| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Telly becomes a Bear Scout | |||||||
| Air date | November 24, 1994 | ||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||
| Written by | Joey Mazzarino | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | Baby Bear and his fellow Bear Scouts Kentaro and Thea introduce the sponsors for today. Telly rushes in to add that they'll also be seeing him join the Bear Scouts, earning himself a hat like the others (a bowler with the Bear Scout emblem on it). He gets rattled when their leader, the boisterous Papa Bear, comes to start their meeting. |
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SCENE 1 | First on the Bear Scout agenda is to say the pledge. Telly doesn't know it, and doesn't have a hat to hold over his heart. Everyone recites it first and Papa Bear lets Telly borrow his hat. |
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Cartoon | Jim Thurman sings "Calcutta Joe." (new sound effects added) Animation by Buzzco Associates, Inc. (First: Episode 2492) |
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Film | An Indian boy narrates how Chapati bread is made. (First: Episode 3204) |
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Cartoon | N is for nose. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 1173) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: First Day of School in History — Kermit observes a school from prehistoric times. (First: Episode 1953) |
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Animation | N/n paper fold (First: Episode 3115) |
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Animation | Teeny Little Super Guy finds his friend Jane giving up on learning to ride the egg beater. He tells her that it takes time and practice to learn things, and gives Jane some training beaters to help her keep her balance. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1972) |
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Cartoon | "Up and Down with Captain Brown" (First: Episode 2493) |
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SCENE 2 | Next, Telly watches as the scouts demonstrate how to put their dollies back together before they can finish counting to 40. Telly wonders why they would ever need to repair their dolls, when Papa Bear demonstrates - it always comes apart when they give it the Bear Scout Dolly Hug. |
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Cartoon | 40 lemmings (doo-wop) (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 2873) |
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Muppets | Prairie Dawn directs Grover in "Singin' in the Rain." (First: Episode 2961) |
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Cartoon | A story of a cat who hated rain, wished for it to stop, and witnessed the disastrous effects of no rain. (new sound effects added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2724) |
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Film | Flamingos walk around to classical music. (new child voiceovers added) (First: Episode 2498) |
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Cast | Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (First: Episode 2062) |
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Animation | A group of round crayons draws a house, and is hesitant to let a square yellow crayon join, until it draws the sun. They all cooperate to make a rainbow. (First: Episode 3105) |
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SCENE 3 | The scouts gather in the "G Garden" at the park, named such because it grows letter Gs. Telly is able to coax one of them into growing by speaking baby talk ("Goo goo goo, ga-ga ga ga!"). |
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Animation | Planet G / g (First: Episode 2844) |
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Film | G for go, girls, guitar, goldfish etc. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (underscore added to intro) (First: Episode 1789) |
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Animation | Amelia likes to pretend she can fly. (First: Episode 2902) |
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Film | "There's a lot to see under the sea," according to some young swimmers who narrate a poem about the ocean-dwellers they find. Music: "Kyisio Calypso" by Dermot Stewart (First: Episode 3032) |
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Cartoon | A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. (new music sting added) Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1452) |
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SCENE 4 | Before Telly can earn his Bear Scout hat, he must perform a good dead for the community and everyone must witness it. They head off and Telly talks to Ruthie at Finders Keepers, who says she's about to clean her casa. Telly sees this as the perfect opportunity and rushes off to get the scouts. While he's gone, Ruthie cleans her "casa," as in her decorative version of the word, preventing Telly from his good deed. |
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Cartoon | "Mi casa es su casa." (First: Episode 0794) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Linda Ronstadt sings "La Charreada" with Elmo and Parker. (First: Episode 2540) |
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Animation | Clown Honking #11 (First: Episode 3196) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183) |
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Cartoon | "It's a Lovely Eleven Morning" (new sound effects added) Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0362) |
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Film | Two girls walk on an island together, and a map of the island is shown. (First: Episode 2650) |
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Animation | Lillian discusses the adjustments she has had to make as a big sister. She ultimately appreciates her little sister. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2746) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly comes by a Birdketeer meeting, where Big Bird says they'll be reciting the alphabet. Seeing another opportunity, Telly runs off... but Big Bird assumes he didn't want to join them and they all recite the alphabet while he's gone. |
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Cartoon | Two girls sing a reggae rendition of the alphabet. |
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Film | Wegman's dogs re-enact "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." |
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Animation | G/g musical notes (Gordon voiceover) (First: Episode 2233) |
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Muppets | Anything Muppets sing "Oh, G" in praise of the letter G. (First: Episode 1167) |
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Cartoon | A dinosaur tries to eat an apple on a tree. A group of kids keep telling him to "GO HIGHER!" (First: Episode 2908) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly moans he'll never find a good deed. Papa Bear tries to comfort him, but realizes it must be his fault and deems himself a failure as a scout master and starts to cry. Telly assures him he's a great scout master and cheers him up... which turns out to be his good deed! Telly finally earns his (small) Bear Scout hat, and everyone celebrates as Ruthie and Savion announce the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 28 as Episode 3599.
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