| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Maria's Magic N | |||||||
| Air date | January 18, 1995 | ||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||
| Written by | Mo Willems | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Maria works on a toaster at the Fix-It Shop while Elmo asks several questions about the process. Maria tells him he's quite curious and explains what the word means. Elmo asks if everybody can be curious and Maria responds affirmatively, so Elmo calls in a whole slew of kids to assemble and ask endless questions together. |
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Cartoon | "I'm Curious" (new sound effects added) Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 3066) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: 12 Angry Men — Alistair Cookie is confronted by twelve angry men. (First: Episode 3002) |
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Animation | In stop-motion, sandwich ingredients square-dance in a ring and arrange themselves into a sandwich, which gets a bite taken out of it in a refrigerator. (First: Episode 3080) |
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Animation | N/n paper fold (First: Episode 3114) |
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SCENE 2 | As the last of the kids leave, Elmo remains behind, still feeling curious. Maria shows him something to be amazed by - her "Magic N (Jim Martin)," which can do anything that starts with N. It acts nervous, naughty, and noisy, all of which Elmo doesn't care for. He changes his mind when Maria shows that her N can also be nice (by asking for a hug). |
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Animation | Computer N / n (First: Episode 3039) |
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Muppets | "The Ballad of Slippery Slim" (First: Episode 2827) |
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Cartoon | Geography Guy points out Australia on the globe. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Waylon Jennings joins Big Bird in a song about how he built a high block tower. (First: Episode 2850) |
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Cartoon | A girl draws in her entire body. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1008) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Sharing a Newspaper — Ernie reads the newspaper over Bert's shoulder. (First: Episode 1193) |
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Cartoon | A boy draws a portrait of himself and calls it ME. (First: Episode 2085) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly comes by the Fix-It Shop to show off his favorite triangle, which he wears like a necklace. He allows Elmo to hold it, but it drops on the sidewalk and shatters. They both blame each other for breaking it, but Maria calms them down and talks with each of them, explaining it was nobody's fault and it simply was an accident. Elmo and Telly make up, and the N joins them for a hug. |
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Song | "I'm in Great Shape": Kids dance with triangles, circles and squares. (First: Episode 3277) |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (ending trimmed) (First: Episode 0783) |
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Film | Six children dance in a colorblock grid. (First: Episode 3122) |
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Animation | "Six Circus Balls" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3001) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria repairs Telly's triangle with glue, though he worries it won't be mendable (thinking it might come back as a square). Maria shows him how well she put it back together, but Telly has a hard time waiting for the glue to dry. Elmo proposes they pass the time by counting and they all count to 40 together, with the N chiming in for 9, 19, 29, and 39. With the triangle repaired, Telly lets Elmo hold it. |
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Cartoon | 40 lemmings (doo-wop) (First: Episode 2873) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse look for water in the desert. Grover sees mirages of a waterfall and a drinking fountain, and Fred reminds him that he brought a canteen. (First: Episode 2874) |
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Song | Jerry Nelson sings "Don't Waste Water." (First: Episode 2804) |
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Animation | Sand D/d (First: Episode 0640) |
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Muppets | Bushman Bill introduces Didi O'Day and the Dew Drops performing "D Duah Duah." (First: Episode 1449) |
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Song | "Big D and Little D" (First: Episode 3270) |
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SCENE 5 | Jamal, Angela, and Kayla enjoy their picnic in the park, which is crashed by Oscar and Grundgetta. The Grouches continuously run back and forth from the park, having forgotten to bring their items due to lack of planning (which is exactly how Grouch picnics work). They did remember to bring the ants, which they spread all over the table and drive the others away. |
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Cartoon | Young Chris Columbus explores the world of ants - and they, in turn, explore his house. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2816) |
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Film | What sound does a rooster make? (First: Episode 3278) |
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Film | Alphaquest: D (First: Episode 2723) |
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Cartoon | Small b is a boy with a belly who walks a small d, a dog with a belly turned around. Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1186) |
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SCENE 6 | Ruthie and Monty come across a depressed Count von Count, who claims he has finally run out of things to count (having spent the last 200 years counting day and night). Ruthie cheers him up by having him count the spontaneous and silly actions of Monty. The two encourage him not to give up, and when the Count sets out looking for more new things to count, Monty confides in Ruthie how he's noticed some of the quirky characters that live on the street. |
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Cartoon | A purple elephant tries to get 10 peanuts in his trunk at once, but can't, so he smushes them into peanut butter instead. (First: Episode 2987) |
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Muppets | Kermit shows what's inside of Herry Monster using the X-ray machine. (First: Episode 1974) |
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Animation | The word CAT is shown, followed by a black cat sitting on a chair. (First: Episode 3000) |
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Film | Kids talk about their CATs. |
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SCENE 7 | Ruthie invites Monty for ice cream, but announces the sponsors first. The Count reports he's found something else to count - the ants at Oscar's picnic (to the Grouches' dismay), and Ruthie goes to get ice cream on her own as Monty is too preoccupied being silly. |
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