| Sesame Street | |||||||||||
| Telly goes to the Snow Ball | |||||||||||
| Air date | December 3, 1993 | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gina welcomes the viewer, noting that it's very hot on Sesame Street today. Telly enters dressed as a penguin, on his way to a penguin party (aka the "Snow Ball") being held at the Furry Arms Hotel. He has been invited to sing, dance, slide on ice, and eat fish with the other penguins. Wolfgang shows up and goes crazy when he hears there will be fish. Some of the real penguin party-goers pass by and tell the seal to stay away, knowing he'd likely eat up the entire supply. Telly says he'll bring Wolfgang back some fish, and Gina goes inside Hooper's Store to turn on the air conditioner. A few more party penguins pass by and Wolfgang follows them. |
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Song | "Hot in the City" (First: Episode 2751) |
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Animation | Isadora's sneakers describe all the fun they've had this past year, as the seasons change. (First: Episode 2758) |
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Muppets | The Bicuspids sing "Kids Just Love to Brush." (First: Episode 2060) |
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Cartoon | A monster named Doug has trouble getting to sleep at night, until the teeth in his dream remind him to brush his own. |
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SCENE 2 | Telly and the penguins reach the Furry Arms and observe the giant banner hanging in front: WELCOME PENGUINS. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Inside the hotel, frost and icicles are everywhere. Miss Netherland makes sure that Ingrid and Humphrey have made the adequate preparations for the penguins' stay: the air conditioner is turned up, there's plenty of fish, and the floor is icy (causing everyone to slip at any moment). Benny Rabbit shows how he has prepared for this day as well, by wearing ice skates (which don't prevent him from falling when he trips over Telly). |
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Song | "Ookyook Song," a Joe Raposo song with the Alaskan words for all the things you need to put on when it's ukiuq (winter). (First: Episode 2360) |
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Cast | Linda signs the word snow, and Gordon gets snowed on. (First: Episode 2712) |
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Cartoon | Bruce the moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice. (First: Episode 2498) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | Elmo sings "Right in the Middle of My Face" while walking through an animated art gallery. (First: Episode 3130) |
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Cartoon | Which legs belong on the man? (First: Episode 1691) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly spots Wolfgang heading for the hotel and warns Humphrey and Ingrid about it, who assure Telly that they'll give the old heave-ho to the seal. When Wolfgang arrives, Humphrey asks him if he's a penguin, then tells him to stand next to a cutout picture of a penguin they have on display. They conclude that he's not a penguin as he's not black and white. Wolfgang gets inspired, and runs off. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Seconds later, Wolfgang comes back dressed in a tuxedo. The monsters almost fall for the disguise until they point out that he doesn't have a beak. He goes and dons one, and is granted access to the party and the fish. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
As Humphrey wonders if penguins bark, a penguin-dressed elephant also arrives for the party. |
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Cartoon | An ape takes a bite out of a yellow A. (First: Episode 2813) |
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Film | A girl in Jamaica goes to school and attends drum class. cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | African quilt pattern |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts a dinner for all things that begin with the sound SH. Guests include a shirt, a shrieking shovel, a shepherd, and a shark. (First: Episode 2564) |
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Cartoon | Leaves form a SH. (First: Episode 3127) |
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SCENE 4 | A sweaty Big Bird walks by the Furry Arms, and asks two shivering tenants on the third floor why they have their windows open on a hot day like today. They explain that the whole building has been frozen up to prepare for the penguins' stay, and Big Bird thinks they should stand up to the management and tell them to warm the building up again. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Down in the hotel lobby, the penguins want Humphrey to turn the air conditioner all the way up, but Humphrey doesn't want to risk breaking it. Miss Netherland agrees with the penguins, so Humphrey turns it up to 13, one notch below full blast. The two tenants arrive from the elevator and tell him to turn it down because they want to get warm again. Ingrid suggests that they get warm by dancing with the penguins, so they reluctantly go along with it and "Do the Penguin." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
