| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Telly and Baby Bear's friendship | |||||||||
| Air date | December 8, 1993 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||||
| Written by | Lou Berger | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Celina welcomes the viewer and tries to tease the sponsors, but Telly and Baby Bear interrupt; they want to announce them. They claim they like to do things together, since they're best friends and they like the same things. Telly uses triangles as an example, but finds Baby Bear doesn't love them the way he does. They become distraught that they can't love the same things until the triangles' three sides and corners remind Baby Bear of the three members of his famous family, and he becomes a fan. Baby Bear, though, learns that Telly not only doesn't like porridge, but hasn't even tried it. He invites him to his house to try some, made specially by Mama Bear. |
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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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Song | Joe Raposo sings "I Like Alaska", along with a montage of kids saying what their hobbies are, and what they like about their community. (First: Episode 2356) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | P for Planet (First: Episode 2008) |
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Film | Kids paint P-word animals on glass. (First: Episode 0119) |
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Cartoon | P for Pack (First: Episode 0504) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Me Gotta Be Blue." (First: Episode 1828) |
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Cartoon | A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. (First: Episode 1652) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 2 | At the Three Bears' cottage, everyone has to rearrange everything as there are usually three place settings for the family. Baby Bear and Telly share a chair, while Papa Bear lets Telly use his bowl and spoon, deciding to use his hat as a bowl instead. Telly tastes some porridge and finds he doesn't love it as much as Baby Bear, upsetting them both. Mama Bear points out that best friends don't need to like the same things, using herself and Papa Bear (and his hat) as an example. Papa Bear plops his hat back on, spilling the porridge on his head. |
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Film | A boy makes fruit salad. (First: Episode 1195) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | Y for Yak (new music added) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1184) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y. (First: Episode 1288) |
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Animation | Pencil box Y / y (First: Episode 3043) |
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Film | Gilberto, who lives in Central America, learns how bricks are made. (First: Episode 2744) |
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Cartoon | A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0660) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly bounces on his pogo stick while Baby Bear counts the bounces. Big Bird skates by wishing to join them, but Baby Bear doesn't want him to play and runs off in an angry huff. |
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Cartoon | Jill walks up a hill to pick a daffodil. Artist: Jim Jinkins (First: Episode 2538) |
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Song | "Starfish" by Joe Raposo. (re-filmed version) (First: Episode 2487) |
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Muppets | Herry Monster looks for a triangle. He first spots a rectangle. Grover tells Herry it isn't a triangle, and becomes frustrated. Next he spots a square, Grover tells him it isn't a triangle, and once again is frustrated. Grover suggests that Herry should cut the square in half and make two triangles. (ambient noise added) (First: Episode 0195) |
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Cartoon | "The Stranger" - a song about a baseball team hesitantly allowing a newcomer to join them, who ends up helping them win the game. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2108) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (gold frame added) (First: Episode 1104) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly and Big Bird find Baby Bear angrily muttering to himself near the Fix-It Shop, and Luis asks him to talk about why he's so upset. Baby Bear admits that he likes Big Bird, but if Telly plays with him, he may like Big Bird more than him. Telly reassures him that this isn't true, as he will always be his friend; Big Bird confirms it as well, comparing it to his relationship with Snuffy. With that settled, the three all go off to play. |
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Cartoon | "Magic Pig" Artist: Vince Collins (First: Episode 0772) |
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Muppets | Every time Ernie tries to recite a poem about the number 12, it switches itself around to the number 21 (and vice versa). (First: Episode 2329) |
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Cartoon | A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Zoe counts the number of times Michael Chang bounces a tennis ball. |
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Film | Kids talk about playing tennis. |
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Cartoon | A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle. (First: Episode 1834) |
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SCENE 5 | Baby Bear tries bouncing on Telly's pogo stick, but finds he's not good at it. He worries Telly won't stay friends with someone who can't bounce as well, but Telly and Big Bird assure him practice will help, and that Telly would still be his friend even if he never "boinged" at all. Baby Bear keeps trying as Big Bird counts the bounces, only getting up to one so far. |
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Film | Kids pick green beans in the field. Later their mom cooks the beans, and they eat them. (First: Episode 0944) |
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Song | Girls wish they were "Short or Tall". (First: Episode 3019) |
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Muppets | The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite. (First: Episode 1389) |
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Cartoon | In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing. (First: Episode 0778) |
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Song | "Me and My Chair" (First: Episode 1706) |
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Cartoon | A letter "P" sits on an island before a rotating sunset. The ridges of the letter "P" moves along the letter and flash in different colors. (First: Episode 0452) |
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SCENE 6 | Baby Bear, Telly, and Big Bird show Luis and Maria the progress Baby Bear has made on the pogo stick: he's now up to two boings! While the grown-ups announce the sponsors, Telly lets Baby Bear borrow his pogo stick for more practice back home. |
Notes[]
- The episode was later re-aired in Season 27 as Episode 3412.
Gallery[]
Papa Bear and his first hat (designed by Stephen Rotondaro) in the Muppet Workshop, which would change to black and become one of his trademarks.
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