| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Rosita's crayon | |||||||
| Air date | February 3, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Rosita welcomes the viewer from the park, where she presents the sponsors by writing them with her special blue crayon (gifted to her by her Tio Francisco). Big Bird finds Rosita and notices her crayon, wishing he had one of his own. He asks to borrow it and Rosita gladly gives it to him, but reminds him to return it to her when he's finished. Big Bird walks off wondering what to do with it... |
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Cartoon | A heart that says "I love you" is drawn. (First: Episode 1971) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "Me Gotta Be Blue." (First: Episode 1828) |
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Cartoon | A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself. (First: Episode 1717) |
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Celebrity | Take 6 sings their own version of The Alphabet Song. (First: Episode 2998) |
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Cartoon | African quilt pattern #3 (First: Episode 3160) |
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Film | How Crayons are Made Music: "Water Course A" and "Exchange" by Richard Harvey (First: Episode 1579) |
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Cartoon | We Are Kids from Far and Wide: Rice harvesting in Sierra Leone (First: Episode 2774) |
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SCENE 2 | Big Bird comes across Celina at the telephone booth around the corner. She needs help writing down a phone number and doesn't have a pen. Big Bird reveals he has a crayon, but begins to ramble about the many different tools used for writing, causing Celina to forget the phone number. Fortunately, Big Bird remembers it and Celina jots it down. As Big Bird leaves, the Count approaches Big Bird needing something to count, so Big Bird invites him to his nest. |
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Cartoon | 40 lemmings (doo-wop) (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 2873) |
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Film | Footage of the 1994 Labor Day Flag Party in Brooklyn features people marching while waving (and wearing) flags. Marina narrates about being one of the participants. (First: Episode 3403) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Spin — The monster sounds out the word "spin" and watches it spin around, getting dizzy in the process. (First: Episode 2595) |
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Animation | Cecille sings "I'm Gonna Get to You." (First: Episode 2873) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird has now used the blue crayon to make over 400 marks on an easel for the Count to count, but he feels like doing something more with it, such as writing a story, a poem, or a play. The Count doesn't mind and leaves, counting the things Big Bird can possibly write using the crayon. Rosita checks on Big Bird and the blue crayon before he decides to write his own story. |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a castle with a growling dragon inside, which scares the princess until her knight in shining armor leads the dragon away. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Muppets | Ernie sings "Imagine That" about things that he sometimes imagines to be: first a knight in shining armor who battles a dragon, then a sailor, and finally, himself. (First: Episode 2142) |
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Animation | Sand Q/q (First: Episode 0623) |
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Muppets | Elmo shows the viewer a letter very quickly, and has the viewer guess which letter it is. (First: Episode 3415) |
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Film | Girls giggle as they clap their way to the letter Q. (First: Episode 3340) |
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Cartoon | A detective sees a lever and wonders what will happen if he pulls it. (First: Episode 2613) |
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Film | Two boys walk though a city neighborhood to some funky break dancing music. (First: Episode 2679) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Jug band dance Part 1 (First: Episode 3552) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob encounters Big Bird, who's just finished a picture to go with his new story: "The King Who Loved the Color Blue." As Bob listens, Big Bird narrates about how the titular king loves the color blue so much, he decides to make everything in the castle a monochromatic blue with his crayon, only for his daughter and servants to leave him. Realizing the consequences of his action, the king reverts his doing with a rag, bringing back the colors and his servants, and living happily ever after. After the story, Bob invites Big Bird to the park to see Linda and Barkley but he declines, and now decides to use Rosita's crayon to draw a picture of one of his friends. |
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Film | A girl draws a picture of her friend Amelia. (First: Episode 2784) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Samantha see what body parts she has 2 of. (First: Episode 3559) |
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Animation | Egyptian #2 (First: Episode 3291) |
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Muppets / Cast | "Sing Your Synonyms" (First: Episode 2331) |
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Cartoon | In a classic painting, a boy blows a bubble. It pops, and some kids yell "Surprise!" (First: Episode 3311) |
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Muppets | Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk: Jug band dance Part 2 (First: Episode 3552) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird finishes his drawing, but discovers he's used up all of Rosita's blue crayon! Rosita checks on Big Bird again, unaware he's hiding it from her view, and reminds him to return it soon. Big Bird contemplates what to do, and fearing Rosita will get angry he ultimately decides to fly South... or rather, take the bus South, and leaves the crayon at his easel. |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Celina finds Big Bird leaving Sesame Street and stops him, asking why he's heading South. Big Bird explains his situation, and Celina suggests that he talk to Rosita. Big Bird agrees, but asks Celina to hold his luggage "just in case." |
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Animation | A paper crumples to reveal Q, q and Qq. (First: Episode 3105) |
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Film | Q, for quack. Quiet! (First: Episode 3405) |
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Cartoon | Fish swim to form Q and q. (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 3105) |
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Muppets | "Pond Full of Fish" (First: Episode 2840) |
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Film | Wegman dogs play "Jack Sprat." (First: Episode 3522) |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle plays the banjo as some kids sing the "Bird Song." (First: Episode 2415) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) |
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Song | "Write Your Name" (First: Episode 3274) |
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Cartoon | A boy draws a portrait of himself and calls it ME. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 2085) |
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SCENE 6 | As Big Bird waits anxiously, Rosita returns and asks for her blue crayon. Big Bird shows her the used-up stub of a crayon, but Rosita thinks he's joking until he puts it in her hand. Her mood turns angry when she realizes what happened, but when Big Bird shows her the picture he drew – a portrait of Rosita – she brightens up and makes up for the situation by accepting his drawing as a token of friendship. The two embrace as Celina announces the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Gabi and Rosita document as Big Bird describes how to walk through a doorway (with disastrous results). |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Fran Brill (as the princess), Joey Mazzarino (as the female subject), and David Rudman (as the male subject), with Jerry Nelson (as the Count and the king).
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