Sesame Street | |||||||
Mumford's sheep spell | |||||||
Air date | February 28, 1996 | ||||||
Season | Season 27 (1995-1996) | ||||||
Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Rosita presents her drawings of today's sponsors, as well as a drawing of her imaginary sheep friend Lupé. She has the lamb "greet" everyone who walks by in sheep language, then tell her that she wishes everyone she says hello to would speak like a sheep. Rosita finds the idea silly and walks off, but the Amazing Mumford (eavesdropping on Rosita) finds it a fascinating idea and waves his wand... | |
SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Baby Bear observes that Mr. Handford is upset and asks why. Mr. Handford replies by bleating like a sheep, seemingly unable to communicate otherwise. He looks up a number in the phone book and places a call, explaining his situation in sheep; Baby Bear hopes whoever's on the other end can understand what he's saying. | |
Film | Wegman dogs: Batty as Little Bo Peep, seeking her sheep. Part 1 | |
Cartoon | Is no one afraid of The Big Bad Wolf? (new music added) (First: Episode 2405) | |
Film | Wegman dogs: Batty as Little Bo Peep, still seeking her sheep. Part 2 | |
Animation | "The African Animal Alphabet" (First: Episode 3396) | |
Film | Wegman dogs: Batty as Little Bo Peep, still seeking her sheep. Part 3 | |
Muppets | Count von Count sings "Lambaba" as he counts sheep and other animals that pop into the room. (First: Episode 2789) | |
Cartoon | Three computer animated fish. (First: Episode 2792) | |
Video | Three kids dance in three columns. (First: Episode 3167) | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. (new sound effects added) Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) | |
SCENE 2 | Mr. Handford talks to Detective Colambo, who is able to communicate with him. Colambo learns Mr. Handford was on his way to work, waved hello to Rosita, and suddenly started speaking sheep. | |
SCENE 2 cont'd | Baby Bear notices Carlo coming into the store and thinks he can help clear things up. Unfortunately, Carlo's speaking in sheep too, and Colambo begins his interrogation. | |
Cartoon | A detective follows a path on the street which consists of a straight line, followed by dots. He finds out that the truck that paints the dividing road lines happens to sputter every few feet, which is where the dots come from. (First: Episode 2248) | |
Song | "Elbows and Knees" (First: Episode 2641) | |
Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Alphabet Mine — Kermit interviews J miners. (First: Episode 2302) | |
Cartoon | Planet J / j (First: Episode 2833) | |
Song | "Litter Rap" (First: Episode 2646) | |
Cartoon | Gloria Globe appears sick and ailing, because of pollution and damage to the planet. Only by taking better care of the Earth can Gloria become well again. (First: Episode 2781) | |
SCENE 3 | Colambo gets more input from Gordon and the kids, who also can't stop speaking sheep. He notices Rosita is the common element in all their stories and believes she's behind it. He leads the group to find her and ask her a few questions. | |
Animation | Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You." (First: Episode 2873) | |
Film | A girl in Jamaica goes to school and attends drum class. (First: Episode 3145) | |
Cartoon | Cap'n Feenie asks, "What is it?" It's the ocean. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2710) | |
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) | |
Cartoon | The word AGUA is shown, followed by a river. (First: Episode 3280) | |
SCENE 4 | Baby Bear and the group find Rosita at the playground in the park and think that she's the one who made everyone baa like sheep. Colambo decides to ask Rosita about it, but then she starts baaing too! They figure out that she's not responsible, and start wondering who else could it be. Colambo calls for some peace as he gets to thinking. | |
Cartoon | A shepherd plays hide-and-seek with his sheep. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2109) | |
Muppets | Mysterious Theater: The Mystery of the Missing Cat — Sherlock Hemlock and Watson the dog search for a missing cat, knowing it's under something rhyming with "at." Watson finds the cat, and the inevitable animal fight ensues. (First: Episode 2569) | |
Cartoon | AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat. (First: Episode 1101) | |
Song | Jeff Redd sings "Between." (First: Episode 2738) | |
Cartoon | A face is assembled and becomes an abstract portrait. (First: Episode 3320) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Elmo and Zap Mama go on an imaginary car ride. (First: Episode 3362) | |
Animation | Amelia likes to pretend she can fly. (First: Episode 2902) | |
Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards: Big Bird visits the Green Market in Union Square. He thinks the food comes out of packaging, but his friends show him how food is grown on their farm. (First: Episode 3435) | |
Animation | Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631) | |
Film | Girls jump rope and sing playground rhymes. (First: Episode 3280) | |
Cartoon | Consonant Sound: J, jaguar (new music added) (First: Episode 1144) | |
Song | David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?" (First: Episode 0371) | |
Cartoon | I am dry, they are wet (man laying on the beach) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0309) | |
SCENE 5 | The group finds Mumford is the culprit and he tries to fix everything. However, he makes them moo like cows and cluck like chickens instead. Everyone encourages Mumford to keep trying, according to Colambo (he took chicken lessons in college), so he tries the trick once more and it works! Everything seems normal when the magician heads off... until Baby Bear discovers he's speaking like a sheep! They all run to find Mumford again as Colambo announces the sponsors, commenting that the missus will love to hear what happened today. | |
COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Super Grover welcomes everybody to his Superhero Class, demonstrating how to use his breath to close the door. |
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