| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Telly and Zoe become Readers | |||||||
| Air date | April 6, 1995 | ||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Celina gives Zoe and Telly some cowboy and cowgirl accessories. She tells them they can use them to pretend to be cowpokes who love to read. The monsters don't understand, so Celina points them to the following... |
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Muppets | "Readers of the Open Range" (First: Episode 2141) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Telly and Zoe sing the song from the segment, though Zoe immediately forgets who they're supposed to be. Celina points her toward another segment starring the Readers... |
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Muppets | The Readers of the Open Range help the citizens of Bisbee, Arizona find out where they live. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Telly and Zoe look forward to being Readers, but realize they're too young to read many words. Celina has them read their names to prove there are some words they can read, meaning there must be others. The monsters ride off singing the "Readers" theme. |
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Cartoon | An aviator and his son cooperate to start their plane. (First: Episode 1476) |
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Song | "I'm a Little Airplane" (First: Episode 3266) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for UP (new sting and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0650) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie sings "Happy Birthday" to a letter U, which blows out the candle on the cake. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps up onto an UP. (First: Episode 0546) |
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Song | Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Whiskeyjack (First: Episode 3196) |
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SCENE 2 | The (Pretend) Readers gallop down the street until they reach Oscar's Newsstand. Oscar mistakenly helps them read his "NEWSSTAND" sign. They can't afford any newspapers or magazines to read, so they continue to read the sign over and over. |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster." (First: Episode 2919) |
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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 | 2 houses plus 2 equals 4. (First: Episode 0298) |
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Insert | The Tokyo String Quartet and some kids show how important it is to practice, as Big Bird provides voiceover. (First: Episode 3290) |
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Cartoon | A caveman sits on what he thinks is a rock, not realizing that it's a dinosaur, which is alive. (First: Episode 1737) |
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SCENE 3 | The monsters are still reading the sign, when they're approached by the lead Reader himself - Verne! The rest of his posse is off doing other jobs, so he's looking for some replacements. He invites them become real Readers of the Open Range and join him on a "word round-up." |
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Song | "Write Your Name" (First: Episode 3274) |
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Cartoon | Underwater, there's a 9 (First: Episode 3283) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #9 (First: Episode 2876) |
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Cartoon | Number Guy: "How Many Sheep Will Jump Over My Bed?" The answer is 9. |
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Film | "Box City Recycling Rap" Kids sing a rap song about recycling. They build a city out of boxes and cartons. (First: Episode 2851) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2 (First: Episode 2510) The Readers make their way through the paused film to read the word "DUCKS." |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Celebrity | Patti LaBelle sings "Oh, How I Miss My X." (First: Episode 2168) |
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Cartoon | The great Alphonso and his trained X's (First: Episode 0299) |
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Film | How to say "turtle" in sign language (First: Episode 3339) |
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Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards In Arizona, Big Bird sees how kids help charros put on a rodeo, and rides a horse. (First: Episode 3049) |
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Cartoon | A cartoon shows a few Spanish words - which are also English words. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3011) |
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Song | Leon Redbone sings "Have You Ever." (First: Episode 3274) |
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SCENE 4 | The Readers return to the street, where they come across a boy having problems opening his juice. Verne shows them how reading can help by pointing out the text on the bottle, which reads, "Turn To Open." |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | The Beetles are "Thinking of U." (First: Episode 1486) |
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Film | Three girls clap rhythms while naming vegetables. (First: Episode 3051) |
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Cartoon | "Name That Food" game show hosted by Don Carrot. Artist: Len Glasser (First: Episode 1491) |
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Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) |
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Cartoon | Words that rhyme with BALL(voices of Bob Arbogast and Daws Butler) (First: Episode 0773) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly and Zoe run into Celina and tell her all the fun they've had today. Celina becomes starstruck when Verne arrives and asks the readers to help read the sponsors. Verne hits the trail, making the monsters promise they'll keep reading. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 28 as Episode 3628.
- Additional performers include Alice Dinnean (Green AM woman), Peter Linz (Orange Gold AM), Lisa Buckley (Lavender AM woman), and John Kennedy (Lavender AM man).
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