| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Slimey's Birthday (repeat of 3200) | |||||||
| Air date | March 15, 1996 | ||||||
| Season | Season 27 (1995-1996) | ||||||
| Written by | Lou Berger | ||||||
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COLD OPEN | The Grouchketeers, Gabi, and Savion are gathered around Oscar's trash can for Slimey's birthday party. Right now, Slimey and his worm friends are anticipating the arrival of Worm-O the Happy Clown, who seems to be late. |
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SCENE 1 | The worms are starting to get upset, so while they wait for Slimey's party entertainment, Nathan suggests they sing and dance. Oscar leads everyone in the great worm dance, the "Hokey Wormy." |
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Cartoon | Kids sing "Happy Birthday" (First: Episode 3005) |
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Song | "Washin' the Dog" (First: Episode 3020) |
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Cartoon | Lillian discusses the adjustments she had to make when her parents had a new baby. She ultimately appreciates her sister. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2746) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Bird Family — Kermit interviews a bird whose parents don't live together. (First: Episode 2695) |
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Animation | A girl dances her way into a family portrait. (First: Episode 3134) |
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Cartoon | Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter. (First: Episode 0619) |
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Celebrity | Maya Angelou leads Big Bird and some kids in a ring game, "Little Sally Walker." (First: Episode 3171) |
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Animation | F candles (First: Episode 3081) |
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Film | Alphaquest: F A faucet finishes a fire, and flood of freaky fish. (First: Episode 2759) |
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Cartoon | The letter F morphs into cartoon faces. (First: Episode 2916) |
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Muppets | "The Elephant Elevator Operator" (First: Episode 3067) |
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Cartoon | Jack-in-the-Box School (First: Episode 0284) |
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Song | "Off to School" A parody of Chuck Berry's "Hail Hail Rock & Roll," accompanied by footage of a day at school. (First: Episode 2944) |
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Cartoon | African quilt pattern (First: Episode 3145) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar says that Worm-O has arrived, but when the alleged worm clown appears, Slimey and his friends get suspicious. Oscar compares his worm clown to a poster of Worm-O, and Slimey points out how the fake Worm-O is lacking the real one's red nose (not to mention that he doesn't wiggle like a worm). Oscar reveals that he had Savion dress his finger up as Worm-O the Happy Clown since the real one is still late. When the real Worm-O arrives, he speeds on through in his tiny car and ends up going in the wrong direction, and Oscar has the kids chase after him. |
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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 | Zoe and Wolfgang demonstrate the concept of zero. (First: Episode 3386) |
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Cartoon | A boy counts down to 0 as he eats his soup. (First: Episode 2283) |
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Film | Rodrigo lives in the Philippines. He and his family like spending a day at the park. (First: Episode 3219) |
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Muppets | "Big Round Nose" (First: Episode 1950) |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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Muppets | Rosita talks about what she does every morning. She kisses her parents, washes her hands and face, and brushes her hair. She has breakfast, brushes her teeth, and says "adios!" before she goes out to play. (First: Episode 3256) |
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Cartoon | Kids sing about the joys of celery. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2976) |
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Film | A judo class does 20 jumping jacks. (First: Episode 3403) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Mountains or Seashore — The monster is in a disagreement about where to go for vacation. (First: Episode 2837) |
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Song | "Ja, Ja, That is the Mountain" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 2780) |
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Muppets | Big Bird displays a letter F for FAST, then moves around fast. (First: Episode 3215) |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie hates the letter F, until all F things disappear, including the furniture, the floor and the firefighter. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3274) |
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Song | "Somethin' Old Into Somethin' New" (First: Episode 3125) |
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Animation | A chair (voice of Martin P. Robinson) keeps bumping into things, until he finds his glasses. "See ya later!" (First: Episode 1981) |
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SCENE 3 | Worm-O finally arrives, but he's not very happy. He says he's sad because today's his birthday too, and he's never had a birthday party: he's always too busy making other worms happy. Oscar figures on calling another worm that doesn't have so many emotional problems, when Slimey instead says that he'll share his birthday party with Worm-O. Now everybody's happy! |
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Cartoon | A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Song | "One of These Things" (with Wegman's dogs and a terrier) (music sting added) (First: Episode 3105) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Waiting for Elmo — Telly and Grover wait impatiently. (First: Episode 2998) |
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Cartoon | "Hammer Time with Hammer" (First: Episode 3179) |
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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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Animation | Z / z Gregorian chant (First: Episode 3332) |
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Muppets | Over the Top, a ZZ Top-like band, sings "ZZ Blues." (First: Episode 2317) |
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Animation | Sand Z/z (First: Episode 0614) |
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Film | A park ranger speaks to a group of kids about trees and the fruits that come from them. Then all the kids hug a tree. (First: Episode 2891) |
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Cartoon | Bud the Bird flies above and below in a bumper car. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 2901) |
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SCENE 4 | Slimey and Worm-O blow out the candle on their cupcake (even uplifting it slightly from their strong breath). Worm-O wishes he could have this much fun every year on his birthday, while Slimey wishes Worm-O could share his birthday every year. He also wishes for everyone to dance the "Hokey Wormy" again, and they do so as Savion announces the sponsors. The credits follow. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: At a party, Kingston dances in his own way. |
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