four Hippopotamuses and One Alligator, Four Horses and One Zebra Jumping over a Fence, and Five Beavers

Episode 3540
Segment List
 * Film: The Letter T in the Beachwall
 * Film: The Letter T with Girls
 * Cartoon: A rhinoceros, a lion, a penguin, a giraffe, an alligator, a gorilla, a turtle, a snake, an ostrich, and an elephant sing "It's Brand New at the Lincoln Park Zoo". Animator Bob Kurtz at Kurtz and Friends

Episode 3843
Segment List
 * Riddle Cartoon: Apple (Episode 3584)
 * Film: Words - Children, Closet, Colors, Cake and Chair (Episode 3590)
 * Cartoon: The Fan C (Episode 3579)
 * Film: Girls do a hand-clap game about friends whose names start with C.
 * Shapes: Trangle
 * Cartoon: Hearts, Shapes, Birds, Cookies, Houses
 * Film: Kids Mural Painting Number #15
 * Cartoon: Number Creatures #15
 * Film: Song - Joe Raposo sings Everybody Eats (Episode 3735)
 * Animation: Words - Cap, Cactus, Comb, Clam, Cowboy, Cloud, Cat, Clown, Camel, Caterpillar
 * Animation: Letter Flipdoors - Cowboy, Coyote, Campfire, Cactus
 * Film: Rhythms - Pot, Pan, Barrel and Washboard (Let's Make Music)
 * Cartoon: Dance to the Rhythm, Dance to the Beat with Girl and Tiger

Episode 3962
Song List: 2, 2, 2, Me and You

 * Cartoon: Storybook #2: Two wizards carry a number 2 to their castle, and two dragons fly away. Animator Ishu Patel at National Film Board of Canada
 * Shapes: Trangle
 * Film: B is for Bubbles
 * Film: Candle
 * Cartoon: Pencil Box
 * Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Two Giraffes, One Cow and One Horse, Two Elephants, Two Goldfishes, One Dog and One Moose, Two Moles, and Two Snails

Segment List:
 * Song: Rap #7 - Heart, Shape, Bird, House
 * Animation: Ocean Countdown 1-10 - Clam, Seahorse, Starfish, Jellyfish, Sailboat, Pitchfork
 * Animation: Clowning Honking #11
 * Song: Pinball Number Count (#12) - Artist by: Jeff Hale
 * Animation: Masked March #13
 * Cartoon: The lighting bugs at the Glowworm Jamboree display the numbers 1-14.
 * Animation: Rubber Stamp #15
 * Song: I've Go the Sixteen Blues - Performed by Lillias White
 * Animation: Hats
 * Animation: 19 Kernels
 * Cartoon: Number Creatures #20
 * Animation: School Zone Start to Learn: Numbers 1-10: A two-dimensional computer animated segment that takes place in a black background, in which one dog, two elephants, three butterflies, and so on appear. Animator Andrew Fishman at Avetka Productions Designed by Dino Kotopoulis in the same style as all four See and Learn cartoons.

Episode 3943

 * 'Cartoon: P is for Pea, Plant, Pod, Pick and Pot
 * Film: Alphaquest: The Letter P - Pine Tree, Pe.
 * Film: Vegetables - Carrot, Mushroom, Zucchi, Pea, Potater.
 * Cartoon: Number #20
 * Film: Growing Numbers #20
 * Animation: Rubber Stamps #20

Episode 3947
Segment List
 * Sign with Linda: Dance
 * Celebrity: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - Feelings: Happy, Sad and Surprise
 * Film: The Letter L in the Beachwall
 * Sign: Imagine
 * Cartoon: Square - 8 Kids
 * Cartoon: Bellhop - 8 Steamer Trunks
 * Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Eight Legs on an Octopus, Eight Frogs, Eight Bats, Eight Buttons on a Monkey's Vest, Seven Chicks and One Alligator Hatching out of Eight Eggs, Eight Worms, and Eight Cows
 * Film: Number 8

Song List: L, L, L You Ring My Bell

 * Sign: Sing
 * Cartoon: Household Appliances Count - 1-10
 * Sign: Bird
 * Cartoon: Clown Honking #8

Episode 3942
B is the 2nd letter of the English alphabet.

Segment List
 * Animation: B
 * Film: B is for Bubbles - Three Blind Mice
 * Film: Number 3
 * Cartoon: Fem Myror ar Fler an Fyra Elefanter Number Cartoons: Three Penguins, Three Owls, Three Mice, Three Donkeys, Two Snakes and One Snake Charmer, One Pelican, One Fish, and One Frog, and Two Dogs and One Puppy in Three Doghouses
 * Muppets: Bip Bip sings about "Air."

Episode 3794
Segment List
 * Film: Milo Counting #13
 * Cartoon: Words - Lizard/Lunchbox/Lobster/Lemonade/Leopard/Lighting/Ladder
 * Song: L, L, L You Ring My Bell

Episode 3917
Segment List
 * Animation: Pencil Box - The Letter Ee
 * Animation: The Letter Ee
 * Cartoon: Vowel Sound Poem: E - Elephant (poem "Eletelephony" by Laura E. Richards) Animator Jeff Hale at Imagination, Inc.

Sesame Street: Stop Motion - Computer

 * Child: F. Please, to the letter F. Now, that things. Fan, fiddle, refrigerator. Try again. Frog, football. F.

Sesame Street: Letter Flipdoors
C.

Others

 * Alistair Cookie: Good evening, and welcome to Monsterpiece Theater.
 * Unidentified 1981 episode

 * The Count: Greetings it is I the Count! They call me the Count because I love to count things!! HA HA HA!!!

 * Cookie Monster: Me do anything for cookie!

 * Ernie (Sesame Street): Hey Bert!

 * Bert (Sesame Street): Oh, hey Ernie.

 * Grover: It is I, your furry pal, Grover!

 * Narrator: What if a dog was blue, and had feathers, and two skinny legs, and wings, and a long, feathery tail, and a beak, and tiny, tiny ears? What would he be?

 * Narrator: What if a mouse were as big as an elephant, and the elephant had the mouse's ears, and the mouse had the elephant's ears, and the elephant had the mouse's whiskers, and the mouse had the elephant's head, and the elephant's tusks, and the elephant had the mouse's body, and the mouse had the elephant's body, and they both switched tails, and the elephant was as small as a mouse? What do you think would happen?

 * Narrator: What if a frog had a fly's wings, and a fly's eyes, and a fly's head, and a fly's hairy body, and a fly's legs? Now then, what if the fly had frog's legs, and a frog's head, and last, but not least, a frog's body? What do you think would happen?

 * Narrator: What if an anteater had long, long legs, and his tail shrunk, and his nose shrunk, and he grew tiny, tiny horns, and a long neck, and many spots? What would he be?

