| Sesame Street | |||||
| Elmo's mini-golf game (repeat of 3158) | |||||
| Air date | December 21, 1995 | ||||
| Season | Season 27 (1995-1996) | ||||
| Written by | Lou Berger | ||||
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COLD OPEN | Elmo asks Big Bird if he can guess what game he's about to play: it involves a toy golf club, a beach ball, and a butterfly net. Elmo reveals that they're going to play miniature golf all over Sesame Street today! He gives the ball a whack, and needs Big Bird's help with the net for a later task. |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo's beach ball lands on the crate where Betty Lou, Tarah, and Eva are making up a story about a princess' tea party. Elmo declares it a successful "tea-off" and prepares to hit the ball towards Luis in front of the Fix-It Shop, who will throw it into the butterfly net Big Bird is holding. However, Betty Lou insists on pretending that the ball is "Prince Ted," who, in their story, had a spell cast on him by a wicked witch to prevent him from marrying the princess (her dolly), and thus proposes that Elmo can break the spell by hitting the ball through the net. Elmo likes the idea and hits the ball, which Luis proceeds to pitch into Big Bird's net. Everyone cheers - except for Betty Lou, who says that Prince Ted is still a ball. They decide that the "spell" will be broken by the time the last hole is played, and so they go on with the game. Big Bird explains all this to a confused Luis. |
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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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Film | The floating kids form a capital T. (First: Episode 3121) |
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Cartoon | T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (First: Episode 1990) |
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Song | "T, You're Terrific" (First: Episode 3332) |
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Muppets | Kingston Livingston III sings "Just Happy to Be Me." (First: Episode 3178) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. (First: Episode 0784) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo arrives at the next hole in front of 123 Sesame Street, where he will hit the ball so that it rolls between Mr. Handford's legs into Hooper's Store through the front door, come out the back door, and into the net. Elmo makes another successful shot, and they tell a confused Mr. Handford what's going on. He understands the importance of Prince Ted changing back to his former self: "It makes sense to me - you know, it's hard to dance at a wedding with a golf ball!" |
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Film | People go under, over, through and around a hoop. (First: Episode 3140) |
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Cartoon | A man teaches his dog Rover how to read the word SIT. (First: Episode 0304) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "Little Miss Count Along" with Zoe. (First: Episode 3393) |
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Cartoon | Counting to 10 Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3042) |
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Film | Island (in sped-up film, kids travel to an island) (First: Episode 2731) |
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Animation | Characters on a quilt form the letter Y. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3381) |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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Animation | Y: Yuri, a yellow yak, eats yams and yogurt. (First: Episode 3381) |
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Animation | Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroses as pets. (First: Episode 2759) |
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Insert | Snuffy sings a song about Alice, "She's My Sister." (First: Episode 3196) |
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Animation | Lillian discusses the adjustments she has had to make as a big sister. She ultimately appreciates her little sister. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2746) |
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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 | Number Guy: "How Many Pigs Will Jump Into This Mud?" The answer is 10. (First: Episode 3390) |
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Film | Three girls do a "One Potato" rhyme. (First: Episode 3271) |
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Animation | Counting 10 shells (First: Episode 3005) |
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Song | "Off to School" (First: Episode 2944) |
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SCENE 3 | The next hole is the "Grouch-in-a-Can" hole. Elmo will hit the ball into Oscar's trash can, with the intention that it will be passed around by one of Oscar's elephants and Spot before hitting his piano, then tossed out by an irate Oscar. Miraculously, everything goes exactly as Elmo predicted (judging by the sounds they hear) and they head off to the next hole; Oscar demands that he not be invited to Prince Ted's wedding. |
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Cartoon | On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things. (music sting added) (First: Episode 0768) |
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Song | Leon Redbone sings "What Do They Do When They Go Wherever They Go?" (First: Episode 3312) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Finger String — Ernie has a piece of string on each finger, in order to remind himself that they're all out of string. (First: Episode 0163) |
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Cartoon | The Great Inventors Series: John Montague, Earl of Sandwich, invents a new type of food that can be eaten while playing cards. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2574) |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (First: Episode 0733) |
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Cartoon | A woman uses the telephone to order biscuits for her dog. (First: Episode 3401) |
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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. (First: Episode 2853) |
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Cartoon | Kids observe cloud formations, until it starts to rain. (First: Episode 2074) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Zoe points out to Zap Mama and some kids that Chicago is sad because he's never been to the jungle. The group cheers him up by making jungle noises with their voices. (First: Episode 3285) |
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Cartoon | A boy imagines his room turning into a jungle. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2808) |
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Film | What sound does a baby chick make? |
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Muppets | Telly and Super Grover speak of the differences between above (such as a bird flying) and below (as in when Grover crash lands on Telly). (First: Episode 3132) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form the letter T. (First: Episode 3318) |
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Animation | A picture puzzle of the letter T is put together. A man walks up to it, and calls a taxi. (First: Episode 2933) |
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Film | Kids draw a map of their neighborhood, and then learn how maps are really made. (First: Episode 2760) |
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Cartoon | Ball-dribbling characters count the feet on a wall ruler. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 3227) |
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SCENE 4 | The last hole in the game is the "Playground Hole" in the park. Elmo hits the ball to the top of the slide, where it rolls down and lands in the net. The girls pretend that the ball will now turn back into Prince Ted who will marry the princess, but then Betty Lou decides that maybe the princess should finish nursery school before getting married. The others wonder about Prince Ted's fate, to which Betty Lou replies, "Well, he'll be sad at first, but he'll get over it and write a book about it." |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Everyone heads off to Betty Lou's for a tea party, leaving the ball and the net behind. Once they're gone, the ball transforms into a bewildered, aching Prince Ted! He feels like he's been whacked with a golf club and lies down for a rest as Luis announces the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Ruthie wears a superhero outfit while riding a pogo stick, going "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" |
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