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| Telly breaks his arm — Telly gets his cast removed | |||||||
| Air date | April 7, 1993 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | At the Fix-It Shop, Savion drums a rhythm out as he teases what will be seen on Sesame Street today: Ernie playing the drums, Grover in an elevator, and people singing in the shower. Telly also adds that he and Freddy will be getting their casts removed today! |
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SCENE 1 | While waiting at the bus stop with Luis, Telly shows Darah the cast that he'll be getting removed today, having worn it for six weeks. Telly looks forward to going to the hospital, seeing Dr. Sing again, and getting an x-ray. It isn't until Luis informs him that his cast will be getting sawed off that Telly starts to panic. Luis reassures him that it won't hurt, but Telly runs off anyway. |
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Song | "Imagination Landscape" (First: Episode 2904) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie plays a game with Bert where Ernie plays riffs on his drum set and Bert has to repeat them back. Bert is surprisingly good at the game. (First: Episode 1809) |
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Animation | D / d (drums and drumsticks) (First: Episode 2188) |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: Joe Raposo sings "Goats." (First: Episode 2366) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster and John-John on up and down. (First: Episode 0565) |
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Cartoon | Abstract count to 15 (First: Episode 2851) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis tells Savion and Maria what happened with Telly, who shows up wearing his banana costume (with Freddy in a matching one), thinking he'll avoid the hospital trip if he and Freddy are disguised. Luis and Maria remind Telly of all the things he had trouble doing while wearing the cast for the last few weeks, which are shown in a flashback. Telly misses being able to do things with two hands, and Luis reminds him when he had his cast removed. Telly agrees to go to the hospital (though Maria reminds Luis to ditch the banana outfit first). |
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Cartoon | "Banana Samba" (First: Episode 2920) |
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Film | The Count counts four kids on a park bench, then adds one more. (First: Episode 2958) |
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Muppets | Grover the elevator operator gives a demonstration of in and out which annoys the passengers. (First: Episode 0511) |
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Film | Alphaquest: D (First: Episode 2723) |
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Cartoon | A shy girl wants to join a group bouncing a ball. (inaudible dialogue) Artist: Joanna Priestley (First: Episode 2849) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | As Los Lobos perform "El Canelo", the title character goes grocery-shopping for them. |
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Animation | Arnold uses his imagination. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2754) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Alphabet Mine — Kermit interviews J miners. (First: Episode 2302) |
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Animation | Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631) |
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Song | "Old Button Hole" (First: Episode 1727) |
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Cartoon | Flossee and Splatt stop at the playground and play rather intensely on the seesaw. (First: Episode 3024) |
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Film | Some clowns, more clowns (First: Episode 0563) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly marches around the waiting room, happily announcing that he's getting his cast off today. The nurse calls him in for another x-ray, which he calmly sits through this time. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Later, Dr. Sing compares the past and present x-rays of Telly's arm, and declares that the cast is ready to come off! He shows Telly the special saw he'll use, demonstrating how it won't cut his skin or fur, and proceeds to remove the cast. Telly thinks his bare arm looks funny at first, but Dr. Sing tells him to wash it and exercise it, and it'll be back to normal soon. Now Freddy has to get his cast removed. |
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Animation | Letter Garden: D (First: Episode 3015) |
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Muppets / Cast | "Singing in the Shower" - Olivia, Ernie, Oscar, and Big Bird sing about how they like to sing in their various modes of cleaning (shower, bathtub, mudbath, and birdbath respectively.) (First: Episode 1834) |
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Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly is excited about doing things with two arms again. He says goodbye to Dr. Sing (agreeing to bring his tuba during his next check-up) and then meets Samantha, a girl in the waiting room whose arm hurts. Telly explains everything he went through in recent weeks, letting her know that she'll be okay. Luis is impressed, and suggests that Telly could be a doctor someday. |
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Cartoon | "Mother Brown's Farm (Number Fifteen Song)" (First: Episode 2693) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Cyranose de Bergerac — Cyranose de Bergerac helps finish a poem. (First: Episode 3000) |
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Film | Cat block structure. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Cartoon | "In and Out Crowd" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2612) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Erik surprise each other. (First: Episode 1689) |
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Film | Examples of people and animals going down. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Animation | Different shapes appear inside a circle, until it rounds itself out. (First: Episode 1739) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly is welcomed back to Sesame Street by Savion, Maria, Linda, and some kids. He shows them what he can do now by using both arms to bang on Oscar's trash can. He then gives Oscar the dirty, smelly pieces from his and Freddy's casts, which Oscar immediately accepts. Everyone is surprised when a flabbergasted Oscar thanks Telly, but Oscar immediately denies saying such a nice thing, claiming he was announcing the sponsors instead. |
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