 * Narrator: What if a turtle had a cottontail, and long ears, and a tiny nose, and a rabbit's head, and body, and legs? Now, what if the rabbit had the turtle's shell, and the turtle's flippers, and the turtle's head? Now, what do you think would happen?

 * Elephant: Out of my way, runt!
 * Bear: Out of my way, hose nose!
 * Elephant: I have to deliver my package to that side of the bridge!
 * Bear: I have to deliver my package to that side!
 * Elephant: I was here first, so back off!
 * Bear: Oh, yeah?! You back off!
 * Ant: [whistles] HOLD IT!!! HOLD IT, YOU GUYS!!! If you have to deliver your package to that side, and you have to deliver your package to the other side, why don't you exchange packages, and go back where you came from?!
 * Elephant: Yeah.
 * Bear: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
 * Ant: [to the viewer] I thought I'd never get across.

 * [A very pregnant Maria berates with a silent Big Bird in front of Gordon's and Susan's apartment in Sesame Street during the middle of the night, as she goes into labor whilst criticizing Big Bird's size and height]
 * Maria: [to Big Bird] You think you are pretty big, don't you? Hmph! Well, I bet I can be bigger than you. In fact,
 * [Maria turns herself around towards the viewer, and then faces the viewer]
 * Maria: you are nothing compared to how big I could be.
 * [Big Bird walks off in a huff]
 * Maria: [to the viewer] Just look at this.
 * [Maria turns her head around towards the right side of the screen, and back to the viewer, and then takes the very first very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body begins to grow bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]
 * Maria: [to the viewer] I'm great.
 * [Maria takes the second very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]
 * Maria: [to the viewer] Look. Can you see me?
 * [Maria takes the third very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]
 * Maria: [to the viewer] Can you believe it?
 * [Maria gets very angry, as she takes the fourth very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]
 * Maria: [to the viewer] Now, I'm bigger than you!
 * [Maria grows angrier and angrier, as she takes the fifth very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]
 * Maria: [to the viewer] BIGGER THAN A TREE!
 * [Maria takes the sixth very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]
 * Maria: [to the viewer] BIGGER THAN A MOUNTAIN!
 * [Maria takes the seventh very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger]
 * Maria: [to the viewer] *BIGGER THAN THE WOOOOOORRRRRRLLLLLLDDDDDD*!!!!!!
 * [Maria takes the eighth and last very long deep cleansing breath of air slowly and deeply, and her stomach and body grows bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and then explodes, as the screen turns white, and back to Sesame Street, minus Maria]

 * Narrator: Wanda the Witch lives somewhere west of Washington. Around her waist, instead of a belt, she wore a worm. Wanda had a pet weasel. And, on her head, a wiry wig. On Wednesday, in the middle of winter, Wanda walked to the well to get water to wash her wig. But, the wheel on the well was worn, and Wanda grew weary. So, she waved her wand, and her washtub filled with warm water. But, just as Wanda was about to drop her wig into the warm water, a wild wind slipped her wig from her hand, and blew it away forever. Which taught Wanda this lesson: witches, who wash their wigs on windy winter Wednesdays, are wacky.

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 * Narrator: This is the cat that sat on my hat. This is the goat that jumped on my coat. This is the fox that ran off with my socks. These are the ants that chewed up my pants. These are the flies that borrowed my ties. This is the moth that ate up my cloth. This is the glutton, who ate my last button. And this is me.

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 * [in the forest, a little girl, and her mother are walking through the woods towards a garden, as they explore the secrets and wonders of nature; the little girl asks her mother a question about one of the secrets and wonders of nature itself]
 * Girl: [to her mother] Mama, how do butterflies make more butterflies?
 * Girl's Mother: Well, let's go to the garden, and we'll find out.
 * [in the garden, we see two butterflies, a male one, and a female one, as they both begin a courtship display by showing off their wings; the two butterflies then clasp themselves together to mate, as they both fertilize their egg and sperm cells together; one of the two butterflies watched, as the other butterfly lays her eggs on a nearby leaf; and finally, the two butterflies both fly off into the distance as they abandoned the eggs; we see a close-up view of the butterfly eggs]
 * Narrator: Eggs.
 * [we see through the butterfly eggs, as we see the tiny caterpillars developing inside them; we take a closer look at one of the butterfly eggs, as one of the tiny caterpillars begins to move around; we see the rest of the tiny caterpillars moving around within the butterfly eggs]
 * Narrator: Caterpillars.
 * [the tiny caterpillars all hatched out of the butterfly eggs, and then begin to explore the world around them; we see the tiny caterpillars crawl around the ground, as they munch on some leaves on some nearby plants; the tiny caterpillars grow into bigger caterpillars when they shed their exoskeletons, as colors begin to show on their bodies; the bigger caterpillars continue to crawl around the ground, as they munch on some leaves on some nearby plants; the caterpillars crawled off into the distance, and then disappeared into hiding; one of the caterpillars stopped by to look at the viewer, and then crawls off into the distance; some time later, the caterpillar is crawling on a tree branch, and then crawls right towards underneath the tree branch, and finally hangs upside down; the caterpillar begins to produce and turn into a chrysalis, as he weaves the chrysalis from his tail upside down, then all around his body, and then right up to his head, and finally his entire body is all covered up and hidden inside the chrysalis; the leaves fall off the trees, as autumn falls in the garden, then snow falls to the ground, as winter falls in the garden; the new year begins, as the snow melts away, and then spring falls in the garden; suddenly, the caterpillar has turned into a newly butterfly while he was inside the chrysalis, as he hatches out of the chrysalis, and then crawls onto the top of the chrysalis; the butterfly's body grew long and slender, and the butterfly's wings grew big and colorful; the butterfly begins to leap into the air, and then starts flying around the garden; suddenly, the butterfly notices a nearby flower down below, and then flies down to take a closer look at it; the butterfly lands on the flower's petals, and then looks at the flower's center; the butterfly sticks out his long proboscis, and then sticks it into the flower's center; the butterfly drank up all the nectar out of the flower, shoots his long proboscis back into his mouth, and then looks at the viewer with glee, as the camera zooms in close into the butterfly's head; the butterfly flies off by abandoning the flower, and then flies around the garden, and finally abandons the garden by flying off into the distance, and then lands onto the ground; the screen then pans out, and we see that the butterfly is in the middle of a field, as the butterfly looks around, and then calls out by screaming uncontrollably at the viewer]
 * Butterfly: [calling] HEY, TIBI!!!!!!!!!!
 * [the butterfly continues looking around, and then looks at the viewer, as the music ends in the background]

