| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Reading "The Three Jolly Monsters" | |||||||
| Air date | January 18, 1990 | ||||||
| Season | Season 21 (1989-1990) | ||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Snuffy and Alice look for things that start with the letter P around Sesame Street. Oscar gets upset when they use his pet puppy Preposterous (and his pickle) as an example. |
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Cartoon | P for Planet (First: Episode 2008) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Winter Checkers — It's cold outside, so Bert tries to ask Ernie to play a game with him. (First: Episode 1617) |
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Animation | A rock does somersaults for its peers, but gets little applause. (First: Episode 2021) |
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Cast | Live at Sesame Hall, Bob, Maria, and Luis sing "The Curious Cantata" about a bird who asks a lot of questions, played by the ever-curious Big Bird. (First: Episode 2160) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: OINK (First: Episode 1163) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Ruby shows James Galway that she has trouble playing the flute. He shows her how to blow into it, but she eventually decides to use it as a baton instead, while he plays. (First: Episode 2605) |
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Cartoon | A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself. (First: Episode 1717) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover has a new method of remembering orders: He makes up a poem to remember what is ordered and who ordered it. Mr. Johnson orders a cheeseburger with a pickle and French fries, which Grover interprets as "Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, French fries, yum, yum, yum!" However, he brings Mr. Johnson a grapefruit on a bun. (First: Episode 2418) |
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Animation | A white shell is uncovered in the sand. (First: Episode 2061) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids (upside-down girl) (First: Episode 0413) |
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Animation | A/a (Gordon voice-over) (First: Episode 2240) |
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Muppets | Live from the Nestropolitan Opera, Phil Harmonic introduces the staged production of Peligro starring Placido Flamingo. (First: Episode 2273) |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: Instead of a parachute, she has a helicopter propeller. (First: Episode 2262) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo is reading a book, The Three Jolly Monsters (by Sabrina T. Pagebottom). He's soon joined by Big Bird, Telly Monster, and Athena, who crowd around trying to read as well. They all end up reading loudly over each other and fighting for a good spot. |
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Cartoon | Rap #15 (First: Episode 2567) |
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Animation | A dune buggy is assembled. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cartoon | A postal worker tells the viewer what the post office is good for. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0783) |
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Cast | Luis and Linda assemble the word COLD, and it snows. (First: Episode 2067) |
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Animation | Where do the a's fit? (First: Episode 1586) |
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Song | Olivia sings "The Riddle." (First: Episode 1721) |
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Cartoon | An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO." (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster fights over the letters P and R, one of them displaying P foods and the other one displaying R foods (and a radio). They have a picnic, which is cut short due to rain. (First: Episode 1574) |
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Cartoon | Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat. (First: Episode 1580) |
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SCENE 3 | Everyone shuffles around trying to get a good view of the book when Hiroshi comes over and says they need a better system. Athena proposes they get a grown-up to read to them and they nominate Hiroshi (as he's the only one around). |
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Cartoon | "Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257) |
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Film | A boy who lives in Alaska narrates a film of himself going ice-fishing with his grandfather and sister. (First: Episode 2375) |
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Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Kermit says his "ABC's of the Swamp." (First: Episode 1960) |
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Cartoon | P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1190) |
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SCENE 4 | Hiroshi reads everyone The Three Jolly Monsters. The story features three monsters who look different, and have differing houses, favorite snacks, and hobbies, but continue to be close friends. One day, each monster finds a musical instrument, but they end up playing different music until they are no longer jolly. Unfortunately, the story is left on a cliffhanger when Hiroshi finds the last page of the book is missing. Big Bird decides to locate the author himself and leaves, though the others are skeptical he can find her. |
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Cartoon | "In and Out Crowd" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2612) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals have tails. (First: Episode 0017) |
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Cast | A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (piano underscore) (First: Episode 0541) |
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Cartoon | A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A. (First: Episode 0781) |
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SCENE 5 | Elmo, Telly, and Athena propose their own endings for the book. Big Bird returns, having located Sabrina T. Pagebottom herself! She has a compete copy of her book, which she reads for everybody. The three jolly monsters end up separating themselves as much as they can to play their individual music, but realize that this is too silly. They all decide to find music they could play together (which happened to be Athena's suggested ending), and the trio play a variation of the Sesame Street Theme. Snuffy announces the sponsors as everyone discusses the book. |
Notes[]
- A copy of The Three Jolly Monsters is among the prop books seen in "Elmo's World: Books." It is also mentioned by Ruthie as a book Zoe might like to read in Episode 3267.
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