| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Mirabelle's broken cowbell | |||||||
| Air date | April 15, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||
| Written by | David Johnson | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Elmo arrives at Hooper's Store wearing a safari hat, telling Mr. Handford that he plans to explore an imaginary jungle today. He goes through his imaginary supplies, which include a ladder to see the giraffes better and peanuts for the elephants. Luckily Elmo doesn't need to go very far - the jungle happens to be at Hooper's, and Elmo gets Mr. Handford to pretend to be one of the giraffes. |
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Animation | Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe." (First: Episode 2864) |
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Film | The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to three to zero children on a park bench. (First: Episode 2942) |
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Cartoon | Bud the Bird flies above and below in a bumper car. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 2901) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster tries on different pairs of shoes, but can't agree on one pair. They end up agreeing to wear shoe boxes instead. (First: Episode 2142) |
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Cartoon | Ten Turtles Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Celebrity | James Taylor sings "That Grouchy Face" to Oscar. (First: Episode 1777) |
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Cartoon | An ostrich, a girl, and a pig do some exercises, and move the couch away. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about how Yufka, a Turkish flat-bread, is made. (First: Episode 2937) |
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Cartoon | C for candle (blows man away). (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | The Singing Dentists sing "Say Toothpaste, Somebody!" (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 2705) |
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Cartoon | A beaver does his exercises, while his friends make fun of him. He then uses his strength to save his friends when the dam breaks. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 2067) |
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Film | In time-lapse footage, a construction crew builds a house and paints it green, and a family moves into it. (First: Episode 1171) |
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Muppets | The Count reads some kids a poem about "The Countess Who Lived in the Woods." She is visited by cold, needy animals, all of whom she helps out by giving them the things she was about to count. (First: Episode 2944) |
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Cartoon | "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (First: Episode 0345) |
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Muppets | "Don't Throw That Trash on the Ground" (First: Episode 2680) |
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Cartoon | CGI sheep graze out I and i. (First: Episode 2896) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Families." (ending edited) (First: Episode 0454) |
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Cartoon | A bird lays ten eggs. Artist: Tom Gabbay (First: Episode 1576) |
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Cast | Lillian sings a "Simple Clapping Song" with some kids. (First: Episode 2827) |
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Cartoon | Two men try to go over a very steep hill. (First: Episode 1522) |
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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 | C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet boy watches a circle around him get bigger and smaller. (First: Episode 0285) |
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Cartoon | Apple: a riddle (First: Episode 2889) |
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Cartoon | A paranoid bird doesn't like to be surprised ... unless it's a surprise party. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2088) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird is playing at his nest when he hears a siren blaring. It's not coming from a fire engine - it's from a cowbell. The cow wearing it, Mirabelle (Camille Bonora), states that her cowbell is broken and is making the siren noise whenever she moves. It also makes her very sad and keeps the other cows awake at night, so Big Bird suggests she head to the Fix-It Shop to have it repaired. They're briefly stopped on the way there by a policeman (Jim Martin) who confuses Mirabelle's bell for a fire engine. ("False alarm there, Normie, it's just a cow.") |
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Animation | Sand I/i (First: Episode 0619) |
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Film | "Sesame Street Creature Feature": Today's featured creature is the Slug, who sings "I'm a Slug" |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn tries to play Johann Sebastian Bach's "Minuet in G Major" with Elmo on the violin. |
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Cartoon | "The Adventures of Clever Bill!" The main character solves conflicts between two fighting giants and two fighting girls. (First: Episode 2068) |
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Song | "The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve. (First: Episode 2950) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: I for Island. (First: Episode 0314) |
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SCENE 3 | Following another visit from the policeman, Maria struggles to fix Mirabelle's cowbell. She tries tightening and loosening the clapper, but it just makes the siren sound go wonky. Maria then hits it with a mallet, which results in the bell making Big Ben-esque chimes. Monty arrives with a cup and saucer in hand, thinking it's tea time. ("Are you saying I took a wrong turn at Leicester Square?") |
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Cartoon | A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!" (First: Episode 0770) |
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Film | Cars on the street go fast, then slow, then fast again. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster tells his little cousin monster to get him something special that starts with the letter C. He hopes she'll bring him a cookie, but she brings a carrot, a cucumber, a cauliflower, and an ear of corn. Finally, she realizes that cousin also starts with C, and assumes he was referring to her. (First: Episode 1319) |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop must take 10 terriers for a walk. (First: Episode 2507) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria isn't able to fix the bell, so she gives Mirabelle a brand new one. The clanking attracts her cow friends (Alison Mork and Pam Arciero), who are happy she can come back with the herd and wish to go grazing. They mistake the Fix-It shop for a pasture as Big Bird announces the sponsors, while the policeman shows up to add to the commotion. |
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