International Versions

 * Canada (French):
 * "Sesame Street"
 * S34 ( October 25, 2005 )
 * S35 ( October 25, 2005 ( The Street We Live On only ))
 * S36 (2005)
 * "Rue Sésame : Elmo Fait Son Spectacle"
 * S43 ( March 7, 2018 )
 * S44 ( 2018 )
 * S45 ( 2018 )
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 * "1, Rue Sésame" ( seasons 1-12 )
 * "5, Rue Sésame"
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 * Germany:
 * "Sesamstraße"
 * S10 ( December 24, 1978 )
 * S25 ( December 1993 )
 * Israel:
 * "Rechov Sumsum"
 * S24 ( December 17, 2006 )
 * Japan: "Sesamisutorīto" ( season 28 - onwards )
 * Latin America:
 * "Sésamo"
 * S29 ( 2008 )
 * S43 ( November 2014 )
 * S50 ( September 10, 2021 - present )
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 * Sezamkowy Zakątek
 * S39 ( April 24 - July 16, 2011 )
 * Russia:
 * "Ulitsa Sezam"
 * S30 ( 2006 )
 * Spain:
 * "Barrio Sésamo"
 * S28 ( November 20, 2003 )
 * S30 ( November 20, 2003 )
 * "Sesame Street"
 * S46 ( January 2017 )
 * Ukraine:
 * "Vulytsya Sezam"
 * S30 ( April 8-15, 2022 )
 * S31 ( April 8, 2022 )
 * S34 ( April 1-15, 2022 )
 * S35 ( April 8-15, 2022 )
 * S37 ( April 1-15, 2022 )
 * S38 ( April 1, 2022 )

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Cast

 * Linda
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 * David
 * Luis
 * Bob
 * Alan
 * Susan
 * Gordon
 * Gina
 * Mr. Hooper
 * Ruthie
 * Miles
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 * Ernie
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 * Sooey Oinker
 * Kermit the Frog
 * Prairie Dawn
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 * Zoe
 * Betty Lou
 * Oscar
 * Big Bird
 * Baby Bear
 * Rusty
 * Snuffy
 * Abby
 * Telly
 * Count von Count
 * Bert

title: Sesame Street


text:
Northern Exposure

Northern Exposure (1990–1995) was an American dramatic-comedy television series. Set in remote (and fictional) Cicely, Alaska, the show focused on Joel Fleischman, a big-city physician trying to cope with small-town Alaskan life.

Pilot [1.01]

 * Joel: I don't don't like it - I hate it! And I demand to leave! … Well that is because you are not the one who is supposed to spend the next 4 years of his life in this Godforsaken hole in the wall, pigsty with a bunch of dirty, psychotic rednecks!

 * Maurice: When I heard we had a crack at a Jew doctor from New York City.. well, I don't have to tell you I jumped. You boys do outstanding work.

 * Joel: [to Maggie after a few beers] You're kinda pretty in a like, clean sort of way.

Brains, Know-How and Native Intelligence [1.02]

 * Chris: Months later, as I sat in a juvenile detention home rereading those poems that had opened up the artist in me, I was blindsided by the raging fist of my incarcerator, who informed me that Walt Whitman's homoerotic unnatural pornographic sentiments were unacceptable and would not be allowed in an institution dedicated to reforming the ill formed.

 * Ed: He is a doctor.
 * Joel: Oh really? Which kind?
 * Ed: Witch.
 * Joel: Which which?
 * Ed: Which what?
 * Joel: Which doctor?
 * Ed: Right.

 * Ed: [to Joel] Indians don't knock. It's rude.

Soapy Sanderson [1.03]

 * Maggie: All you care about is you, and New York, and your precious career!
 * Joel: Look, Mother Theresa. I did not get off the plane and say that I am Marcus Welby, kindly physician, and all around swell guy! Okay!?! I was fully prepared to do my time in Anchorage, but I am contractually bound to this tundra under false pretenses and against my will. So if I resort to some unscrupulous practices to right a greater wrong, look, where's Amnesty International when it comes to Joel Fleischman?!?

 * Maurice: "She's Actin' Single, I'm Drinkin' Double"..."I'm The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised"? Chris, you play this crap at 6:00 in the morning, you're gonna be lookin' down so many barrels you'll think you've landed in an N.R.A. convention. And I'll be leading the pack!

 * Ed: I don't think you should bug Dr. Fleischman because he's from New York, and they have a thing about paparazzi.

 * Chris: Soapy once told me that the thing he loved most about country music was its sense of myth. There's heroes and villains, good and bad, right and wrong. The protagonists stroll into a bar, which he sees as a microcosm of the big picture. He contemplates his existence and he asks himself, 'who's that babe in the red dress?' [turns to Joel] All right. Well, you know the way I see it, if you're here for four more years or four more weeks; you're here right now. You know, and I think when you're somewhere you ought to be there, and because it's not about how long you stay in a place. It's about what you do while you're there. And when you go is that place any better for you having been there? Am I answering your question?.
 * Joel: Uh, no, not really.
 * Chris: [laughs] What was your question?
 * Joel: What am I gonna say to Maggie?
 * Chris: I don't know.
 * Joel: It would help if I hadn't had to sleep in a kennel. I-I can't even think straight.
 * Chris: I think you oughta just be honest. You know, don't skirt the issue. Don't... you know, just deal with it head-on.
 * Joel: I know.
 * Chris: I'd tell her she's got great lips.

Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens [1.04]

 * Chris: This is Chris In The Morning with a special K-Bear, Arrowhead County welcome to Mr. Okie Masuto and Mr. Vincent Chiba. Ohaiyo gozaimasu (Good morning). O-genki desu ka (How are you)? Howdy, boys!

 * Chris: Hey, there! This is Chris In The Morning and we're on the phonelines. Who am I talking too?
 * Jules: Jules, up on the Koyuk River.
 * Chris: Hey, Jules, what's on your mind today?
 * Jules: I went up to Baker's Point this morning to find Holling. He used to make camp the with the Littlejohn boys...
 * Chris: Cut to the chase, Jules.
 * Jules: All I saw was a couple of empty beer can and used condoms.

 * Shelly: [to Holling] You may think that because you're so much older than me you know more about the world. Well in some cases that may be. But I read magazines! I watch TV! I know how people are supposed to treat each other.

 * Chris: It's occasions like these that... my thoughts turn to marriage. I think of the Dalai Lama, The Pope, Mother Teresa; very spiritual people who never took the plunge. Then on the other hand, we have Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney, who couldn't get enough of a good thing. What do we make of this dichotomy? Well, we're here to wish our friends a long life filled with happiness. Shelly Tambo, do you take this man to be you lawful, wedded husband till death do you part?
 * Shelly:Uh-huh.
 * Chris: Holling Vincour, do you take this lovely girl to be your lawful, wedded wife till death do you part? ... Holling? Holling?
 * Holling: I wonder if I might speak with Shelly for a moment? In private.

