| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Telly and Big Bird play hide-and-seek | |||||||
| Air date | April 26, 1993 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | Big Bird and Telly announce today's sponsors: T (for treasure), B (for beetles), and 8 (for 8 balls of fur). They also mention that they’ll be playing hide-and-seek, with Big Bird hiding and giving out clues to where he is. |
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SCENE 1 | Telly is about to start playing when Gordon stops by, saying he's going to the Fix-It Shop so Maria can repair his broken telephone. Afterward, Kaitlin arrives to give Telly his first clue in the form of a poem with the last word missing: “It’s too big for a pot or pan. / For your next clue, go to Oscar's...” |
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SCENE 1 cont’d | Telly rushes over to Oscar's trash can where he runs into Luis, who’s also going to the Fix-It Shop to see Maria. Zelda pops out of Oscar’s can, where she delivers Telly’s second clue: “One, two, three, four / If you want your next clue, go to Hooper's...” |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Telly goes to Hooper's Store, where Mr. Handford is delivering coffee to Maria (something that Mr. Handford makes very clear to Telly). Marcus gives Telly another clue: “You’re getting close, and soon I’ll see ya. / You’ll find me with someone you know named...” Nearby at the Fix-It Shop, an Anything Muppet deliverywoman (Julianne Buescher) is looking for Maria, and Telly comes to the realization that... he should run off to find his Aunt Leah. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Meanwhile, Big Bird leaves his hiding space behind the counter in the Fix-It Shop and wonders where Telly’s going. |
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Cartoon | Two dots play hide-and-seek amongst different shaped blocks. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Cookie Disco." (First: Episode 1054) |
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Cartoon | Jim Thurman sings "Calcutta Joe." Animation by Buzzco Associates, Inc. (First: Episode 2492) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie lies in bed and starts talking about what a square looks like and how many lines it has, then goes on to compare a square with a triangle. He then starts to ponder how many sides a circle has, and goes to sleep. Bert is about to attempt to answer the question, but ends up not being able to sleep. (First: Episode 0132) |
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Film / Animation | Circles of all kinds are displayed as funky rap music plays. |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird and Marcus come up with an easier clue for Telly: “When I clean the floor, I use a mop. / If you want to find me, come to the...” However, when Marcus gives him the clue when he returns, Telly goes to the bus stop on the corner. Maria fills Big Bird on the latest misdirection, and he decides to use a different strategy to clue Telly in... |
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Cartoon | A woman displays a BUS STOP sign to a crowd. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1350) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings "Waitin' at the Bus Stop Sign for You." (First: Episode 2566) |
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Cartoon | A poem about Hannah and Anna who lead similar lives in the city and the country. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 2984) |
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Muppets | The Beetles perform "Letter B." (First: Episode 1495) |
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Animation | Pencil Box B / b (First: Episode 3040) |
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SCENE 3 | Savion meets up with a flustered Telly, who explains why he’s so upset. He goes over all of the rhyming clues he was given, and Savion points out something that at first confused him: a series of arrows that lead directly to the Fix-It Shop. Telly decides to put all of the clues together, and figures out the answer. “Big Bird is with Maria at the library!” Savion finds this ridiculous, but Telly says that the Fix-It Shop's green door looks just like the library’s, so he heads off in the other direction again. |
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Cartoon | A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from. (First: Episode 2248) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Maya to help him follow an arrow. The arrow keeps changing direction until Grover falls down, exhausted. (First: Episode 1641) |
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Film | The floating kids make a small T. |
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Muppets | Four lambs sing about how they always add up to four. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 2980) |
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Film | A girl who lives in El Salvador plays a counting game with her class, which involves running around and getting into groups of a number when it is called. (First: Episode 3012) |
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SCENE 4 | Returning from the library, a dejected Telly asks the viewer to watch a movie about aardvarks as he rests. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2520) |
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Cartoon | Eight buttons are counted on a monkey's shirt. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1452) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy sings "Eight Balls of Fur." (First: Episode 2669) |
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Cartoon | What's missing? (a baby) (First: Episode 2023) |
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Insert | Hoots does "The Birdcall Boogie" with Gina, Mike and some kids. (First: Episode 2644) |
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Cartoon | T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (First: Episode 1990) |
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Muppets | Camp Wannagohoma: Grover tries to teach his campers (including Roosevelt Franklin) about what an island is, but he gets his vocabulary mixed up. He also fails to notice when the campers board the motorboat for lunch, leaving him stranded. (First: Episode 2656) |
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Film / Animation | Lake (time-lapse) (First: Episode 2700) |
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Cartoon | Fish form capital and lowercase T's. |
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Muppets | Oscar sings "I Love Trash." (First: Episode 2785) |
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Cartoon | Small letter b (ball/bat) (First: Episode 1131) |
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Animation | B for bounce, break, blue, boat (First: Episode 3061) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | On a rainy night, the Count brings Susan Sarandon to a locked castle. He knocks on the door just for the sake of counting the knocks, until it's revealed that the castle is his own. He then proceeds to unlock the numerous locks. (First: Episode 2528) |
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Cartoon | A mother sings the story of how water travels down the drain and becomes rain. (First: Episode 2865) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly thinks he needs help, and decides to ask Maria. He finally gets to the Fix-It Shop, where Big Bird surprises him and all of the answers to the clues finally dawn on him. He instantly faints when Big Bird (who announces the sponsors) wants to play another game. |
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