| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Telly asks a question | |||||||
| Air date | May 5, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Handford witnesses Big Bird and a long line of kids pretending they are a train as they drive past Hooper's Store. Big Bird functions as the locomotive... as well as the caboose. |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses. (First: Episode 0793) |
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Muppets | "It's Zydeco" (First: Episode 2666) |
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Cartoon | Mary Shaboom reluctantly moves to a new house, and muses about the consequences. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2959) |
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Film | A figure skater illustrates forward and backward. (First: Episode 0439) |
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Cartoon | An animated number 15 sings "How Hard It Is to Be 15" to a child who is trying to count from 1 to 20, but can't remember 15. (First: Episode 2743) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: London Fog — The fog in London dissipates before Kermit can report on it. (First: Episode 2360) |
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Film | Colored sand forms the letter B and a boat. (First: Episode 2374) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird introduces today's snuffle-puppet show starring Gus, who will demonstrate feelings. Gus has Big Bird guess how he's feeling during the different scenarios that Snuffy puts him through, but Gus really becomes angry when Big Bird doesn't compliment his performance following the show. "Working with puppets isn't easy," Big Bird laments. |
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Cartoon | A cowboy sings about "Feelings That Are Real." (First: Episode 0954) |
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Film | Two apples balance on a block seesaw. (First: Episode 2176) |
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Cartoon | A voice asks a face if it's aware of the letter S, and it is revealed that the face belongs to a snake. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0278) |
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Film | Chimps running around (piano music) (First: Episode 2493) |
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Cartoon | Three scribbles exercise. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1579) |
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Muppets | The Count sings about the things hands can do. |
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Cartoon | Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2749) |
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SCENE 3 | Snuffy has brought his banged-up-beyond-recognition lunch box to the Fix-It Shop. He describes in length to Luis how it wound up like that, which involved a road trip with his father and Alice, where a bus, street sweepers, and a garbage compactor all ended up mangling the box. Luis tells him there's no way he can fix it and suggests he get a new lunch box just like it. Snuffy points out one key problem - the broken lunch box already has his lunch in it. |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #15 (First: Episode 2945) |
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Film | Elmo narrates as kids demonstrate on and off with a park bench. |
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Muppets | The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family." (First: Episode 2724) |
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Animation | Native American bead designs display some wild animals, which have Indian names. (First: Episode 2972) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: 12 Angry Men — Alistair Cookie is confronted by twelve angry men. |
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Cartoon | "Big Sneeze" - a man destroys everything in his path when he sneezes. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1579) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly confirms with Lillian that asking questions is a good way of finding out information. He wonders what question he could ask and his long-winded explanation of why he needs to think of one prompts him to ask, "Do you think I'm being silly, Lillian?" He realizes he's wasted his question on something he already knew and tries to think of another. |
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Cartoon | "Mother Brown's Farm (Number Fifteen Song)" (First: Episode 2693) |
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Film | Amelia pretends she's an astronaut. (First: Episode 2918) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | At Birdland, Hoots the Owl and Branford Marsalis (Forrest Wimbledon) perform "Listen and Bounce it Back." (First: Episode 2834) |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster." (First: Episode 2919) |
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Muppets | The Adventures of Prairie Dawn Prairie turns off the television to save energy. |
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Cartoon | B for boats, bouquet, baby, bonnet, etc. (First: Episode 1703) |
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SCENE 5 | Lillian tells Mr. Handford about her recent experience with Telly, who returns with a question: "Would an apple float if it got dropped in water?" Lillian knows but won't answer, encouraging him to find the answer out on his own as Mr. Handford provides him with an apple and a bowl of water. Telly is happy to get an answer and asks himself a question: "How many bites would it take to eat (the) apple?" |
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Cartoon | S for Snail Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1158) |
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Muppets | "We Got a Brand New Baby" (First: Episode 2061) |
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Animation | The word TOY is displayed, followed by a wind-up drum-playing panda. |
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Film | A ferry terminal switches from empty to full. (First: Episode 2968) |
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Cartoon | A crocodile, snake, and kangaroo all cooperate to escape from the zoo and get ice cream. (First: Episode 1577) |
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Muppets | As a Sesame Street Travel Tip, a pair of Anything Muppets sing about the latest travel destination, Antarctica! (First: Episode 2938) |
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Cartoon | Three mayonnaise jars follow three different paths after they leave the factory. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2762) |
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Film | Growing Numbers #15 (First: Episode 2971) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly concludes that it took 43 bites to eat the apple and now wonders how many sips it will take to finish a large, strawberry milkshake. Mr. Handford starts to make one as Telly and Lillian announce the sponsors. |
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