Sesame Street | |||||||
Elmo pretends to be Lincoln | |||||||
Air date | May 11, 1994 | ||||||
Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||
Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Rosita teaches Big Bird, Telly, and some kids (including Tarah) that "me gusta" means "I like it" in Spanish. Big Bird tries saying it to Maria and Luis but they correct him, saying that "me gusta" is usually paired with something (like "Me gusta cantar" - "I like to sing"). Luis, Maria, and Rosita then lead a song about how to properly use the phrase, backed up by a Muppet Latin trio. | |
SCENE 1 cont'd | The group ends their song in front of 123 Sesame Street, where an eavesdropping Oscar peeks from his can and snidely comments, "Oh yeah?" | |
Cartoon | A white boy hangs out with his Latino friend. (First: Episode 1471) | |
Song | Hoots the Owl sings "This is How We Take a Bath." (First: Episode 3216) | |
Animation | Computer G / g (First: Episode 3112) | |
Muppets | Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows. (First: Episode 0210) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue". (First: Episode 0775) | |
Film | Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) | |
SCENE 2 | With the help of Osvaldo, Grundgetta, and two other Grouches, Oscar gives Maria, Luis, and Rosita a musical rebuttal to their song, changing it to "No Me Gusta." Ironically, the three love it and Oscar can't keep himself from dancing! ("Help, it's mambo mania! Stop the song, I want to get off!") | |
Film | A group of kids paint a mural with the help of a mural artist. (First: Episode 3007) | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie." (First: Episode 0372) | |
Cartoon | Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Chip and Dip hold a sign with the word "CAT" written on it and ask Danny if he knows what it says. When they learn that he can't read the sign, they give him clues. (First: Episode 2805) | |
Animation | The word CAT is shown, followed by a black cat sitting on a chair. (First: Episode 3000) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Zoe counts the number of times Michael Chang bounces a tennis ball. (First: Episode 3148) | |
Animation | A voiceover counts forty dots, each one rising on a musical scale as their colors shift from red to orange. (First: Episode 2406) | |
Film | Farmer McFay counts 40 fruits from the season's bumper crop. (First: Episode 3228) | |
Cartoon | Hands embrace the word "LOVE." (First: Episode 0926) | |
Film | "Visiting Iesha": Olivia sleeps over at Iesha's house, and spend the morning together. Olivia is white and Iesha and her family is black. Next time, Iesha wants to visit Olivia's family. (First: Episode 2756) | |
Cartoon | Dr. Nancy Einstein shows how the brain works. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2607) | |
Muppets | The Martians are a "Yip Yip Family." (First: Episode 2724) | |
Cartoon | The story of Tommy LaPlaid, the painter so sad until he discovered the joys of kicking his paints on the canvas. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3208) | |
Muppets | Snuffy brings his TV over to Big Bird's nest so that he, Big Bird, and some kids can work out along with Jane Snuffleupagus. (First: Episode 2076) | |
Cartoon | A beaver does his exercises, while his friends make fun of him. He then uses his strength to save his friends when the dam breaks. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 2067) | |
Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Marmoset. (First: Episode 2487) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Red Riding Hood and the Woodsman — Little Red Riding Hood and the Woodsman chase the Big Bad Wolf. (First: Episode 0621) | |
Cartoon | Six camels Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1503) | |
Animation | "Six Circus Balls" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3001) | |
SCENE 3 | Finders Keepers is having a "Lincoln's Birthday" sale. Elmo comes by, feeling sad because he lost his imagination hat. Ruthie gives him some different hats to try on, and he has fun with a "daddy hat" (fedora), an admiral's hat (setting sail for Chicago), then a space helmet. Maria arrives having found Elmo's imagination hat, but Elmo is busy going on an imaginary trip to the planet Mayonnaise. | |
Song | "Imagination Landscape" (First: Episode 2904) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — The Count sleeps over at Ernie and Bert's (Part 1) The Count sleeps in Bert's bed while Bert sleeps on the couch. Ernie tells the Count that he can count sheep to get to sleep, but it never dawned on Ernie that the Count never gets tired of counting. He stays up all night counting sheep, to Ernie's detriment. (First: Episode 0941) | |
Cartoon | A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1017) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert: The Count Sleeps over at Ernie & Bert's (Part 2) It's the next morning. The Count had a good night, but he didn't sleep. His counting kept Ernie up, and now Ernie is walking and counting huge numbers like a zombie. (First: Episode 0941) | |
Cartoon | Willie Wimple went a-boatin' and polluted the river. Artist: Abe Levitow (First: Episode 0561) | |
SCENE 4 | Elmo has found a coat that matches Abraham Lincoln's, and pretends to be him. Ruthie shows that since he's still wearing his space helmet, he doesn't look much like the former president (she assumes he's pretending to be Darth Vader). Ruthie gives him a stovepipe hat and beard to match the picture she has of Lincoln in her store display, though Elmo is curious if the president ever had red fur. | |
Film | Lucia, who lives in Argentina, narrates a segment where she visits her abuelo's chocolate factory, where they make candy out of chocolate and mazapan. (First: Episode 3171) | |
Cartoon | Which footprint doesn't belong? (First: Episode 0491) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Cab Calloway sings "Hi De Ho Man." (First: Episode 1540) | |
Animation | Crayons play together. (First: Episode 3105) | |
SCENE 5 | As Elmo and Rosita debate on which of them should announce the sponsors first, Ruthie does it for them. The two then agree to say it last together. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 27 as Episode 3498.
- Additional performers include Peter Linz (as Osvaldo and maraca player), David Rudman (as musician), and Noel MacNeal (as musician and Grouch).
- Oscar had a previous experience unable to control himself while listening to Latin music when Tito Puente got him and his Grouch friends to dance to "Ran-Kan-Kan."
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