| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Elmo and Baby Bear's playdate | |||||||||
| Air date | March 10, 1995 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||||
| Written by | Adam Rudman | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Elmo and Baby Bear are having a playdate, but can't agree on what to do - Elmo wants to play tag, but Baby Bear wants to watch the clouds. Neither of them wants the other to miss out on their game, so when Gordon happens by he suggests they take turns. The two decide to play tag first, with Baby Bear as "it." |
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Cartoon | A cat follows its ears to a squeaking noise, which he thinks is coming from mice, but it's coming from swings. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1518) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: In a miraculous feat for Mr. Johnson, Grover serves up a large bowl of spaghetti exactly to his liking. While Grover tends his other tables, he keeps bumping up behind Mr. Johnson and forcing his face into the meal. Grover solves the problem by moving the table away from him, so he can run in front of Mr. Johnson. (First: Episode 3217) |
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Film | Kids hold an S and a square. (First: Episode 3278) |
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Animation | Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase S. (First: Episode 3214) |
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Film / Muppets | Alphaquest: S A swimsuit, Grover as a silly surfer, a seagull, the sunset and a submarine. (First: Episode 2729) |
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Muppets | Pageant: How a flower grows Gladys the Cow stars as a seed. Ernie plays a rain cloud and Herry Monster is the sun, whose attentions cause the seed to bloom into a flower. (First: Episode 2420) |
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Animation | African quilt pattern #2 (First: Episode 3134) |
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SCENE 2 | Baby Bear starts getting frustrated with Elmo's game of tag, as Elmo's much too fast to catch. Gordon again proposes that they take turns and Baby Bear suddenly realizes this means it's Elmo's turn to be "it." However, Elmo quickly tags Baby Bear back, but Gordon advises him to keep running and he may even outlast Elmo (which Baby Bear compares to the "Tortoise and the Hare" story). |
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Cartoon | "Animal Elevator": 10-1 (subtraction) (First: Episode 2523) |
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Film | Coverage of a spring kite-flying festival, where both kids and grownups can participate. (First: Episode 3276) |
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Animation | J / j Gregorian chant |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Alphabet Mine — Kermit interviews J miners. (First: Episode 2302) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form the letter J. (First: Episode 3280) |
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Cartoon | A mosquito bites a man and a dog, who agree to scratch each other's backs. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3217) |
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SCENE 3 | Baby Bear and Elmo (who is still "it") take a brief pause in their game to say the alphabet. Then, the chase resumes. |
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Animation | Portraits of kids display the alphabet. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3203) |
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Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards Big Bird visits Union City, New Jersey, where he learns how to play some Cuban games with some kids. (First: Episode 3061) |
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Song | "Counting Alarm Clock" (First: Episode 3090) |
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Cartoon | Colonel Travel takes a balloon trip around the country of Canada. (First: Episode 2771) |
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Film | "SCHOOL!" (high speed footage) (First: Episode 3278) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: SCHOOL After a bunch of kids come running by, a girl goes before the man and says it's Saturday. That leaves him to say: "No school." (First: Episode 1155) |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo is getting very tired from their game of tag when Baby Bear stops once more, now feeling like counting to 7. Baby Bear finally tags Elmo and feels very proud for winning while Elmo catches his breath. Instead of another round, Elmo suggests the two observe the clouds. |
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Cartoon | Norris Walnut recites a poem about clouds. Artist: ArtistMike |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "What Do You Do With a Fruit?" (First: Episode 2050) |
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Cartoon | Rap #7 (First: Episode 2506) |
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Muppets | The Count's Bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count. (First: Episode 0625) |
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Cartoon | Seven Starfish Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1473) |
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Muppets | Forgetful Jones needs something to ride around the ranch. Clementine gives him clues: it has four legs, a bushy tail, eats hay, and neighs. It's his horse Buster, who arrives with the jeep. (First: Episode 2081) |
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Cartoon | A girl fantasizes what she could do without leaving her room if her nose, ears, legs, and arms got bigger. (First: Episode 3285) |
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Celebrity | Celia Cruz leads Luis, Kingston Livingston III, Zoe, Telly, Rosita and the kids in a musical game of "Celia Says." (First: Episode 3316) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about her skin. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2611) |
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Film | A boy draws a picture of his friend, Kerry. (First: Episode 2776) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Monster in a Box — Spalding Monster appears in a "one monster show." (First: Episode 3117) |
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Cartoon | Mother Nature shows how earthworms help trees grow. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2736) |
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Muppets | "Sammy the Snake" (First: Episode 0278) |
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Film | A big S emerges, Jaws-like, in a swimming pool. |
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SCENE 5 | Elmo and Baby Bear, still cloud watching, notice some clouds that look like today's sponsors as Gordon narrates. The credits follow. |
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