| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Elmo's alphabet collection | |||||||||
| Air date | January 24, 1992 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo's Rangers visit Maria at the Fix-It Shop and provide her with an Apple and a Basketball. Elmo tells Maria that he and the Rangers are going to bring her an item that starts with every letter of the alphabet, saying it's a good way to learn it. A and B are now covered and they go off to get more. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Count von Count appears, looking for Elmo to add something to his alphabet collection. He provides Maria with a Coconut, then a second, and third... |
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Cartoon | A bully says the alphabet to a mild-mannered gardener, who hits him in the face with a pie at the end. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | "Street Garden Cooperation" (First: Episode 1956) |
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Animation | Sand A/a (First: Episode 0628) |
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Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) |
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SCENE 2 | A Duck now hangs around Maria, also sent by Elmo. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Biff has also gotten orders from Elmo and pushes Oscar's trash can over to the shop, which contains several Elephants. |
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Film | Kids climb in and out of a tire. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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Cartoon | Growing Numbers #14 |
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Cast | Gordon hosts "The Crossing Zone," in which a boy named Jonathan has to find a way to cross the street. Susan helps him across. (First: Episode 2729) |
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Cartoon | A kid names his own body parts. (First: Episode 0809) |
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Insert | Some girls do a clap and cheer for the number 14. (First: Episode 2811) |
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Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) |
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Cartoon | A for apricot, alligator, acrobat, accordion, artist, airplane. (First: Episode 1586) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with a dentist and a bus driver. (remake) (First: Episode 2146) |
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Cartoon | Listening to sounds can tell you about danger. (First: Episode 1741) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria notices she hasn't gotten any further alphabet items from Elmo in a short while. She reiterates the items she's already received, when Wolfgang the Seal appears and (sadly) provides her with a Fish. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Grundgetta then arrives. Maria assumes she's the next part of the collection since "Grundgetta" and "Grouch" begin with G. Instead, Grundgetta produces a pot of gross, gurgling Goo. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | A Honker startles Maria, indicating that he's the next part of her growing collection. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Biff supervises the arrival of Maria's next gift - a large Igloo (complete with snowfall). Maria decides to forgo the work she has to do and wonders what item will be next. |
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Film | A boy talks about living in Alaska and about racing sled dogs. (First: Episode 2388) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Just Like Bert — Bert has gone to visit his brother Bart, so Ernie pretends that Bert is still there using a drawing and a pillow. (First: Episode 2472) |
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Video | Four break-dancers dance. (First: Episode 2607) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis arrives and sees all the things Maria has accrued today from Elmo's Rangers et al. A Jazzman (Jerry Nelson) then comes by with his trumpet, playing some smooth Jazz for the collection. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Telly Monster quickly rushes in and hands Luis a Kite. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Mary, of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" fame, arrives to loan her Lamb while she does some shopping. The lamb has difficulty staying put, wishing to follow his owner as usual. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Mary then informs them of the next letter and its corresponding addition to the collection - many Monsters! |
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Cartoon | I thought a thought ... about circles. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0247) |
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Song | Jerry Nelson sings "Don't Waste Water." (First: Episode 2804) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Tony Danza and Big Bird play tennis without a ball, and count twenty hits, while Kevin Clash announces. (First: Episode 2170) |
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Cartoon | A shepherd plays hide-and-seek with his sheep. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2109) |
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SCENE 5 | Inside the shop, Elmo tells Maria and Luis that he and his team are having trouble finding something that starts with N. Luis writes a Note, which Maria reads to them. As they pile out to add it to the collection outside, Luis hopes they can finally get some work done now. |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Suddenly, there's a knock at the door and Maria quickly guesses it's going to pertain to the alphabet collection. Hoots is at the door and they assume he's the next entry - O for Owl. They tell him to wait outside with the other alphabet items until the entire alphabet is finished. A baffled Hoots doesn't understand what's going on; he merely wanted to play a section of a new music piece he's working on for the Old Octopus Octet. |
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Animation | A girl plays in, on and under a sculpture. (First: Episode 2898) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton and Benny Rabbit sing "14 Carrot Love." (First: Episode 2811) |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy recalls how he learned about the meaning of DANGER. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1971) |
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Cartoon | Dot Bridge #1 (First: Episode 0001) |
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SCENE 6 | The alphabet collection is getting pretty chaotic, when Peter Piper (Peter Linz) arrives with some Pickled Peppers. |
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SCENE 6 cont'd | Next, the duck quacks madly to convey that his Quack is the next addition to the collection. |
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SCENE 6 cont'd | The alphabet continues as Rosita arrives and starts Singing. |
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Animation | A big paper clip and a small paper clip can hold papers together, and so can a small staple, with the help of its "mommy." |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Boston T Party — Kermit witnesses colonials dumping Ts in the ocean. (First: Episode 2348) |
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Film | The letter T is a very useful letter. (First: Episode 0402) |
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SCENE 7 | With Elmo's Rangers and the alphabet participants gathered, Maria and Luis decide to help finish the alphabet by giving Elmo some things. First, they present a girl doing a Tap routine... |
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SCENE 7 cont'd | ... followed by Linda with an Umbrella... |
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SCENE 7 cont'd | ... Gordon with a Vase.... |
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SCENE 7 cont'd | ... and Little Miss Muffet (Alison Mork), who contributes her leftover Whey to the cause. ("Take it a-whey!") |
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SCENE 7 cont'd | Barkley fetches his own X-ray... |
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SCENE 7 cont'd | ...then Gina brings a container of Yogurt. |
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SCENE 7 cont'd | Finally, Telly returns at the last second with one final contribution - a Zucchini! With the alphabet collection complete, Elmo now declares he and his Rangers will create a new collection of things ranging from 1 to 40. Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
Notes[]
- Mary's lamb is performed by David Rudman in scene 4, and by Joey Mazzarino in scenes 6 and 7.
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