| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Elmo and Zoe learn the waltz | |||||||||
| Air date | March 17, 1995 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||||
| Written by | Mo Willems | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Elmo and Zoe watch as Luis and Maria emerge from 123 Sesame Street, both elegantly dressed. They inform the youngsters that they're attending a wedding, followed by dancing the waltz at the after party. Luis and Maria demonstrate what the waltz looks like and the monsters want to dance the waltz, too, but Elmo thinks they can do it just based on what they just watched. He's proven wrong when he and Zoe end up falling over each other attempting to do so. Celina passes by and they decide to follow her to the dance studio to learn. |
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Film | "Body Dance" (MC Lyte) (First: Episode 2816) |
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Cartoon | Parts of a face are drawn in black on-screen before forming a picture. (First: Episode 3320) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Goodbye, Little Cookie." (First: Episode 1630) |
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Cartoon | Letter B becomes a banana and broccoli (First: Episode 2513) |
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Film | (song) Ornate Bs around the neighborhood and at the beach (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | Letter B/b (bouncing circles) (First: Episode 2222) |
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Muppets | The Hispanic community of Anything Muppets sings "It Sure is Hot!" (First: Episode 2601) |
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Animation | Counting from 10-0 (Latin rhythm) (First: Episode 3048) |
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SCENE 2 | At the studio, Celina teaches Elmo and Zoe that the waltz follows a counting rhythm of "one-two-three." She explains that Luis and Maria were counting the rhythm in their heads rather than out loud, and plays a waltz tape to demonstrate the beat. The monsters get caught up in the counting rather than learning the dance. |
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Animation | "Five Waltzing Chairs" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 2983) |
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Muppets | Underwater #5 (First: Episode 2923) |
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Cartoon | 5s are found in an icy environment. Artist: Joey Ahlbum (First: Episode 3300) |
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Muppets | Colambo: The Great Plum Plunder — Someone has stolen a plum from Colambo's Christmas pie. Could it be Little Jack Horner? (First: Episode 3121) |
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Film | A girl dances her way into her family portrait. (First: Episode 3119) |
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Cartoon | "Do the Continental" - two kids jump into Africa. Artist: Marie Poe (First: Episode 2733) |
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Film | A boy signs the word cat, and morphs into one. (First: Episode 3323) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Chip and Dip hold a sign with the word "CAT" written on it and ask Danny if he knows what it says. When they learn that he can't read the sign, they give him clues. (First: Episode 2805) |
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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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SCENE 3 | Celina shows Elmo and Zoe how to stand when doing the waltz, adding that cooperation is needed. The monsters figure out how to dance to the beat successfully, but Elmo wishes they had outfits just like Maria and Luis had on. They waltz out of the studio to look for them. |
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Animation | A big paper clip and a small paper clip can hold papers together, and so can a small staple, with the help of its "mommy." (First: Episode 2930) |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Marmoset. (First: Episode 2487) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | The Martians examine a fan and are "blown away" by it. |
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Animation | "Every Bit a' Litter Hurts" (First: Episode 2721) |
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Muppets | Big Bird presents the letter B, for Natasha (who's a baby). She then grabs onto his beak. |
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Film | B for ball, bat, base and baseball. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1736) |
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Muppets | Caribbean Anything Muppets sing about "Caribbean Air." (First: Episode 2688) |
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Cartoon | A hippo has difficulty getting the succulent fruit down from a tree, and enlists the help of another hippo. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 1899) |
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Film | A child voice-over talks about a Hawaiian party that her family has. (First: Episode 3139) |
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Animation | Looking for shapes on the Aztec Calendar Stone (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 3049) |
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SCENE 4 | Zoe and Elmo go to Finders Keepers and ask Ruthie for outfits just like Maria and Luis'. Ruthie produces some Muppet-sized outfits that are more akin to what they wear while working at the Fix-It Shop, so Elmo and Zoe describe the nice outfits they were wearing before going to the wedding. Ruthie just happens to have the same outfits in their size. |
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Song | "Exploring in Your Closet" (First: Episode 3132) |
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Animation | A piece of paper floats down onto a table, then folds itself into a paper crane, which flies away. (First: Episode 2892) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Get Moving — Bert joins Ernie in listening to a radio exercise program. (First: Episode 1025) |
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Song | "Jump" (First: Episode 3136) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue". (First: Episode 0775) |
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Animation | Computer G / g (First: Episode 3112) |
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Animation | G / g paper fold (alternate background) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Seven Emotional Dwarves — Kermit meets dwaves named differently from the Snow White story. (First: Episode 2415) |
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Cartoon | A mouse sings "Felines," a song about emotions, to the tune of "Feelings." (First: Episode 3278) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria, Luis, and several others have gathered at the dance studio, where Celina introduces the monsters to show off their waltz. After the performance Maria comments Zoe's dress is prettier than hers, and everyone dances to a waltz arrangement of the closing theme as Benny Rabbit announces the sponsors. The credits follow. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 28 as Episode 3575.
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