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Sesame Street
Zoe spells her name
Air date December 10, 1993
Season Season 25 (1993-1994)
Written by Molly Boylan
Directed by Jon Stone
Production September 7 & 9, 1993
Sponsors H, N, 5
Syndication 123 Sesame Street

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Big Bird and Savion are having a chat when Zoe excitedly comes running in. She's proud that she can spell her name, but when she does she spells it "Z-E." Savion and Big Bird inform her that she's forgotten a letter, so Zoe tries again and gets it right. She then decides to "start over" and runs toward them again to do it correctly, as if the first time never happened.
3150c
Cartoon A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me."
(First: Episode 1942)
3958x
Film Two girls clap out five.
(First: Episode 3007)
3150d
Cartoon The Ringmaster #5: Five fantastic floating fools fall from the big blue blimp. (new sound effects added)
(First: Episode 1310)
SSNews.divorcedbird
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Bird FamilyKermit interviews a bird whose parents don't live together.
(First: Episode 2695)
3150e
Cartoon Falling leaves form H and h.
(First: Episode 3118)
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Film Alphaquest: H
Heading over the hills in a helicopter to a hippo's house.
(First: Episode 2741)
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SCENE 2 Zoe rushes up to Oscar and tells him how proud she is to spell her name. She decides to tell everyone on Sesame Street, which Oscar finds is a good idea as it will keep her away from his trash can. However, his plan backfires when Zoe decides to run and jump into his can so she can tell all of Oscar's pets!
2963-C5
Animation Lillian is proud because she climbed up the mountain by herself.
(First: Episode 2749)
3150h
Film A little boy sings the "Cold Ocean Blues" at the beach.
400BLOWS
Muppets Monsterpiece Theater: The 400 BlowsGrover has to blow out the candles on his birthday cake 400 times.
(First: Episode 2680)
4114z
Cartoon "Animal Elevator": 10-1 (subtraction)
(First: Episode 2523)
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SCENE 3 Big Bird and Savion are standing at the bus stop when Zoe comes with a riddle: what has three letters and goes "Vroom-vroom!" through Sesame Street? Big Bird thinks it's a bus, but the answer turns out to be Zoe, who begins running around making vroom-vroom sounds.
Word.BUS
Animation The word BUS is displayed, followed by a graphic of a school bus leaving.
(First: Episode 3052)
cut from the Noggin version
3150j
Film Two boys walk though a city neighborhood to some funky break dancing music.
(First: Episode 2679)
3816y
Cartoon Do you know what it's like to be scared?
(First: Episode 0547)
cut from the Noggin version
Cluckaroundtheclock
Muppets Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Cluck Around the Clock."
(First: Episode 2817)
3150k
Cartoon A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0780)
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Film The floating kids form a letter N.
(First: Episode 3109)
Elmoinbed
Muppets Elmo explains the importance of sleep, but the audience won't stop applauding and let him sleep afterwards.
(First: Episode 2985)
3978e
Animation "Five Waltzing Chairs"
Artist: Jane Aaron
(First: Episode 2983)
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SCENE 4 Gordon comes home from a bike ride when he sees Zoe. She wants to play on Telly's pogo stick, wishing to "boing-boing" up and down. Telly gives her permission, and with Gordon's help she tries it but finds she doesn't weigh enough to make it bounce. Instead, Zoe decides to "boing" without a pogo stick by making the sound as she jumps around, and Telly joins her.
3150p
Song "The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve.
(First: Episode 2950)
CatBark
Cartoon Can a cat bark?
(First: Episode 0859)
cut from the Noggin version
Nosong
Song Gina and Maria sing The Word is "No".
(First: Episode 2548)
Eeh,arh,erh,EXERCISE
Cartoon Three scribbles exercise.
Artist: Fred Garbers
(First: Episode 1579)
cut from the Noggin version
Song.rhymeschool
Muppets "Muppets Rhyme in School"
(First: Episode 2291)
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Cartoon Two balls follow an arrow down a hole.
(First: Episode 2035)
cut from the Noggin version
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SCENE 5 Zoe still wants to use the pogo stick, so she asks Gordon what he had to do to grow up. He suggests exercise, healthy food, and rest. Zoe tries to do all of these things at once, but Gordon explains that growing takes time. Zoe asks if tomorrow will be soon enough.
Doitbymyself
Film "I Can Do It By Myself"
(First: Episode 1727)
cut from the Noggin version
Paperclips.staple
Animation A big paper clip and a small paper clip can hold papers together, and so can a small staple, with the help of its "mommy."
(First: Episode 2930)
cut from the Noggin version
3150r
Muppets "Sounds of Our Lives": Dirk tries to pop the question to Deirdre , but keeps getting interrupted by sounds, like an alarm clock or a train passing through the house... until he gives up and makes the sound of a slamming door.
(First: Episode 2731)
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Cartoon A boy finds a set of doors with animals that make the wrong sound, and swaps the doors to correct them.
(First: Episode 2711)
EyeDoctor
Film Caitlin gets her eyes examined, and picks out a pair of glasses.
(First: Episode 2948)
3150u
Song "Rollin' on the River"
(First: Episode 2783)
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SCENE 6 Gordon finds Zoe in the yard, laughing so much that she can't tell him what she finds so funny. Gordon uses the clue of an empty ice cream cone in her hand, but says that losing one's ice cream wouldn't make someone happy, but sad. Telly enters with a clump of half-melted ice cream on his head, unamused by the situation.
3150x
Cartoon A man tries to get directions to a parking space, and eventually uses a map to get there.
Artist: Paul Fierlinger
(First: Episode 2734)
H-hoist
Film Letter H hoist
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0336)
Madscientisth
Cartoon A mad scientist puts together a capital H.
(First: Episode 0284)
3150y
Muppets Clementine sings about "My Triangle Home."
(First: Episode 2476)
Lightningbugs.shapes
Cartoon Lightning bugs make shapes.
Artist: Fred Garbers
cut from the Noggin version
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SCENE 7 Telly shows Zoe some of the different triangles in his collection. Zoe spots one that resembles an ice cream cone, which reminds her of what happened before and starts laughing again. Telly says that he didn't find it so funny, and Zoe apologizes. Big Bird announces the sponsors as the two admire the triangles, and the credits follow.


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