| Sesame Street | |||||||||||
| Air date | April 15, 1994 | ||||||||||
| Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||||||
| Written by | Christine Ferraro | ||||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Gina, Big Bird, and the kids are about to sing "The Alphabet Song" when Elmo arrives, stating that he wants to sing "Elmo's Alphabet Song." The others are confused, so Elmo sings the regular alphabet song but with the "L-M-N-O" part changed to "ELMO." Gina corrects his mistake by singing the actual version with the others. Elmo understands, but wants to sing "Elmo's Alphabet Song" anyway, this time changing the last part of the song to just singing his name. |
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Cartoon | "Alphabet Jungle" (First: Episode 2733) |
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Animation | Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase S. (First: Episode 3214) |
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Muppets | On the vaudeville stage, Big Bird and Snuffy identify S words and tell gum-wrapper jokes. (First: Episode 2020) cut from the HBO version |
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Animation | Sand S/s (First: Episode 0622) |
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SCENE 2 | Mr. Handford serves Baby Bear his porridge. It's too hot and he goes off on his usual walk to wait for it to cool, warning Mr. Handford to be on the lookout for Goldilocks. Lo and behold, she enters Hooper's Store and eyes his porridge. Mr. Handford moves it away, saying she can't have it. She is upset; everywhere she goes there's always porridge for him and begs for just a tiny taste of his. Mr. Handford has her think of what could happen; eventually, Baby Bear would catch her and throw a fit. Mr. Handford offers her a bowl of granola instead, which she gladly accepts. Baby Bear returns and thinks she's pulling the same tricks on him again, but seeing his porridge is unharmed, he decides to eat only if Goldilocks doesn't speak (he prefers to eat in silence). She doesn't say a word, but her granola munching proves to be very loud. |
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Animation | Two balls play on a seesaw, when a third ball wants to join them (ending up in the middle). (First: Episode 2054) |
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Muppets | Ernie doesn't want to play with Bert, who sings "I Wish I Had a Friend to Play With Me". (First: Episode 1819) |
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Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" #6 (opening shot removed) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0983) |
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Film | Six children dance in a colorblock grid. (First: Episode 3122) |
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Cartoon | "Six Soccer Socks" Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1670) |
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SCENE 3 | Holding a sign with a "TR" on it, Telly and the kids badger Oscar into coming up with words beginning with "TR." His unintended helpfulness through saying "trash can," "trying," and other words during his complaints earn him some cheers and applause from the group, and Telly wonders if tomorrow he'll help with the "BL" sound, which makes Oscar yell, "BLECCH!" |
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Cartoon | A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Film | Some kids have a bike race by the river. (First: Episode 1419) |
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Muppets | Biff comes home to Roxie Marie, who just found her number collection in the attic. The number on each jar is the amount of each single object in the jar. (First: Episode 3190) |
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Cartoon | Counting eight figures (First: Episode 2253) |
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Song | Kevin Clash sings "Skin." (First: Episode 2749) |
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SCENE 4 | Mr. Handford lays out two cream pies on the counter and asks how many there are when added with the two already there. Big Bird, Snuffy, and Alice appear, wearing detective gear and representing the FBA - the Federal Bureau of Addition - to help count the total. They notice that one goes missing, which Alice has eaten. They recommend Mr. Handford call the Federal Bureau of Subtraction to solve this case. |
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Cartoon | Two caterpillars plus three caterpillars equal five (First: Episode 2324) |
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Film | A Hawaiian girl and her family get ready to have a little party, or paina iki. (First: Episode 3139) |
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Animation | Big, bigger, biggest (oxen pulling rocks) (new music added) (First: Episode 0764) |
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SCENE 5 | "The Amazing Alice" counts up to 2 for a small crowd, a feat never before done by such a young Snuffleupagus! Snuffy provides some help counting forwards, while Alice can take care of the backwards part - by turning around and counting. |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: instead of a parachute, the girl is carried to the ground by four birds. (First: Episode 2249) |
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Song | "At School," with animation bookended by live-action footage. (First: Episode 2782) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Little House on Prairie — A little house is on Prairie Dawn. (First: Episode 3207) |
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Cartoon | Five outlines of people dance. Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3050) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Johnny Cash, Noel Cowherd, and some other cowfolk sing "Tall Tale." (First: Episode 2999) |
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Cartoon | F / f (space paint) (First: Episode 3215) |
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Film | Planting Letters: F (First: Episode 3048) |
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Cartoon | A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f. (First: Episode 2288) |
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SCENE 6 | Gina finds Oscar practicing being nice and holding a bouquet of flowers, as his mother will be visiting and it'll drive her nuts, thus making her happy. Gina points out it's a nice gesture and infuriates Oscar. He tries to get rid of his nice flowers by giving them to her, but she takes it as another kind gesture and runs off to show everyone. "Some days, being a Grouch is very complicated!" he moans. |
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Cartoon | What if we celebrate Valentine's Day with chickens instead of hearts? (First: Episode 0488) |
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Muppets | "The Most Important Meal of the Day" (First: Episode 3211) |
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Cartoon | I am dry, he is wet (Shark fishing) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) |
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Muppets | Little Bird's CASA is drawn. (First: Episode 2095) cut from the HBO version |
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Cartoon | A girl runs home to her CASA. (First: Episode 0503) cut from the HBO version |
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SCENE 7 | Telly and Gina share stories about how nice Oscar's been to them today, and Telly hopes he will help say goodbye. Oscar, having overheard, knows better and recites the goodbye speech they hope he'd give, realizing he's helped yet again. |
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