Episode 115: The Fugitive

Sesame English
Plot	Tingo and Frank try to catch a gorilla
Writer	Billy Aronson
Director	Rick Fernandes & Greg Lehane
Sponsors	F, 9

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	While Niki and her band practice, Tingo answers the door. Outside is Zookeeper Frank, who tries to tell him something, but is too panicked to spit it out. Tingo has him speak at a speed he can understand and is frightened to learn an escaped gorilla is within the basement.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Talk Slower — Ernie quickly tries to tell Bert that his toast is burning.
	SCENE 2	Tingo sings a psychedelic song, "I Don't Understand You," explaining his frustrations of being unable Frank's rapid speech.
	Cartoon	The dancing birds dance fast and slow. (on-screen words added) Artist: Karen Aqua
	Film	Demonstrations of fast and slow
	Film	The letter F appears, Jaws-like, out of a swimming pool. (narration added)
	Cartoon	A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f.
	SCENE 3	Frank tries telling Tingo he sees the gorilla's foot under the bed. It turns out to be a fuzzy slipper. They then find the gorilla playing clarinet in Niki's band; it gives Frank the slip.
	Cartoon	Underwater, there's a 9 (singing vocals muted, kid voice-overs added)
	Muppets	The Count croons "Count Up to Nine". (edited)
	Song	The opera singers find themselves being followed by a gorilla. They run faster and faster to get away. Zookeeper Frank arrives and tells them that they should instead go slow and they all encourage the gorilla to go back to the zoo slowly.
	SCENE 4	As Tingo reads a magazine article, "Ways to Understand a Zookeeper," the gorilla appears at the door. Tingo, however, can't understand him either. The gorilla has come back for Frank, who's taken his place as clarinet in the band. "Everybody wants to be in the band," Tingo quips.