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| Telly explores with Gabi | |||||||
| Air date | November 29, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | When Luis tells Telly he is writing a letter to Gabi, Telly reminds him that Gabi can't read as she's only three months old. Luis explains that he's writing in a notebook about what Gabi does and what it's like to be her father. He plans to give the notebook to her when she is older so she can read about what she was like growing up. Luis continues to write that Gabi's favorite thing to do now is explore, something she and Telly have in common. |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Film | Various close-ups of a person are shown, as kids describe the parts, before it's revealed that this person is a clown. (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | "Beginning, Middle, End" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2556) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Lisa what "DANGER" means. (First: Episode 1489) |
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Cartoon | The story of sheep, or where wool comes from. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1524) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly appears at Maria's apartment with his backpack, tent, sleeping bag, and other supplies hoping to go exploring with Gabi, suggesting they climb the big rocks in the park. Maria explains that Gabi is too young, so she does most of her exploring right at home. Telly understands and is happy to help Gabi explore some of her neat toys instead. |
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Cartoon | Train #2 (First: Episode 0353) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster sounds out the word SHADOW, then sees one of itself projected behind it. (First: Episode 2578) |
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Film | Lobster fisherman (First: Episode 0966) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about how much he loves his bones. Artist: Bruce Cayard |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Celia Cruz tells Big Bird about a hummingbird, and sings "Zunzun." (First: Episode 2298) |
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Cartoon | C for Cap (oversized cap) (First: Episode 0154) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has lunch all taken care of - he's packed two peanut butter sandwiches, two bags of carrot sticks, and two apples. Maria tells him that because Gabi is so little, she only drinks milk from her breast. Telly says he knows: the other lunch is for Maria because she needs to eat healthy food, too. Maria has her hands full feeding Gabi, so Telly helps feed Maria. |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy finds his friend Jane giving up on learning to ride the egg beater. He tells her that it takes time and practice to learn things, and gives Jane some training beaters to help her keep her balance. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1972) |
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Cartoon | A girl draws in her entire body. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1008) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "Do-Op Hop". (First: Episode 2071) |
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Cartoon | A Middle Eastern man narrowly avoids various forms of danger, then trips and falls in a hole. (First: Episode 1387) |
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Insert | Oscar has prepared a special noise maker to deliberately play during Bob's music lesson. However, each time he's about to use it, Bob stops the kids from playing to give notes on their performance. (First: Episode 2523) |
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Cartoon | E for Erase (First: Episode 0486) |
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Film | A man carves a wooden horse. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2209) |
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Muppets | Hill Street Twos A frustrated police chief tries to get officers Ernie, Grover, and others into groups of two for their beat. (First: Episode 2359) |
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Cartoon | "Animal Elevator": 10-1 (subtraction) (First: Episode 2523) |
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Insert | Bob's now ready to perform the whole piece and Oscar's ready to ruin it, only he finds his noisemaker is now busted from all the practicing he did. (First: Episode 2523) |
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Film | The walrus (First: Episode 0296) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse spot a kitty stuck in a tree. Grover tries to find ways to get the kitty down such as shaking the tree trunk. He finally came to the conclusion that to get the kitty down, he would climb up the tree to bring it down. However, Fred has another idea to bring the kitty down by calling the kitty by saying "Kitty" and the kitty comes down. Now that the kitty is down, they now have another problem - how is Grover going to get down? (First: Episode 1639) |
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Cartoon | C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
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Film | Kid voiceovers identify a horse's body parts (shown one at a time), then the complete animal. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0428) |
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Cartoon | “Signing Alphabet,” an animated film by Steve Finkin. Music for voice and electronics by Joan La Barbara. (First: Episode 1056) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids (upside-down girl) (First: Episode 0413) |
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SCENE 4 | Alice is supposed to assist Snuffy in giving a lesson on the letter C, but all she does is spin around and around. Snuffy continues anyway until he realizes that she's been spinning in circles, thus was helping him the whole time. |
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Cartoon | What's missing? (parrot) (First: Episode 2103) |
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Film | A variety of cat-shaped objects walk in front of the screen. (First: Episode 1802) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Princess and the C — Kermit meets the wrong princess. (First: Episode 2527) |
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Cartoon | Various sounds are demonstrated, including an alarm clock, a baby crying, a telephone, a faucet dripping, and a boy sneezing. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1483) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly tells Luis about the fun he had exploring with Gabi, which inspires Luis to write Gabi another letter about it. Maria announces the sponsors. |
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