| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Zoe gets a library card | |||||||
| Air date | April 15, 1996 | ||||||
| Season | Season 27 (1995-1996) | ||||||
| Written by | John Weidman | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | At Hooper's Store, Zoe tries to show how well she can read, but only makes wild guesses while reading the word "MILK" on her carton. Carlo corrects her and Zoe asks him to read the word "milk" over and over before he suggests she read it herself, now that she knows what it looks like. Carlo thinks a book would be better to read than a milk carton and offers to take Zoe to the library; Zoe hopes they can find a book about milk. |
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Film | On the farm, a boy enjoys a glass of MILK. (First: Episode 3277) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Milk Carton — After drinking cartons of milk, the monster reuses the cartons as toy trains. (First: Episode 2726) |
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Film | Children of all kinds sing "We All Sing with the Same Voice." (First: Episode 1708) |
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Muppets | Grover: Four Winds — Grover and three monsters play wind instruments. (First: Episode 1412) |
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Cartoon | Where does the cow live? (Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 3396) |
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SCENE 2 | At the library, Carlo finds a book related to milk for Zoe - The Cow Jumped Over the Moon. Zoe doesn't understand the correlation, until she realizes milk comes from cows. She asks him to read it, but he recommends they take it back to Hooper's Store. Zoe doesn't understand how that works, so Carlo brings her to the front desk and she observes Lexine and Carlo using their library cards to take out books. Zoe becomes inspired to get one too, and Linda prepares one for her; all she needs to do is write her name on it. Zoe can't write her name yet, so Carlo brings her back to the store to practice. |
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Song | "In the Library" (First: Episode 3423) |
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Animation | ¿Que es esto? (una vaca) (First: Episode 1978) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Hey Diddle Diddle — A cat preps a cow to jump over the moon. (First: Episode 0634) |
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Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine." (First: Episode 2775) |
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Film | A girl writes a letter to her grandmother about going to summer camp. (First: Episode 3270) |
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Cartoon | Two girls sing a reggae rendition of the alphabet. (First: Episode 3269) |
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SCENE 3 | Zoe struggles to write her name correctly until Maria stops by and helps her with a song. Afterwards, Zoe is ready to get her card, but Carlo notices how scribbly her signature is. He is about to recommend she practice some more when Zoe comes to that conclusion herself, and requests more writing supplies. |
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Cartoon | A pencil tries to write the word DANCE. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Muppets | The New Here Is Your Life: Storybook — Sonny Friendly presents the life of a storybook. (First: Episode 3367) |
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Film | V for voice, violin, Victrola, etc. (First: Episode 3399) |
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Animation | Sand V/v (First: Episode 0637) |
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Film | V for violin: kids play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on the violin. (First: Episode 3280) |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin by practicing. (First: Episode 1513) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly visits the store and helps count the 20 ways Zoe has written her name so far. Carlo says Zoe is ready to try getting her card, but Telly thinks they need to simulate the library since it will have much different conditions for name writing than Hooper's. |
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Song | "It's a Long Hard Road, But I'm Gonna Get There." (Vocals by Jerry Nelson) (First: Episode 3398) |
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Cartoon | A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird hosts "Big Bird's Poetry Corner," with guest Rita Dove. (First: Episode 3318) |
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Film | Floating kids make the letter V. (First: Episode 3133) |
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Animation | Ornate Vs spin around as a song about them plays. (First: Episode 2942) |
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Cartoon | V in space (First: Episode 0481) |
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Film | Kids practice circus acts and give a performance in a gymnasium. (First: Episode 2889) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another hole. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0439) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly sets up a faux-library in the store, which provides Zoe with ketchup and cheese to make her card with (they're out of pens and paper) while dealing with a "hurricane" (via an electric fan) and a blackout (his library didn't pay their electric bills). Even with these ridiculous conditions, Zoe flawlessly writes her name. She and Carlo are about to head out when Telly says they need one more thing to be ready, which he needs to prepare for. |
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Animation | A showcase of how many fun things can be done with paper. (First: Episode 3482) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Love Boat — On the deck of The Love Boat, a uniformed Ernie expresses how much he loves this boat. (First: Episode 1958) |
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Film | Kids narrate footage of toddlers learning to walk. (First: Episode 3025) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cartoon | Nine Striped Cats Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1564) |
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Cartoon | Clown Honking #9 (First: Episode 3219) |
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Song | "I'm a Little Airplane" (First: Episode 3266) |
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SCENE 6 | Zoe and Carlo return to the library, though they wonder where Telly is. Linda gives Zoe a library card and she is able to successfully write her name just as Telly arrives. He congratulates Zoe and surprises everyone with a celebratory marching band that's even too loud for Linda! Carlo announces the sponsors amid the noise, balloons, and confetti. |
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COMING SOON | Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Biff finds that he can play the piano just as good with a bowling ball on his finger (smashing it in half). |
Notes[]
- This episode aired during National Library Week, and was produced in cooperation with the American Library Association.
- This episode was teased during the "Coming Soon" tag of episode 3455, but was pushed back several weeks in order to air during National Library Week. This causes a continuity error in Episode 3470, where she is seen writing her name.
- A copy of The Story of Princess Sleepy can be seen at the library.
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