| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Big Bird finds a wand | |||||||
| Air date | February 28, 1994 | ||||||
| Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria is fixing the toaster of the Fairy Godmother, though she finds it odd that she doesn't just fix it with magic. The Fairy Godmother replies that she only uses it for special occasions. For instance, she uses it right now to poof up her to-do list that she left at home (without it, she'd be utterly lost with her priorities). Maria goes inside to work on the toaster while the Godmother goes off to do her errands. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Big Bird walks by and notices her wand is left on the worktable. He assumes it's a toy belonging to Gabi and decides to keep watch of it, noticing how busy Maria is inside. He comes up with a spell for "a monster of a party" for Maria, when suddenly two monsters (Julianne Buescher and Joey Mazzarino) appear wearing party hats in the Fix-It Shop, and the whole store is turned into a noisy party. Maria is confused and Big Bird, unaware that the spell actually worked, goes off. |
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Cartoon | "Island of Emotion" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2822) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Makes a Grocery List — Bert observes Ernie write out a shopping list using chocolate pudding. (First: Episode 1967) |
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Film | A boy draws a picture of his friend, Katie. (First: Episode 2760) |
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Cartoon | Consonant Sound: J, jaguar (First: Episode 1144) |
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Muppets | A lady brings her J to Al's Alphabet Garage because it won't jump. Al asks if it can jog, jiggle, play jazz and determines that it needs a jump start. After he gets it working, the J smashes through the wall. (First: Episode 2997) |
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Cartoon | Planet J / j (First: Episode 2833) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria asks the monsters how they got into the store. They're not sure, but are sure of one thing... it's still a fine time to party! |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Around the corner, Big Bird encounters Telly, who's feeling happy because he has his pogo stick to bounce on. Big Bird thinks everyone else would be happy if they had one too and casts another seemingly fake spell. Unbeknownst to him, Maria, the monsters, and others are all now jumping on pogo sticks themselves! |
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Cartoon | Gloria Globe is about to pull a rabbit out of her hat, but pulls out a kangaroo instead, which belongs in Australia. (First: Episode 2811) |
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Song | "Playground Map Song" (First: Episode 2680) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Mr. Johnson eats at an airport restaurant and is on his way to South America. When Grover learns about Mr. Johnson's trip, he gives a big lecture on South America, causing Mr. Johnson to miss his flight. (First: Episode 2616) |
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Animation | Fred the fish needs water to swim in, and Betty the bird needs air to fly in. Vanessa the vacuum cleaner sucks up all the air and water, but can't hold it all in. (narration by Jim Thurman) (First: Episode 2564) |
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Film | The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to one to zero children on a park bench. (First: Episode 2923) |
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Muppets | While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself... or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). Bert then corrects them on the actual production phase. (First: Episode 2391) |
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Cartoon | Gerald is repeatedly kept awake by his dog Sparky, who does a dance and poses as an alligator through his shadow whenever his parents close his door. (First: Episode 1519) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Basketball player Isiah Thomas shows Elmo and Jesse how to dribble a ball, and Elmo asks Isaiah to dribble him. (First: Episode 2877) |
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Cartoon | A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle. (First: Episode 1834) |
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Song | "My New Computer" (First: Episode 2857) |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop is told that somebody at table 18 has a phone call, and after he struggles to get to the table, he is told to take a message. (First: Episode 2549) |
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Animation | Growing Numbers #18 (First: Episode 2933) |
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Cartoon | A spoof of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from. (First: Episode 2859) |
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Muppets | The Adventures of Prairie Dawn: Turning Off the Television To Save Energy (First: Episode 3002) |
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Cartoon | Are you the monster that ate the television? (First: Episode 1970) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird comes up with another spell he'd try if the wand were real: to see some singing squirrels at a street sign. He waves the wand, conjuring up... |
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Muppets | The Squirrelles sing "Da Don't Walk." |
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Cartoon | Panels flip to reveal different ways things WALK. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Muppets | Caveperson Days Caveperson Bert invents a window so that he and Ernie can see outside without going all the way to the cave's exit. (new music added) (First: Episode 2607) |
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Cartoon | Various demonstrations of DOWN and UP (new music added) (First: Episode 0847) |
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Song | "Off to School" (First: Episode 2944) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster reads the sign atop a miniature school building, and observes a small group of children that run out of it. Once they've left, the monster picks up the now empty building, and declares, "School's out!" (First: Episode 1907) |
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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 / Cast | Gina reads "Little Miss Muffet and the Spider: The Continuing Story." The story starts like Miss Muffet's normal rhyme, but now the spider follows her everywhere she goes, and everywhere, she runs off afraid. Gina, also part of the story, advises her to become friends with the spider instead. (First: Episode 2833) |
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Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings "In My Book." (First: Episode 2983) |
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Film | Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family." (First: Episode 2724) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: W, Wall (First: Episode 0790) |
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Film | The floating kids form the letter W. (First: Episode 3181) |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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SCENE 4 | The Fairy Godmother walks in on the pogo stick monster party, which still won't end. Big Bird then enters and they see he has the magic wand. He apologizes and returns it so the Fairy Godmother can instead send the party and the monsters to her house. Since Maria hasn't had the time to fix her toaster either, she fixes that with magic too. She and Big Bird head off to the party, while Maria stays behind and announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 27 as Episode 3484.
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