 * Ruth-Anne: That's the most beautiful non-ceremony I ever saw.

Sex, Lies and Ed's Tape [1.06]

 * Shelly: Cuz, if I can't count on you when something as piddly as a husband pops up, what happens when the really big stuff hits?

 * Maggie: Let me tell you something, buster, you might not be dying, but you're gone.

A Kodiak Moment [1.07]

 * Joel: Listen folks, I hate to cut this short, but we have to fly. So before we go, are there any questions, something you'd like to ask a doctor?
 * Woman: How will I know when it's time [to give birth]?
 * Joel: Trust me, all mothers show up.

 * Shelly: [to Holling] Whether you shoot Jessie or he mauls you, I want to be there by your side.

The Aurora Borealis [1.08]

 * Bernard: Those Northern Lights are some kind of weird psychic, something?
 * Chris: Yeah.
 * Bernard: What causes them to do that?
 * Chris: Well, this is just my guess, but I think that high speed electrons and protons from the sun are trapped in the van Allen radiation belt. Then they're channeled through the Polar Regions by the earth's magnetic field where they collide with other particles and create a brilliant luminosity.
 * Bernard: What does that have to do with us?
 * [Chris: I swear man, I don't know.

 * [Bernard: Excuse me.
 * Joel: Yeah?
 * Bernard: Where am I?
 * Joel: You know, I've been asking myself that same question since I got here. I finally figured out we're somewhere between the end of the line and the middle of nowhere.
 * Bernard: Where is that on the map?

 * Chris: (to Bernard): Jung says that dreams are the woofer and tweeter of the total sound system.

 * Chris: I can see how that can be a problem. You know, it's like Jung says, "The unconscious is revealed through the imagery of our dreams which express our innermost fears and our desires."
 * Bernard: Jung said that?
 * Chris: Yeah, I think it was Jung. Or maybe Vincent Price.

 * Chris: Whenever there’s a new moon looming on the horizon, I’ll inevitably get a call from someone saying, ‘Hey Chris, how bout that sucker.’ And, I’ll usually say something cordial like, ‘Oh yeah, it’s a marvelous night for a moon dance,’ or ‘I wonder what old Sun Young Moon is up to tonight.’ But, knowing how we’ve been tossing and turning these past few nights for fear of where our dreams may be taking us, I’m not about to pretend that that man, in that moon, has our best interests at heart. No way, he’s too much of a kidder. So until the big fellow packs his bag and hits the road put away those sharp utensils and stay close to your love ones, if you’re lucky enough to have any. I’ll see you in the morning, folks, or the moonlight, whichever one comes first.

Goodbye to All That [2.01]

 * Chris: It's "Love is Pain" day on KBHR. Music to soothe the shattered heart. Dedicated to you, Dr. Joel.

 * Joel: You are single, you are heterosexual, you are a doctor, you are Jewish. Alaska is wide open for you and I was right. Believe me, I will be out there. I'll have to fight the women off.
 * Ed: What women?

 * Chris: It was a long-ago winter's day when me and my best friend Greg "The Joy King" George ripped off Sam Blade Records in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia. Back at the Joy King's, safe and dry, we listened all day to that stolen stash. We dedicate this music to you, Joy King, just starting your latest 5-10 in Lompoc. 'Cause the best way out of winter is through it. Like Carl Jung says, "Embrace your grief for there your soul will grow."

 * Maggie: There are other ways besides sex to get a bladder infection, Fleischman.
 * Joel: Yeah, but that's the funniest.

 * Joel: Sex should be wild. Unfettered and free. We're animals, aren't we? And, basically, we're all wolves in sheep's fur. I always wanted more. Not frequency, I am not talking about frequency; although that would have been great, too. I wanted more intensity. I wanted to be out there, outside myself, outside my skin. I wanted sex to be like robbing life out of the jaws of death!
 * Maggie: Wow.

The Big Kiss [2.02]

 * Chris: We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together in one little tidy, confusing package. It's a messy business, life. It's hard to figure. It's full of surprises, some good and some bad. Anyway Maggie, if you're listening, this one's for you.

 * One-Who-Waits: There's an old saying that if you go back to the place where you first became a man, you remember all those things you need to be happy.
 * Ed: I don't remember anything.
 * One-Who-Waits: That saying never made sense to me, but I thought it was worth a try.

 * Chris: They say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can see the inner workings; the nuts and bolts.

 * Chris: After my recent brush with voicelessness, I thought I'd share with you a few thoughts about speech. Don't take it lightly, my friends. If music is the pathway to the heart, as Voltaire suggested, then speech is the pathway to other people. Live in silence and you live alone.

 * Maurice: You know, sometimes when you look back on a situation, you realize it wasn't all you thought it was. A beautiful girl walked into your life. You fell in love. Or did you? Perhaps, it was only a childish infatuation, or maybe just a brief moment of vanity.

All Is Vanity [2.03]

 * Maurice: You don't know your own patients?
 * Joel: He wasn't my patient, yet. And I have an assistant, here, who thinks it's unnecessary to take names. She'd rather run my office like a delicatessen.
 * Marilyn: He's number nine.

 * Maggie: [to Joel] What kind of boyfriend are you? You wouldn't think we had a close, caring relationship; that we've been intimately involved for the past six months. What kind of impression is that going to make on my dad? My dad! Who's come all this way to meet you, my boyfriend, the doctor, who I've written so many wonderful letters about.

 * Maurice: A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business. He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check. He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off?

 * Joel: Be careful, there's some ice over there.
 * Maggie: You could offer to help, Fleischman.
 * Joel: You, our own Calamity Jane? Our torch-bearer of the pioneer spirit? I wouldn't presume to insult you.
 * Maggie: Why were you born, Fleischman? A mosquito has more utilitarian value!

 * Chris: You've been listening to The Adagio from Beethoven's 7th Symphony. I think Ludwig pretty much summed up death in this one. You know, he had lost just about all his hearing when he wrote it, and I've often wondered if that didn't help him tune into the final silence of the great beyond.

What I Did for Love [2.04]

 * Ruth-Anne: I feel really bad about Elaine breaking up with him. I can't help but think had she known about the plane wreck, she might have gone ahead and waited until he was dead. I think that would have been the tactful way to handle it.

Spring Break [2.05]

 * Chris: Wildness, Ed. We're running out of it, even up here in Alaska. People need to be reminded that the world is unsafe and unpredictable, and at a moment's notice, they could lose everything, like that. I do it to remind them that chaos is always out there, lurking beyond the horizon. That, plus, sometimes, Ed, sometimes you have to do something bad, just to know you're alive.

