| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Watching Roxie Marie's caterpillar turn into a butterfly | |||||||||
| Air date | February 8, 1994 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||||
| Written by | Joey Mazzarino | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | In the park, Elmo observes Roxie Marie and Jamal looking at something in a jar. It's Roxie's pet butterfly, Morty - but all Elmo sees is the cocoon. Jamal explains to Elmo how caterpillars become butterflies, and Roxie thinks that when Morty becomes a butterfly, she'll be able to train him to do tricks. Jamal doubts that will be possible but Roxie disagrees, and imagines having Morty the butterfly roll over and fetch a stick. Elmo decides to stick around with Roxie in anticipation of Morty hatching. |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | A little boy tells his grown-up friends to "Take My Hand" while they cross the street. (First: Episode 1857) |
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Cartoon | Don't cross the street alone. (First: Episode 1942) |
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Film | Two Navajo kids go to school in Arizona. This year, Dante enters pre-school. (First: Episode 2680) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson gets a different waiter for a change, a light blue monster named Piño. Then Grover comes by and argues with Piño over which one of them is serving Mr. Johnson. (First: Episode 3061) |
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Cartoon | Leaves form R and r (First: Episode 3110) |
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Animation | R for robot, rabbit, run, read, rock, rocket. (First: Episode 3088) |
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Animation | Sand R/r (First: Episode 0635) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo and Roxie are still waiting for Morty to turn into a butterfly. Elmo begins to get impatient, then thinks the transformation will happen if he counts from 10 to 0. Such is not the case - or is it? They notice the cocoon starting to hatch... |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: The parachute becomes a large mattress. (First: Episode 2245) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | A boy who is learning to write in Chinese writes the word "rain." cut from the Noggin version |
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Animation | A map of China morphs into the shape of animals and things that are found there. (First: Episode 2782) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is preparing to give his nephew Brad a bath, but Ernie chastises him for not providing any bath toys. He brings so many toys that Bert feels there is no longer room for Brad. So as not to waste the water, Ernie hops into the tub. (First: Episode 1134) |
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Animation | All living things need clean water. (First: Episode 2731) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy always has fun whether he's "Wet or Dry." (First: Episode 3134) |
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Cartoon | I am dry, he is wet. (dog washing) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) |
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Film | The floating kids form a triangle. (First: Episode 3122) cut from the Noggin version |
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SCENE 3 | Roxie, Elmo, and Jamal witness as Morty the butterfly hatches out of the cocoon. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Roxie tries to get Morty to land on his shoulder, but it's not working so well as Morty would rather flutter around. Roxie and Elmo are still confident that she'll be able to train him, but Jamal remains doubtful. |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop must take Mrs. Stein's bags to floor 16. (First: Episode 2496) |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #16 (First: Episode 2996) |
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Cartoon | "Sixteen Blues" (First: Episode 2755) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Guys and Dolls — Herry and Ruby sing about their favorite toys. (First: Episode 2591) |
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Cartoon | Dr. Nancy Einstein learns about ice cubes. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2582) cut from the Noggin version |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of how pan dulce, Mexican bread, is made. (First: Episode 3015) |
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Song | "Five Baby Oysters" (First: Episode 2257) |
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SCENE 4 | Roxie feels upset that Morty flew away. Elmo gets an idea of how to get him back: dressing up like a flower and holding a butterfly net. Roxie doesn't think it will work, and leaves to ask others if they've seen Morty. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
To Elmo's surprise, Morty returns and lands on his nose! He almost catches him with the net, but fails and catches himself instead. |
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Cartoon | A pattern of daisies and tulips - can you tell what comes next? (new music added) (First: Episode 2256) cut from the Noggin version |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "Get Along" with some Anything Muppet greasers, the Martians, the Twiddlebugs, and a cow. (First: Episode 2600) |
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Film | The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to four to two children on a park bench. (First: Episode 2951) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Randy Travis sings "How Should I Tell You I Love You" while Telly acts it out. (First: Episode 2800) |
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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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SCENE 5 | Morty lands in Roxie's hand, and she thinks she'll be able to train him now. Jamal explains that it's impossible to train a butterfly, and even if it were, Morty wouldn't have much fun being someone's pet - after all, butterflies are born to fly. Roxie wants Morty to be happy, so she sets him free; if he's happy, she's happy. |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie sings "Happy Birthday" to a letter U, which blows out the candle on the cake. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0808) |
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Muppets | The Singing Dentists sing "Say Toothpaste, Somebody!" (First: Episode 2705) |
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Cartoon | Boy learns to play his violin (First: Episode 1513) |
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Song | "Old Button Hole" (First: Episode 1727) |
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SCENE 6 | Roxie tells Jamal that she can't train real butterflies, but she can train Elmo and some kids, who are dressed up like butterflies! Jamal announces the sponsors as the "butterflies" flap their wings. |
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