Sesame Street | |||||||
The Amazing Mumford switches personas with a dog (repeat of 3157) | |||||||
Air date | March 11, 1996 | ||||||
Season | Season 27 (1995-1996) | ||||||
Written by | Joey Mazzarino | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Big Bird introduces The Amazing Mumford, who will be performing a special trick with an energetic dog. | |
SCENE 1 | Mumfordโs trick will involve him changing personalities with the dog. With a wave of his wand, the dog enters Mumfordโs body, and vice versa. He tries reversing the trick, but the dog in Mumfordโs body runs off with the wand. | |
Animation | The word "dog" appears on-screen, followed by a shot of a dog. (First: Episode 3082) | |
Song | En Vogue sings "Adventure." (First: Episode 2951) | |
Animation | E / e Gregorian chant (First: Episode 3300) | |
Song | Ornate E's go easing by to a song. (First: Episode 2937) | |
Cartoon | A man saws out a letter E. (First: Episode 0370) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment โ Cookie Monster asks Jahwara to point to parts of her head. (First: Episode 3260) | |
Cartoon | Jake the Snake demonstrates body parts. (First: Episode 2486) | |
Song | "You Can Get Right Up": a song about getting active to cheer up. (First: Episode 3142) | |
SCENE 2 | The Mumford-dog runs to Luis and begins sniffing and licking him. Big Bird and Mumford arrive and explain what happened. Luis tries getting the wand back, but the dog snarls at him each time he tries. He finally retrieves it, but it is soon grabbed back by the dog, who runs off again. | |
Cartoon | Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool. (First: Episode 0954) | |
Film | Wegman's dogs form the letter L. (First: Episode 3270) | |
Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) | |
Film | The floating kids form an L. (First: Episode 3128) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster and The Beetles sing "Hey Food." (First: Episode 1815) | |
Cartoon | Letters appear over a sky-view of a neighborhood. (First: Episode 3267) | |
Film | In a village in Africa, people catch fish, and celebrate afterwards. (First: Episode 2669) | |
Muppets | When Zoe wants Maria to read to her, Big Bird tells her what to say: "Read Me a Story." (First: Episode 3388) | |
Cartoon | Anansi the Spider tells the story of a sad mouse. Aritst: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3367) | |
Film | Jaws spoof presenting the letter E. (First: Episode 3300) | |
Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts the Letter of the Day Pageant. (First: Episode 2212) | |
Cartoon | A lizard, a girl and a dog dance. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2795) | |
SCENE 3 | Their search continues by the playground. Barkley runs to them and want sot play with Mumford. Mumford doesnโt want to play, so Big Bird lures Barkley back to Lindaโs apartment with the promise of dinner. Soon after he leaves, a cat mistakes him for a real dog and begins hissing at him and tries scratching him. | |
Cartoon | Can a cat bark? (First: Episode 0859) | |
Muppets | Little Chrissy always has fun whether he's "Wet or Dry." (First: Episode 3134) | |
Cartoon | I am dry, they are wet (Umbrella) Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0344) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats." Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2855) | |
Animation | Rubber Stamp #15 (First: Episode 2945) | |
Film | Growing Numbers #15 (First: Episode 2971) | |
Cartoon | Rap #15 (First: Episode 2567) | |
SCENE 4 | Big Bird instructs Mumford to growl to make the cat leave, but his dog impression fails to scare the cat. Bigger growls scare the cat away, which come from Mumfordโs dog counterpart. They observe the dog and see he doesnโt have the wand anymore. | |
Cartoon | A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2151) | |
Film | The Count (in voiceover) counts three children on a bench, then adds two more. (First: Episode 2950) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit interviews one of the Three Little Pigs, the one who built a straw house. The Big Bad Wolf comes to blow it down, but the house is actually strong. (First: Episode 0551) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Bein' a Pig." (First: Episode 2356) | |
SCENE 5 | Big Bird realizes that that since dogs bury bones, the Mumford-dog must have buried it. He points to the tree, which is where the wand is buried. Mumford begins digging, coming across 10 bones until he finds the wand. He then takes a rest after all the digger heโs done. | |
Film | EGGS... and chickens. (First: Episode 3267) | |
Muppets | All types of wild animals that lay eggs sing "Let's Lay an Egg." (First: Episode 3060) | |
Animation | A chicken lays 20 eggs, which hatch. (First: Episode 3122) | |
Animation | Geometry of Circles #3 "Six Colored Circles" (First: Episode 1395) | |
Film / Animation | Circles of all kinds are displayed as funky rap music plays. (First: Episode 3126) | |
SCENE 6 | Mumford waves his wand and puts himself and the dog back in their respective bodies. However, the dog ends up still having the wand and runs off with it again, with Mumford in close pursuit. Luis announces the sponsors |
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