War and Peace [2.06]

 * Chris: You have to talk to her sometime, Ed.
 * Ed: Why?
 * Chris: Well, because that's what married people do. They communicate.

 * Chris: I remember my first foray into the realm of the sensual. I was seven years old, back in the trailer park, but I knew as much about life at that moment as I do today.

 * [Joel stops the duel between Maurice and Nikolai]
 * Joel: Hold it, hold it, hold it! This is ridiculous! Hey, we play to a very sophisticated television audience. They know Maurice is not going to kill Nikolai, and they definitely know that Nikolai is not going to kill Maurice.
 * Maggie: Wait a minute, Fleischman. You can't just take it upon yourself to step out of character. Nobody yelled 'cut'.
 * Shelly: Joel's right. The duel is stupid.
 * Joel: Can we just stick to the matter at hand?
 * Ruth-Anne: How about the fifth revision? Where Nikolai's abscessed tooth starts acting up, and, well, he just cancels.
 * Shelly: Glib and textually unwarranted.
 * Nikolai: What if Maurice trips and kills someone else by mistake?
 * Maurice: Oh, great, so I'm a klutz now, huh?
 * Maggie: Look, if there's not a duel, then what is the point of this whole story?
 * Chris: What's the point? The point is - man's tendency to war, but Joel here is asking us to step outside of certain events and say enough. Am I right?
 * Shelly: Listen, whatever, it's getting cold out here.
 * Marilyn: Why don't we go on to the next scene? It's a pretty good one.

 * Joel: Are you flirting with me?
 * Maggie: No! I'm just merely saying that beneath that whiny, abrasive exterior of yours I sometimes get a glimpse of the teensiest, eensy bit of something

Slow Dance [2.07]

 * Maggie: [to Joel] Calling you a moron is an insult to morons. Broccoli has more brain power than you. Cauliflower!

 * Maggie: Are you suggesting that Bill and I have an affair?
 * Woman: Well, the truth is, Maggie, I can't stand to look at him.
 * Maggie: You want me to kill him?
 * Woman: Just date him - let nature take its course.

 * Chris: A funeral is more for the survivors than anybody else. In this case, that's Maggie, who's been a survivor more times than she'd care to count.

The Bumpy Road To Love [3.01]

 * Maggie: Men can only think of one thing. The joystick.  Is it big enough, and where can they put it?

 * Maggie: Ok. Sex is fine.  Sex is good.  Sex is GREAT!  Okay, okay, we need men for sex...  Do we need so many?

Only You [3.02]

 * Joel: Do you believe this; have you ever seen a man with this kind of incredible irresistible magnetism for the opposite sex?
 * Ed: James Bond.
 * Joel: That's the movies Ed; try reality.
 * Ed: No thanks.

Animals R Us [3.04]

 * Grandma Woody: All we are, basically, are monkeys with car keys.

A-Hunting We Will Go [3.08]

 * Chris: Hey Joel, you ever have had a pure moment? A moment of direct insight into the divine nature? Happened to me once in prison. Guess I’d been in about a month. One night I chugalugged six hits of potato home brew while watching a strobe candle. I separated, man. I drifted up, circled the pen twice.

 * Holling: I'd rather get my brains blown out in the wild than wait in terror at the slaughterhouse.

Dateline: Cicely [3.11]

 * Chris: Rain usually makes me feel mellow. Curl up in the corner time, slow down, smell the furniture.  Today it just makes me feel wet.  What is it about possessing things?  Why do we feel the need to own what we love, and why do we become jerks when we do?  We've all been there--you want something, to possess it.  By possessing something you lose it.  You finally win the girl of your dreams, the first thing you do is change her.  The little things she does with her hair, the way she wears her clothes or the way she chews her gum.  Pretty soon what you like, what you changed, what you don't like, blends together like a watercolor in the rain.

Burning Down the House [3.14]
Chris:"The self is in the progress of becoming........." “Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”

The Final Frontier [3.20]

 * Chris: For that instant, he looked like his own paddle. There was a song in his heart. It crept to his lips but only the water and the wind could hear. You little traveler, you made the journey, the long journey. You now know things I have yet to know, you little traveler. You were given a name a true name in my father's lodge. Good medicine, little traveler. You are truly a paddle person." Reading from Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling

 * Chris: I made you, paddle person, because I had a dream. A little wooden man smiled at me. He sat in a canoe on a snowbank on this hill. Now the dream has begun to come true. “The sun spirit will look down at the snow, and the snow will melt, and the water will run downhill to the river, on down to the Great Lakes. Down again, on at last to the sea. You will go on with the water, and you will have adventures that I would like to have. But I cannot go with you because I have to stay with my father and help with the traps.” That’s Paddle to the Sea, folks. The story of a little Indian Boy who send a toy canoe on a journey that he himself is too young to take. We do the same thing you know? Pioneer, Voyager, Galileo. Our Standard-bearers in the eternal human crusade: exploration. And now we’ve hit the cosmic trail. Why? Because Earth’s played out. You know, less than a hundred years ago Amundsen could’ve been the first human being to reach the South Pole, Falcon Scott could’ve died trying. And now…well, last year, China had to close down Mount Everest. Too much litter. The world’s become a fragile place. It’s not to be conquered, it’s to be protected, coddled, nursed, like a little baby. What do we do now? We launch our surrogates into interstellar space, dreaming of that one fine day when we ourselves can go.

It Happened In Juneau [3.21]

 * Bernard: As you may know, I spent the last three months in Africa. A wondrous, magical place.  But as shadows lengthen across the KBHR window, thoughts turn to homecoming.  Journey's end.  Because in a sense, it's the coming back, the return which gives meaning to the going forth.  We really don't know where we've been until we've come back to where we were.  Only, where we were may not be as it was because of who we've become.  Which is, after all, why we left.

 * Chris: "In dreams begin responsibilities", so wrote the poet. So it is, perhaps. Could it be we take our dreams too lightly, those images from places unknown? Could they in fact be angels in flight; our souls aloft? You know, recent experiences have made yours truly take another pass through the metaphysical thickets. As unlikely as it may sound in this rational age, I emerged on the side of those that cannot help but put their faith in that which cannot be easily explained. Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon. "Those cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples. The great globe itself. Yea all which you inherit shall dissolve and like this insubstantial pageant faded. Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with asleep."

Cicely [3.23]

 * Ned: One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people...well, two people can work miracles.  They can change a whole town.  They can change the world.

