| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Telly pretends to be Mr. Handford Sr. | |||||||||
| Air date | March 26, 1993 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Telly, sporting a cast on his arm, spots Mr. Handford reading a letter and notices his expression go from happy to sad. Telly asks him why he's sad, and Mr. Handford explains that the letter is from his dad, who is going on vacation and won't be able to visit him for a while. Telly begs to differ, and asks him what his dad looks like. Mr. Handford describes his father's appearance (gray hair, glasses, and usually wearing a plaid shirt with a bowtie) and Telly runs off, inspired. |
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Film | A group of girls do a playground cheer ("Ooh I'm so happy!"). (First: Episode 3017) |
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Cartoon | The Four Squares sing "It's Hip To Be a Square." Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel (First: Episode 2615) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word "pie," and gets hit with one, to Gordon's surprise. (First: Episode 2712) |
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Muppets | Mr. Johnson has lunch at Charlie's Outdoor Al Fresco Fresh Air Cafe, where he's disappointed to find Grover waiting on him. The wind picks up, and blows his food away -- but when Grover gives him the bill, the wind dies down, and he has to pay. |
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Song | Jeff Redd sings "Between." (First: Episode 2738) |
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Cartoon | Fish swim to form Q and q. |
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SCENE 2 | Telly comes into Hooper's pretending to be Mr. Handford's father, right down to the last detail. He and Mr. Handford decide to play "store," and Telly asks for a glass of milk. Mr. Handford serves it instantly, and Telly proclaims, "That's my son!" |
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Animation | Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroces as pets. (First: Episode 2759) |
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Muppets | "In South America", they say "Buenos Dias" for good morning, and "Buenas Noches" for good night. |
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Animation | "We Are Kids From Far and Wide" - Colombia (First: Episode 2769) |
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Song | "One of These Things" (with Wegman's dogs and a terrier) (First: Episode 3042) |
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Cartoon | A girl describes why she likes the color black. Artist: Lisa Crafts |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster demonstrates fast and slow while eating cookies. |
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Animation | Pencil box Y / y (First: Episode 3043) |
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Film | A montage of the evolution of mechanical technology, from wind-up toys, to robots that can spell "SESAME STREET" with blocks, to satellite transmitters. (First: Episode 2226) |
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Animation | "Six Circus Balls" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3001) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly, still pretending to be Mr. Handford Sr., asks his "son" to introduce him to his "little friends" Luis and Maria, then tells him to temporarily stop playing "store" so they can practice singing "The Alphabet Song" with him. |
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Film | Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Film | A paper crumples to reveal Q, q and Qq. |
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Muppets | Clementine and Elmo sing a song about things that are "Important." (First: Episode 2702) |
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Animation | Kids narrate how a Navajo blanket is weaved. (First: Episode 2976) |
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Muppets | Bip Bippadotta and The Androoze Sisters sing "Everybody's Song". (First: Episode 2064) |
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Animation | Planet Q / q (First: Episode 2838) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry & John-John observe a letter Q. (First: Episode 0571) |
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Animation | Shapes sort themselves in different ways, and eventually make a quilt. (First: Episode 3103) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Peanut Butter." (First: Episode 1966) |
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Cartoon | Bruce the moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice. (First: Episode 2498) |
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Cast | Savion, Gina and Big Bird play "Rhyme Out." (First: Episode 2979) |
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Animation | Dancing pepper pattern - which one is missing? (First: Episode 3079) |
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Film | The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to one to zero children on a park bench. (First: Episode 2923) |
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Animation | A group of round crayons draws a house, and is hesitant to let a square yellow crayon join, until it draws the sun. They all cooperate to make a rainbow. |
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Muppets | A diva sings the Alphabet Song while the stagehand instructs the gaffers to raise and lower the alphabet sign, but the diva thinks he's asking her to alter her singing voice. (First: Episode 2964) |
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Cartoon | Y for Yak Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1184) |
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Film | A girls' jump-rope team trains for a contest. They end up winning second place. (First: Episode 2510) |
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Cartoon | "Six Soccer Socks" Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1670) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly, aided by three other monsters, sings about how proud he is of his "bouncing baby boy" Mr. Handford ("My Son Is Mr. Handford"). |
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Cartoon | A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh." The other kids tell him that they heard the expression on TV. (First: Episode 0771) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates sing a song about measuring, while The Count uses a ruler to do so. |
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Cartoon | Building a dog house is easy if you have a ruler. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word disappear - which Gordon does. (First: Episode 2734) |
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Film | Counting six oryx Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0410) |
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Cartoon | Rap #6 (First: Episode 2502) |
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SCENE 5 | Mr. Handford gets off the phone with his real father, and Telly resumes being himself again. Mr. Handford announces the sponsors, and he and Telly pretend to be father-and-son... only this time, with Telly as the son. The credits follow. |
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