Sesame Street | |||||||||
Zoe's aunt Chloe visits | |||||||||
Air date | December 23, 1993 | ||||||||
Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||||
Written by | Molly Boylan | ||||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Telly and Rosita are about to tell the viewer what they will be seeing today, but start to argue over who will clap the cymbals to start it off. Big Bird watches the two from a distance and wonders if they will be able to solve their problem. |
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SCENE 1 | Telly and Rosita continue arguing until they realize they're getting nowhere. They eventually realize that if each of them holds a cymbal, they can cooperate and bang them together. |
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Cartoon | All the instruments in Sousaville love Mr. Tuba's music, but when he plays with them, he doesn't play the same music they're playing. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2829) |
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Film | The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to three to zero children on a park bench. (First: Episode 2942) |
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Muppets | As a Sesame Street Travel Tip, a pair of Anything Muppets sing about the latest travel destination, Antarctica! (First: Episode 2938) |
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Cartoon | A girl explains (in poetry) how she failed trying to make a snowman without using snow. (new music added) (First: Episode 0480) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly and Rosita announce the sponsors, banging their cymbals each time to display them. They then introduce Zoe, who is running around in a tiger suit. When they ask why, Zoe says it's because "nobody tickles a tiger" and runs off. Telly and Rosita are confused, hoping to figure out what's going on. |
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Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" Refilmed version (First: Episode 2525) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | Big Bird: "That was great! Makes you proud to be an animal, doesn't it?" |
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Animation | 16 TV sets are counted. (First: Episode 2850) |
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Celebrity | Blair Underwood swings Elmo sixteen times. (First: Episode 2794) |
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Cartoon | "I've Got The Sixteen Blues" (First: Episode 2755) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - boy (First: Episode 0428) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Seat Belt — The monster drives an old green jalopy as they sound out words. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Song | "Imagination Landscape" (First: Episode 2904) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly and Rosita decide to cooperate again, and together ask Zoe why she said "nobody tickles a tiger" earlier. Zoe answers that her Aunt Chloe is coming to visit before running off again. This perplexes Telly and Rosita even more. |
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Cartoon | "Do the Continental" - two kids jump into Africa. (First: Episode 2733) |
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Film | In a village in Africa, people catch fish, and celebrate afterwards. (First: Episode 2669) |
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Cartoon | A man creates an avalanche on the letter A. (new music sting added) (First: Episode 0132) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit asks Grover and Debo to identify his letter A. Grover has no idea. When Dabo says "A," Kermit says "Ay" to someone offscreen. (First: Episode 0629) |
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Animation | Sand A/a (First: Episode 0628) |
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Cast | A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (piano underscore) (First: Episode 0541) cut from the Noggin version |
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Cartoon | A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom. (new music added) (First: Episode 0525) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 4 | Telly and Rosita catch up with Zoe again, who explains that her tiger suit is her plan to avoid being tickled by Aunt Chloe; she doesn't like the way she goes "Coochie-coochie-coo!" and tickles her under the chin. As a tiger, Zoe hopes this will prevent her from doing so. Aunt Chloe arrives and finds Zoe's outfit imaginative, tickling Zoe anyway. Zoe slinks off disappointed, followed by her aunt after she tickles Telly and Rosita's chins as well. |
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Song | "(The Name of the Place is) The Laundromat" |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Weighing Cherries — Ernie tries to use a scale to divide cherries evenly between himself and Bert. (First: Episode 1386) |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle plays the banjo as some kids sing the "Bird Song." (First: Episode 2415) |
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Film | A child in a classroom draws a picture of her dog Puck, and goes over the care required to keep a pet. A Bert and Baby Fozzie plush can be seen in the little girl's bedroom. (First: Episode 2853) |
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Cartoon | A poem about dogs of different sizes, feelings and colors. Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2924) |
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SCENE 5 | Luis joins Telly, Rosita, and Zoe as they think of a way to keep Aunt Chloe from tickling Zoe. She can't just run away as Zoe really loves her aunt, nor can she keep jumping up and down to make tickling her more difficult. Zoe thinks that her aunt might not be able to tickle her when she's carrying a pineapple, so she zips out and brings one. Telly tries tickling her, and confirms it's impossible. |
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Animation | "Pineapple Addition" Artist: Jane Aaron cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Monster in the Mirror" assisted by several celebrities including The Simpsons, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ray Charles. (First: Episode 2835) |
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Cartoon | Fluffy recalls being a homeless dog, getting taken in to the dog pound, and meeting his new pal Petey. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2981) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Just Like Bert — Bert has gone to visit his brother Bart, so Ernie pretends that Bert is still there using a drawing and a pillow. (First: Episode 2472) (new music added) |
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Song | "Ja, Ja, That is the Mountain" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 2780) |
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SCENE 6 | Zoe tells them how successful her trip with Aunt Chloe to the zoo was, but complains that the pineapple was also very heavy. Luis relates the story of how his uncle Roberto used to tweak his nose as a kid. He was able to get him to stop just by telling his uncle he didn't like it, so uncle Robert stopped doing it. Zoe confronts Aunt Chloe and tells her the truth; Chloe understands and is proud that her niece had spoken up for herself. Before she leaves, Aunt Chloe says goodbye to everyone... including Luis, and she tweaks his nose! |
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Cartoon | A cartoon man is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Muppets | "The Sneeze Song," with Kathleen the Cow with a Pig, a Sheep, and Fred the Wonder Horse. (First: Episode 2784) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0769) |
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Film | Cheri goes fishing with her abuelo. (First: Episode 2784) |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop must take Mrs. Stein's bags to floor 16. (First: Episode 2496) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 7 | Telly and Rosita announce the sponsors. However, they don't use the "cooperation cymbals" until the big goodbye at the very end, when Luis is almost between them. |
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