Sesame Street | |||||||
Big Bird is quiet | |||||||
Air date | March 30, 1994 | ||||||
Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||
Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird sits outside the Furry Arms hotel and tells the viewer that he's the first one up today. He speaks quietly, as not to wake anyone else up. He demonstrates a loud tone that would do so, causing some of the hotel guests to emerge from their windows and complain. | |
Transition | Tie-dye segue #1: Diagonal crossover (First: Episode 3177) | |
Film | A Japanese boy plays taiko drums in the park. (First: Episode 3153) | |
Animation | 16 TV sets are counted. (First: Episode 2850) | |
Cartoon | I've Got the "Sixteen Blues" (First: Episode 2755) | |
Animation | Growing Numbers #16 (First: Episode 2996) | |
Cartoon | Number creatures #16 (First: Episode 2755) | |
Muppets | Kermit sings "Get Along" with some Anything Muppet greasers, the Martians, the Twiddlebugs, and a cow. (First: Episode 2600) | |
Film | Kids narrate footage of toddlers learning to walk. (First: Episode 3025) | |
SCENE 2 | Big Bird introduces The Squirrelles, who sing "My Boyfriend's Back and Front." | |
Cartoon | Two men compete to be in front. (First: Episode 0789) | |
Song | "We're All Growin'" (First: Episode 3141) | |
Muppets | Fairy Tales Today Prairie Dawn interviews The Princess from "The Princess and the Pea", who can't seem to get to sleep. Prairie suspects it's the pea under the mattress that's preventing her sleep, but it turns out she needs the pea to sleep on, as she has gotten so used to sleeping on it. | |
Animation | Playing cards form the letter Z and dance to zydeco music. (First: Episode 3166) | |
Muppets | "Zig Zag Dance" (First: Episode 1567) | |
Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) | |
Muppets / Cast | "Brush Boogie" (First: Episode 2827) | |
Cartoon | A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. (First: Episode 1652) | |
Film | A little boy sings the "Cold Ocean Blues" at the beach. (First: Episode 3150) | |
Animation | Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631) | |
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) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter: J for jump (First: Episode 0772) | |
Muppets | Colambo: Mother Hubbard's Heist Colambo visits the home of Old Mother Hubbard to investigate a missing bone for her dog, Bootsie. | |
Animation | Beads arrange themselves into different groups and finally become a girl’s necklace. (First: Episode 3076) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Zoe counts the number of times Michael Chang bounces a tennis ball. (First: Episode 3148) | |
Film | Farmer McFay counts 40 fruits from the season's bumper crop. | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie practices saying "Hola" as he repeatedly opens and shuts the door. To make him stop, Bert convinces him he's mastered it. Ernie starts to practice saying adiós instead. (First: Episode 3198) | |
Film | A group of kids paint a mural with the help of a mural artist. (First: Episode 3007) | |
Cartoon | St. Bernard dog leads Zork down the snowy hill. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2738) | |
Insert | Elmo explores Sesame Street, and observes Susan as she does some writing. (First: Episode 2285) | |
Film | Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (new music added) (First: Episode 1966) | |
Cast | "Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion) (First: Episode 3133) | |
Animation | On a computer, a boy draws a sun setting between the mountains. (First: Episode 3059) | |
Muppets | "I Could Have Counted All Night" | |
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) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Chelsea, What is love? (First: Episode 2397) | |
Animation | Cecille sings "Up Down, In Out, Over and Under." (First: Episode 2746) | |
Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: One head wants to play the trumpet, but the other head wants to sleep. (First: Episode 1390) | |
Cartoon | A man tries to get to sleep, but is woken up by a fly, a chicken and a drum-playing rabbit, all of whom call him on the phone after he throws them out. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0257) | |
SCENE 3 | At night, Big Bird speaks quietly still, as everyone has just head back to bed. He again demonstrates a loud tone, disturbing the hotel residents once more. Big Bird has fallen asleep himself now. Gina announces the sponsors and gets silenced by the guests. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Fran Brill (as a pig), Peter Linz (as a chicken), and Noel MacNeal (as a penguin).
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