During the song, the air conditioner starts to blow snow before suddenly breaking; they take a look and discover someone has turned it all the way up. This causes the penguins to panic and the two tenants to rejoice. The unit needs to be fixed, so Telly tells Ingrid and Humphrey to call Maria and Luis, who can fix anything. |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #13 (First: Episode 2924) |
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Animation | 13 hamburgers dance around. (First: Episode 2785) |
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Song | Kevin Clash sings "Skin." (First: Episode 2749) |
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Muppets | Big Bird is between what we just saw and what we're about to see ... |
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Cartoon | A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (First: Episode 2750) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly and the penguins lament about the hot weather and the broken air conditioner, trying to cool themselves off with paper fans. While Maria and Luis try to fix it, the penguins attempt to solve their problem in different ways like imagining they're cold, shivering, and doing a "cold cheer," none of which help them. Maria and Luis inform them to keep it down and that Hooper's has a working AC, so the penguins hightail it over there. Telly tries to follow them, but gets caught in the revolving door. |
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Film | The floating kids form an L. (First: Episode 3128) |
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Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up" (First: Episode 0302) |
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Muppets | Big Bird demonstrates how the alphabet song would sound if it didn't begin with A. |
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Animation | Pencil box A/a (First: Episode 3082) |
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Film | Balloons are popped in front of kids' faces, demonstrating surprise. (First: Episode 2923) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird and tennis star Michael Chang play tennis together and tie their shoes. |
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Animation | Luxo Jr.: Up and Down (First: Episode 3130) |
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SCENE 6 | Gina, having bundled herself up in a now-freezing Hooper's with a bunch of rambunctious penguins, calls the Furry Arms and asks Maria and Luis if the AC is working there again; it isn't. When she hangs up, one of the penguins invites her to play a "One of These Things" game with four penguins - one of which has a clown nose on its beak, and one of which (unbeknownst to everyone but Gina) is Wolfgang in disguise. When they realize he's a seal, chaos almost ensues until Maria and Luis come back in to report that the AC at the Furry Arms is now fixed. The penguins slide back to the hotel. |
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Cartoon | A mouse riding an armadillo sings a song about 13, his lucky number. (First: Episode 2828) |
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Film | Fay Ray's head moves across the floor from left to right. (First: Episode 3034) cut from the Noggin version |
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Song | "The Wasteroon Song" - three water drops complain about people wasting water, calling them "Wasteroons." Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2851) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | Fay Ray's head moves across the floor from right to left. (First: Episode 3034) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 7 | Miss Netherland says goodbye to the dissatisfied penguins, while Humphrey and Ingrid have trouble turning down the AC in order to prepare for their next event - the jungle open house. A tiger, an alligator, and a toucan enter the hotel and, finding it to be too cold, decide to go to Hooper's upon Telly's suggestion, where it can be nice and warm. |
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SCENE 7 cont'd |
Gina announces the sponsors as the penguins walk by Hooper's Store, wondering who ate all the fish. When they leave, a stuffed, weary Wolfgang rests on the counter with a fish tail dangling from his mouth, and Telly arrives and asks Gina if she can accommodate the jungle animals until the Furry Arms warms up. Gina remarks, "Just a normal day on Sesame Street..." as the animals begin to party. The credits follow. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Lisa Buckley, Brian Muehl, Noel MacNeal, Carmen Osbahr (as the penguins), Don Reardon (as the elephant), Camille Bonora (as the female tenant), Jim Martin (as the tiger), Rick Lyon (as the alligator) and Fran Brill (as the toucan), with Kevin Clash (as Benny, Wolfgang, and the male tenant).
- In earlier script drafts, Mr. Handford was running Hooper's throughout the episode rather than Gina.[1]
Gallery[]
A waiter in the Muppet Workshop being prepared for taping in scenes at the Furry Arms.
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