Sesame Street | |||||||
Telly breaks his arm — Telly gets the "Broken Arm Blues" | |||||||
Air date | April 1, 1993 | ||||||
Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Telly displays what Zelda just wrote on his cast: today's sponsors. | |
SCENE 1 | Luis comes to take Telly to the hospital to get his arm x-rayed. It's been two weeks since the last time they were there, which is shown in flashback as Telly recalls what happened. Telly is no longer afraid of going back when he remembers that the x-ray didn't hurt, and suggests they take Freddy along to get his arm checked, too. | |
Cartoon | Gerald's dog, Sparky, likes to pretend he's an alligator. (First: Episode 1519) | |
Muppets | Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap, with the help of a policeman fishy. (First: Episode 2637) | |
Film | Kids narrate a film of how a lift bridge works. (First: Episode 2253) | |
Cartoon | A story/song about a duckling who wants to join the others playing at the water's edge. (First: Episode 2852) | |
SCENE 2 | At the hospital, Dr. Sing looks over the x-rays and points out that Telly's broken arm has healed quite a bit, but still needs three weeks more to heal before he can remove the cast. Telly's not too thrilled that he has to keep waiting. | |
Film | The floating kids form a letter N. | |
Muppets | "The Ten Commandments of Health" (First: Episode 1139) | |
Animation | Space frogs count to 10. | |
Muppets | The Count sings about "The First Day of School". (First: Episode 1736) | |
Animation | Growing Numbers #18 (First: Episode 2933) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover shows Torian the difference between back and front. (First: Episode 2588) | |
Cartoon | "Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358) | |
SCENE 3 | Telly watches sadly as Big Bird roller skates with some kids, and wishes he could join them. He sings the "Broken Arm Blues" as an imaginary Honker plays the trumpet. | |
SCENE 3 cont'd |
When the song finishes, Big Bird invites Telly to play with blocks along with him and the kids. | |
Cartoon | A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (First: Episode 0768) | |
Muppets | Bert goes to the park to practice his pigeon calls, but instead of attracting a pigeon that says coo, he gets a cow that says moo, an owl that says hoo, a number two, and an entire zoo. (First: Episode 2968) | |
Cartoon | A boy observes a mother bird feeding her babies, and remembers to run home to dinner. (First: Episode 1508) | |
Film | Wegman's dogs get next to each other in pictures. (First: Episode 3011) | |
Cartoon | Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. Artist: Tee Collins (First: Episode 0240) | |
Cartoon / Film | A cartoon man climbs a live-action boy. (First: Episode 0494) | |
Film | Two kids play drums as animated kid-drawn figures clap with the beat. (First: Episode 2847) | |
SCENE 4 | Oscar tells the viewer about a plan he has: he still feels a little bad about Telly's arm, but he doesn't want to be nice to him either (he's got a reputation as a Grouch after all), so he won't interact with Telly at all. Telly tries talking to him, then bangs on his trash can. Oscar finally admits to Telly that he's hiding from him because he doesn't want to tell a monster with a broken arm to get lost. Telly appreciates Oscar for this gesture, and Oscar kind of does too, since it resulted in an argument between them. | |
Cartoon | A spoof of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from. (First: Episode 2859) | |
Muppets | Elmo bumps into Kermit the Frog on the way to the post office, begging to help him with one of his demonstrations, during which the post office closes - a perfect prompt to demonstrate closed. (First: Episode 2473) | |
Cartoon | "Have you seen my NO?" (First: Episode 0773) | |
Song | Gina and Maria sing "The Word is "No". (First: Episode 2548) | |
Cartoon | Eleven gumballs minus 4 equals 7. (First: Episode 2268) | |
Muppets | "Six Kids Subtraction" (First: Episode 2670) | |
Film | SCHOOL: the sign spins around. (First: Episode 0685) | |
Cartoon | The king of the Farcums wants a pyramid built; he and his subjects get inspiration from a seesaw. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2631) | |
SCENE 5 | Telly catches up with Merry Monster, who wants to play with him. Telly points out that Merry usually likes "rough" games, but Merry has a better idea in mind: saying the alphabet. They do it in different ways: first at a regular pace, then loud, soft, fast, and slow (reaching D before the next segment comes on). | |
Cartoon | The dancing birds dance fast and slow. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3072) | |
Film | A turtle walks slowly. Music: "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod (First: Episode 0281) | |
SCENE 6 | Telly and Merry reach K before the next segment comes on, as Gina observes from the Hooper's Store window. | |
Cartoon | Young Chris Columbus explores the world of ants - and they, in turn, explore his house. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2816) | |
Muppets | A lady brings her J to Al's Alphabet Garage because it won't jump. Al asks if it can jog, jiggle, or play jazz, and then determines that it needs a jump start. After he gets it working, the J smashes through the wall. (First: Episode 2997) | |
Cartoon | An orange ball tries to pet a green ball, which growls, scaring him away. (First: Episode 2118) | |
SCENE 7 | Telly and Merry finally reach the letter Z, and realize it's time to say goodbye. They announce the sponsors in the same ways they did the alphabet, but Oscar wraps it up when they get too slow. |
Notes[]
- During the cold open, a signature from Lulu Monster can be seen on Telly's cast, even though no such character would exist until much later.
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