 * Mary: I just don't know what men want.
 * Roselyn: Mary, if it's of any consolation, you are not alone. Women had been asking that same question since.
 * Mary: Really?
 * Roselyn: See, men are confused. They are conflicted. They want a woman who is their intellectual equal, but they are afraid of women like that. They want a woman they can dominate, but then they hate her for being weak. It's an ambivalence that goes back to a man's relationship with his mother: source of his life, center of his universe, object of both his fear and his love.
 * Mary: Uh, I've never though of it like that.
 * Roselyn: You see, the question is: do you really want a man? For a man to love a woman, this comes naturally because of his love for his mother, but for a woman to love a man, she has to transfer her natural affinity for the female to the male. It's a very difficult process, and in my experience it usually fails. Fortunately, there are alternatives. Just remember one thing. You don't ever need to make yourself into any man's image. People are like shoes, everybody's got a mate somewhere.

Nothing's Perfect [4.03]

 * Chris: Recent events have set me to ponder in that : life, is it random or systematic? Today I opted for the systematic approach--, if you will; an, tooth for a tooth. Like most human beings I'm just trying to make sense of things. I don't know if I accomplished that, I--I don't know if anybody can. You know, , he thought that the universe functioned like clockwork...like a well-oiled machine. That's a comforting vision; it's neat, orderly, predictable. But it's a vision that's pretty much been shot to pieces by  and --all the other s of 20th century physics... The universe is a weird place. We break our teeth developing theories, equations, and systems...where's it all leave us? "A system is like the tail of . But truth is like a : it leaves its tail in your fingers and runs away knowing full well it will grow a new one in the ." I don't know...what're you gonna do? Maybe next time I'll get a blockhead Harley...1340 CCs... Anybody out there lookin' to unload one, gimme a call, huh?

Crime and Punishment [4.10]

 * Chris: Who is Chris Stevens? Who are any of us? Are we one person fixed at birth or do we grow like a snow ball coming down the mountainside of life? Or can we change? Shed our skin? The caterpillar becomes the butterfly, leaving the remains of his former self behind. I look at my yearbook photo, class 81, and I wonder who that stranger is. Damn if I know, maybe that's the point, maybe we are not supposed to know, maybe that's what this earthly joyride is all about. Like Robert Frost said "We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows."

Duets [4.13]

 * Ed: Pete…I think you should know that I'm…I'm…I'm…I'm…I'm…
 * Pete: You're what, Ed?
 * Ed: Uh, kind of thirsty.

Grosse Pointe, 48230 [4.14]

 * Joel: You're right. You've got yourself a regular looney bin here. It's absolutely incredible that you survived. I guess you're made of something.

 * Elizabeth Stowe: Poor Jane, always getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

 * Elizabeth Stowe: Jeffy, why the sour puss?
 * Pearl McCaffrey: Stephi left Jeffy.
 * Elizabeth Stowe: Stephi left Jeffy?
 * Eunice McCaffrey: She forgot her mittens.
 * Elizabeth Stowe: Oh. Remind me to send her a thank-you note.

Learning Curve [4.15]

 * Joel: I'll be in my office should a patient choose to darken our door.

Ill Wind [4.16]

 * Chris: They say it's an ill wind that bloweth no man to good. I think our own Dr. Joel Fleischman will attest to that. For those of you who missed it, Maggie scored a one round decision over Dr. Fleischman last night. Right jab to the old honker. Pow! T.K.O. What better sign that the coho winds are once again upon us… My advice this year, don't fight them, embrace them. Know your enemy.

Love's Labour Mislaid [4.17]

 * Mike: Sometimes, Maggie, you just have to go for it. Grab for the gusto. Go for the plunge…

Northern Lights [4.18]

 * Bernard: Continuous unremitting darkness has been known to send some people into an emotional tailspin, so the management here at KBHR radio suggests locking away the firearms. The desire to stick that 45 between the teeth can get pretty strong at times, so why invite temptation?

Family Feud [4.19]

 * Chris: I know it's short notice, but the bride-to-be is pushing for a quickie. Medical emergency. Nope, it's not what you're thinking. Anyway, I know a couple of us have been down the aisle with these people before, maybe this time, they'll make it to the altar. We'll keep our collective fingers crossed.

Homesick [4.20]

 * Ed: Thanks for showing me the outside of your house, Maurice. I especially enjoyed the imaginary flower garden.

The Big Feast [4.21]

 * Chris: Maurice J. Minnifield, our generous host, friend, and employer. I'm sure I join everyone in saying thank you for these very fine eats and drinks. You are a real American. You're an ex-marine and astronaut, you are America. You're rich, you're rapacious, you're progress without a conscience, paving everything in its path. You're 5% of the earth's population, yet consuming 25% of the earth's natural resources. You pay a lot of taxes, you do a lot of charity work--most of it is tax deductible, but your heart is in the right place. One thing's for certain, you have impeccable taste in the booze.

Kaddish for Uncle Manny [4.22]

 * Joel: You need nine guys on a field to play baseball and ten jews in a room to say kaddish.

Mud and Blood [4.23]

 * Shelly: Take it from me, H. You, me and the rug rat - it's going to be better than Superbowl Sunday.

Sleeping With the Enemy [4.24]

 * Shelly: My nips are as big as double-drop chocolate cookies.

Old Tree [4.25]

 * Chris: What is it about genus arboretum that socks us in the figurative solar plexus? We see a logging truck go cruising down the road, stacked with a bunch of those fresh-cut giants, we feel like we lost a brother. Next thing you know, we're in The Brick, we're flopping money down on the bar. Wood. We're under a roof. Wood. We're walking the floors. Wood. Grabbing a pool cue. That's wood. Our friends in the forest carry a set of luggage from the mythical baggage carousel. Tree of life, tree of knowledge, family tree, Budda's Bodhi tree. Page one of life, in the beginning. Genesis 3:22. Adam and Eve. They're kicking back in the garden of Eden and boom, they get an eviction notice. Why is that? "Lest they should also take of the tree of life, eat and live forever." A definitive Yahweh no-no. Be good to yourself Cicely, go out and plant a wet one on a tree.

Three Doctors [5.01]

 * Joel: Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.

The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop [5.02]

 * Joel: Excuse me, would you ladies mind postponing your trenchant literary critique so we can continue with our little medical practice here?

Jaws of Life [5.03]

 * Chris: You know what you are Earl? You're a little, tiny, busy ant. You too, Mike. Both you guys, with your mortgages and your term life insurance and your Weber kettles. Ant. Ant. All of you, you're all a bunch of little, busy, blind ants. All you all. Saving up for your rainy days. Scratching up your acorns for the winter. You look at me and you think, "What a piece of pathetic trash out there in that leaky trailer." No spoon, no fork, no prospects. But, you know why? Cause I'm a grasshopper. Ant. Grasshopper. Ant. Grasshopper. Ant. Grasshopper. Ant. Grasshopper. Ant!

