| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Abelardo visits | |||||||
| Air date | May 5, 1997 | ||||||
| Season | Season 28 (1996-1997) | ||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird has decorated his nest area for a visit from his cousin Abelardo from Mexico, who's being picked up at the airport by Maria and Luis. Rosita helps him out by teaching him something special to say in Spanish - "manzana" (apple). Big Bird practices the word while he waits. |
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Cartoon | Apple: a riddle (First: Episode 2889) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of how pan dulce, Mexican bread, is made. (First: Episode 3015) |
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Muppets | "Elmo's Rap Alphabet" (First: Episode 3456) |
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Cartoon |
Two viewers with Picassoesque facial features in an art gallery critically examine the portrait of a viewer. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3442) |
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Film | College students volunteer at the San Francisco Children's Zoo, which has such animals as ferrets, opossums, and chinchillas. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2227) |
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Animation | A girl unfolds a map and uses it to describe her trip to Mexico, stopping in Texas along the way. (First: Episode 2689) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar has arrived on the street with Abelardo, having been notified of his arrival by Pancho (who also sent some stale tortillas). Oscar leaves Abelardo in Telly's hands and claims he's taught him some English - the word "Scram!" Telly is pleased to see he can communicate a little with Abelardo and leads him to Big Bird's nest. However, they discover Big Bird isn't there! They both begin to search for him, as Telly remarks, "How hard could it be to find an eight-foot, yellow bird on Sesame Street?" |
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Film | A girl's grandmother teaches Spanish to her parrot Kuka. (First: Episode 3101) |
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Song | "Letter R Menu" (First: Episode 3526) |
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Cartoon | Leaves form R and r (First: Episode 3110) |
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Film | Jaws spoof with the letter R. (First: Episode 3351) |
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Muppets | The Hispanic community of Anything Muppets sings "It Sure is Hot!" (First: Episode 2601) |
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Cartoon | A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it. (new music and sound effects added) (First: Episode 0772) |
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Film | Aaron tells his mother that his big brother Kevin won't let him play with him. Aaron wishes he were the bigger brother, but his mother tells him that there will soon be a new baby in the family. |
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Cartoon | Knights use different words for "big." Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1985) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria and Luis report to Big Bird and Rosita that Abelardo wasn't at the airport as planned. Big Bird thinks he may have taken the bus and goes to consult the local bus driver, while Luis goes to phone Abelardo's abuela to see if he missed his flight. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Maria considers filing a "missing bird report" with the police, when Oscar admits he picked up Abelardo. Maria is angry at first, but becomes relieved to know that Abelardo is safe and somewhere in the vicinity. She goes off to look ("How hard can it be to find an seven-foot, green bird on Sesame Street?"), just missing Telly and Abelardo as they traipse by. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Cartoon | Abstract count to 16. (First: Episode 2822) |
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Muppets | "Sixteen Samba" (First: Episode 2822) |
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Film | Kids paint a mural of the number 16. (First: Episode 3625) |
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Cartoon | African quilt pattern (First: Episode 3145) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Bert and Rick Moranis sit next to each other on a plane, and learn that they (and the rest of the passengers) are alike in more ways than they realized, singing the song "Stick Out Your Hand and Say Hello". (new music added) (First: Episode 2943) |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: instead of a parachute, the girl is carried to the ground by four birds. (First: Episode 2249) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly explains his situation to Ruthie, who believes Abelardo's "scrams" mean the word has a Spanish origin. She tells them Big Bird loves the park and suggests they continue their search there. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd | Big Bird and Rosita keep looking for Abelardo, when Ruthie alerts them of where he's just headed. Big Bird rushes off screaming, "¡Manzana!" |
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Cartoon | A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408) |
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Film | A group of kids paint a mural with the help of a mural artist. (First: Episode 3007) |
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Cartoon | A Zerkel named Jake demonstrates -ake words. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 3522) |
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Muppets | Maria (in voice-over) gives Humphrey, Ingrid, and Baby Natasha 15 seconds to show what between means, but they don't get it right until after the time is up. |
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Song | Jeff Redd sings "Between." (First: Episode 2738) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall. (First: Episode 0439) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird's search in the park has been fruitless. He sits on a bench, admiring a picture of Abelardo, and sadly sings "My Cousin, My Friend." Unbeknownst to him, Abelardo is sitting just on the opposite side of the wall, singing along in Spanish to Big Bird's photo. The two get up to leave and finally run into each other. Everyone gathers around for their delayed reunion. |
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Animation | The word LOVE is formed on paper. (First: Episode 3586) |
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Song | "Papermaking Song" (First: Episode 3563) |
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Cartoon | A capital and lower-case R appear on sheets of paper. (First: Episode 3138) |
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Cartoon | R for Rhinoceros (poem) (new music added) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1151) |
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Film | The letter R is made out of rocks, painted, and found on the road. (First: Episode 3602) |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover prepares a table for a family who's celebrating their grandmother's birthday, but Grover doesn't know her name, so when each family member refers to her as a different relative each time, Grover thinks there's more than one party going on, so he ends up bringing out seven cakes. (First: Episode 1958) |
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Song | "Conga Counting Song" (First: Episode 2778) |
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Cartoon | A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. (First: Episode 1652) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird has introduced Abelardo to the local delicacy of birdseed milkshakes, which he absolutely loves (having downed several glasses already). Big Bird announces the sponsors, which Abelardo translates into Spanish. |
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COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Mumford observes Maria is being snowed on. |
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