| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Practicing for a marching band | |||||||
| Air date | May 16, 1994 | ||||||
| Season | Season 25 (1993-1994) | ||||||
| Written by | Christine Ferraro | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Elmo announces today's sponsors as Telly blows them from his tuba, which he'll be practicing on a lot today. |
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SCENE 1 | Telly explains he's practicing his tuba so it will sound more like the professionals, such as the one on Elmo's cassette player. He's also hoping to play in Bob's Sesame Street Marching Band, and while his playing is in fine shape, he needs to also practice his marching. Elmo doesn't think that'll be too hard, but Telly shows how difficult it is to march and play the tuba at the same time (falling over with each try). Elmo agrees to stick around and help Telly practice. |
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Cartoon | All the instruments in Sousaville love Mr. Tuba's music, but when he plays with them, he doesn't play the same music they're playing. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2829) |
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Film | A boy dances his way into his family's portrait. (First: Episode 3129) |
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Animation | Wooden shapes group themselves by color, then regroup by shape, then assemble themselves into a rocket ship. (First: Episode 3229) |
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Muppets | "Wet Paint Sign" |
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Cartoon | A painter pops out of a box and paints a lion, then hangs a "wet paint" sign on it. (First: Episode 1397) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo and Telly continue to practice marching and playing, while a nearby Anything Muppet (Brian Muehl) has a hard time communicating with Maria because of the noise. He notes that Linda or Luis aren't bothered by the noise and Maria explains Linda is deaf (and explains her sign language). They also discover Luis isn't deterred by the noise because of his ear plugs. |
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Cartoon | A juggling bear helps a little girl learn to juggle. (First: Episode 1834) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie brings a surprise home, and he tells Bert to guess what it is. The surprise turns out to be a puppy. Bert wants to call the puppy "Norman"; Ernie suggests "Godzilla the Wonder-Dog". (First: Episode 1956) |
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Cartoon | A boy says he has a big surprise in his hand. (First: Episode 0557) |
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Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) |
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Cartoon | A cartoon man is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. (new music added) (First: Episode 0769) |
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Film | A boy paints a picture of a porcupine on glass. (First: Episode 0064) |
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Muppets | Big Bird writes a story about a frog, who was changed from a prince years ago. He visits the castle of a witch, who offers some P-word alternates. She finally finds her prince potion and returns him to normal, only now he's a much older prince (he said "a long time ago" he was a prince). The witch finds him appealing nonetheless and the two become engaged. (new music stings added) (First: Episode 2632) |
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Animation | P - Pyramid (First: Episode 2061) |
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Film | Children of all kinds sing "We All Sing with the Same Voice." (First: Episode 1708) |
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Cartoon | Ranger Armbuckle talks about how plants travel -- by sowing their seeds. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2727) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings about how ordinary sounds influenced her to make "Music." (First: Episode 2965) |
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Cartoon | Gloria Globe attempts to pull a rabbit out of her hat, but pulls out a camel instead, which belongs in Egypt. (First: Episode 2792) |
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Song | Christopher Cerf sings "I'm a Manatee." (First: Episode 3069) |
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SCENE 3 | Elmo, seeing how much fun the marching band sounds, fetches his violin and shows Telly how well he can emulate the "oompahs" and marching. Together, however, they can't keep from falling over each other as they march. |
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Song | "We Got the Power!" - a hip-hop song about computers (First: Episode 3058) |
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Cartoon | A U train spells the words Unite, U-turn, Underground, Up, and Universe. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 0624) |
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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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Animation | Sand U/u (First: Episode 0624) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Robin Williams shows Elmo the many fun things one can do with a stick. (First: Episode 2835) |
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Cartoon | Kevin Clash sings "Your Feet's Too Big." (new sound effects added) Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 3230) |
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SCENE 4 | Luis puts the radio on in the Fix-It Shop as he works, then goes into the back room for a moment. Zoe enters and, seeing no one around, shuts off the radio. Luis comes back to silence and activates his radio, which Zoe turns off again. When Luis finally enters the room when she's present, she explains she's been doing what her mommy told her: turning off electrical appliances when no one's using them to save energy. Luis tells her that won't be necessary, as he'll only be out of the room for a few seconds. As he goes into the back room again, Zoe finds something else to save energy on - the lights. |
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Animation | ¿Que es esto? (una vaca) (First: Episode 1978) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Carrington tells Grover he's three years old. |
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Film | Three kids dance for the number 3. (First: Episode 3167) |
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Animation | Native American bead designs display some wild animals, which have Indian names. (First: Episode 2972) |
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Cast | "Between You and Me" (Gina and Savion) (First: Episode 3133) |
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Cartoon | A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (First: Episode 2750) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Biff is surprised at how much Daniel knows about the park, even though he's blind. (First: Episode 3114) |
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Film | A class goes on a field trip to Prospect Park, where Ranger Roseanne gives them a tour. (First: Episode 2944) |
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Cartoon | "The Room Is Full of Chickens" (First: Episode 2971) |
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SCENE 5 | Linda, Maria, Luis, Zoe, the kids, and others gather outside 123 Sesame Street to watch Bob lead the Sesame Street Marching Band in a parade. Celina announces the sponsors, and everyone applauds as Bob and his Anything Muppet band march down the street, with Elmo and Telly bringing up the rear. The two have another crash encounter just as they head around the corner. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 27 as Episode 3477.
- The tango music heard playing on Luis' radio was previously used as Telly's dance music in Episode 3257.
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