 * Maurice: [Maurice catches Ed talking to his statue] Look, Ed. If you've got something to say, you say it to me. You got that?
 * Ed: Okay, Maurice. But, uh -
 * Maurice: But what?
 * Ed: Well, it's just that he's a little easier to talk to.
 * Maurice: The statue?
 * Ed: Well, he doesn't throw my thoughts off like you do sometimes.
 * Maurice: I don't throw your thoughts off, son! What are you talking about?
 * Ed: Well, kind of like now, Maurice.
 * Maurice: I'm not in the business of throwing people's thoughts off! Is that clear?

Altered Egos [5.04]

 * Joel: Oh God. Oh my God. I'm sitting here eating seeds and having a serious conversation about winter clothing. First my wallet and now this. What is happening?

A River Doesn't Run Through It [5.05]

 * Kevin: The Homecoming queen is supposed to be a babe.

Birds of a Feather [5.06]

 * Marilyn: The Eagle wasn't always the Eagle. The Eagle, before he became the Eagle, was Yucatangee, the Talker. Yucatangee talked and talked. It talked so much it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the Wolf. The Raven came and said "The Wolf is hungry. If you stop talking, you'll hear him. The wind too. And when you hear the wind, you'll fly." So he stopped talking. And became its nature, the Eagle. The Eagle soared, and its flight said all it needed to say

Rosebud [5.07]

 * Leonard: The path to our destination is not always a straight one, Ed. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.

Heal Thyself [5.08]

 * Leonard: If you're going to be a healer, it's not enough to read books and learn allegorical stories. you need to get your feet wet, get some clinical experience under your belt.

A Cup of Joe [5.09]

 * Chris: I think the saying is, "better to have tried and failed than not to have tried at all" and if they didn't say it, they should have.

First Snow [5.10]

 * Chris: Oh the snow the beautiful snow filling the sky and earth below. Over the house tops and over the streets, over the heads of people you meet. Dancing flirting skimming along. Oh the snow the beautiful snow how the flakes gather and laugh as they go. Whirling about in their maddening fun it plays in its glee with everyone. Chasing laughing hurrying by it lights on the face and sparkles the eye. And even the dogs with a bark and a bound snap at the crystals that eddy around. The town is alive and its heart in a glow to welcome the coming of beautiful snow. Bon Hiver Cicely.

Baby Blues [5.11]

 * Ed: Like Woody Allen says 'It's worse than dog eat dog. It's dog doesn't return dog's phone calls'.

Mister Sandman [5.12]

 * Holling: I'm my mother. I'm my father. I'm chipped beef on toast?!

Mite Makes Right [5.13]

 * Maggie: Life is everywhere. The earth is throbbing with it, it's like music. The plants, the creatures, the ones we see, the ones we don't see, it's like one, big, pulsating symphony.

A Bolt From the Blue [5.14]

 * Adam: You think Nature is some Disney movie? Nature is a killer. Nature is a bitch. It's feeding time out there 24 hours a day, every step that you take is a gamble with death. If it isn't getting hit with lightning today, it's an earthquake tomorrow or some deer tick carrying Lyme disease. Either way, you're ending up on the wrong end of the food chain.

 * Joel: I know Adam is a walking pathology, but the guy's never hurt anybody, not that I know of. I mean, threats of imminent danger are just his way of saying "good morning."

Hello, I Love You [5.15]

 * Chris: It looks like a fine winter's morning out there at the 63rd latitude. Jack Frost is tagging up those window panes, hot java, english muffins, locked and loaded. The word on the street is that the Tambo-Vincour addition is due to pop out and see its shadow manana. From the safety of the womb to the bright unknown. Hey little one, you got 843 expectant aunts and uncles out here all queued up for a little koochie koochie koo.

Northern Hospitality [5.16]

 * Maggie: You haven't vacuumed, Fleischman? What's this, petrified corn chips?

Una Volta in L'Inverno [5.17]

 * Chris: Morning Cicely. 8:00 A.M. muchachos. Time to finish those flapjacks, knock back that second cup of joe, get ready to greet the day. Temperature's creeping towards double digits as the solar drought continues--23 days, an average of an hour and a half of sunlight every day. No relief on the horizon. Which only makes sense cause there is no horizon. Our friends at the weather service are calling for another storm and as we know, they've been batting a thousand lately. Hey, let's check our social calendar. Nothing. Total blank. It's cabin fever season people, that time of year when four walls feel like they're going to come in here and choke the spirit right out of you. Time to lock away those firearms and hang tough. No way through it except to do it.

Fish Story [5.18]

 * Chris: "Time is but the stream I go a fishing in." Henry David Thoreau.
 * Ed: "Pass me a sandwich." Ed Chigliak.

The Gift of the Maggie [5.19]

 * Maurice: The orchid, the aristocrat of the flower family. The most sophisticated plant on earth. Clearly a cut above. But, it's got petals like everybody else. The lowly daisy, the cheap carnation, half-baked azelia. Like these, the orchid needs warmth. It needs care and kindness to get by. These flowers need you people. No, I need you.

A Wing and a Prayer [5.20]

 * Shelly: Do I get a real priest? No. I get this dud, some smoke-ring blowing, arm-wrestler with a rip in his pants.

I Feel the Earth Move [5.21]

 * Chris: Marriage. Why do we do it? Everybody knows the stats. One in two marriages end up in broken dishes and a trip to Tijuana. Is it loneliness? Partly. Is it teamwork? Definitely. Things just kind of go easier when there's two of you. One of you can wait in line at the movie theater while the other guy parks the car. Get better seats that way. Better room rate when it's a double. Are you ready to file jointly?...Above you is the sun and sky. Below you, the ground. Like the sun, your love should be constant, like the ground, solid. Are you both OK with that? In that case, I now pronounce you, married.

Grand Prix [5.22]

 * Little Green Man: Ed, you're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.

Lovers and Madmen [5.24]

 * Joel: First I thought it was numbness, you know, shock. The inability to believe that a just God could allow someone to destroy a gold mine of prehistoric knowledge for a year's worth of Salisbury steak. I feel like I am floating. Like I'm watching myself leave my body. I think about what happened today and I just, I want to laugh. I should be foaming at the mouth like any other normal person. Maybe what I am experiencing is a euphoria you're supposed to feel just before you give up, you know, just let the lungs fill with water. Life is a mystery. One man's life-altering experience is another man's tenderloin. I'm one of you now. I'm a Cicelean.

Full Upright Position [6.07]

 * Chris: Ladies and gentlemen, today we're here to honor electricity, the charge that charges everything from those electrons snapping in our brain to our father the sun. What's the sun It's kind of like a brain. Electromagnetic field, solar flares sparking back and forth from those nerve cells. We're all one, folks, giant blobs of electricity, all of us. Positive & negative, electromagnetic fields just circling each other. Positive, negative, north, south, male and female. Looking for that electric moment. Magnet to magnet, opposites attract.

