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| CinderTelly | |||||||||
| Air date | April 17, 1992 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||||
| Written by | Joey Mazzarino | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Flo Bear is about to read a story she has rewritten for Telly and the kids. Telly learns what it means to rewrite a story, but becomes upset that Flo has decided to change around Cinderella, one of his favorites. He doesn't believe he will like the new story, but quickly changes his mind when Flo tells him the title: CinderTelly. |
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Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) |
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Film | A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Brings Home a Surprise — Ernie brings a puppy home as a surprise for Bert. (First: Episode 1956) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about her skin. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2611) |
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Film | Spinning Bus Stop sign (First: Episode 0931) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive." (First: Episode 1482) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1167) |
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SCENE 2 | Flo begins to read her story, which starts much like the original version. Telly is sad that CinderTelly's father (Jerry Nelson) and stepbrothers (David Rudman and Noel MacNeal) treat him so badly, and Flo has to remind him that it's only a story and that it's not real. Telly changes from sad to angry at Flo for writing such a tragic story and making CinderTelly go through so much hardship, leaving in disgust. |
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Cartoon | A little boy describes a time when he got angry after his toy truck was destroyed by a big kid. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2764) |
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Film | Some Navajo kids narrate a film about how their blankets are woven, and how they make paper blankets in school. |
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Muppets | "I Love You (More or Less)" |
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Cartoon | More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Film | A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African American friend Jamal. (First: Episode 2787) |
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Animation | A frog is formed out of seeds. (First: Episode 2379) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Two-Headed Monster: Baseball — Robin Williams invites a nonsense talking, horned, two-headed stranger to play baseball. (First: Episode 2795) |
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Cartoon | Rap #7 (First: Episode 2506) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has returned and the story continues: CinderTelly is friends with three mice (Fran Brill, Camille Bonora, and Kathryn Mullen), who help him with his housework. Suddenly, a royal messenger (Jim Martin) arrives to announce that every boy and girl in the kingdom is invited to the palace for a ball in honor of the princess, who is new in town and wants to make friends. CinderTelly thinks he can't go because he doesn't know how to dance, but that doesn't matter - the messenger says it's a bowling ball. |
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Cartoon | A little girl imagines what would happen if she dropped her bag of ping pong balls. (First: Episode 0583) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley sings "I'll Love You in Springtime." (First: Episode 2088) |
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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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Cast | Gordon, Gina, and Linda demonstrate the word HOT. (First: Episode 2608) |
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Cartoon | Gerald's dog Sparky likes to pretend he's an alligator. (First: Episode 1519) |
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SCENE 4 | CinderTelly has nothing to wear to the bowling ball, and Telly predicts that CinderTelly's fairy godmother comes to the rescue. Instead, Whamo the Rental Magician appears and provides an old bowling shirt and shoes. He tells CinderTelly to clean them up and put sparkly things on them, maybe some odor eaters on the shoes - simply recycle the outfit, and it will be good as new. The mice even offer to help and CinderTelly is happy, though he asks Whamo if he could recycle his bowl-cut hairdo into a fancy pompadour. |
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Cartoon | A gorilla outgrows his toy fire truck, and is about to throw it away, when he decides to pass it on to his little brother. (First: Episode 2840) |
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Film | Balloons are popped in front of kids' faces, demonstrating surprise. (First: Episode 2923) |
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Muppets | Bruce Stringbean, Clarice and S Street Band perform "Born To Add." (First: Episode 1375) |
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Cartoon | 7 animals in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1530) |
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Film | A zydeco band plays "Allons a Lafayette" while people dance. (First: Episode 2498) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Diana talk about ideas. (First: Episode 2582) |
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Cartoon | Harold and Howard think of H words. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0284) |
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SCENE 5 | With CinderTelly dressed in his newly-refurbished bowling outfit, Whamo thinks his work is done until CinderTelly says he'll need a bowling ball. Whamo asks for the assistance of one of the mice so he can turn them into a bowling ball. The mice reluctantly agree, and Whamo turns the first mouse into a baseball instead. He turns the second mouse into a football, and the third mouse into a basketball when CinderTelly describes how a bowling ball is supposed to be. With no more mice, Whamo's next trick is to produce a piece of paper, which happens to be a gift certificate for Eddie's Bowl & Stroll Gift Shop. |
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Cartoon | A magician writes in his diary about the many mishaps during his performance. (First: Episode 2053) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog goes to see his doctor, who listens to his heart. Describing what he hears as "groovy", the doctor sings "Heart of a Frog" about different kinds of noises (backed by frog nurses) (First: Episode 2650) |
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Cartoon | A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of. (First: Episode 1476) |
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Cast | Carnival barker Mike runs a ball-throwing booth. Maria s decide to try winning a prize by knocking down all the bottles. She tries twice, and knocks some of them down, then she lets Travis try his luck. He not only knocks all the bottles down, but the stand as well! For a prize, he wants the ball, which he obtains by way of reverse footage. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Film | A boy compares the growth of the sunflowers to his own height. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0589) |
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Muppets | "Ladies and gentlemen, the Starlight Hotel takes great pride in presenting the world's favorite six-year-old entertainer, Miss Prairie Dawn!" Prairie sings "All By Myself" with a backup group of monsters. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Cartoon | O is for Open (First: Episode 0014) |
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SCENE 6 | Flo finishes reading the story, in which CinderTelly made friends with the princess, but she didn't learn his name and had to search the whole kingdom for a fit to the bowling shoe he left. She finds him and they become best friends. Telly announces the end of the story prematurely, as Flo still has to read the last bit which includes today's sponsors. Following the credits, Telly cheers at the proper end of the story. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 25 as Episode 3195.
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