| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| The Tooth Fairy loses his address book | |||||||||
| Air date | November 21, 1994 (season premiere) | ||||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||||
| Written by | Sonia Manzano | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | Big Bird feels like reading, but there's nothing to read in the park. Suddenly, a mysterious book falls from the sky and Big Bird walks off with it. |
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SCENE 1 | The Tooth Fairy is in a frenzy looking around the Fix-It Shop area. He tells Maria and Gabi that he's lost his "Tooth Fairy Book," collecting the names and addresses of all kids with missing teeth. He can't do his job without it and gets so frustrated, he faints. Maria helps him up and the three start a search. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Meanwhile down the block, Big Bird thumbs through the book, but is unable to read any of the words. He wants somebody to read it to him, but first goes to get his blanket. |
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Song | "Toothpaste Factory Rap" |
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Cartoon | In a circus setting, a girl becomes excited about getting her first loose tooth. Artist: Steven Fonti |
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Muppets | "I'm a Bookworm, Baby!" (intro and closing cut) (First: Episode 2994) |
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Film | A trip to an African dance school. |
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Cartoon | African quilt pattern (First: Episode 3145) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria and Gabi continue searching and decide to get help. Gabi yells out for help, attracting Linda and Barkley. Maria sends Gabi to get Luis, while Maria explains to Linda the situation of the passed-out Tooth Fairy. He wakes up to see a whole slew of street residents (Luis, Bob, Mr. Handford, Gina, Susan, Gordon, Miles, Carlo, Tarah, Elmo, Zoe, and Snuffy) have arrived. They perform a show tune about how they'll cooperate and help him out. They all make a plan to split up and look around the street, leaving Maria to tend to the weary Tooth Fairy. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | As everyone disperses, Big Bird emerges from his nest with his blanket... but can't seem to find anyone to help him read his book. |
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Film | (song) Ornate Bs around the neighborhood and at the beach. |
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Cartoon | B for bathtub, ball, boat, boot, boomerang, brush and bison (First: Episode 3154) |
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Film | B for ball, bat, base and baseball |
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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) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Little Richard sings "Rosita," a song about feelings, to Rosita. (First: Episode 3225) |
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Cartoon | "Water Conservation": Frank the fish calls Carl and tells him not to leave the water running while brushing his teeth, otherwise the lake will be dry. Artist: Peter Chung (First: Episode 2689) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird looks for someone to read to him but there's still not a soul in sight. Meanwhile, everyone else (now joined by Celina, Savion, Angela, Jamal, and Kayla) is looking around the corner for the Tooth Fairy's book. Ruthie provides him with a pillow and blanket and points out that even Oscar is aiding in the search. Oscar only manages to rattle the Tooth Fairy's nerves even more, commenting that the book might've fallen into the ocean and that all the kids will be disappointed. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Elsewhere, Big Bird sees Linda coming by with Barkley and considers asking her, but realizes she's deaf and can't recite the story to him. She notices he has the book and struggles to get a good look at it. She finally snatches it from his hands and runs off to the others, while Big Bird follows and demands his book back. |
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Animation | Luxo Sr. examines a box. Luxo Jr. pops out of the box, demonstrating "surprise." (First: Episode 2851) |
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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". (beginning edited) (First: Episode 1956) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form all the letters of the alphabet. |
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Animation | Cecille sings "Brushin' Down the Doggies." (First: Episode 2862) |
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Celebrity | The Count counts the musicians in the Tokyo String Quartet. |
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Animation | "Pineapple Addition" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3159) |
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SCENE 4 | The book is returned to the Tooth Fairy and Big Bird is lauded as a hero. The Tooth Fairy is so grateful he rewards him with a copy of his favorite book - The Toothless Princess and Other Tales. He and everyone else head off, commenting how proud they are of Big Bird (especially Snuffy). However, Big Bird realizes that there is nobody around to read him his book again! |
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Song | "I'm a Little Airplane" |
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Animation | Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase A. (First: Episode 3209) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster asks Jahwara what letter they're holding. (First: Episode 3234) |
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Film | A for action, acrobat, art, artichoke, and applause. |
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Muppets | Elmo sings "Right in the Middle of My Face" while walking through an animated art gallery. (First: Episode 3130) In this, and all subsequent airings, the instrumentation for the song is modified. |
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Cartoon | Leanna Williams explains why she loves her brother’s shoes - she has fun with the box they came in. (new sound effects added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2985) |
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Film | Xiao-Mei from northern China describes a festival at the end of every year that her family participates in. Each day of the festival, there is a new show to watch, a series of parades and lots of food like noodles and dumplings. Women prepare floats for the parade while men dress up as river animals. Xiao-Mei's favorite part or the festival is the lion dance. Xiao-Mei also demonstrates how she can walk on stilts which are strapped to her legs, and hopes someday to dance in the big parade. |
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Cartoon | Five outlines of people dance. (ending trimmed) Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3050) |
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Muppets | Underwater #5 (First: Episode 2923) |
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Film | Two girls count to 5 as they clap. (First: Episode 3007) |
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Cartoon | A parade of toys illustrates first and last. (First: Episode 2857) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird visits the Fix-It Shop to have somebody read to him, only Maria and Luis are too busy. They recommend he get a "designated reader," explaining what one is. Sinbad comes in to get his toaster fixed, feeling extra bummed out without his favorite toast. He perks up as the situation allows him to serve as Big Bird's designated reader in the meantime, and he begins reading from The Toothless Princess (beginning with a story that takes place in a vast wasteland called Hollywood). |
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Cartoon | Beginning / middle / end: a beatnik follows a trombonist's note through a long horn. Artist: Frank Gresham |
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Muppets | Grover recites a poem about a bubble. (First: Episode 3155) |
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Song | "B is for Bubble" (remake) |
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Cartoon | B for banana and ballerina (First: Episode 2515) |
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Muppets | Kingston Livingston III sings "Just Happy to Be Me." (First: Episode 3178) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines his room turning into a jungle. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2808) |
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SCENE 6 | Sinbad finishes the story of "Princess Roseanne" as they return to the Fix-It Shop. His toaster is repaired, and he gleefully scarfs down some toast (throwing in many thank you's all the while). He continues to read to Big Bird still with his mouthful, thus garbling the words, as Maria and Luis announce the sponsors. The season 26 credit sequence follows. |
Notes[]
- The Fix-it Shop is filled with toasters to be repaired each labeled with a name, one bearing a tag reading "Spike Lee." The script suggests that they are all meant to be owned by celebrities; others suggested are "Schwarzenegger," "Stallone," "Koppel," and "Letterman."
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