| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Biff turns 40 | |||||||
| Air date | May 9, 1995 | ||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | The Martians discover the sponsors sitting on a brick wall. These scenes would later be used as separate, stand-alone sketches. |
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SCENE 1 | Roxie Marie comforts a sad Biff. The Martians appear on the fence and see he is sad as well. Elmo comes by and is told today is Biff's 40th birthday. He is sad that he has gotten so old, so Elmo and Roxie try cheering him up by throwing him a party. Biff bids them good luck, as do the Martians, who then vanish. A brief portion of this scene with the Martians has been put online by Sesame Workshop. |
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Song | "It's All Right to Cry" (First: Episode 3154) |
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Cartoon | Counting 40 pigs Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3084) |
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Film | Some kids talk about a garden they have in the middle of the city. (First: Episode 2889) |
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Cartoon | "The Room is Full of Chickens" (First: Episode 2971) |
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Song | "Do the Jelly" with Celina (First: Episode 3160) |
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Cartoon | Millie and Molly take a walk, and have different perspectives of their surroundings. (First: Episode 1309) |
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Muppets | Zoe sings "My Name Is Zoe." |
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Film | Slide puzzle - truck (new sting added) (First: Episode 0403) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Two men demonstrate "up" on a teeter totter; one man ends up crashing through the ceiling. (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 sound effects and sting added) (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0808) |
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SCENE 2 | Gina and other kids are attending the birthday party. Roxie attempts to lift Biff's spirits with four clowns. Though Biff admits he feels better, he's still not happy. |
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Animation | Stop-motion representation of "Happy Birthday," with balloons, gummi bears, glitter, etc. (First: Episode 3358) |
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Muppets | Kingston Livingston III sings "A Cat Had a Birthday." (First: Episode 3331) |
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Film | A girl narrates a segment about a Korean festival she attended with her two friends. (First: Episode 3162) |
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Cartoon | "Move to the Beat:" A girl dances with a tiger. Artist: Karen Aqua |
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Muppets | Big Bird exclaims "Amazing!" (First: Episode 3191) |
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Song | "There's a Lot of Different Ways to Get to School" (sung by Jerry Nelson) (First: Episode 2751) |
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Cartoon | A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. (First: Episode 1652) |
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SCENE 3 | Roxie presents Biff with a poem about him. Gina and the kids then bring a cake with 40 candles and sing "Happy Birthday to You." Biff is now cheered up and begins opening presents, while the Martians observe he is now happy from atop the fence before disappearing again. |
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Cartoon | "Ooh What a Fabulous Party" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 3006) |
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Muppets / Cast | Gordon reads the story of "The Turtle and the Rabbit." In the story, Preston Rabbit and Shelley the Turtle are about to have a race, when Benny Rabbit interrupts. He insists that there's no point to enacting the story, since the turtle always wins, until he finds it's a different story and rabbit could win. When the race starts, Benny gets in Preston's way with a talk about how proud rabbits everywhere will be, leaving Shelley to win the race. |
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Animation | Pencil box A/a (First: Episode 3082) |
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Animation | Letter Garden: A (First: Episode 3027) |
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Cartoon | A man is allergic to the letter A. (First: Episode 3311) |
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Muppets | Grover sings "Monster in the Mirror." (First: Episode 2689) |
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Cartoon | A group gives a newcomer funny looks, which hurts his feelings, but then they invite him to play marbles with them. He turns out to be a good player. (inaudible dialogue) Artist: Joanna Priestley (First: Episode 2840) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | All the kids are too busy to enjoy looking at Telly's triangle with him. He runs into John Goodman, who happens to be a hardcore triangle lover himself. (First: Episode 3202) |
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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 | The Bellhop must take Mrs. Stein's bags to floor 16. (First: Episode 2496) |
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Muppets | "Sixteen Samba" (First: Episode 2822) |
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Cartoon | Number creatures #16 (First: Episode 2755) |
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Film | A child in a classroom draws a picture of her dog Puck, and goes over the care required to keep a pet. A Bert and Baby Fozzie plush can be seen in the little girl's bedroom. (First: Episode 2853) |
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Muppets | Big Bird is between what we just saw and what we're about to see ... (First: Episode 3145) |
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Cartoon | An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky. (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | Big Bird demonstrates how the alphabet song would sound if it didn't begin with A. (First: Episode 3145) |
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Cartoon | "Hammer Time with Hammer" (First: Episode 3179) |
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SCENE 4 | Biff finds one more present un-opened, from an unknown friend. He opens it and finds a new hammer, making him even happier. The Count announces the sponsors, which appear behind the fence as the Martians spy them. When the 16 plummets onto the fence, it causes them to fall off. They rise up and remark "Happy birthday!" |
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