| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Elmo sings with Telly's tuba | |||||||
| Air date | May 8, 1995 | ||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||
| Written by | David Korr | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Telly practices playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on his tuba, which Elmo will sing along to right after the theme song... |
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SCENE 1 | Telly begins playing, but Elmo sings "The Alphabet Song" instead. The two argue about doing two songs at once when Ruthie comes by to settle it. She and Telly show Elmo how bad it sounds when the two songs are performed at the same time, which Elmo finds immensely silly. They all crack up about it, falling over with laughter. |
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Muppets | Big Bird remarks, "Now that was silly!" (First: Episode 3190) |
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Song | "Take Care of That Smile" (First: Episode 2745) |
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Cartoon | All the instruments in Sousaville love Mr. Tuba's music, but when he plays with them, he doesn't play the same music they're playing. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2829) |
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Muppets | Zoe and Wolfgang demonstrate the concept of zero. |
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Song | "Zero Song": A female voiceover sings about the food that keeps being taken away to make 0. Arist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3003) |
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Muppets | After the previous segment, the offended "Ms. A. M. Goat" gives a disclaimer that not all goats eat sneakers -- she eats corn and grass, but not sneakers. Another goat enters to eat the sneakers on her desk, further irritating her. (First: Episode 3354) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup. (First: Episode 2283) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo and Telly agree to perform one song together, but now they can't decide on which song to do. They argue some more until Ruthie intervenes again and has them calmly discuss their opinions. Telly explains that "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is the only song he knows how to play on the tuba, but Elmo claims he doesn't want to sing it because the lamb has fleas (mishearing the word "fleece") and another argument ensues. |
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Film | Kids in Jamaica play bongo drums. (First: Episode 3160) |
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Cartoon | Ten tiny T's in top hats do the tippy tappy tango and take tea. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3230) |
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Film | Kids dance with the letter T, which is for triangle. (First: Episode 3271) |
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Cartoon | T is for Television (First: Episode 0024) |
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Muppets | While Ernie is away visiting the Count, Bert has the place all to himself, or so he thinks! A group of sheep burst into the room and proceed to sing him a song ("Bert's Blanket") about how his blanket was made (with a flashback scene where Ernie is portrayed as a farmer). He then corrects them on the actual production phase. (First: Episode 2391) |
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Cartoon | Is no one afraid of The Big Bad Wolf? (First: Episode 2405) |
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SCENE 3 | Elmo now understands the lyrics and is willing to sing with Telly. This time, though, he frustrates Telly with his constant lyric changes (claiming it's his lamb, that it's blue, and able to fly). Telly eventually gives in when Elmo changes the lamb to a bird, but finds he likes the new song. The two begin to discuss other animals their song could be about. |
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Animation | Fred the fish needs water to swim in, and Betty the bird needs air to fly in. Vanessa the vacuum cleaner sucks up all the air and water, but can't hold it all in. (new narration by Jim Thurman added) (First: Episode 2564) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish. (First: Episode 0287) |
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Muppets | Annette Monster and Frankie Monster sing "Love the Ocean" to urge others to "show respect for the sea" and refrain from throwing trash in the water. (First: Episode 2680) |
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Cartoon | A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe." (First: Episode 0624) |
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Celebrity | Smokey Robinson performs “U Really Got a Hold on Me” with a clingy letter U. (First: Episode 2022) |
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Animation | Sand U/u (First: Episode 0624) |
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Insert | Oscar overhears Maria, Luis, Carlo and Rosita talking in both English and Spanish and yells at them for annoying him in two languages. They sing to him they can't help it, they have "English and Spanish Words in Me." (First: Episode 3359) |
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Film | Abierto and cerrado (First: Episode 3271) |
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Animation | "We Are Kids From Far and Wide" - Colombia (First: Episode 2769) |
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Muppets | Fairytale Detective Miss Marble tries to solve the case of The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe's missing home. |
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Film | Beads arrange themselves in different ways, and finally stick themselves to a boy's jacket. (First: Episode 3045) |
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Cast | Savion sings "You Ought to Meet My Uncle," a song about different ways of dancing (and different uncles), and he dances with the kids. (First: Episode 3140) |
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Animation | A sign above a bathroom reads "boys", while boys exit the room. |
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Muppets | Ethel Mermaid sings "I Get a Kick Out of U." (First: Episode 3127) |
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Cartoon | A dog learns about U. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Insert | None, some and all of the dancers dance as Big Bird narrates. (First: Episode 3360) |
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Cartoon | I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0624) |
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SCENE 4 | Elmo and Telly perform their new song, where Elmo names all the animal pets he has (a dinosaur, fish, giraffe, and hippopotamus). As they sing, Ruthie announces the sponsors. |
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