| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Ways of making the number 11 | |||||||
| Air date | March 15, 1995 | ||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Elmo and Herry Monster plan to use their pencils to write the number of the day - 11. However, neither of them are able to hold them well enough to draw anything (Elmo's just starting to learn to write and Herry keeps dropping his). Elmo realizes that by putting the pencils next to each other, they can make an 11! |
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Cartoon | Lightning bugs make shapes. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3150) |
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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 | Kids try to guess what a bunch of shapes will form; eventually they form a chicken. (First: Episode 2838) |
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Muppets | Grover is the newest employee of a fast food franchise which serves such delicacies as O'Fish, O'Salad, O'Rye Bread, and O'Milk. However, this is a different kind of "fast food" restaurant: the food zips by the customer on trays across the counter, and falls to the floor if it's not caught in time. Mr. Johnson is not ready for this, so he asks if there's any "slow food." There is, but it's served by a turtle who takes longer than Mr. Johnson wants to wait. (First: Episode 2582) |
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Animation | Counting up to 11 (African masks) (First: Episode 3151) |
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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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SCENE 2 | Angela and Lexine come and see the Amazing Mumford's famous 11 trick, where he makes the number come out of his hat. Instead, Benny Rabbit appears from the hat. Angela points out that Benny's teeth and ears resemble an 11, so the trick worked after all. Mumford then magically sends Benny downtown... downtown Philadelphia, that is. |
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Film | How to say "bunny rabbit" in sign language (First: Episode 3300) |
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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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Celebrity | "Rubber Duckie" with Little Richard. (First: Episode 3263) |
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Cartoon | A boy puts together a fishbowl, and watches his fish swim around in it. (First: Episode 2030) |
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Film | Footage of kids playing professions, alternating with footage of analogous real-life jobs. (First: Episode 2811) |
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Cartoon | A woman sings the "O" sound in a brief opera. (First: Episode 3319) |
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Film | A gymnast twirls ribbons to form the letter O. (First: Episode 3136) |
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Cartoon | A lady receives a letter O in the mail, which promptly rolls around her living room. Artist: ArtistMike Subsequent airings of this segment would have an underscore added. |
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Cast | Gordon, Big Bird, Celina, Carlo, Gina and Ruthie sing “Goodbye Fly.” |
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Cartoon | A female head is drawn as its voice-over lists its parts, ending with earrings that "do nothing" ... (First: Episode 0787) |
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Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" (First: Episode 0371) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: First Day of Monster School — Cookie Monster is afraid of kindergarten. (new music added) (First: Episode 1628) |
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Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) |
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Film | The floating kids form an L. (First: Episode 3128) |
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Cartoon | A salesman (voice of Martin P. Robinson) hawks the letter L in a commercial. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3306) |
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Muppets | Bad Bart is looking for Marshal Earp. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | In a classic painting, a boy blows a bubble. It pops, and some kids yell "Surprise!" (First: Episode 3311) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria is about to dig into some Chinese food at the Fix-It Shop when Sonny Friendly appears with another of his traveling game shows. Today's game is the "Number Eleven Game," where she must find something that looks like an 11. Maria tries to tell Sonny off, brandishing her chopsticks - which happen to resemble a number 11. Her prize is eleven kisses from Sonny, which makes her lose her appetite. |
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Song | Kevin Clash sings "(I Eat With) Chopsticks" over a film of kids doing so. (First: Episode 3270) |
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Cartoon | Olga y la letra O (First: Episode 0338) |
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Animation | Planting Letters: O (First: Episode 3010) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to get directions to a parking space, and eventually uses a map to get there. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 2734) |
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Muppets | "At the Bus Stop Sign" (First: Episode 1392) |
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Cartoon | Bus Stop (First: Episode 1396) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly rushes to Gina at Hooper's Store and requests two bandages. He isn't actually hurt, and neither is anyone else; he wants to show how they resemble a number 11. He rushes out and trips, noting he may need them after all. |
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Cartoon | "The Stranger" - a song about a baseball team hesitantly allowing a newcomer to join them, who ends up helping them win the game. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2108) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Glass of Water — Bert wonders what Ernie could be doing with all the glasses of water he's taking out of the apartment. (First: Episode 0425) |
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Film | Animal camouflage with kid voiceovers. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0366) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about how much he loves his bones. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2628) |
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Film | Farmer McFay counts six lemons and limes. (First: Episode 3230) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Woodchuck Song" and counts the amount of wood a woodchuck can chuck. |
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Cartoon | A man illustrates 'between' in various situations throughout his work day. (First: Episode 0779) |
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SCENE 5 | Gina announces the sponsors, with Telly showing off the number 11 with the bandages on his hand. |
Notes[]
- Jim Martin voices Sonny's game show announcer for scene 3.
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