| Sesame Street | |||||
| Telly and Zoe become Readers (repeat of 3364) | |||||
| Air date | April 9, 1997 | ||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||
| Written by | Josh Selig | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Celina meets Telly and Zoe in the park and gives them some bandanas, cowboy hats, and broomstick horses for a new game. She tells them they can pretend to be cowpokes who love to read. The monsters don't understand, so Celina points them to the following... |
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Muppets | "Readers of the Open Range" (First: Episode 2141) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Telly and Zoe sing the song from the segment, though Zoe immediately forgets who they're supposed to be. Celina points her toward another segment starring the Readers... |
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Muppets | The Readers of the Open Range help the citizens of Bisbee, Arizona find out where they live. (First: Episode 3364) |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Telly and Zoe look forward to being Readers, but realize they're too young to read many words. Celina writes down their names and has the monsters read them to prove there are some words they can read, meaning there must be others. The monsters ride off singing the "Readers" theme. |
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Song | "Write Your Name" (First: Episode 3274) |
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Cartoon | A U train spells the words "unite," "U-turn," "underground," "up," and "universe." (First: Episode 0624) |
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Muppets | The Martians discover a "U." (First: Episode 3387) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for UP (new sting and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0650) |
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Song | "You Can Get Right Up": a song about getting active to cheer up. (First: Episode 3142) |
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Cartoon | The word "Subway" rides the MBTA subway. (First: Episode 3375) |
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SCENE 2 | The (Pretend) Readers gallop down the street until they reach Oscar's Newsstand, where Oscar helps them read his "NEWSSTAND" sign. They want to read some more but can't afford any newspapers or magazines, so they continue to read the sign over and over. |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster." (First: Episode 2919) |
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Film | How paper is recycled (First: Episode 2710) |
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Cartoon | A man (voiced by Jack Dodson) describes places that begin with U and what you can do with the letter U. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | Ethel Mermaid sings "I Get a Kick Out of U." (First: Episode 3127) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps up onto an UP. (First: Episode 0546) |
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SCENE 3 | The monsters are still reading the newsstand sign when they're approached by the lead Reader himself - Verne! The rest of his posse is off doing other jobs (while his horse is vacationing in Cancún), so he's looking for replacements while he's in town picking up some supplies. He invites them to become real Readers of the Open Range and join him on a "word round-up." |
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Cartoon | The Story of Cowboy X, with the voices of Jean Shepherd (First: Episode 0325) |
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Film | A big X emerges, Jaws-like, in a swimming pool. (First: Episode 3341) |
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Animation | A group of 19th-century sportsmen have fun with an X ball, which falls out of the painting. (Martin P. Robinson voiceover) (First: Episode 3506) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin falls in love with a painting (Linda) at the art museum. (First: Episode 2033) |
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Animation | Can you find the animals hiding in the T-shirt? Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2873) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2 (First: Episode 2510) The Readers make their way through the paused film to read the word "DUCKS." |
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Animation | "Animal Books" Artist: Steve Segal (First: Episode 3396)
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Muppets | Big Bird's Video Postcards In Arizona, Big Bird sees how kids help charros put on a rodeo, and rides a horse. (First: Episode 3049) |
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Cartoon | A Spanish-speaking man falls into a hole, and a dragon helps him out. Artist: Chris Hinton (First: Episode 2211) |
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Film | Wegman's dogs: Little Miss Muffet deals with a spider. (First: Episode 3449) |
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Cartoon | Nine birds land in a tree. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1501) |
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Muppets | The Count sings about how he loves counting clouds, because when he does, he's "on Cloud Nine" (literally). (First: Episode 3382) |
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Cartoon | Clown Honking #9 (First: Episode 3219) |
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SCENE 4 | The Readers return to the street, where they come across a boy in the park having problems opening his juice. Verne shows them how reading can help one learn something by pointing out the text on the bottlecap, which reads "Turn To Open." |
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Cartoon | "Tall Short Texans" Artist: Joey Ahlbum (First: Episode 3135) |
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Celebrity | Davey and Joey Monkey listen as Marisa Tomei reads "The Monkey King," a story about a maiden who worked as a waitress at Banana King, until she was visited by the sad Monkey King. (First: Episode 3233) |
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Cartoon | A poem about Hannah and Anna who lead similar lives in the city and the country. Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 2984) |
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Song | "In the Library" (First: Episode 3423) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly and Zoe run into Celina and tell her all the fun they've had today. Celina becomes starstruck when Verne arrives, and asks the readers to help read the sponsors. Verne hits the trail with his supplies (an armful of books), making sure the monsters promise they'll keep reading forever and always. |
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