Up River [6.08]

 * Chris: You gotta loose your mind, before you can find it!

The Mommy's Curse [6.14]

 * Walt: Boy, you're some kind of firecracker, you know that Ruth-Anne Miller!?

 * Holling: A man's hat is his pride, Maurice!

 * Holling: A new hat... fun for awhile.. a little variety, change you know, something different. For a good fit, and a comfortable feeling there is nothing like an old hat. You know what I mean?
 * Maurice: I know that you mean.
 * Holling: Well then?
 * Maurice: Well.

Tranquility Base (Our Town) [6.23]

 * Maurice: Barbara, I owe you an apology. I've been trying to turn you into something you're not. You're no gentle lady. You're a warrior. That's what attracted me. That's what attracts me now.

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title: Northern Exposure


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Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude is a 1971 cult film about the friendship between a morbid young man and a life-loving old woman.
 * Directed by Hal Ashby. Written by Colin Higgins.

Maude

 * Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany, he realized they had only been sea gulls... For me, they will always be... glorious birds.

Harold

 * I haven't lived... I've died a few times.

Uncle Victor

 * Well, what do you say, Harold? Ah, it's a great life. There's action, adventure, advising, and you'll get a chance to see the war first-hand. And there are plenty of slant-eyed girls. I'll make a man out of you, Harold. You'll travel the world, put on a uniform, and take on a man's job. You'll walk tall, with a glint in your eye and a spring in your step, and the knowledge in your heart that you are working for peace and are serving your country, just like Nathan Hale. Now, that's what this country needs - more Nathan Hales. [He salutes a picture of Nathan Hale] And, Harold, I think I can see a little Nathan Hale in you.

Priest

 * I would be remiss in my duty, if I did not tell you, that the idea of...... intercourse... and the fact of your firm, young... body..... commingling, with the... withered flesh... sagging... breasts... and flabby b-... buttocks... makes me want... to vomit.

Dialogue

 * Harold: You hop in any car you want and just drive off?
 * Maude: Well, not any car. I like to keep a variety. I'm always looking for the new experience.
 * Harold: Maybe. Nevertheless, I think you're upsetting people. I don't know if that's right.
 * Maude: Well, if some people get upset because they feel they have a hold on some things, I'm merely acting as a gentle reminder: here today, gone tomorrow, so don't get attached to things. Now, with that in mind, I'm not against collecting stuff...

 * Maude: That little tree — it's in trouble. Come on. [Harold and Maude walk over to a tree growing through the sidewalk in front of a building.] Look at it. Oh, it's suffocating. Well, it's the smog. You know, people can live with it, but trees — it gives them asthma. They can't breathe. The leaves, look, they’re turning all brown. Harold, we have got to do something about this life.
 * Harold: What?
 * Maude: We'll transplant it. To the forest.
 * Harold: You can't do that
 * Maude: Why not?
 * Harold: This is public property.
 * Maude: Well, exactly.

 * Harold: Maude?
 * Maude: Hmm?
 * Harold: Do you pray?
 * Maude: Pray? No. I communicate.
 * Harold: With God?
 * Maude: With Life.

 * Psychiatrist: Tell me, Harold, how many of these, uh, suicides have you performed?
 * Harold: An accurate number would be difficult to gauge.
 * Psychiatrist: Well, just give me a rough estimate.
 * Harold: A rough estimate? I'd say... fifteen.
 * Psychiatrist: Fifteen?
 * Harold: That’s a rough estimate.
 * Psychiatrist: Were they all done for your mother's benefit?
 * Harold: No. No, I would not say "benefit."

 * Motorcycle Officer: License, lady?
 * Maude: I don't have one. I don't believe in them.
 * Motorcycle Officer: How long you been driving, lady?
 * Maude: About 45 minutes, wouldn't you say, Harold? We were hoping to start sooner; but, you see, it's rather hard to find a truck.
 * Motorcycle Officer: This your truck?
 * Maude: Oh, no, I just took it.

 * Harold: You sure have a way with people.
 * Maude: Well, they're my species!

Cast

 * Ruth Gordon – Dame Marjorie "Maude" Chardin
 * Bud Cort – Harold Parker Chasen
 * Vivian Pickles – Mrs. Chasen
 * Cyril Cusack – Glaucus
 * Ellen Geer – Sunshine Doré
 * Eric Christmas – Priest
 * G. Wood – Psychiatrist
 * Charles Tyner – General Victor Ball
 * Judy Engles – Candy Gulf
 * Shari Summers – Edith Phern
 * Tom Skerritt – as Motorcycle Officer

title: Harold and Maude


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Abba Eban

Abba Eban (February 2, 1915 – November 16, 2002), born Aubrey Solomon Eban, was an Israeli diplomat, politician and author. He was born in South Africa and educated in England.

Quotes

 * History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
 * Speech in London (16 December 1970); as quoted in The Times ([London] 17 December 1970) and in Great Jewish Quotations (1996) by Alfred J. Kolatch, p. 115.

 * I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
 * Abba Eban "Israel's Dilemmas: An Opportunity Squandered" in Stephen J. Roth, ed. The Impact of the Six-Day War: A Twenty-Year Assessment.

 * The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
 * As quoted in The Jerusalem Post (18 November 2002); often misquoted as "Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." The quote is attributed to Abba Eban after the Geneva Peace Conference with Arab countries (21 December 1973).

 * If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
 * Comment about the United Nations General Assembly, as quoted in The Guardian (3 February 2004). Reputedly stated between the Six-Day War in 1967 and United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 in 1975 (revoked in 1991) which claimed Zionism is a form of racism.

title: Abba Eban


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Yoda

Yoda is a character from the Star Wars franchise. He was created by George Lucas and is usually portrayed by Frank Oz. He is an extraterrestrial green man who is among one of the leaders of the Jedi Council. He later exiled himself to Dagobah knowing that the Galactic Republic became a Galactic Empire. He first appeared in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), where he teaches Luke Skywalker the ways of the light side of The Force.

Film quotes

 * Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.
 * Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

 * Into exile I must go. Failed I have.
 * Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

 * Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.
 * The Empire Strikes Back

 * [strains to speak as voice gradually grows softer] Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware: Anger, fear, aggression - the dark side, are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. [Whispering now] Luke... Luke... do not... [struggles to speak] Do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor... or suffer your father's fate, you will. Luke... [Luke leans in close] ...when gone, am I, the last of the Jedi, will you be. Luke... the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned. Luke... [with great effort] ...There... is... another... Sk... Sky... walker... [Yoda dies, then disappears into thin air]
 * Return of the Jedi (final words)

 * Heeded my words not, did you? Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery, hmm... but weakness, folly, failure, also. Yes, failure, most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is. Luke... We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.
 * Star Wars: The Last Jedi

title: Yoda