| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Are You My Brother? | |||||||
| Air date | April 8, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||
| Written by | Jeff Moss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Snuffy and Alice show a big book to Bob, telling him that it's a story Snuffy wrote called Are You My Brother? about a little Snuffleupagus who is missing her older sibling. Alice, the protagonist, is searching for her big brother to play with when a whirring bumblebee (Bob) approaches her. Alice thinks it might be her brother, but the bumblebee reminds her that her brother looks identical to her, having no wings, furry legs, and isn't a bumblebee. Bob tries to cheer her up by singing a tune about bumblebees, but Alice sadly walks away to keep looking for her brother. Snuffy notices that the bumblebee he drew in his book sort of looks like Bob, and that the next chapter of the story will be read after these important messages... |
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Film | "Jack-a-Nory" with Wegman's dogs. (First: Episode 3615) |
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Cartoon | "Animal Elevator": 10-1 (subtraction) (First: Episode 2523) |
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Film | A child in a classroom draws a picture of her dog Puck, and goes over the care required to keep a pet. (First: Episode 2853) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Jordan sings the alphabet for Grover. (First: Episode 3563) |
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Cartoon | Something's missing ... is it a frog or a dog? (First: Episode 2389) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy resumes the story with Chapter 2, where Alice keeps searching for her brother. She comes across a spider (also portrayed by Bob), but while he does have furry legs he points out that he doesn't have the same features her brother does, like having four legs, brown fur, and a snuffle. Bob fails to brighten Alice's spirits by singing "The Eensy Weensy Spider," and she keeps on looking for her brother. Outside the story, Snuffy admits that the non-Snuffleupagus characters in his illustrations definitely do look like Bob. |
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Animation | Clown Honking #11 (First: Episode 3196) |
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Film | Milo Counting: 11 (First: Episode 3585) |
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Cartoon | Rubber Stamp #11 (First: Episode 2885) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bart Visits — Ernie notes the differences between Bert and his brother Bart. (First: Episode 0594) |
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Cartoon | A vaudeville act of two SAME people (voiced by Daws Butler and Bob Arbogast) ends when one of them falls off the stage. (new sound effects and sting added) (First: Episode 0778) |
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Film | An Indian boy narrates how Chapati bread is made. (First: Episode 3204) |
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Cartoon | Z doesn't like its sleepy Z image -- Z can also be zany, and zip and zoom. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3607) |
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Muppets | "Zig Zag Dance" (First: Episode 1567) |
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Cartoon | Z for Zebu (new music and sound effects added) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1185) |
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Animation | "Family Dance" (First: Episode 3487) |
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SCENE 3 | Before going into the third chapter, Snuffy mentions it features a bird. Bob assumes the bird surely looks like himself due to his previous roles in the story, but Snuffy reveals it's Big Bird, who's looking for his own sister. He bumps into Alice, where he describes how his sister would be tall, skinny, and yellow, and they just happen to meet a giant banana (again played by Bob). The banana explains to both Big Bird and Alice that he doesn't have any siblings, leaving the two to go off searching. This time, he tries to cheer up Alice with a song about bananas, and Alice still walks away in sadness. Snuffy still brags how Bob's characters tend to look, act, and sing just like him, but Bob asks to hear the end of the story. Snuffy says it's coming up, but not until after more important messages. |
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Cartoon | "Banana Samba" (short version) (First: Episode 2920) |
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Film | Two girls walk on an island together, and a map of the island is shown. (First: Episode 2650) |
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Cartoon | With the help of his assistant, Dr. Geo shows the viewer what a globe is. (First: Episode 2836) |
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Muppets | Super Morphin Mega Monsters: Share a Truck — A boy and girl fight over a toy truck. (First: Episode 3525) |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle." (new sound effects and extra music added) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 2404) |
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SCENE 4 | In the final chapter of Are You My Brother?, Alice meets her cousin Lou (Bob yet again), who, despite looking very similar to Alice, is not her brother. She almost begins to cry until her real brother, played by Snuffy, enters right on the spot and they all laugh together in joy as the story concludes. However, even though Snuffy's reached the end of the story, he directs everyone to some more important messages... |
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Film | A boy dances his way into his family's portrait. (First: Episode 3129) |
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Cartoon | "The Wasteroon Song" - three water drops complain about people wasting water, calling them "Wasteroons." (new sound effects added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2851) |
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Insert | "Professor Television" (Bill Irwin) tries to demonstrate the word DANGER. |
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Muppets | How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger." (First: Episode 2030) |
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Cartoon | A girl thinks she hears a monster doing a cha-cha outside her window, but it's only the wind and crickets. Her snores frighten the real monster. Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2951) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Oscar the Grouch puts a sign on his trash can which reads "DON'T BOTHER ME!" A sassy postal worker (Rosie O'Donnell) knocks on his can, and when he asks her "Can't you read?" she shows him how many things she can read. She then walks off to find out where Oscar the Grouch lives so she can deliver the sardine cologne he ordered. Oscar angrily rips up the sign. (First: Episode 3190) |
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Cartoon | An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests. (First: Episode 1481) |
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Film | Kid jungle explorers sight a wild Letter Z. (First: Episode 3496) |
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Animation | Z / z Gregorian chant (First: Episode 3332) |
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Cast | Maria and Luis perform "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (First: Episode 2062) |
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Animation | Elephants appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays. |
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SCENE 5 | Snuffy brainstorms and decides he should turn the story into a play, using the same characters and actors as previously envisioned. He suggests to Bob that he'd be perfect for the roles of the bee, spider, banana, and cousin Lou, but Bob respectfully declines. However, he changes his mind when Snuffy mentions he'd be able to sing "all those wonderful songs," which inspires Bob to ask for a song for cousin Lou as well. Telly announces the sponsors as Alice playfully runs around. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Telly and Zoe are "Readers of the Open Range." |
Notes[]
- Bob has previously worn all but one of his costumes in other segments and episodes. He wore the bee costume in Episode 2754, the spider outfit in Episode 2587, and the banana in a segment with Barkley. Jeff Moss, the writer of this episode, had previously penned the scripts for episodes 2754 and 2587, as well as the original songs Bob sings throughout this episode.
- Snuffy's book would later be seen outside Finders Keepers during season 29 among other oversized books for sale.
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