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| Furry Arms tango | |||||||
| Air date | March 12, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||
| Written by | Christine Ferraro | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Sherry Netherland is hosting a tango festival at the Furry Arms Hotel, which Telly and Rosita are excited about... though neither of them know what the tango is. Maria and Luis explain where the tango comes from and demonstrate the dance for the monsters, and while they'd like to stay for the fun, they have a previous engagement to a birthday party. Miss Netherland invites Telly and Rosita to join the festival and they accept. There's just one problem: neither of them know how to dance the tango. |
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Animation | Playing cards form the letter T; the jack and queen tango. (First: Episode 3138) |
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Cartoon | Spinning T (to the tango beat). (First: Episode 2933) |
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Animation | Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase T. (First: Episode 3230) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Missing the Plane — Mr. Johnson goes to an airport restaurant and has just a few minutes left to catch a plane to South America. (First: Episode 2616) |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: Instead of a parachute, she has a helicopter propeller. (First: Episode 2262) |
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Film | A girl named Jyah tells about dance class. The kids do some stretching exercises, then dance in their own ways, ending with the tango (instrumental: "Naughty Door Opera"). (First: Episode 3022) |
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SCENE 2 | Doubling as a bellhop and a waiter, Benny Rabbit agrees to help Telly and Rosita practice (though neither of them asked for his help). He first shows Rosita some basic steps before moving on to Telly, then has the two monsters practice together. He goes back to work as Miss Netherland gets the festivities started, complimenting Rosita and Telly on their practicing. They ask her to dance, but find out that she doesn't have a dance partner and become concerned. |
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Cartoon | A girl practices to roller skate over many days. (First: Episode 3556) |
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Song | "I Know How to Swing" (First: Episode 3403) |
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Animation | Luxo Sr. examines a box. Luxo Jr. pops out of the box, demonstrating "surprise." (First: Episode 2851) |
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Muppets | Big Bird says "AMAZING!" (First: Episode 3191) |
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Film | A karate team punches out the alphabet. (First: Episode 3421) |
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Muppets | "Baby Blankie Blues" |
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Cartoon | A baby and father illustrate up and down. (First: Episode 2687) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly thinks that Miss Netherland could dance by herself, but she explains to him and Rosita that it's a dance for two. She points out the various couples dancing: two sheep, two chickens, etc. (Benny: "Boy, you'd think somebody was building an ark!") As everyone dances around them, Miss Netherland asks Benny if there's anyone she can dance with, but he claims to be too busy serving the guests. |
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Song | Holy cow, it's number 2! (First: Episode 3193) |
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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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Cartoon | Egyptian #2 (First: Episode 3291) |
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Song | "I'm in Great Shape": Kids dance with triangles, circles and squares. (First: Episode 3277) |
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Cartoon | A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away. (First: Episode 1506) |
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Muppets | Big Bird is between what we just saw and what we're about to see ... (First: Episode 3145) |
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Cartoon | A Zerkel named Dan demonstrates -an words. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 3515) |
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Film | At a bus stop, three men of different ethnicities (including Bill Irwin) dance to a hip hop beat played on a radio. (First: Episode 2919) |
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Cartoon | A pencil tries to write the word DANCE. (First: Episode 1966) |
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SCENE 4 | Miss Netherland introduces Marge and Charlie Chicken, who demonstrate their "Chicken Tango." During the performance, Rosita thinks she could give Miss Netherland a turn with Telly, but she still says no as she doesn't want to leave Rosita without a partner. She does take the time to compliment Marge and Charlie's performance, the former even laying an egg for her. |
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Animation | The word EGGS is shown, followed by eggs frying in a skillet. (First: Episode 3045) |
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Muppets | All types of wild animals that lay eggs sing "Let's Lay an Egg." (First: Episode 3060) |
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Cartoon | African quilt pattern #3 (First: Episode 3160) |
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Muppets | One of the members of Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk dances with a girl to the song "Hotter Than That." Part 1 (First: Episode 3566) |
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Cartoon | The story of Tommy LaPlaid, the painter so sad until he discovered the joys of kicking his paints on the canvas. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3208) |
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Muppets | One of the members of Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk dances with a girl to the song "Hotter Than That." Part 2 (First: Episode 3566) |
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Animation | Dancing pepper pattern - which one is missing? (First: Episode 3079) |
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SCENE 5 | After a failed phone call asking Fred to dance with her (he's busy with Ginger), Miss Netherland introduces Humphrey and Ingrid to demonstrate their "Fast Slow Tango." During an encore, Telly and Rosita decide they must do something to help Miss Netherland before the festival is over. |
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Cartoon | The dancing birds dance fast and slow. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3072) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Plays House — Bert tries to guess which part of the family Ernie is pretending to be. (First: Episode 3529) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs act out the nursery rhyme Cock-a-Doodle-Doo. (First: Episode 3572) |
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Cartoon | Ten tiny T's in top hats do the tippy tappy tango and take tea. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3230) |
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Film | T on the beach (First: Episode 3540) |
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Cartoon | Fish form capital and lowercase T's. (First: Episode 3126) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | "A New Way to Walk" Celebrity version (First: Episode 3233) |
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Cartoon | Musicians in a painting learn to cooperate to play music. (First: Episode 3460) |
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SCENE 6 | Rosita and Telly finally find Miss Netherland someone to tango with: Benny! Though he explains how hard he's been working, Benny immediately gives in and agrees to dance by making a deal with her about a week-long vacation. The two perform an elaborately silly tango as Ingrid and Humphrey announce the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Oscar proposes to Grundgetta. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Brian Muehl (Fat Blue AM), with Kevin Clash (as Charlie Chicken), Alice Dinnean (as Marge Chicken), and David Rudman (as Marge after her dance).
- One of the dancers at the festival is the Justice of the Peace who married Humphrey and Ingrid (as seen in a flashback) in Episode 3623.
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