| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Yankee Doodle's pony leaves her | |||||||||
| Air date | April 23, 1993 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||||
| Written by | John Weidman | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Gina is about to serve lunch to Telly when someone arrives on horseback. She stops at the counter, sticks a feather in her hat and says "Macaroni." Upon realizing she's arrived at Sesame Street and not London, she gets into an argument with her pony (David Rudman). Telly figures out that this person is Yankee Doodle (Louise Gold), and is shocked when she and the pony suddenly decide to part ways. Telly makes it his goal to make this nursery rhyme right again by getting them back together. |
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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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Muppets / Celebrity | Robin Williams shows Elmo the many fun things one can do with a stick. (First: Episode 2835) |
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Animation | Planet J/j (First: Episode 2833) |
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Muppets | Biff sings "This Is My J." (First: Episode 1169) |
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Cartoon | A man has a J under his hat. (First: Episode 0231) |
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Song | "There's a Lot of Different Ways to Get to School" (sung by Jerry Nelson) (First: Episode 2751) |
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Cartoon | A bird watches as two monkeys climb above and below each other in a tree. (First: Episode 2965) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly and Gina encounter Yankee Doodle going over a list of animal candidates to replace her pony, preferring one that can give her a smooth ride. A rabbit (Rudman) hops in and Doodle attempts to ride it, but doesn't succeed. The same thing happens with a basketball-playing sheep (Joey Mazzarino), who rejoins his team after failing to get hired by Doodle. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Just then, a turtle (Camille Bonora) emerges, and Doodle becomes optimistic about riding her. She even finds a way to change the rhyme by calling her feather "sister Myrtle" (which also happens to be the name of the turtle). |
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Song | Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You." (First: Episode 2873) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Apple Stand — Ernie shows Bert the apple stand he's established. (First: Episode 1219) |
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Cartoon | Apple: a riddle (First: Episode 2889) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Healthy Food." (First: Episode 2404) |
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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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SCENE 3 | Telly encounters the pony polishing a taxi, and tells him he's got to get back together with Yankee Doodle. The pony likes his new taxi driver job a lot better, relieved that he doesn't have to have Doodle on his back and look for London anymore. He's feeling much happier about his new line of work when a customer (Julianne Buescher) enters the taxi. Unfortunately she wants to go to London, and the pony starts arguing with her. |
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Cartoon | A boy acts out his feelings as animals. ("There's a zoo in me!") (First: Episode 0783) |
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Song | "Something Old Into Something New" |
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Muppets | Both heads of the Two-Headed Monster argue over which letter is an A. The right head points to the lowercase a ... (First: Episode 1857) |
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Cartoon | A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE) (First: Episode 0602) |
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Muppets | The left head points to the capital A ... (First: Episode 1857) |
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Animation | Pencil box A/a (First: Episode 3082) |
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Muppets | Luis sees the monster arguing, and informs it that both of these letters are the letter A. Relieved, the monster showers him with kisses. (First: Episode 1857) |
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Cartoon | A frog looks for AGUA. (First: Episode 1942) |
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Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards In Arizona, Big Bird sees how kids help charros put on a rodeo, and rides a horse. (First: Episode 3049) |
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Cartoon | An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A. (First: Episode 2813) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about how Yufka, a Turkish flat-bread, is made. (First: Episode 2937) |
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Cartoon | Esme's wooden clown breaks, and she is about to throw it away, when it suggests she use glue to fix it. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 2843) |
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Film | Fay Ray subtracts three balls. (First: Episode 2608) |
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Cartoon | Ladies, birds, and fish march forward and backward. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3083) |
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SCENE 4 | The lady refuses to get out of the taxi unless the pony drives her to London. Yankee Doodle passes by riding Myrtle the turtle, also on her way to London. Telly gets the idea that they could all drive to London together, since they're all headed that way. The pony still refuses to go because he has never found London. The lady, however, has a map to help them out. Doodle comes up with a way to save the rhyme (sort of), and she and Myrtle get in the taxi. |
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Cartoon | Colonel Travel takes the viewer on a tour of England. (First: Episode 2763) |
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Film | Growing Numbers #19 (First: Episode 2937) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher." (First: Episode 0553) |
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Animation | Abstract count to 19 (First: Episode 2827) |
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Film | A girl draws a picture of her friend, Dai Xi. (First: Episode 2791) |
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Cartoon | The Alphabet Song (country, gospel, Mexican) Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1576) |
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SCENE 5 | Gina is impressed that Telly got Yankee Doodle and her pony back together. However, she points out to everyone that New York and London are separated by an ocean, which means they can't drive there. Myrtle suggests they could drive to see her uncle Willy in Poughkeepsie, and they all agree and zoom off. Telly makes sure the nursery rhyme works for both him and Gina, and they announce the sponsors. The credits follow. |
Notes[]
- Performers for the sheep's basketball team include Peter Linz, Alison Mork, Jim Martin, and Julianne Buescher.
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