| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Gina babysits Elmo | |||||||
| Air date | December 12, 1989 | ||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gina welcomes the viewer while explaining that it's nighttime on Sesame Street, which means that it's almost time for the little kids to go to sleep. Tonight she happens to be babysitting Elmo, who rushes out as he's trying to avoid something he needs to do before bedtime. Gina reveals what it is by giving clues: it takes place in the bathroom, and involves a bar of soap, a towel, and a scrub brush. It's bath time! Elmo concedes and agrees to take one after getting his toy turtle... which he claims is in Cleveland. |
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Cartoon | Rap #15 (First: Episode 2567) |
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Film | Fay Ray gets on and under a rug. |
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Muppets | Bip Bippadotta and The Androoze Sisters sing "Everybody's Song." (First: Episode 2064) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T. (First: Episode 0454) |
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Cartoon | Three turtles present the letter T. (First: Episode 1666) |
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SCENE 2 | Gina lowers Elmo into the bath and he begins to splash around, asking to play a game. Gina says he needs to be washed first, but drops the soap into the tub and asks Elmo to feel around for it. This gives Elmo an idea for a game, and he dives into the "ocean" below... |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Beneath the waves, Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap. He encounters a policeman fishy, who shows him the way to the treasure and back home. An underscore would be added to subsequent airings of this segment. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Elmo emerges from the water with the soap. He had so much fun playing the game, he tosses the soap back in the water to play again. |
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Cartoon | A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (First: Episode 0862) |
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Cast | Bob, Susan and Luis perform a round about counting to 3. (First: Episode 2055) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2 (First: Episode 2510) |
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Muppets | Spaceship Surprise The crew lands on the Planet CH, where they are greeted by Chunky Cheese. (First: Episode 2414) |
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Animation | It's a monkey Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1767) |
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SCENE 3 | Elmo is done getting washed, but to prolong getting dried off he starts a round of the Letter T Game, where he finds things in the bathroom that start with T. Elmo finds the tub and his toy turtle, while Gina spots one item - a towel, which she dries Elmo with. |
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Cartoon | T words Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0020) |
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Muppets | While standing next to a tree being cut down, Professor Grover talks about the importance about listening... especially if the sound indicates some kind of danger. (First: Episode 1789) |
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Cartoon | A chicken gets an idea to sit on a football and hatch it like an egg. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2360) |
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Song | 14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street." (First: Episode 2556) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree, which he says is a picture of four elephants. Ernie doesn't see the four elephants, so Lefty offers to show him the elephants if Ernie will buy the picture for a nickel. Lefty points out the elephants, which are actually spaces in the tree's branches. Ernie shells out for the picture. Ernie wants to pull the same trick on Bert, but Bert notices the elephants right away. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Cartoon | A little boy asks his big brother questions about what happens at school. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1877) |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo is now in his PJs and Gina tries to get him to bed, but Elmo would rather play the Letter F Game. He points out the faucet, Gina's face, and his foot, while Gina gets him into bed by promising to read him a bedtime story about the letter F. |
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Cartoon | A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f. (First: Episode 2288) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster does a taste test to compare square shaped cookies, triangle shaped cookies, and circle shaped cookies. (First: Episode 1750) |
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Cartoon | The O in STOP bounces around, and the other letters ask it to stop. (First: Episode 0149) |
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Video | Ann Marie DeAngelo and Skeeter Rabbit do their dance routine. The frame freezes whenever the word STOP comes on. (First: Episode 2600) |
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Cartoon | Three little men climb up the three flower stems. (First: Episode 0634) |
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SCENE 5 | Now the next day, Susan leads Telly, Elmo, Gina, and the kids in a game of "Everybody Wash." |
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Animation | A hand draws a ditch, and some kids try to figure out a way to get across it. (First: Episode 2094) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Jack Be Nimble — Jack struggles to make his way over the candlestick. (First: Episode 0723) |
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Cartoon | A pencil tries to write the word DANCE. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Celebrity | John Moschitta, Jr. has a baby who has a name beginning with every letter of the alphabet. (First: Episode 2048) |
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Animation | Slide puzzle - elephant (First: Episode 0389) |
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SCENE 6 | Susan notices bubbles coming from Ernie and Bert's apartment, which can only mean one thing... |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie." (opening dialogue cut) (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0187) |
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Muppets | Game Show: Bring That Thing Stevie and Jonathan Martian need to find three things that help to see in the dark in sixty seconds. They bring a flashlight, a lamp, and the moon, (which they have to quickly zoom back into space to get). Their jackpot prize is a pot of lightning bugs. (First: Episode 2460) |
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Cartoon | Number factory 1-10 (First: Episode 2541) |
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SCENE 7 | Telly watches Susan give Slimey a bath using a toothbrush as a scrubber. Slimey splashes around his miniature tub as Gina announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Kevin Clash won a Daytime Emmy Award for his performance in this episode.
- This episode was later repeated as Episode 2916.
- The music played during "Everybody Wash" had previously been used for its appearance in the first episode of Sesame Street, as well as other iterations of the game from the first two seasons.
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