| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Elmo-mobile | |||||||
| Air date | May 4, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Elmo enters holding a toy steering wheel and making vrooming noises, saying that he'll be driving his pretend car everywhere on Sesame Street. Oscar doesn't care for any of it and vows to stay in his can for the rest of the day. |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo tells Gordon that his pretend car, the Elmo-mobile, can go anywhere on Sesame Street - to the Fix-It Shop, to Hooper's Store, and even to some pink flamingos... |
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Film | Flamingos walk around to classical music. (First: Episode 2498) Elmo enters the film, and asks the birds if they know his friend Placido Flamingo. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Elmo returns to Gordon, reminding him that when he says the Elmo-mobile can go anywhere, he means anywhere! |
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Cartoon | A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All", as well as below. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2559) |
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Film | Squares are shown in close-up. (First: Episode 0420) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet family sings "Let's Go Driving." (First: Episode 2095) Elmo appears over the segment, singing along. |
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Cartoon | The letter X appears on-screen. (First: Episode 2779) |
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Song | A girl invites the listener to "Swing Up High." (First: Episode 0408) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan is reading Little Red Riding Hood to the kids when Big Bird enters, saying that he'd like to interrupt this fairy tale with a few words that begin with the letter P. On his cue, a parade of P-word characters pass by (a penguin, prince, pirate, and a pineapple on a plate), but he wants one more before he will let Susan continue the story. Elmo then drives by with a pig (David Rudman) in the Elmo-mobile, and Big Bird allows Susan to keep reading. |
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Animation | P - Pyramid (First: Episode 2061) |
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Film | In an Alaskan village, a doctor makes a regular visit to a clinic. (First: Episode 2390) |
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Muppets | The Big Bad Wolf sings about himself and his family. (Future airings of this segment would add sound effects.) |
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Cartoon | Jill walks up a hill to pick a daffodil. Artist: Jim Jinkins (First: Episode 2538) |
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Film | Fay Ray dresses up as different animals. ("It's Kermit the Dog!") (First: Episode 2639) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Cookie — Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie. (First: Episode 0472) |
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Film | Ornate Xs spin around in accompaniment to a song. (First: Episode 2929) |
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SCENE 3 | The Elmo-mobile lets the pig off in the yard, but now it needs fuel. Gordon offers Elmo a tuna sandwich, which the Elmo-mobile is reluctant to try. The tuna sandwich does the trick, as after a few bites the Elmo-mobile is off! |
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Cartoon | A girl tries to describe what kind of sandwich she wants, but her dad keeps misunderstanding her. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1715) |
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Celebrity | Take 6 sings "Take 6," a song about themselves that counts to the number 6. |
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Cartoon | 6 mice, 6 snakes, 6 fish, 6 monkeys, 6 witches (kids' voiceovers added) (First: Episode 1711) |
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Muppets | Spaceship Surprise The crew lands on the Planet TR, where they are greeted by Trevor Trout. (First: Episode 2607) |
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Cartoon | A lizard, a girl and a dog dance. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2795) |
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SCENE 4 | Susan finds Telly holding a stop sign. The Elmo-mobile stops at the stop sign, and Telly hops in. |
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Cartoon | A man juggles until he is told to STOP. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1340) |
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Muppets | Betty Lou learns some Spanish words from her friend Carlos, including "Amigo." (First: Episode 2042) |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. (piano music) (First: Episode 2510) Elmo and Telly appear in the film. Elmo assures Telly that they're not lost, they just don't know where they are. |
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Animation | "Six Circus Balls" Artist: Jane Aaron |
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Film | Footage of a Chinese noodle factory. (First: Episode 0984) |
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Cartoon | P for Pack (First: Episode 0504) |
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SCENE 5 | The Elmo-mobile arrives in a throne room of 15th century middle Europe, where the King (Rudman) and his servant (Jim Martin) are planning a birthday party; when asked what his friends should have, the king replies, "Let them eat cake." Elmo and Telly burst into the castle and ask for a map. The king has no clue what a map is, but his servant points him to a map on the wall where the road leads to Sesame Street (marked by a drawing of Big Bird). Now that they know how to get back, the servant asks to go with them and the three head off. |
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Cartoon | A British man narrates how chewing gum is made in Guatemala. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2830) |
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Film | A boy takes dance lessons at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. (First: Episode 1716) |
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Animation | It's a crocodile Artist: Ishu Patel (First: Episode 1663) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "Caribbean Amphibian." (First: Episode 2205) |
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Cartoon | Junior has to jump across the pond to make the frog chorus. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Cast | Savion and some kids do "The Arm." (First: Episode 2908) |
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Cartoon | A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. (First: Episode 1652) |
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Film | Empty / full playground (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) |
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Film | Six apples minus three equals three (First: Episode 2257) |
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Muppets | Super Grover crash-lands inside an apartment, and when he sees that the lamp light is on, he decides that he needs to save energy by turning off the lamp. His method to turning off the lamp is blowing the light out, but a girl just turns off the switch. |
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Cartoon | A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me." (First: Episode 1942) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly is very relieved that the Elmo-mobile is safely back on Sesame Street, saying, "There's no place like home!" as he exits. The servant asks who the king is there, and Elmo says they don't have one. He spots Gordon who says he's not the king, but a science teacher; the servant decides to follow this wise ruler everywhere. Oscar (having kept his promise earlier) emerges from his can when he thinks Elmo is gone, but he is too soon as Elmo comes back to announce the sponsors. |
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